Lazy, Sunny October days ...

Well, I had a lovely time yesterday for my birthday - John and I went to Ikea for some browsing and candles (of course) - we also met up with Steph whose wedding I shot on 777 - she picked up her album and was dead chuffed :)

So, today, I decided on cleaning the house - I find it dead therapeutic once in a while and so really enjoy seeing the end result. I finally made it into the conservatory for a rest and noted the cats had beat me to the best spots LOL

What do you reckon, is he comfy ???

Gill x

Happy Birthday to me !

Phew - another year older - and wiser? LOL

Taking a few days off so see you on the other side :)


This one of me, taken by my friend and fellow photographer Mike Sullivan is for my Mother :)))))

Gill x

What would you give to be a cat some days ...

Well, you know I love my cats ! So I was sifting through some of my favourite images from the Summer and I came across Tigger having a good old roll in the garden ... oh boy, what would you give to just be able to go and do that to totally de-stress some days :)

Tom, on the other hand, is far too cool for that sort of nonsense !

G x

Holiday Alert ...

Finally, I have decided to take some well deserved time out !

I am going to finish processing a couple of weddings, build 2 albums and get them off to clients, finish off an album design and then I am outta here for a week from Thursday ... which happens to be my birthday too :)

Oh, and here is my fave image of the day ...

Hubs, of course :)

G x

Some of my favourites ...

October is generally a quiet month for me - I have a portrait shoot later today and an engagement shoot in a couple of weeks - oh, not forgetting my birthday next week too :) So I generally have some time to sift through some favourite images that I am going to use for promotional purposes or just for bloggin !

Here are a few of my favourites ... comments welcome as always :)

This was a shot taken in a marquee as the staff were dishing up dessert - I focused in on the words, leaving the rest of the cake slightly out of focus ... yum !

This was an early 2006 wedding - before I was blogging ! Even though the dress is blown out in this, I love the laughter and sense of motion ... this was their favourite image from their day ...

I second shot a premier footballer's wedding with Sophie Griffiths last year - this is definitely a favourite of mine and one I use for my backdrops at wedding fayres ...

You will perhaps remember I got hired to cover some bridal preps a few weeks ago ... this is my favourite image - it is usually quite difficult to find somewhere to show off the dress while it is hanging up in the morning - for this one, I closed the doors to the bedroom and shot in natural daylight which was flooding in through the windows. I think the sloppy border and BW conversion really add to the beauty of the dress ...

Another one of my fayre stand images ... this was taken while Kim was actually signing the register, with daylight streaming in through the church windows, no flash, unobtrusive ... I think these make for better images than cheesy posed shots :)

This next one was a complete grab shot of the bride's kicked-off shoes ...

The next 2 are further stand images ... I love getting my brides to pose as if they were going into a magazine spread ! Work it, Ladies ! :)

This last shot has caused much discussion in our house ... I love it, Hubs hates it ... hey, at least it is creating reactions either way, right?

Gill x

New and Improved !

Well, with a little help from another photographer who uses the same blog software as me (ACEllis Blog) I finally managed to get some bigger images on here for you to view ... I have amended the last wedding so you can see what I mean - WOW, what a difference !

Here are a few personal images to show it all off !

My stepson, Richard ...

Louise - I blogged her portrait shoot before ...

And no personal blog would be complete without the cats :)

Comments welcome :)

Gill x

Nicola & Matt's Wedding - Stafford

Phew ... what a busy few weeks !!

Well, I first met Nicola last year when she rang and exclaimed that her Mother lived on the same street as me - she just HAD to meet me LOL - fortunately we all got along great and they decided I was to be their wedding photographer :)

Fast forward a year and here we are, blogging their wedding photos - amazing how fast time goes, isn't it !

The day started at Nicola's Mum's house, a 30 second walk for me :) Chaos as usual, but the house was big enough to accommodate people in different rooms - handy ! Nicola was the calmest person of all, having her makeup done in the downstairs family room.

While I was shooting the bridal preps, my assistant, Tony, was off capturing all the fun at the Church with Matt & his guys ...

Then on to the ceremony - this being my Parish Church, I was delighted to be shooting there :)

Then it was time for some fun ...

... and stylish bridals ...

One final shot ... this guest had a particularly funky pair of shoes ... after some persuasion, I decided I had to take this shot :)

Gill x