Through our different approach to wedding photography, and thanks especially to our very cool clients, a recent "day-after" shoot has been featured on one of the central websites that showcase creative wedding imagery: Trash the Dress - Europe.

We'll be doing more of this kind of work through the year and will be sure to show some of it here. Meanwhile, for those of you who are still thinking about going for something like this... just do it, you know you want to!

(OK now, for the record, Claire's dress from this featured shoot was just fine after a careful wash!)

Edit: here's a direct link to our Trash the Dress feature

Rob and Karen were married at Lumley Castle, near Durham. With a packed agenda, I arrived to meet Karen getting ready at home with everything perfectly under control!

Karen's flowers were gorgeous, and she was especially attached to her tiara: matched the dress perfectly.



And speaking of the dress... well, I know you can't really see it here but I loved this shot of Karen getting ready in the hallway behind her dress.



And this is how she looked. Rob's a lucky fellow isn't he?



So yes, the boys' side of the story was a little more ad-hoc. Here's Rob getting dressed... at the back of Lumley Castle where he found this handy al-fresco clothes rail.



And here's the happy couple, together after the ceremony.



Meanwhile, in the dungeon... their cake, complete with these figurines that they'd made themselves! Yes, yes, I did say 'the dungeon'. Very dark, stone walls and according to the DJ, full of ghosts.



Was this the best entertainment at a wedding, ever?! Falconry! Here's Karen eyeing up her new companion: handsome beast isn't he?



And to finish off, an old spooky castle deserves a moody photograph!



Rob and Karen: hope you're enjoying your mini-holiday before the main event. Can't wait to show you the other photographs! (The first dance pics turned out fantastic by the way!)

I don't make personal posts to this blog very often, mostly because there's more than enough to do keeping up with posts for our clients. But recently a few people have asked how our little fellow is getting on so here's Alexander at 17 months.

Drinking (and hiding behind the cushions)...



Eating (and loving it)...



Being silly...



And being serious...



So there you go: our baby at 17 months!

Check out more baby photography or family photography and make your booking while the Summer weather is (allegedly) with us!

There's been quite a lot of feedback after I posted what Claire and Jason did on the day after their wedding day! Wonder why!?

Anyway, their viewing is coming up shortly so I'm teasing Claire with another shot that stands out.

This was before we ended up on the shore of Ullswater: a 'nice' walk on Askham Common above Pooley Bridge where the wind was just howling over the tops!

So here are the newly weds, soaked through and still gorgeous...

Well, it does seem that Talkin Tarn has a rain curse on it: whenever I'm in the Brampton area the sky turns dark and the clouds roll in. Perhaps I should just stay away!

Luckily when I met with Sheila and family the weather held off just long enough for us to have a nice walk and shoot some great images.



And another one for this sneak preview...



Sheila and Jim: hope you enjoyed our encounter and I'll get the rest of the images processed over the next week. I think there are some crackers in there!

Here's a quick preview of a very cool shoot with Yvette's family... including Bobby, her horse...



We were up on the coast north of Carlisle and dodged the showers to let Bobby have a bit of a canter with Yvette. He's a real softy and has a great personality!



The boys weren't for riding though... father and son looking cool while Yvette tends Bobby!



Yvette, Pete and Matty: see you soon for your viewing: I think there's a ton of good images for you to look at!

Elaine and John asked me over to shoot a portrait or two. We started at their home, nestled in a very peaceful part of the world I didn't know existed (despite it being more or less round the corner from the studio)!



... and then I think it was Elaine who suggested we visit Coombs Wood near Armathwaite, which turned out to have fantastic views over the pine forests.

I loved the bracken that we trampled through: lovely textures in the sunshine. Here's our happy pair laughing at my instruction to 'ignore me' as I crouch in all the undergrowth!



A lovely way to spend an hour or two! Elaine and John: let's sort out a viewing when you're back.