Alderley Edge Engagement | Jon & Jess

July 29, 2011  |  1 Comments

Jon and Jess are busy preparing for their wedding at the end of October, which I’m delighted to be photographing.

It’s not the most natural thing to have a camera in your face whilst you try and pretend it’s not there. So, to avoid that happening for the first time on the wedding day, we arranged an engagement shoot where I would take some lovely, natural pictures of them, relaxed and adorably in love, and hopefully the camera would become a familiar friend.

We decided to go to Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where Jon had proposed earlier this year. It’s a beautiful high spot with impressive views over Manchester and the Pennines. And there’s such a variety of scenery: woodland, dramatic sandstone edges, caves, grassy fields, there’s no end to the fabulous locations to use.

From the results, the camera is pretty sure it wants to be friends with you, Jess and Jon. I think he likes you. :)

Alderley Edge Pre Wedding Photography (1)

 

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The Pre-Wedding Photography Shoot of Greg & Suzannah

June 25, 2011  |  2 Comments

Last summer, my housemate went and proposed to his girlfriend and I blogged the celebratory Engagement BBQ here. However, the two of them are far too gorgeous to be allowed to get away without another proper photo session before the wedding. We made a day of it and headed down to Staffordshire, with a walk around Dovedale where Greg had proposed, and a recce around the church, reception venue and Croxden Abbey (where we would do photographs on the wedding day).

 

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Sarah and Tom Engaged

March 8, 2011  |  2 Comments

Sarah and Tom will be getting married the very next day after the Royal Wedding this April! It almost seems unfair–they’ve been planning it longer!–but there’s no way any Prince/Princess could steal their thunder.

They are very much in love and such a cute, fun couple as you can see from their recent photographs, taken when we went to scout around the locations in Skipton and Grassington.

We took some some other photos, for a great idea they have for their reception…but I can’t give anything away about that yet. We’ll just have to wait for the wedding itself now.

ST PreWedding 02

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Greg & Suzannah’s Engagement

November 2, 2010  |  No Comments

Greg is my housemate, and this summer he proposed to his girlfriend, Suzannah. (Yay, woo, congratulations guys!)

Greg and Suzannah Manchester Engagement

Both coming from neighbouring counties, he took her to the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, at Dovedale where there are stepping stones from one county to the other. Half way across, with impatient children waiting on the banks and Suzannah racing ahead to the other side before she realised what he was doing, he managed to get her to wait long enough to propose. She said yes.

Greg and Suzannah Manchester Engagement

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