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Since 2006 I’ve been posting my passion for photography here. As well as the occasional post featuring my rescue dog dressed as Star Wars characters and the odd travel post, you’ll find an almost bottomless trove of wedding inspiration and ideas from beautiful venues around Yorkshire, the UK & even exotic destination weddings round the world!
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I’m a busy B at the moment, in the thick of wedding season. As well as that I just moved house last week (hence a short-lived radio silence) and at the end of the week (on my only free weekend between May & August) threw a ...
When I meet potential clients, I often harp on about the importance of the Pre-wedding meeting.  It’s such an important part of my style and process. So using the recent pre-wed of John & Kelly at the lovely Oulton Hall last ...
Last weekend I was with Emma & Matthew (above, and not in that order) for their East Riddlesden Hall wedding photography! It’s a stunning 17th-century Grade I listed manor house in Keighley, West Yorkshire, now owned by the ...
Last weekend I was at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire shooting wedding photography for a pal & fellow photographer Peter Boyd & his lovely lady Kelly.  I’m handing him the Raw files to process himself (‘shoot ...
You may be aware that Rob Booker, Phil Barber & myself, all established Leeds-based snappers, joined forces last year to pool our skills into 3B Media. [FYI: The 3B’s come from the B’s of our nicknames ...
I was recently in a card shop & bought a David Shrigley card of one of his amusing photographs. Â Most people know him for his child-like, screwball doodles, but I love his silly photos of grim everyday places with a twist of ...
A few weeks back I joined Emma & Matt at East Riddlesdon Hall, where I’ll be shooting their wedding photography this coming Saturday. It’s a special place for me as one of  my very early weddings was here years back ...
It’s been getting busy here at BAWP HQ! Wedding season is very much upon us and things are hotting up. But when things we’re a little less hot, a month or two back, I joined Jeanette & Stephen for their pre-wedding ...
In the spirit of my last post about my pre-wedding video shoot, I yesterday hooked up with local two movie maker pals Will Simpson & Chris Robson for cake & caffeine at the Tiled Hall Cafe in Leeds Library. Â Whereas most of the ...
Last Friday we crossed t’Pennines to join Vickee & Andy for their Inn at Whitewell Wedding in Lancaster. It was the coolest wedding & the warmest day we’ve enjoyed in a while… They got married at Ashton ...
A few weeks back I hooked up with Vickee & Andy to nosey around Lancaster for their upcoming wedding this Friday. They’re getting married at the Ashton Memorial, in Williamson Park on the top of the hill overlooking ...
Yesterday I joined Michelle & Martin to photograph their Papakata tipi wedding in Halifax! How cool is that?! They had their ceremony down the road from their house at Clayhouse Park… … and afterwards travelled in ...
What are your feelings on Twitter? Here are my thoughts and an introduction for the uninitiated… I remember when myspace came out, the world shrunk that little bit more and new walls fell. Â Suddenly you could be friends with ...
It’s been pre-wed central at BAWP HQ these past weeks, meeting clients to talk through their big day and loosen them up in front of the camera. One of my latest victims was good pals Kelly & Peter who are getting married soon ...
T’other day I joined Martin & Michelle for their pre-wedding meet at their house, where I met the other member of their family… Harvey! Clare & I are about to move into our first house and we’re thinking of ...
Tonight Clare & I are off to see the Aussie alt rockers Temper Trap play at the Leeds o2 academy tonight.  I think they’re seriously good, and have really hit the big time this past year.  They really stood out when I first ...
Super quick post > I was looking for recipes on how to make bread n’ butter pudding and spotted a side ad selling art prints. Â This print caught my eye… How good is that?! Â Can you see what it is? The title gives it ...
Last Saturday I joined my old school buddies Sarah & Chris to photograph their wedding at Burnsall in the Dales at lovely The Devonshire Fell. The blustery Dales weather cast no shadow on the party, as a seriously good day was had ...
Two weeks ago today I was shooting a wedding at Woodlands hotel in Leeds, when I got an emergency call from my photo-homie Rob Booker. Â He detailed that he was a groomsman at his good buddies wedding the following day and their wedding ...
On Tuesday & Wednesday last week Rob Booker, Phil Barber & myself took the 3B express train to London to join ‘The Randall Network’ for a few days socialising & networking.  The [R]Network originally started as ...
Last Thursday I joined the most excellent couple Rachel & Iain for their big day at Woodlands hotel in Leeds. You may remember the cool image images we got of them on their pre-wedding stroll around the Strid at Bolton Abbey (blog ...
Man – where did April go? Time certainly is airborne, eh? I’ve just found a moment to unearth & process the images from last months Sunday Service (the monthly acoustic band night I host in Leeds centre). It was such ...
Introducing Sarah & Chris! We met last weekend in Burnsall in the Dales in glorious sunshine to chat over their upcoming big day. I’ve photographed weddings in this village several times before, and it doesn’t get more ...
I recently had my eye caught by Diesel‘s recent ‘Be Stupid’ campaign as I walked past their Leeds store. They’re basically championing being silly over being smart, with clever, irreverent photography. Like ...
Last Friday was the most glorious wedding of Erica & Dave! Dave is an old, old school pal and it was fab catching up with him & getting to know Erica while they were up in Leeds for the pre-wed (post here). But I felt so ...
