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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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A picture may not always speak 1000 words, but this next one certainly sets the scene… I was asked down to London to photograph the wedding of my dear pal Mark Nunn & his good lady, Clare. I met Markwah & his sis in ...
Just a quick post(er!) I was in a bar/restaurant in Headingley, Leeds the other day called Arcadia. It’s a bit of a Belgian-style beer house with a plethora of interestingly shaped bottles full of malty/fruity/nutty/cheeky 10% ...
Back in October the legendary Irish muso Mark Geary brought his pals Dan Wilde, Seamus McGloughlin & Ian Bailey to Verve for a special gig in association with my Sunday Service acoustic band night.  We’ve had Mark & Dan ...
Myself, Phil Barber and Rob Booker have been working hard behind the scenes on our new company called 3B Media, which you may have read about on some previous blog posts. Â We’re really excited as our first photography training ...
You may have heard that the worlds of photography & videography have aligned somewhat under the shadow of HD video. Or you may have been living in a cave. The release of the now infamous Canon 5DmkII, which as well as fundamentally ...
Well that was a crazy busy weekend! As well as the three pre-weds and an excellent Akbars curry with pals (try the Murgh Makhani if you’re passing!) I managed to check out two stand-up comedy titans, Eddie Izzard & Jimmy ...
Last Sunday, I shoehorned in three fun pre-wedding meetings with upcoming wedding clients. As well as catching up with these cool couples, it was really rather pleasant to take Sonic out for a spin to Harrogate, York and back Leeds ...
Bonjourno chicos! I shot another Leeds Guide last week and got up to all sorts of fun stuff. One feature was shot in House of Fraser, where a Bobby Brown makeup artist made LG sales mentalist Lucy’s eyes all smoky. Looks cool ...
On Sunday I met Angie & Peter at the excellent Kirkstall Abbey for their pre-wedding photoshoot. Kirkstall Abbey is a cool place, though I still get a bit mad with Henry VIII for messing these amazing buildings up, just cos he ...
I was out on Leeds Guide duties today, shooting features for issue 234. What are the odds that the day I photograph a famous Saville Row tailor in his favourite £3K suit, that I leave the flat in a dash in last nights mud caked jeans? ...
Last week Mr Lester and I visited an abandoned Victorian youth correctional facility, called Eastmoor Reformatory, nestled away in the back of Adel. It’s a massive complex dating back to the 1880’s, for naughty ...
Introducing the lovely Tracie & Scott… Clare & I joined them on a beautifully sunny Autumnal day at the lovely Woodlands Hotel, just outside Leeds. When I shot Tracie at the pre-wed (here), she & Scott got so nervous ...
May I whisk you off to the ‘changeable’ Yorkshire Dales for the wedding of Clare & Paul? Come on, don’t be shy. If you’d like to set the scene with their pre-wed, click here. Warning: This blog is epic. ...
My good man Mr Lester & I recently took a little explore at a derelict Mill I run past nearly every week in Leeds. I’ve always been intrigued to find out what was going on in there… This is one part of the imposing ...
Guess where? No prizes there kids! A couple of givaways in shot. This summer I was lucky enough to be asked down to the big smog to photograph the fantastic central London wedding of Louisa & Benjamin. I know Louisa through her ...
Hey kids. Â Man – I have been busy! Â I’m getting lost under that no-time-to-blog cloud, and all of a sudden you’ve too much to blog! Â Woe is life. But here I am, to the bequest of my fanbase! Â Or something. Sicily pix ...
Who’s that gimp on a beach trying to look like a model?? Let me explain… I’m part of a fantastic and supportive photographic network called the Randall Network, set up by the clued-up Stewart Randall. He and many of ...
Remember we were asked by Temple Works to help them document the final days of the famous, but derelict for years, Temple Works? Which was once one of Leeds’ most important mills, making flax (whatever that is); and being famous ...
Hey folks – I’m back from a relaxing break in Sicily and am back in the deep-end processing some recent fun weddings! Â I’ve all sorts of fun pics from my holiday to post, but first I realised I never got round to ...
Hey kids! Man has it been a busy couple of weeks for me! I’m leaving for a holiday in Sicily in about an hour & wanted to post a quick highlights teaser of some of the stuff I’ve been up to recently. I’ve ...
Brace yourself for a seriously fun wedding! And another epic post! Cos we got a Ukranian-themed wedding to show off! The lovely couple this time were Sonya & James, over Bradford way. Let me start by saying, Ukranians know how to ...
I seem to spend my life at the Woodlands hotel recently! This time I was dropping in to meet Tracy & Scott for their pre-wed meet & chat. After a quick chat it looked like the heavens were about to open, so we took a sharpish ...
A little while back, I made another visit to one of my fave wedding venues in Leeds, the lovely Woodlands hotel… For the civil union of these two fine fellows, Matt & Nigel! We’d done the pre-wed shoot at Woodlands a ...
Last week I saw U2 at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, on their northern leg of the 360 Tour. Myself & a few local photographers moonlight at rock togs in association with The Sound Gallery, and Phil tried his luck getting ...
I’m on the train home rinsing the free wi-fi and thought I’d throw up a few faves from yesterday’s central London wedding of Louisa & Ben (hot off the sensor!). Bridal preps were at the swanky Waldorf Hotel in ...
