Bridal shoot at Ladywood

Ladywood is a former hunting lodge near Oakham in Rutland and, with it's extensive grounds and elegant interior, is a superb location for exclusive weddings and events.

Hannah, of Hand Maid Wedding and Events, provides a bespoke wedding and events planning service and looks after all of the weddings at Ladywood.

Yesterday we all battled through the snowly lanes as I met up with Hannah, Carole and Debbie from Wedding Belles (Kibworth) - who provided the gorgeous wedding gowns - and Adele and Ed for a bridal shoot.

Adele modelled two lovely wedding gowns, the first an 'Ellis Bridals' gown and the second the stunning 'Rose' by 'Maureen Myring Kesterton'. Ed's outfit was provided by Christopher Scotney, Leicester.

Here are a few favourites:

Wedding photography Geddington and Rushton Hall - Emma and David are married!

Family and friends braved the snowy conditions today to join Emma and David as they were married at St Mary Magdalene Church, Geddington, with their reception following at Rushton Hall.

To say that the weather was changeable is probably a bit of an understatement. One minute the church looked an absolute picture bathed in bright sunshine, the next minute the snow was falling and it all looked a little bit like winter!

At Rushton Hall we managed to tempt Emma and David outside for some lovely images in the snowy surroundings, asking them to think of thier lovely warm honeymoon destination!

Here's a sneak peak of some early favourites, starting with the contrast in the weather at the church:





















And we just loved the figures on top of their wedding cake:



Congratulations Emma and David!

Rozz and Iain's wedding in R Magazine

Rozz and Iain's fun filled wedding last September is featured in the January edition of R Magazine, the Special Bridal Edition.



A small copy of the article is below, and you can see a readable version of it on pages 34-35 of the online edition of the magazine here, selecting the 'Eversion of R Magazine - January 2010'.



Their wedding was one of our favourites last year and, I think you can tell from the images in the article, Rozz and Iain had a lot of fun on their big day!

Thanks for letting us be part of your special day Rozz and Iain, and many thanks for your kind words.

Wedding Photography Brigstock - Lisa and Paul are married!

Today was a lovely start to the new year as Lisa and Paul were married at St Andrew's Church, Brigstock, with a fabulous reception at Kettering Park Hotel.

It was a crisp, frosty morning, with a little flurry of 'real' snow immediately after their wedding, and some less real snow on arrival at Kettering Park!

Lisa and Paul will soon be enjoying their honeymoon somewhere a little warmer, but we hope that they get to see this 'sneak peak' of a few early favourites first, starting with Lisa's shoes (!):











You can just see a few flakes of snow in this image of page boy Dylan:















Many congratulations Mr and Mrs Schofield!

Rutland and Market Harborough Living magazine

It's always good to get work published and I recently did some photography at Andrew Minarik's hair and beauty salon in Kibworth, for a makeover feature in the January edition of Rutland and Market Harborough Living magazine.

I photographed Linda earlier in the week for her 'before' image, and then in the salon after she had had her fantastic makeover.

You can see the published article in the online edition of the magazine, on page 21, and a feature on Nigel Ord-Smith Photography on page 9, with one of the images from Stephanie and Jon's lovely wedding in August.

Happy Christmas!

Whoops, I haven't blogged for far too long and Christmas is now almost upon us.

It's been pretty hectic with, amongst other things, a number of portrait sessions and some lovely framed images, canvases and acrylics will next see the light of day on Christmas morning.

I can't give the game away by posting any of those images so here's a Christmas image that's featured on some of my Christmas cards:



A very merry Christmas to all!

Wedding photography, Noseley Hall - Lisa and Tristan are married!

Lisa and Tristan had a fabulous double celebration today. Not only were they married at Noseley Hall, but it was also Lisa's birthday. Very cunning of Tristan to only have one significant date to remember!

Heavy rain had been forecasted all week, but it turned out to be a gloriously sunny morning and after their wedding ceremony we managed to get everybody outside for the group photo, but it was soon back inside to the roaring fires before the rain came down.

Here's a little taster of some early favourites:

























Congratulations Lisa and Tristan. I'm sure it's a birthday you won't forget, Lisa!