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Cannock Chase Location Shoot

Sunday saw a location shoot with Make up artist Penny Grimley, with Lola Hope as our beautiful model.

We headed off to Cannock Chase, a beauty spot in Stafford. A wonderful place for a walk or bike ride. There are even dedicated mountain bike trails, from beginner upto a more challenging ride. 

The plan was to capture some of Penny’s make up.   

For most of the shots, I used just 1 flash with a DMSL Beauty dish, balancing it with my trusty Sekonic 358 meter, so that it was just 1 or 2 stops higher than the ambient light of the day.

A very enjoyable day and the time just flew by. Thanks to Penny, Demi and Lola for all your hard work.

Images hosted on www.flickr.com

A Wedding with Treasured Forever

I had the pleasure of working with Treasured Forever photography on the 1st of August.  Sharon and Mick are the talented photographers behind this company and although I had spoken to them a lot via the SWPP it was my first meeting with Sharon on the day. The ceremony was held at the lovely St John’s church in Essington, with the reception held at The Connaught in Wolverhampton.

It was quite a different experience working as a second shooter, and my first time ever doing so. While Sharon concentrated on the main shots, I moved about the venues taking candid shots of the guests and happy couple.  I also had a great opportunity to catch the details of the day and catch those fleeting moments that the main photographer could not.

You can view Treasured Forever’s blog post about this wedding at: or view their main website.  Thanks to Sharon and Mick for the opportunity to work with them, it was a very enjoyable day.

Lastly and by no means least, congratulation to Steven and Emma, a lovely couple and I wish them every happiness for the future.

Hand Fasting at Ossian’s Hall

25th of July 2010 saw me fly up to Edinburgh for the beautiful and intimate wedding of Dave and Cheyenne. This couple certainly did things differently to anything I have seen before. From the purple wedding dress, the remote and dramatic venue or simply travelling to the venue with Killswitch Engage blaring out of the windows of the Mercedes, it was a weekend to remember!


I admit I was a little apprehensive of this wedding, as it was rather unique. Even unique doesn’t seem to do it justice. Suffice to say that Dave and Cheyenne eloped in the traditional sense of the word, up to Scotland to have a traditional hand fasting (Dave told me how he had to explain it to his mum by referencing the Braveheart film). There were not lots of guests, in fact there was only the people performing the ceremony and myself. So there were no group shots, no candids of the guests, nothing to shoot but the location, the moment and the happy couple. I worried how I would fill an album but I need not have.


The location was stunning, near Dunkeld, the beautiful Hermitage also known as Ossian’s Hall would be the place for both the ceremony and shoot. If you are ever in the area please take time to visit, its an impressive combination of architecture and nature even more impressive mark on the landscape.


Dave and Cheyenne really are individuals and they were determined to have a wedding that was for them. It was private, beautifully thought out, occasionally surreal and at times deeply moving. I would like to wish Dave and Cheyenne every happiness for their future together but I have no doubts, they are just perfect for each other.


So in no particular order here are a few sneak previews of the images we captured.


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