I took this urban portrait of two sisters in Wallasey one November afternoon. I wanted something different to the usual close up portraits we had been shooting during the session and the bright yellow bus stop caught my eye. In colour it looked really garish but I knew that it would look stunning in black and white especially as the winter daylight was starting to fade.Read More
I love a good wedding. And this one was brilliant. It was a lovely sunny (and occasionally rainy) Saturday in early September when Harriet and Simon were married in front of their friends and family at St. Peter’s Church in Newton-le-Willows followed by beautiful marque reception in Croft.Read More
It’s always lovely to receive a testimonial from a happy client. In April I went to Knutsford to meet Deborah and Sophie and their two dogs, Charlie and Bailey for a pet portrait session near their home. The weather was perfect and overnight rain meant that we had perfect puddles for splashing action shots.Read More
Last Tuesday, March 20th was the 25th anniversary of the Warrington Bombing. On the day before mothering Sunday in 1996 the IRA set off two bombs in Warrington Town Centre without warning. Read More
Many people have heard my mantra about business portraits or corporate head shots as they are sometimes known. If you haven’t, it’s this; “The face you present to the world says everything about you and your business”
Most of us, whether we realise it or not, make an instant judgement about what we see when we see a photo or when we meet people. Whether we should or shouldn’t is another matter but we do. reading the right first impression on business social media is critical to being noticed and to standing out. Read More
Brainwave Strictly 2018 competitors;
Back row: Yvonne Dixon, Damien Kinney, Gary Jackson, Phil Reeves
Middle row: Bev Uddin Khandakar, Kimberley Avery, Seema Malhotra, Sarah Byrne
Front row: Fernando, Claire Hair & Carter, Andrew Hutchinson
At the beginning of February I went down to the Mere Resort near Knutsford to photograph the Launch of the Brainwave Trust’s Strictly Summer Dance event. The competition and dinner will be be held at the Mere on June 30th this year.
Brainwave is a charity that helps children with disabilities and additional needs to achieve greater independence by aiming to improve mobility, communication skills and learning potential through a range of educational and physical therapies.Read More
Last summer a lovely family from Northwich, Cheshire, asked me to do a family portrait session for them. Mum and Dad and their two teenage children. They wanted bright and summery family portraits in a coastal environment.Read More
Last summer I did a lovely family portrait session for a family in Manchester. Mum liked the idea of having a collection of photographs on their living room wall. But she didn’t want one frame with a selection of images. She wanted something that would make a statement and would look outstanding on the wall.Read More
I took these photographs at a lifestyle family portrait session last Summer in Altrincham. Many of our family portrait photography sessions are booked by grandparents. They love to have family portraits as reminders of their family around them. Read More
Last Friday evening I went to the Concorde Building at Manchester Airport for the Runway on the Runway fashion show event in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Read More