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Emma & Sean | Donington Park Farmhouse Wedding
Emma and Sean married in February at Donington Park Farmhouse Hotel in Derbyshire. They fell in love with their venue because of it's rustic charm and decor which embraces its agricultural roots. After a break from blogging while the new website was under constuction,...
Peta & Rich | Halstead House
If you were concerned about rain on your wedding day, Peta & Rich are the couple to prove the weather won't put a dampener on your day - or photography! They married a couple of weeks before Christmas at Oakham School chapel, followed by a glitzy, winter...
2015: A Year in Review
So here we are. The first blank page in the book of 2016. A great time to reflect on all that has been and think about what lies ahead. 2015 was the year that changed my life. I started it as a secondary school music teacher with a little photography business on the...
Festive Floristry
At this time of year everyone likes to reflect on what a year it's been, and I'm shouting from the rooftops about 2015. Of course, I'm over the moon with how business is going, but there's other reasons why this year has been so great, and one of them is the new...
The Value of Photographs
I've been wanting to write this post for a couple of weeks now, but I held off as I was struggling to put a lot of what I wanted to say into words, and there was someone I needed to thank in person first. Now that that's done, I feel like I can probably make my...
Feeling the Love
I can't believe it's been two weeks since the East Midlands round of The Wedding Industry Regional Finals. Folk who keep in touch with me on social media will know that there was stiff competition here in the East Midlands with a crop of excellent photographers in...
A new addition
My camera is heavy. Its a beast. On the whole I'm so used to carrying two cameras around at weddings, so going out with one doesn't bother me. But now that we are a pram free household and running around with two kids seems to be double the misadventure, I've found...
Si & Katy | Aldeburgh Beach
I love photographing our friends, so I was really touched when Si and Katy asked me to be their wedding photographer. Si went to uni with my husband and was one of his groomsmen, so it's lovely to get to be a part of his big day. David is returning the favour too to...
Derelict Opulence
I can't recall exactly when the planning started, but it must have been back before the summer. While chatting with my lovely friend Sian from Elysian Weddings & Events I got a real itch to throw a styled shoot together... Some wedding inspiration! I LOVE all the...
Sea in my Blood
There is absolutely no denying that I have the sea in my blood. I feel at my most content by the sea; I don't care how cold I am, how messed up my hair is or how out of breath contending with the terrain underfoot makes me. As I've got older, the pull to be by the...
Autumn
I love Autumn. If I could pick a season for all year round, it would definitely be Autumn. The nights are drawing in, everything's a little bit more cosy, the knitwear comes out, and the colours are my absolute favourite. I could step on those crunchy leaves all day...
Worcestershire Wedding
To start my double header of a bank holiday weekend back at the end of August, I travelled down to Worcestershire to photograph Tim and Sophie's wedding at the foot of the beautiful Malvern Hills. I didn't feel too homesick though, as Sophie is actually a Northampton...
Somerset Wedding
Waaaay back in August, I had the complete and utter pleasure of being the photographer at Kerri and Ashley's Somerset wedding; and it was exactly that, because the various components of the wedding took place in Street, Bruton and Wells! It was such a treat getting to...
Barton Hall Wedding
It seems a life time ago now, but way back in June after a week of wet weather, the sun came out in full force for Jade and Richard's beautiful Barton Hall wedding. Having had our own wedding reception at Barton's sister hotel, Rushton Hall, I was so excited for this...
Why a pre-wedding shoot?
A pre-wedding shoot, sometimes called an engagement shoot, is something that I offer all my couples these days, and I've had very few turn down the offer after I've taken a few moments to explain why I think they're important. So often, when I tell people that it's...
What to wear for a photoshoot
Back in the time before photography became my full time career, I used to write a blog. My blog was primarily a record of what was going on in my children's lives and my parenting successes and fails, littered with photographs of them. It was a nice way to showcase my...
