One year ago today, Karen and I were trudging up a field from Karen's parked car towards the corner of a field on a farm, that we had only managed to hire for the shoot 24 hours before. The sun was shining, Covid-19 was something that was unheard of and we were looking to get creative before the summer season for 2019 started.

So firstly an enormous thank you one year on to Forest Farm shepherds hut and camping, for stepping in at the very last minute because we'd been let down by our first venue. Not only did they allow us to use their farm, they were extremely lovely and accommodating and even let us play with some of their animals on the shoot. We could not have done this without you!

Wanna see a really cute, music and science themed winter wedding? DONE!

Not long after Christmas last year, Kelly & Tom got married at The Quay Arts. I'd never shot a wedding there before and was really looking forward to shooting at a venue, particularly one I've been to many times over the years.

The room was decorated with the help of Personalize, with some beautiful personal touches celebrating the couples different passions. There was also a really cute desert table and a gorgeous wedding cake by the ever fabulous Frostbite Bakery. 

Despite the rain that persisted all day (why do they say that's good luck on a wedding day?!), Rachel and Ryan's wedding day went very well indeed.

The pair had a fairly small and laid back wedding at Ventnor Botanic Gardens, most of the guests and myself made our way to the gardens on "The Old Girl" bus, where there was an awful lot of Prosecco and laughter despite the miserable weather. It was the first time I'd been on the vintage bus and it is beautiful and the staff were so friendly and helpful. All the wonderful flowers were done by Doris Pinks Florist, and the ever fabulous Frostbite Bakery did the wedding cake!

Thank you so much Rachel and Ryan for asking Lana and I to photograph your wedding, for the kind words and for recommending us! Also a huge thank you to Rachel's mum for randomly leaving me a beautiful review.

If you'd like to see Rachel and Ryan's poppy and sunshine filled pre-wedding shoot, feel free to look here.

Hello dear blog reader, I hope you are doing well! I'd like to introduce you a total gem of a person and a talented Wedding Photographer, Nisha Haq. aka. "The best smile in wedding photography", I just call her that to be honest, but it's so true.

Nisha asked me one day if I'd be interested in doing a personal branding photo shoot with her, to be honest it's something I haven't done a huge amount of before but I really like doing them and I really enjoyed my shoot with Nisha.

Lydia, Miriam, Caoimhe & Ellie are Palisander - The Spice Girls of the world of classical music. 

I had so much fun with these four great and talented ladies on their photo shoot with me, first making a visit to The Fighting Cocks and then on to Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Who knew there are so many different sizes and types of recorders, because I definitely didn't, I couldn't believe it when they were first unpacked. 

It's always a joy to ask band to play something for a few shots. Mainly for the benefit of the photos themselves, but I do like being able to watch musicians in action, and hearing four recorders played beautifully in the Botanic Gardens (with just me as a solo audience) was such a treat. Because of the type of music and the sound of the recorders, at one point I thought Henry VIII was gunna come rocking up around one of the gardens windy paths with one of his wives or something.

Thank you so much for a lovely morning ladies, and thanks for treating me to lunch. 
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What was clear to me was that Ross and Tasha's wedding was all about celebrating love and having fun, and I felt that running all the way through their day. From the beginning of the day where the girls got their hair done at Cutting Edge, right through to the inebriated dancing and laughter on the dance floor in the evening.

So many tears of joy were shed at the wedding of this really lovely couple. Ross and Tasha's family and friends clearly had so much love for both of them, and were so happy to see them get married, it was truly lovely to experience and such a joy to photograph.

Also a big shout out to Tasha's Uncle to went on a McDonalds run in the morning and got all the ladies a breakfast, and thank you to Tasha for treating me to mine. Tasha was fed a couple chicken nuggets by one of her bridesmaids when time was getting on and her make up needed doing, but at the end of the day what are bridesmaids and friends for?!

Thank you both for asking me to photograph your day, and thank you for my beautiful review.