Alison & Dean Pre Wedding Shoot - Kingsbury Water Park

We had to rearrange Alison and Dean’s Pre-Wedding Shoot because of bad weather, and decided to reschedule it for Easter Monday. We hadn’t banked on there being quite so many people wanting to go to Kingsbury Water Park in Warwickshire at the same time as us though! Once we were inside the park however it was a different story as there are so many woodland walks and lakes to wander off to, and we had plenty of space for our shoot. Alison and Dean were a little nervous about the prospect of their shoot, but they soon relaxed and by the end they said that they had really enjoyed it. I am photographing Alison and Dean’s wedding at Packington Moor in July, when Packington will be at it’s most beautiful, so one I’m really looking forward to.

Kerry & Peter (& Family) - Pre Wedding Shoot

On Tuesday I met up with Kerry and Peter whose wedding I am photographing in May. We wandered through the grounds of New Hall Hotel in Sutton Coldfield, their reception venue, with their children Logan and Hennessey and Kerry's mom and had a really great family shoot. Kerry and Peter’s wedding ceremony is being held at the magnificent St. Chad’s Cathedral in Central Birmingham. I just can’t wait to photograph inside the Cathedral as it is just beautiful! Kerry and Peter’s wedding is certainly going to be a fantastic event. They will be celebrating with over 200 guests, and as Peter’s family are from Scotland, there will be 25 of his male family and friends wearing kilts!

Nikki and Doug – Pre Wedding Shoot – Yorkshire

A couple of weekends ago I travelled to Leeds to meet up with Nikki and Doug for their pre wedding shoot. They are such a great couple and we had a really fun afternoon in and around Leeds. We wandered around the city and paid a visit to the Victorian Quarter. Nikki introduced me to her most favourite shop in the world, “Rose & Co”. What a magical shop, full of gorgeous lotions and potions and some fab fifties inspired clothes. The girls at Rose & Co were just great and they let us use their wonderful shop for some of our photographs. I couldn’t wait to check out their website when I got home that evening!!!

I am photographing Nikki and Doug’s wedding later this year at the exquisite Fawsley Hall in Northamptonshire. This will be my first wedding at this venue and I am so excited at the prospect, and with a great couple like Nikki and Doug, I know it’s going to be a favourite of mine.

Hannah and Emily – Lifestyle Portrait Shoot – Glastonbury

Another very busy week for me this week!!! My first portrait shoot of the week was on Tuesday in Glastonbury. I travelled down to the West Country for a Lifestyle Portait Shoot with Hannah and Emily, two fab teenage sisters. We had a really fun shoot and spent most of the afternoon laughing, as the girls enjoyed nothing better than giving each other the giggles. Having so much fun in natural settings produces such nicer images than those shot in the confined space of a studio. A great shoot girls – hope you like the pics.

Louise, Carl and Poppy – Lifestyle Portrait shoot – Staffordshire

I was much nearer to home for Thursday afternoon’s shoot – just a five minute drive from my studio in fact! I met up with Louise, Carl and their gorgeous little dog Poppy for a lifestyle portrait shoot. Louise and Carl wanted some really natural shots of themselves and of course little Poppy, who holds a very special place in their hearts. Poppy was a little star, she was so well behaved and actually posed for the camera!! I have been thinking just lately of getting a little puppy myself, and after seeing Poppy I really think I will.

The Flower Byre

The lovely Anne Brown of Tiaras and Flowers has recently opened her beautiful new shop, ‘The Flower Byre’ at the Heart of the Country Village. Anne had asked me to take some images of her shop and products, for her to use to promote her gorgeous new shop on the website and in her advertising literature. Anne is such a talented florist who specialises in wedding flowers, and who also designs and hand makes beautiful tiaras. With a florist, a jewellers, a bridal boutique, and of course yours truly, a photographer, we really are like a little wedding village here at the Heart of the Country Village at Swinfen! If you are getting married be sure to come along and visit us, in this beautiful setting in the Staffordshire countryside, just two miles from Lichfield.

Meryl – Lifestyle Portrait Shoot - Northampton

On Friday I was in Northampton for a Lifestyle Portrait Shoot with lovely eight year old Meryl. She was a little unsure what to expect when her Mum told her that she wanted her to have some photographs taken, but she took to it like a little star. She soon began suggesting poses that might be nice and even produced her clarinet and played a tune for me. What a lovely thoughtful little girl – I hope you like the pics Meryl and Mum.

My Beautiful New Baby Boy – Dylan

On Monday morning my beautiful, new baby boy Dylan came home for the first time. He is soooo beautiful that I can’t bear to take my eyes off him. He is so good, he loves his little bed and he adores ‘Baby’ (not as much as he adores me though!!! Baby is his cuddly toy cheetah. He pulls Baby into his little bed and snuggles down to sleep with him in his paws. Dylan is a beautiful English Cocker Spaniel puppy and he is nine weeks old. He is full of fun but he is so good and I LOVE him. When he is a little bigger he will be coming to the studio with me during the day. I know he will love the woodland walk adjacent to the studio, and everyone at the Heart of the Country Village is dying to meet him.

Louis – Lifestyle Shoot – Warwick

I spent a lovely afternoon on a Lifestyle Shoot on Monday with Louis who is six years old. We had a great, fun shoot, chatting all the while. Louis was telling me all about his pets – a cat, a hamster and goldfish and we even went hunting for frogs in his neighbours back garden.