Last Friday I photographed Jackie and Peter’s wedding. It was a lovely affair, small,  personal and emotional. I started at the house with the bridal preparations then onto Mansfield Registry Office and finally to Santo’s Higham Farm. As we drove towards Higham Farm the black clouds were gathering in the distance and the wind whipped up and became pretty gusty. Hold onto your hats!!! Higham is located at the top of a hill overlooking the spectacular Amber Valley so I was anxious to get the shots before the inevitable downpour. Luckily I managed to get them.

Spent this weekend camping in Lincolnshire with Brian and his brother and wife. As always the weather is the most important thing. We had a scorcher. Fantastic sunshine on Saturday enabled us to spend a very enjoyable and fun day at the Heckington Show. Everything seemed to be happening. Dog shows, animal trophy awards, people showing off their machines, races of different sorts, a fly past by a Lancaster bomber (not official) and eventually a concert with spectacular fireworks. As usual I took it upon myself to practise my photography skills so here are some of my favourites of the day.

A good way to build up the portfolio is to ask a friend whether he/she would like to contribute to it. Angelo was a star, a born natural and photogenic. Myself and Maria Tanner from Lace Market Photography had a very productive afternoon taking images of him. I would like to thank Angelo for his time and Maria for letting me use her studio.

This cute little girl was unsure about the camera at first so I took a succession of shots whilst pulling faces from behind the camera with hope to get a smile from her. It worked. I thought it would be a good idea to merge them together as one image so you could see the different expressions. I usually do this at a portrait shoot but set out the images separately. A little bit of tweaking in photoshop et voila!

Had a fantastic day helping Crash of Crash Taylor Photography to shoot Claire and Steve’s wedding at Woodborough Hall. They were a lovely couple who were up for almost anything. We had a fun time documenting the day. Here are some of my images.

I enjoy taking reportage, candid, natural shots at a wedding as I feel it captures the true emotions of the day. Shooting unobtrusively is the key. A few weeks ago Crash Taylor of Crash Taylor Photography asked me to help him out at a wedding firstly at St. Edward King & Martyr Church in Castle Donnington and then at the beautiful location of Thrumpton Hall. Here are a few of my favourites of the day.