Cheshire based wedding, portrait and fashion photographer

I took the opportunity to shoot Lisa in regular clothes as well and tried to balance a decent mix of lifestyle images and fashion. Here are some of my favourites from the shoot and it was so windy it played havoc with my hair.

These shots are a mixture of off camera flash and natural light.

This image is probably my favourite of the bunch.

A little different processing on this image because I can plus a little fun with the expression and pose.

This was taken through the gap in the planks.

I have worked with Lisa on a few occassions but not on a bridal shoot, she is alot of fun and gives evrything 100%. I will be doing another shoot once again very soon in a new location but here as promised are some more images from the session.

Remember if you have just got married or your dress is just stuck in a box gathering dust get in touch and I can help create some stunning imagery. The shoot will be fun, crazy but why not get out in the sunshine?

With so many changes in my life recently I have finally found time to do a shoot I’ve wanted to for years. Get a wedding dress, one woman/bride and take her to a great location and create some superb images. I always offer this to couples as a post wedding shoot (FOR FREE) but many do not take me up on it .

So if I have shot your wedding or fancy just having a go at rocking your frock please get in touch, I have plenty of ideas just bursting to come out.

The shoot was done on Monday 5th July 2010. A larger version can be viewed here

I will be posting some more images from this shoot very soon.

Creative North West based wedding photographer, bridal shoot on location.

Had a great time last week shooting these crazy pair in beautiful sunshine around Manchester. I shot in some new locations and visited some old ones I favour. Below are some of my favourites from the shoot.

It was Dave’s first shoot and he was great but I am shooting Becca next week on 1-1 which should be great.

One of my personal favourites and in a telephone box!

During my first studio shoto I also had the pleasure of shooting MUA/Model Samantha Gardner. Her attention to detail was immaculate and she was real fun to shoot. Samantha must be busy as it has taken her 2 weeks to get back to me with her choices of images she would like from this shoot. Big thanks again to Gareth Hickey for setting everything up (models, lighting etc.) and having me along.

Here is just a sneak peak and I am aware it looks a little like a manikin but when I started processing this image I just felt that was the right way to go with it.

Gareth Hickey kindly invited me down to his studio to shoot Olivia and Sam Gardner (MUA and model).  I am very used to shooting on location so photographing within a studio environment was quite a departure for me. I didn’t think I was going to enjoy it very much due to the rather sterile backdrop but I couldn’t have been more wrong,  loved it!

Below are some of my personl favs

Monday was very busy for me having a location shoot in the morning and a few studio shoots in the evening. I didn’t get back home till 11pm but enjoyed every minute working with talented models Olivia, Samantha (MUA as well) and Gareth Hickey (photographer) over at his studio. Thanks for having me along I loved it!

I will post some images here from that evenings shoot when I get some time but  below are some of my favourites from shooting Lisa in and around the city of Manchester.

This is one of my favs from the whole shoot.

Shortly after this shot we were moved along by security which was a real shame

There were a few locations I’d chosen before arriving in Liverpool but the whole shoot was very much about  looking for opportunities. On many occasions we were on route to a location only for me to keep get darting down streets looking for potential backgrounds of  interest.  When shooting on location I do try to keep some locations aside in case the heavens open, but then I wouldn’t have achieved all the lovely shadows in the bridge that leads to John Lewis (see examples below).

Once I set the flash or two up it’s very much about trying to maximise the location for angles and different posing before moving on. Just the slightest movement or expression change can make a massive difference to the final shot, so it’s very much about letting the model just model but also me telling her just to make some small adjustments.

Below are some of my favourites from the shoot .

One of my favs from the day and very much about chatting to the model and just her to create weird shapes and just going for it! These shutters were great as they had tiny holes which allowed some detail from the car park behind to come through.

I love all the angles and lines in this shot and had to keep waiting for the bridge to clear to get the shot.

Just love this shot with the shadows and the wall just dissapearing into the distance.

I have been very fortunate to work with some really great models (male and female) over the last couple of years and Sha certainly is one of them. Right off the bat she produced pose after pose with such elegance beauty and presence, now finally I am able to post more than a few shots from the shoot with the help of this blog. I am very proud of the final resuls and whilst chatting to Sha I found out she was a dancer so decided to  incorporate that into the shoot with great success.

Some people ask about processing and 95% of it is done within Lightroom. With this post I have  provided an insight into a before and after just to give you a little taster, scroll further down to view.

BEFORE

Here is a great example of before and after just to give you some idea what is involved to create the final image.

AFTER

I love shooting on location because you never quite sure what the weather is going to do. I have worked in all sorts of weather conditions and relish the challenge of shooting in bad weather and using the elements to add something special to the shot. Location shoots also provide plenty of  texture, character and sometimes props such as parked cars as seen in image 2.

This was a great shoot last year with Sean and we achieved a great mix of shots using both natural light and off camera flash in and around Manchester.

With my old blog it only permitted one image per post but here I like to offer you more shots from the day’s shoot, hope you like them.

Thank you Sean.

Gallery update – You may have noticed I have made the images a little bigger rather than clicking through which I think is better?

The sun finally came out and I told Sean to run over to the log and stand on it before the sun went behind the clouds again. The result is a great capture and one of my personal favourites.

Unusual processing with the last two images but I love the final result.