Jemma & Andy – Engagement Session in the Cotswolds
While I was editing Jemma & Andy’s engagement session I started thinking about how important these shoots really are.
Imagine having a whole set of photos of your own parents taken just before they got married. Pretty priceless I’d say. Many couples have never had professional photographs taken of them before and these shoots are totally different to what we’ll capture at their wedding. It’s also a good time for us to get to know each other a little better and for the couple to see that it doesn’t have to be stressful at all having their photo taken. In fact, most couples agree that it’s actually good fun and that helps them relax on the wedding day, and that leads to better wedding photos. Everyone’s a winner!
For Jemma & Andy’s session we met in the Cotswolds and went for a pub lunch first. As it was Mother’s Day, I decided to make a day of it and brought the family along too.
We ended up back at Broadway Tower just as the sun decided to do some pretty amazing shows..
Oh look! It’s Evelyne, Elliott & Isaac. This photo is already on our wall 
Elliott was determined to be in more photos!
There’s that cheeky little boy again!
The wedding is in 2 weeks. Photos here soon…
Liz & Jon – Engagement Shoot
Liz and Jon get married this April at Moor Hall.
Moor Hall is a great venue not far from where we live but we’ve never shot a wedding there so I’m looking forward to finally getting over there.
For their engagement session, Liz & Jon came to our studio and we went for a stroll around the lovely streets of Digbeth. It was great fun getting to know them a little better and capturing some pretty cool images along the way…
Sarah & Louis – Engagement Session
Sarah & Louis get married next month at the impressive and picturesque Caverswall Castle in Staffordshire.
There was still snow on the ground when we shot their engagement session but I think it adds something to the images. What do you think?
Lauren & Ashley – Engagement Shoot in Digbeth
This Saturday coming we’ll be back at Hogarths in Solihull for our third wedding of 2010.
Lauren & Ashley’s wedding is one I’ve been looking forward to since I met them last year. They’ve booked our Fun Booth too so we’re sure of good times
For their engagement shoot we met up last weekend and went out around Digbeth looking for some cool locations that I haven’t used before. We found some too…
Check back in a few weeks to see what happened on their wedding day…
Joy & Richard – E-Shoot in the Snow
Joy & Richard booked us to shoot their wedding about 7 weeks ago. Their wedding is this weekend! We love last minute bookings
I’m so glad they got in touch cos they’re one of the nicest couples we’ve met and I know their wedding is going to be F.U.N. You can see all that in a few weeks though
For their engagement shoot we got to do our first ever client shoot in the snow and I love the results. We headed over to Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham and here are just a few of the photos we made…
Hannah & Ali – At Home With…
If you follow this blog regularly you’ll know that pretty much all our engagement sessions are shot outdoors. Hannah & Ali wanted to do things differently and I knew we’d end up with some unique shots of them as a result.
Hannah had the idea of doing the shoot as a “At home with Hannah & Ali” session. Their home is amazing too. They’ve collected so many cool, vintagey items to give the place character and personality. It totally suits them.
We shot their wedding the day before heading to Montreal for Christmas so watch out for that on the blog in a couple of weeks. The wedding was fantastic!
For the photographers out there, these images were all processed using the amazing Totally Rad Actions. Check ‘em out.
Emma & Wayne – Engagement Shoot
Originally we had planned to do Emma & Wayne’s E-shoot in Sutton Park, a great location near to their home. On the day, however, Wayne suggested using an abandoned farmhouse that someone he knew had just purchased. Errrr… yeah! Sounds more like my kinda place
We dodged showers, suspicious teenagers and the possibility of a roof collapsing on us and came home with some pretty cool photos. Here are just a few…
Their wedding will be our first of 2010 – On January 2nd! It’s at New Hall too which we love. Not a bad way to start what’s already looking like a busy year (we have 25 weddings booked so far).
Sinem & Oli – Engagement Shoot
After being away in Spain and then being off sick for a week, it’s actually nice that we have a break from weddings at the moment.
As much as I love shooting weddings, sometimes it’s good to step back and re-inspire yourself. It’s also good to get to editing some of those other sessions that might not be quite so urgent. And quite often it’s our own family photos which sit at the bottom of the editing queue. And that’s not something I like!
Our next wedding is 21st November when we’ll be back to Moxhull Hall to shoot the wedding of Sinem & Oli. It’ll be our first ever November wedding. We recently went out for their engagement shoot so i wanted to share a few of their photos with you. So here we go…
Roll on the 21st
Anna & Simon – A Rockin’ Engagement Shoot
Here’s one engagement session I’ve been excited to blog!
Anna & Simon get married at the end of November. I’ve known them both as friends for years and Anna is actually my second shooter at most of my weddings these days. After joining me on so many great wedding days I know her own wedding is going to be amazing! Both Anna & Simon are super-cool people and we wanted to try a few new ideas for their engagement shoot, which we actually split into 2 sessions – one in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the other at The Custard Factory in Birmingham where our studio is located.
So first…. Stratford.
Then we stopped on the road out of town as the sun was setting..
A few days later we met up at The Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham to create something just a little different. But first, a disclaimer…
These shots were completely inspired by one of my favourite wedding photographers, Jeff Newsom. The technique used to create them is quite tricky and I’m still trying to play with it and perfect it. All these images are pretty much straight out of the camera. No Photoshop trickery is used. See what you think…
Check back in December for photos from the main event…. Can’t wait!!
Nat & Drew – Engagement Photos
Nat & Drew are all set to get hitched this coming Friday at one of our fave venues in the West Midlands – Moxhull Hall.
We actually ended up doing TWO engagement shoots with the couple as the light faded so fast on the first shoot that we couldn’t get everything we wanted. So we met up again at a new location (at the end of my road!) and ended up with an even more varied collection of images with some very dramatic skies. We like dramatic skies, in case you didn’t know already
So, here’s a few from Shoot One:
These photos were taken at Barr Beacon and the light had pretty much gone! I jumped in my car, span it round, put the headlights on full, lit the couple and we got some pretty cool photos…
Shoot Two happened in a little wildlife sanctuary 2 minutes from where we live. The only wildlife we saw was a curious cat but we did find some great places for pictures…
Roll on Friday!