Author archives: lrphotography@mac.com

  • Wild wedding photography

  • It’s windy, wet and wild outside – and it’s your wedding day. Here’s proof that it doesn’t have to matter one bit... Something happens to weddings when the weather decides it’s not going to play ball. You spend your week(s) before the big day checking the long range forecasts and begging Toma[...]
  • Why civil weddings are more… civil

  • At one of my first Preston wedding photography shoots of the year, I’m reminded just why I enjoy civil wedding ceremonies so much. It’s appropriate really, that my first wedding shoot of the year took place at the Lancashire wedding venue where I think I’ve spent more time than any other over[...]
  • 2016 offers – best be quick!

  • Help me complete my bookings diary for 2016, and I’ll help you with a big discount on your Preston wedding photography! Wedding photographers work months and often years in advance. Already I’m taking bookings for Preston weddings in 2017 (and I’ve even got a handful in for 2018!). But han[...]
  • My Lancashire wedding venues – Shaw Hill

  • A year round Lancashire wedding venue, and a great backdrop for your wedding photography. Discover Shaw Hill in Chorley. I’m going to go out on something a limb here. I think Shaw Hill is even better for autumnal and winter weddings than it is in summer. I’m talking from a wedding photography per[...]
  • Shooting a new Lancashire wedding venue

  • Jenny and David are getting married at Formby Hall this weekend, and I’ll be on hand to cover the wedding photography. You’d think, once you’d been doing this job for a few years, you’d have covered every Lancashire wedding venue there is. So it always comes as a pleasant surprise to be invit[...]
  • 20% off your wedding photography!

  • Getting married in January, February or March 2016 and still haven’t sorted the wedding photography? I’ll give you 20% off if you book fast! For obvious reasons, most weddings tend to be packed into the spring and summer months. But increasingly, the first 3 months of the year are becoming mo[...]
  • My Preston Wedding Venues – Ferrari’s

  • Warmth. Informality. Fun. Looking for your ideal wedding venue in Preston? Make sure you pay a visit to Ferrari’s. If you live in Lancashire you know the name Ferrari. No, not that one; I’m talking about Susan and Ginio, who first launched Ferrari’s restaurant in Gt Eccleston, then added Ferrari’[...]
  • The power of rugby

  • How do you choose your Preston wedding photographer? Jaclyn & Peter McVeigh adopted a more unconventional route... Of course they Googled ‘Preston wedding photographers’. And yes, they browsed my galleries of wedding shots. But when it came to the crunch, there was one very specific feature w[...]
  • The benefits of a 3.00pm wedding

  • Lots to prep? Don’t think you’ll ever get the hair, makeup, flowers, dress and everything else sorted in time? Keep everything in one place, and opt for a 3.00pm wedding like Ashley and Phil Harter. Last Saturday I was on wedding photography duties at Lytham St Anne’s Grand Hotel. And just fo[...]