Category archives: Luke Richards Photography
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- 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[...]
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- 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[...]
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- 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[...]
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- 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[...]
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- I’m continuing my tour of my favourite Preston and Lancashire wedding venues, and I’ve reached the outskirts of Clitheroe, home to the frankly gorgeous Mitton Hall.
Let’s be honest, if you can’t make the 15th century splendour of Mitton Hall look great on camera you’ve really no right calling[...]
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- Like the wedding cake, the quality of your wedding photography is all about the ingredients you put in.
Every wedding is unique. Even if I’m shooting at a Preston wedding venue I’ve visited a thousand times before, it’s always different because the people are always different. It’s that combi[...]
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- You can have the grandest of surroundings and the most spectacular of days, but sometimes you can capture the true meaning of a wedding day in just one look.
It was Sunday 14 June, a bit of a rainy start to Katie and Matthew’s big day and I was at Katie’s mum’s house for the bridal prep. As s[...]
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- You’ve more than enough to think about on your wedding day without adding a wedding photography to-do list to the mix. So here are some short, sweet and simple ways you can get great wedding photo results, without having to try too hard.
Relax
Know what makes a great wedding photograph? Naturaln[...]
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- It’s the morning of the biggest day of your life. Guess what? It doesn’t have to be chaos...
If there’s one part of the wedding day that I always feel privileged to be a part of, it’s the bridal prep. At least, it’s a privilege when all is calm. Sometimes, however, things can get a little fra[...]
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- It’s a big deal, booking your wedding photographer. And once the big day’s begun, it’s a bit late to discover that yours isn’t quite up to scratch. So here’s my guide to finding the perfect photographer for your Preston wedding.
Start early
If you can, start the search for your Preston weddi[...]
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- I’m straying out of my Preston wedding photographer zone here, but it’s worth it to shoot probably the most iconic hotel in the county. Give your wedding a vintage twist to complement the art deco surroundings of Morecambe’s Midland Hotel.
F Scott Fitzgerald would have approved. Carly and Joh[...]
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- Monday saw a bit of rush job photoshoot with Chase the Sun VW Camper Hire, based in Preston, Lancashire.
Unfortunately 70 miles per hour winds were forecast and boy did they come ! The sun was shining, but the wind blew and blew and blew to the point where I could barely see through the viewf[...]
