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Where to Photograph Carlisle Wildlife
Where to see and photograph wildlife around Carlisle February 22nd is National Wildlife Day and what a better way of celebrating this day than to go out around Carlisle and see and photograph some wildlife and maybe take some photos with your phone camera or some...
Tullie House Wedding Photography
Weddings at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery always bring back memories Tullie House museum and Art gallery in Carlisle makes a great venue for weddings and for receptions, with loads of photo opportunities for wedding photographers like me. I should know because...
Outside Dance Photography in Carlisle
Carlisle Dance Photography I've been a dance photographer in Cumbria for nearly 15 years, taking photos of outside dance photography in Carlisle, and I really enjoy seeing and photographing the skills of the graceful dancers across Carlisle, Cumbria and all along the...
Girls First Birthday Cake Smash Photo Session
Birthday Cake Smash photo session in Carlisle Little M's mum first got in touch about a cake smash photo session early in January and after a couple of emails, we booked in a date for the photo session around little one's birthday in July. This year then went a bit...
Gretna Wedding Photography
Gretna Weddings are always great for a wedding photographer I love finding out the stories behind why Gretna has been chosen and working with the couple to ensure their wedding goes the way they want. My advantage is that being based very close to Gretna that if a...
Ideas for VE Day 2020 – 75 years since Victory in Europe
Ideas for Celebrating VE Day 2020 at Home How will you be celebrating VE Day 2020? This Friday sees a bank holiday to celebrate VE Day - Victory in Europe Day and this year is the 75th celebration year. It was hoped that they would be big parties all across the UK,...
Lake District Pre Wedding Photography | Ullswater Photographer
Lake District Pre Wedding Photography Choosing a Lake District pre wedding photography location can be really difficult but for this couple, their photo location choice needed no thinking about. Rachel and Adam met each other through a mutual friend around 8 years...
Carlisle Pre Wedding Photographer | Dalston Photo Session
Why Pre Wedding Photography? As a wedding photographer, based near the Lake District in Carlisle, I am often asked if I think having a pre-wedding photo session is a good idea. I must admit I think any photo session is a great idea as it captures a moment in time,...
Beautiful Valentine’s Day Carlisle Wedding
Carlisle Valentine's Day Registry Office Wedding What a fantastic way to spend Valentines Day than by taking wedding photographs at Carlisle Lady Guilford Registry Office in the company of a lovely couple Becky and Ali who had chosen the special romantic day to tie...
Top 8 Lake District Wedding Venues
Lake District Wedding Venues The Lake District is a great place for wedding venues. There's a place for everyone's taste, so no matter what your heart desires you will find a wedding venue for you. From small elopements, small groups or loads of friends and big...
Blaithwaite House Dance Photography
Dance Photography with an amazing dancer I love dance photography and organised a portfolio day at the beautiful Cumbrian location of Blaithwaite House just outside Wigton, taking photos of Jordyn Louise who runs a dance studio in Carlisle. The drive out to...
Tips for Choosing the Best Wedding Photographer for you?
How to Choose the Best Wedding Photographer for you It can be really difficult choosing the best wedding photographer for you. How are you going to work out who would be the best wedding photographer to capture your special day? To help with this dilemma I have put...
Carlisle Registry Office Wedding
I really enjoyed taking wedding photographs at the wedding of Lisa and Lee’s in early August at the Carlisle registry office also called Lady Gillford`s House. The Bride and Groom have known one another for many years, they would often see one another as they went...
Stoneybeck Inn Disney Wedding
The Wedding The Wedding day started out looking as if the rain would come at any minute as the bride got ready for her big day. When I arrived at 8:30am at Adele's parents house, where Adele was getting ready her make up was already half completed and all was very...
Santorini meets Scotland Wedding
The Wedding Santorini is in the Aegean Sea and is one of the Greek Cyclades islands. In the 16th Century BC it was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. This landscape is very picturesque and with its...
Heather Glen County House Wedding
I Loved this Heather Glen County House Wedding Awad and Paula got married earlier this year at the amazing Heather Glen Country House, which is an old Victorian County House close to Carlisle where the Lake District meets the Pennines. They chose the venue because it...
Brydekirk Pre-Blessing photoshoot
Brydekirk is a village a few miles from Annan on the Scottish borders in the county of Dumfries and Galloway. The church sits proudly at the top of the village and can be seen as soon as you cross the bridge over the river...
Boys First Birthday Cake Smash
First Birthday Cake Smash Photographs are great fun! What a great way to celebrate their first birthday by having photos taken at a first birthday cake smash. Baby N had a fantastic time eating the cake. If you fancy a cake smash photoshoot for your baby Girl or Boy...
Crown and Mitre Hotel styled wedding
Weddings at the Crown and Mitre I love taking photos at the Crown and Mitre in Carlisle, it is such a historic building. The hotel has stood in the centre of Carlisle since 1905 and you can hardly fail to miss it if you visit Carlisle for a trip. I was so pleased...
Carlisle Registry Emotional Wedding
The registry office in Carlisle at Lady Gillford's House is so unlike any other registry office that I've been in, it's full of character and charm and was ideal for the intimate venue that Gordon and Gill were looking for, to have their wedding. Just after a few...
Blaithwaite House Outdoor Spring Wedding
Blaithwaite House, Cumbria In the beautiful Cumbrian countryside, set between Keswick and Wigton, Blaithwaite House is one of my favourite wedding venues to photograph, with its walled rose garden, woodland, wetland area and affectionately named Mary Janes’ summer...
Ullswater Winter Pre-Wedding Photo shoot
I met Anne-Marie and Dan at a car park on the west side of Ullswater in the Lake District on a cold misty morning in January. The 17th Century farm, not far from Glenridding has evidence of a prehistoric settlement in the form of earthworks. Ullswater has quite a...
7 top tips for dressing Grooms and Groomsmen
As a wedding photographer I spend a lot of time with grooms and groomsmen who are getting ready on their wedding day. Time after time I have to assist in knotting ties or show the lads how cuff links are put on, as many of the guys either have never used them, or...
37 weeks maternity studio photo shoot
Cheryl contacted me after her first scan to talk about having a maternity photo shoot and I advised it was best to wait until at least after 32 weeks before we took the photos. We actually took the photos when Cheryl was 37 weeks pregnant. As I type this little Isla...