A blustery but beautiful spring afternoon has been spent in Hoghton in Lancashire today! I met up with Catherine & Will at The Boar’s Head in Hoghton and we headed to one of their favourite countryside wandering locations to shoot some gorgeous pre-wedding images! We started in the pub so it made sense to finish there as well (!) and we even got a couple of great shots of them outside watching the world go by…

Here’s a little sneaky peek at some of the images we got…

What a gorgeous couple!  Can’t wait for their big day!

More images coming soon…

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Aahhhh…one of my favourite places in the world…The Inn at Whitewell (Emma and I got married there!)

A beautiful start to the day this morning in the brisk countryside air with Catherine & Richard who get married at another gorgeous venue, Lytham Hall, this summer (Love it there! AND, I get to work with my great wedding pals Rowley’s Catering AND Flower Design! AND, the coolest wedding band in the land – The Coolers! It’s going to be awesome!)

Here’s a little sneaky peek at what we shot this morning…

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Lot’s of kissing going on in this sneak preview (I love a bit of pre-wedding shoot romance!) but I just loved these three images and Nicky & Graham happened to be kissing on them all!

The first two shots work brilliantly as a little sequence and I love a bit of ’story’ in my photography – these folks had basically been pottering around outside the hall for ages while we stood patiently (and very politely of course!) waiting for them to leave the courtyard area so we had a clear background. They moved over to the bench and I love how they really do look as if they haven’t noticed anything is going on at all! And the daffodil shot at the bottom is just so beautiful and ’springy’! Love it!

Soooooo excited about Nicky & Graham’s big day at one of my absolutely favourite venues, the amazing Styal Lodge in Cheshire!

More images coming soon…

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Yesterday afternoon I met Sam & Aaron in ‘Pride and Prejudice country’ at Lyme Park in Cheshire. It was an absolutely beautiful afternoon – short sleeve weather! Here’s a little taster of what we shot…

More coming soon…!!!

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A very quick look at a gorgeous shot from yesterday!  It was all mysterious and foggy yesterday morning up at Alderley Edge for Amy & Craig’s pre-wedding shoot….

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A quick Sunday afternoon sneaky peek at Viki & Chris’s gorgeous Salford Quays pre-wedding shoot! I’m VERY excited about their big day later this year as it’s at one of the very best Lancashire wedding venues, the stunning The Great Hall at Mains and I’ll also get to work with my great, great friends from Flower Design too!  (Also, Viki’s dress – which is of course a secret! – is from the amazing One and Only Bridal Couture in Preston.  My great friend Sheree helped Viki to choose the most beautiful and perfect dress, which Sheree knows I will be very excited about now I have found out which one it is!!!)

So, a little glimpse at what we shot at one of the coolest locations in Manchester…

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What a gorgeous Friday! An afternoon in Manchester shooting the very lovely Jess and Mike’s pre-wedding shoot, gorgeous weather (I’m starting to get used to it…) what more do you need?!

I’m really looking forward to shooting Jess & Mike’s wedding – it’s at one of my absolute favourite venues, the amazing Styal Lodge in Cheshire – and there are so many great little details that are going to make it simply perfect!

So here we go, a cheeky little sneak peek at their RIDICULOUSLY cool Manchester pre-wedding shoot just for them on Friday night!

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A quick sneak preview of a very cool pre-wedding shoot from yesterday at Alderley Edge in Cheshire.

I met Jenna & Chris by The Wizard pub and we set out following the trails through the woods up to the edge itself. I’m so excited about their big day (they’re getting married at Mitton Hall – gorgeous venue!) as they have so many ideas, so many personal touches – I love all the little details!

So here’s a little look at what we were shooting yesterday…

More coming soon!

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Well, there’s worse ways to spend a Monday morning! I met Katie & Colin in Java in Lytham St Annes this morning for a little spot of pre, pre-wedding shoot breakfast! An excellent start to the day! (I love my clients!)

Once we’d polished off our bacon butties (alright, so I had a bacon, sausage and mushroom buttie…) we set out into the beautiful spring sunshine and wandered around Lytham shooting loads of gorgeous images along the way.

Here’s a little sneaky peek…!!!

Loads more coming soon!

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Yesterday saw the very first West Didsbury Wedding Event happen and I wanted to share a few images with you as a little sneaky preview ahead of showing the full set, including a few ‘behind the scenes’ ones.

Organised as a joint effort by Didsbury’s top wedding experts, proving that it is possible to ’shop locally’ for the biggest day of your life, it’s been an absolute pleasure working with some of my lovely wedding friends to put this event together. Hosted at Rhubarb by Lisa and her amazing team, myself, Didsbury Life, The White Closet, Didsbury Flower Lounge, And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon, Emma Draper Makeup Artist, Mcleod Bradley, Silver Apples, Pearls & Lace Films, Silver Sixpence in her shoe and Zoe Chiotis came together to put on a wedding event with a difference. No ’selling’, no pressure, no scary atmosphere, just a room full of lovely people ready to chat to gorgeous brides and grooms to be about all things wedding!

One of my very own beautiful brides, the absolutely stunning Alexis (who gets married this August! Can’t wait!) came along to wear some of The White Closet’s beautiful gowns so that brides could see a real girl in the most amazing bridal gowns and who they could chat to about how it felt to wear a White Closet dress.

I of course had brought my camera along as it’s great to shoot a little bit of what’s going on and also shoot something specific to the event. It was all about West Didsbury, so we decided that we would shoot a series of images along Burton Road to really highlight that it doesn’t matter where you are, what ‘look’ you are going for on your day, whether you’re quirky or vintage, contemporary or traditional, you can always shoot absolutely stunning images if you’ve got the right wedding experts involved in your day.

So a little look at what we shot on Burton Road yesterday…(Remember as well – Alexis is a real bride, not a model and will look stunning on her own big day, as she does in these images!)

As a bride you can shoot images that are completely natural and tell the story of your surroundings…(Alexis is wearing Claire Pettibone’s ‘Yolanda’ in the middle of Burton Road, West Didsbury!)

You can do seriously cool, high-fashion style images if that’s the kind of girl you are…(in the alley between Folk and the co-op)

In the middle of Burton Road, West Didsbury…(Alexis is wearing David Fielden’s ‘Wallis Simpson’)

If you’re a little bit quirky…(In Silver Apples on Burton Road, West Didsbury…)

(In Burton Road Bakery, Burton Road, West Didsbury…)

You can do the seriously cool vintage look (shot in The White Closet, Burton Road, West Didsbury)

And a vintage vibe in And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon…

The same bride, a couple of different dresses, some very different locations and looks = whatever you want!!!  It’s so important for brides to be in love with all of the details of her day and the team of wedding people she has around her on the day so that she’s left safe in the knowledge that they know her, understand her and can interpret all of her ideas and contribute to making her day as amazing and memorable as she’s always dreamed.

A massive thanks to all my amazing wedding friends yesterday, it was great to work closely with some seriously cool and creative people and come up with ideas that we could shoot throughout the course of the day.  It was great fun and this is only the start of the West Didsbury Wedding Event!  Watch this space!

Loads more images coming soon too!

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