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Thursday, 23 May 2013

Craig and Hayley's pre wedding shoot.

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We met up last week end with Craig and Hayley, oh, and Sullivan, to shoot their pre wedding images. We met at Sefton Park, but instead of going into the park we went down Ibbotson's Lane and found some really cool spots....we had a good laugh together and even Sulli seemed to enjoy it...

Here's a video and some stills from the shoot....looking forward to the big day in a couple of weeks....don't forget to select 720p for the best experience!

























Welcome to new 2014 wedding clients Melissa and Chris

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We are delighted to welcome Melissa and Chris as our latest 2014 wedding clients.

We met Melissa and her mum at the recent West Tower wedding show and had a really good chat about our wedding photography and how we approach and shoot a wedding.

Melissa and her mum both were keen on booking and a couple of days later we received the contract and confirmation!

At a wedding show there are always several photographers, so people have lots of choice, both at the show and in general. It really is a privilege to be chosen to shoot a wedding among this very competitive market.

We believe that not compromising on the quality of our photography and our unswerving commitment to an exceptional level of service is what helps us connect with clients and gives them the confidence to commission us to document their weddings...

See you soon guys, the time will fly by, I promise!

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Attitude wins major national award

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We were recently commissioned by Ian at Attitude Men's Hair to shoot some images for the up coming British Barber's Association national competition finals. One of his stylists, Jordan Evans, found out a few weeks ago he was in the finals.

The final event took place in Cardiff last weekend and Jordan was in the last 10 of the British Barber Association's National Student of the Year competition in the category Trend and won 1st place!

However, the excitement was not over as, a few moments later, Jordan was named as the
British Barber's Association National Student of the Year! Fantastic news and well done Jordan!

This means he wins a place on the "Menspire" team that will see him travel the country working on photo shoots and London fashion week,  Salon international and the Pro live tour! 

Huge congratulations to Jordan and to Ian and the whole team at Attitude.....

Here the images we shot for him that won the competition....



Monday, 20 May 2013

Welcome to new 2014 wedding clients Tim and Sarah

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We are delighted to welcome Tim and Sarah as our latest 2014 wedding clients. We met recently at the West Tower wedding show and chatted for a good while about photography and our philosophy and approach to photographing weddings.
A couple of days later, Tim emailed to say...

"Both myself, and Sarah, went away really excited by your approach and considered it, compared to everything else that we've been looking at, really refreshing.

We really liked what we saw and we'd really like to invite you to create the photography at our wedding next year.
"

Thanks so much Tim and Sarah for choosing us to document your wedding!

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Caroline and David's wedding preview....

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So, here are a few faves from Caroline and David's wedding....it was a great day, and, in spite of a bit of rain, there was lots of fun, love and laughter.

The West Tower was stunning as always, Laurie had done a fabulous job with the flowers and  DJ Steve Mitchell was on top form.... especially as he has got a new assistant for his first dance intros....think I make all the difference mate!

It was a pleasure to document this beautiful wedding and be a small part of such a special day.  






















Thursday, 16 May 2013

Partnership with The Weding Vine

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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have partnered with the exclusive wedding inspiration site The Wedding Vine. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be their expert professional photographer answering questions sent in by brides and grooms.

This is something we have been looking to do for a while as so many brides and grooms have similar questions which, it appears, they can never get satisfactory answers to. We are delighted to have been able to see this come about with the help and support of the team at The Wedding Vine.

This will be a forum for any questions related to any part of wedding photography from insurance, professional affiliations etc right through to albums, image rights and the weather!!

If you have any questions that you would like to be answered, you can send them directly to the wedding vine, or to me, and each month, a selection will be selected and the answers will be available on their website..

We are really excited by this and it promises to be a valuable resource for all couples as the plan their Special Day.

As more detail a become available, they will be  posted here and our Facebook pages...

Cheers

Ian

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

James and Sharron's pre wedding shoot...

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We recently met up with James and Sharron in Sefton Park to shoot their pre wedding images. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon to have a wander round and shoot some gorgeous images of them both. Our daughters are involved as 2 of Sharron's bridesmaids and out little buy is desperate for a role on the day too! They all came with us on the shoot which added to the fun (and stress!!)....

We did have a good time and both Sharron and James did really well as the park was quite busy...here is a video and a few stills from the shoot....