Over the years I have had the pleasure to attend quite a few Handfasting ceremonies indoor and outdoor. They are always very visual and vibrant events and Ricky and Scarlett's didn't disappoint. Some of you might be asking "What is a handfasting?" The word is really...
Jo and Doug got married in March in the centre of a snowy Carlisle. The venue was the Crown and Mitre hotel. This hotel stands in the town square of Carlisle and was built in 1905, on the site of the original Crown and Mitre coffee house which has a history dating...
Have you ever been to St Mary's Church, Wreay near Carlisle? I had many years ago and remembered it being very artistic, Built by Sarah Losh in the 1840's, she based the form of the church on a Roman basilica, a rectangular nave with a semicircular apse. Natasha and...
I was recently taking wedding photos at a hotel near Carlisle, the Crown Hotel in Wetheral, of Dolores and David from Kilmarnock. The night before in Carlisle we had had one of the worst storms of the year and when I packed my camera equipment in the car I got...
I’ve been photographing weddings for many years, and one of the things my brides share with me is the challenge they face in selecting a wedding dress. To help my future couples, I met with a wedding dress expert to put together a handy guide that will help answer...
Pre-wedding or engagement shoots usually happen up to a month before the wedding and are usually very relaxed and involves going for a short walk around somewhere and taking some photos whilst talking about your up and coming wedding. A pre-wedding photo shoot can...
The morning of May 19th boded well as the sun smiled down not only for the Royal wedding of Harry and Meghan at Windsor, but also for Cumbrian couple Darren and Nicola whose journey to this day had been nothing short of a tale of triumph overcoming adversity. Their...
Hannah and Michael met in 2009, through friends and started dating. They are a very happy couple who laugh and joke all the time. When we had the pre-wedding photoshoot we all laughed from start to finish as we worked out what sort of photos they liked and didn't...
Fiona and Matt met in 2013, when Fiona assisted Matt with visitor information at Cumbria's museum of military life. After talking for a while they exchanged numbers and a few weeks later went on their first date. A couple of years later they went on their trip of a...
Can you remember the exact time you met someone? Dianne and Andy met on the stroke of midnight on 1st January 2010 at the Party Party nightclub in Carlisle. A few days after that they met again and later that year they moved in together. Seven years later they are...
Sandie and Dave met a number of years ago at Southwaite Services and have been together for 18 years. Sandie says she loves Dave because "he is ‘just my Dave’ he’s so laid back, very caring, a gentleman, puts me first and has stuck by me through all the hard times...
Chloe and James met at a work event - a quick hello and a casual chat led to James knowing he wanted to get to know Chloe better. A few weeks later and they had met up a few times and after time knew they should be together. They are both laid back in their approach...
I've know Gemma and Ben for at least 5 years, having first met them when I went to a pub that Gemma was working in, within the wilds of Cumbria to take newborn photos of their first daughter Khloe. Gemma and Ben had first met in the pub and became friends. One day...
Lady Gillford`s House in Carlisle, or the Carlisle Registry Office as most people know it, is a beautiful place to get married. The house was built in 1829, and is now named after Lady Gillford who lived there for several years in the early 20th century. In June 2011...
Built at the end of the 17th Century with extra rooms added in Victorian times the hall and 9 acres of land Kirklinton Hall is set on the outskirts of Carlisle in the debatable lands of Kirklinton. In 1937, Kirklinton was commandeer during world war 2 and first used...
This week Melissa and Ian went back to the Armathwaite Hall to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, and like their wedding it rained again. Even though it was a rainy February day it didn't stop everyone having lots of fun. The hotel looked splendid in the...
What a year Nicola and Vlado have been through! At the end of 2015 like many other that lived in the brunton park area the house they were in was flooded and they lost many of their treasured items including a wedding dress. Unfortunately they were not insured so...
Skitby near Carlisle was the beautiful venue chosen for the wedding of Vicky and David. This late November wedding was a bit cold but the rain held off and it was a lovely autumnal day. Everyone had lots of fun and some of the wedding photos by Keltic Rose...
Sometimes weddings are a bit like buses, you get a month where none come along, and then in the space of a day you get two people asking about the same date. That was exactly what happened with Denise and Malcolm. I had just booked a wedding and then a friend that I...
August can be an odd month for weather and so I was really pleased to wake up and see the sunshine peeping through the curtains. The cameras were ready and the sun was out, It was time for Jodie and Bret's wedding. First I went to Jodie's mums house where all the...