Author archives: lrphotography@mac.com
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- Welcome to the most joyous wedding of the year.
If you’d have been wandering through Braisty Woods near Harrogate last week, you’d have come across something rather unexpected. It wasn’t simply the fact that there was an outdoor wedding in progress – with a grand marquee dominating a field be[...]
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- Sheila and Daryl broke with convention for their Lytham wedding – and set me a challenge.
When you’re working on a weekly basis in the joyous surroundings of a wedding, it’s hard to treat any project as ‘just a job’. How can you when you’re responsible for shooting the most important day of p[...]
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- When a wedding photographer says they will “capture the story of your day”, what exactly do they mean? Well, with a little help from Nicola and Darren, it goes something like this…
Arriving at the wedding location
Early April, Eaves Hall, near Clitheroe. It’s been a while since I was here fo[...]
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- Choosing a Lake District wedding in mid-April runs a few risks – but the results are worth it.
You can almost imagine the conversation Cora and Gareth will have had when planning their wedding. “April? The Lake District? Sure you don’t want it a couple of months later?”
This was one of my [...]
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- Emilia and Chris tie the knot, literally, at Last Drop Village.
I get lots of calls about late availability. Sometimes the planned photographer falls ill. Sometimes plans change. And sometimes what starts out as a plan for a friend or relative to cover the day on their iPhone, changes late in[...]
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- Claire and Paul’s wedding was a classic case of having to stay on my Lancashire wedding photographer toes…
Not that that was anything to do with Claire and Paul, or their guests – at what was a lovely, warm and wonderfully enjoyable wedding. But the Lancashire weather (April showers and all t[...]
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- Last-minute wedding photography in Preston as Jenny and David formalise their marriage vows.
You’re about to hold your wedding on a sun-kissed beach. But what happens when the overseas wedding you’ve got planned isn’t actually legal for UK purposes?
That was the situation facing Jenny and [...]
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- …And 3 other reasons Michelle & Grant’s St Annes wedding photography was a joy.
Motifs are the recurring themes or tropes an artist or photographer might use in their images. I like motifs because they connect images in subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) ways, making a project feel ‘joined [...]
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- Want to be sure of getting the Preston wedding photographer of your choice for next year’s wedding? Don’t leave it too late…
Christmas is a prime time for engagement announcements. And if you’ve just got engaged then a) congratulations and b) you’re about to plunge into several months’ worth of h[...]
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- Thanks for choosing me as your Lancashire wedding photographer this year…
I don’t often look back at the weddings I cover – there’s rarely time as there’s always another one around the corner - but Christmas gets you in a reflective sort of mood and I recently found myself looking back at an ecle[...]
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- I don’t mean in terms of achieving the perfect shot; I mean literally and geographically. When you’re booking your wedding photographer, how far should you expect them to travel?
On the face of it, it might seem like a bit if a daft question. If you’re getting married in France, for example, why [...]
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- Getting married in 2016? If you’ve left things late, you could bag a bargain.
I know, I know. I tell people all the time to book their Lancashire wedding photography early. And if you want the photographer of your choice, on the date of your choice, you really need to.
But sometimes weddings d[...]
