Meeting a famous DJ

A while back after writing a wee post about my fave stateside bloggers, I was blessed when a certain Mr David Jay heard about my post (via Google Alerts I’ve since learnt) and made a kind post about me on said famous blog.  My ...

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Clare & Mark [Pre-wed]

A few weekends back I was down in London on business & pleasure, shooting pre-weds and catching up with buddies.  It was particularly cool to join up with my man Mark & his fiance Clare.  Mark & I met back in ’99, ...

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Rainy day in June [Urban Exploration]

In the summer wedding chaos I forgot to post a bit of ‘summer’ UrbEx michief with my pal James Lester. He know’s some ace spots of hidden Leeds. These adventures with JL took place one soaking June afternoon. ...

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Hunslet Mill [Urban Exploration]

So I got up to a little michief again recently doing a bit of Urban Exploration with my pal James Lester. He know’s some ace spots of hidden Leeds. We started around a new flyover in industrial Hunslet, and saw this funky old ...

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Flash Day!

A few weeks back I met Rob Booker & Phil Barber for lunch & a chin wag at The Cross Keys in Leeds.  I was shooting for the Leeds Guide that day.  We’d decided our current project was to set up a flash photography day to ...

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Party In The Park [TSG]

Last Sunday was the 96.3 Radio Aire Party In The Park at Temple Newsam.  I was asked along by Radio Aire to photograph for The Sound Gallery. For me, PITP is a festival flavoured hors d’oeuvres for the Leeds Festival at the end ...

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Full steam ahead [Teasers]

Well hey chicos! Man – I’ve been a busy B since my last post. And much have I seened and doned. Here be the teasers for upcoming bloggage… I won’t lie – I was a shade more than giddy to have posted a blog ...

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Bruges, still.

My ‘In Bruges Too‘ movie took me back to our weekend in Bruges and made me dust off a few RAWs.  So here are a few views of that fair city… Lovin’ the labrador watching the world go by out the canal-front ...

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Sonya & James [Pre-wed]

Last Friday I joined Sonya & James for their Pre-wed over in Bradford to discuss their impending wedding. Sonya’s family are Ukrainian and they’re taking loads of cool Ukrainian traditions on board on the day.  All ...

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Becky + Tom’s Pre-Wedding practice shoot

Today was an interesting one; my first pre-wed photographing a pro photographer!  Here we have my good friend Tom Arber & his excellent fiancée Becky Day. After getting ourselfs all giddy about the details of their big day we ...

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All sorts, coming soon…

Hola chicos! It’s all systems go here at BAWP HQ, and I wouldn’t want to leave the fans wanting, so I thought I’d drop these teasers of recent work in progress… I’m a day or two off finishing the ...

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Jemma & Chris [Wedding]

A couple of weekends back I had the pleasure of photographing these funky characters at their most excellent wedding in York.  A few weeks previous we’d done their pre-wed in the sunshine in the gardens around their venue, The ...

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May & June's Sunday Service [TSG Images]

Last weekend was June’s Sunday Service, my monthly acoustic night at Verve bar in Leeds. On the Glastonbury weekend we decided to have a blues special, featuring our old SS regular Ben Pike (http://www.myspace.com/benpikemusic), ...

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Matt & Nigel [Pre-Wed]

Yesterday, on possibly the toastiest day of the year yet, I met Matt & Nigel at Woodlands Hotel for their pre-wedding meeting.  We chatted through the details of their upcoming civil partnership (shaping up to be a lovely downtempo ...

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Carol & Jon [Wedding]

The rings of the newlyweds at Goldsborough Hall stately home wedding venue between Harrogate and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire

One sunny weekend a few weekends back I joined Carol, Jon & gang for their wedding at Goldsborough Hall in North Yorkshire.  It was such a lovely, downtempo affair on a glorious day.  Being their second marriages, they didn’t ...

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Angie & Chris [Wedding]

Not too long ago was the wonderful wedding of Angie & Chris. The weekend before and weekend after were glorious, but their date sadly fell on a rainy one in between. But hey – as I always say, in England most of a wedding is ...

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Caroline & Damien [Wedding]

The sun certainly was smiling on Damien & Caroline on their wedding day back on the last weekend in May – so much so that I inadvertently topped up my sunburn.  Clare & I had a lovely day photographing the goings on, at ...

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