Charlene & Antony’s St Mary’s Church Wedding – Derby Wedding Photographer –...
Wedding: St Mary’s Church, Derby Reception: The Nottinghamshire Golf Club Wow! is all I can say. The sheer size of this wedding made it a real challenge to cover. If you were a guest and I missed you,...
View ArticleFor Photographers – Ready Steady Pro Podcast
Last week I sat down with three other photographers to record a podcast. To be more definite – I sat down with Michael Rammell, Lel Hurst and Neil Graham to record a podcast about the challenges of...
View ArticleEvent Photography – The Derbyshire Singers @ Derby Cathedral – Photographer...
Recently I had the pleasure of photographing the Derbyshire Singers live in concert at Derbyshire Cathedral. This was a different photography assignment for me – the brief was to capture some...
View ArticleA beautiful wedding album – Sarah & Jack’s Blackbrook House Wedding
This arrived in the post last week. It was so heavy I thought I’d been sent two albums, but then I remembered…. Sarah & Jack ordered a 60 page album when I first met them. Right from the start...
View ArticleWollaton Hall Engagement Photography with Katie & Alex – Nottingham Wedding...
Last week I got a phone call from Kathryn – She and Alex are getting married next year and were looking for engagement photography. I managed to fit them in over the weekend and we decided on...
View ArticleSarah & Brian’s Tipi Wedding Featured on Boho Wedding Blog
I know it’s a bit late to mention this, but I’ve been busy and a little bit lazy in keeping on top of the blog of late. Sarah & Brian’s fantastic glastonbury-inspired tipi wedding has been...
View ArticleChristmas Decorations 2013 = Why it’s so great to be a photographer at this...
I’m not going to litter this with too many words. Needless to say, I always look forward to this - The post Christmas Decorations 2013 = Why it’s so great to be a photographer at this time of year...
View ArticleThings are going to be different – Derby Wedding Photographer Simon Dewey
This year, some things are going to be very different. For one, I’ve recently been made redundant. For the last few years I have worked a call centre desk job and hated every minute of it. Still,...
View ArticleNew Year Special – Derby Wedding Photography
Derby Wedding Photography – New Year Special Deal Happy New Year Everyone – I can feel it in the air already that it’s going to be a good one. I’ve been racking my brains to come up with something...
View ArticleAllison & Paul’s Carriage Hall Wedding, Nottingham.
Preparations: Premier Inn Loughborough First Look: Grace Dieu Ruins Wedding: The Carriage Hall There are some people you meet who change you, and the way you view the world. Maybe I should start back...
View ArticleClaire & Tom’s Donnington Park Farmhouse Wedding
Wedding: Donnington Park Farm Reception: Donnington Park Farm Tom & Claire Married just after Christmas at the wonderfully rustic Donnington Park Farm, With an intimate and cosy ceremony followed...
View ArticleSarah & Brian’s Tipi Wedding Featured on Boho Wedding Blog
I know it’s a bit late to mention this, but I’ve been busy and a little bit lazy in keeping on top of the blog of late. Sarah & Brian’s fantastic glastonbury-inspired tipi wedding has been...
View ArticleDemystifying the Photography Awards -Image of the Month, Guild of Photographers
So, the image of the month award results for January have been announced. The two photos below both won awards, but I’m not going to tell you which took the higher award and which took the lower, yet,...
View ArticleBlackbrook House Wedding Feature in March Derbyshire Magazine
So… Friday was an interesting day. Poppy took her first steps, she sort of didn’t notice she was doing it though, It was like watching a baby sleepwalk. She hasn’t done it since. And I also got wind of...
View ArticleDare Workshop
I’ve been away on the Marshal Gray Photography Dare workshop the past few days. I had several blog posts I was intending to write before this – I have a list on my wall, but I needed to get this out....
View ArticleNaomi & Tom’s Makeney Hall Wedding
Wedding & Reception @ Makeney Hall Hotel The end of January I attended a beautifully intimate and warm wedding at Makeney Hall. Naomi & Tom are such a lovely couple and this was all about...
View ArticleJo & David’s Bakewell Derbyshire Wedding
Wedding: Bakewell Registry Office Reception: The Cavendish Hotel, Bakewell Another intimate family wedding this week. This one taken midweek in Bakewell on a sunny February afternoon. It was strange...
View ArticleUncontrolled Family Portraits – Freddie & Heidi
This is something different I’ve been doing, because they always recommend you work with children and animals.. … Seriously though, the idea behind it is that it’s uncontrolled and natural. I went out...
View ArticleFebruary Awards – Guild of Photographers Image of the Month
I know February seems like ages ago – but I didn’t remember to post these results at the time. I picked up two awards from the Guild of Photographers Image of the month competition. I’d like to talk a...
View ArticleChildren’s Lifestyle Photography Workshop, and what happened next…
I’m always working on my skills, and the last workshop I went on was Kate Hopewell-Smith’s Confidence in Children’s Lifestyle Photography run by the Guild of Photographers/ Blackthorn School of...
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