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Sarah & Andy | Wedding

Trigger — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:39:14 +0000

Well wedding season is well and truly underway, and it started gloriously. Beautiful wedding, a ceremony at Holy Trinity and a fantastic reception at The Vincent Hotel. Sarah & Andy had a great day and it was a pleasure to start the wedding season with them. Briday prep first thing, followed by meeting the groom at the Vincent Hotel , and then joining all the guests on a ‘London’ bus to the Church, made for a great day and some fantastic photos.

A quick selection of images is below.

Kathryn & Tom | Engagement Shoot

Trigger — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:37:09 +0000

Absolutely great photoshoot last weekend with Kathryn & Tom, whose wedding I will be covering in June this year. Met up on a cold Saturday morning after a week of glorious sunshine, and had a great morning with them.

Started in Botanic Gardens in Southport, then off to the Ramada Hotel where they will be married, and finished with a bottle of Champagne in the Sand Dunes.

Anyhow a couple of pics from their shoot.

Luisa & Jay | Wedding

Trigger — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:08:52 +0000

Weddings are always great, but when you get to spend the day photographing a wedding of old friends its even better. I was absolutely made up when Jay booked his wedding, and asked for me. Another late season wedding, which turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year, with brilliant sunshine.

Bride prep was at the Vincent hotel, followed by a ceremony at St Maries Church, and a reception at West Tower. Its always a great venue when everyone is sat out on the patio!

Hope you like the shots : )

Ann Marie & Jonathon | Wedding

Trigger — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:52:31 +0000

Wow, the problem with being busy is sometimes you forget the things that aren’t a top priority, like keeping your blog up to date!! I’ve just realised that I’ve not added a couple of weddings from before Christmas.

I covered Ann Marie & Jonathons wedding with Mal from the ImageRoom, and had a lovely day. With a great ceremony in St Josephs in Crosby, followed by a reception in the Tithe Barn, at Meols Hall the day was fantastic. What made it better was great weather, it always seems to be the way that late season weddings have lovely days, we even managed to nip down to Crosby Marina and take some photos on the beach!

Anyway enjoy the shots!

Kay & Radley Haynes

Trigger — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:22:42 +0000

I had great joy the other weekend in taking a few candids and formals for good friends of mine, Kay & Radley. I normally don’t take on friends weddings, as I generally prefer to enjoy them as a guest rather than be working, however as Kay & Radley were officially married over in Greece, they asked if I would take the photos at the blessing in the UK.

It was an absolutely beautiful day, with great weather. The blessing was held in a lovely church in Waterloo, Liverpool followed by a reception at the TreeTops hotel in Southport.

I’ve added a few images, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them : )

James Ian Murphy

Trigger — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:22:16 +0000

OMG!! Where does the time go ! It’s a phrase that you often hear but the last couple of months have simply flown by at ImageStudio! With several studio shoots, external shoots and also a bit of product photography its been a manic start to the summer.

Let me introduce James to you all, he’s the pride and joy of two of my best friends on the planet, and I managed to drag them into the Studio to have some shots done. James absolutely loved the camera as well as the studio flash and had a great time, I’m hoping to see more of him in the future.

Here’s just a couple of images as a taster!

Food Photography, I’ll have a go!!

Trigger — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:17:34 +0000

Now most photographers know that Food photography is a specialist area. Its not just the photography its all the setup, getting the colours correct etc.. So when friends at Greens Cafe & Bistro in Grasmere asked me to take some photos of their beautiful food for future cook books and also advertisement, I decided I would have a go and see what the pictures looked like?

Now I’m leaving myself wide open to criticism on this one, I specialise in taking photos of people at weddings, special occasions, fashion etc and here I am talking to a chocolate brownie asking it to smile!!!

I’ve attached some images for you to see, they are all shot in full manual with a SB900 flash setup wirelessly behind a lastolite soft box (Which is fast becoming my weapon of choice for a lot of shots!!)

Have a look and see what you think, and go easy on me!!

Emma & Tim | Engagement Shoot

Trigger — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:44:50 +0000

Its a great time when you meet clients when they’ve just got engaged. Tim and Emma wanted a set of photos just after he had popped the question, so we went out for a walk one sunday morning, and with very little help managed to get some great shots.

I love engagement shoots, nice and informal at a couple of locations, they are loads of fun, and as you can see the results are fantastic.

Many thanks to both Emma and Tim for letting me be part of this special occasion!

Louise & Shaun | Wedding

Trigger — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:33:10 +0000

At the end of last year I shot a great wedding up in Scotland at Comlongon Castle just over the border. After all the snowfall that we had I was driving up on the morning of the wedding, raring for my first full snowy wedding, only to find that once I got close there was no snow to be seen, none, nada, nothing, it was a beautiful day!

Louise and Shaun were lovely to work with, very relaxed, wanting a fun day for all their family and friends. They had a great ceremony in the main room, followed by a drinks reception and meal, and then later on they had organised a ‘Celtic Hand Tying’ which I have to say was a first for me. It was absolutely fantastic, taken with lots of humor and was a brilliant way to get everyone involved in their day.

I’ve added a few of their shots

Oops I have a Blog!!

Trigger — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:33:15 +0000

OMG I have a blog!! Been that busy at the start of the year that I haven’t done much updating. I promise promise promise I will add some new photos asap!

That said I’ve designed a new brochure, sorted price lists and handling lots of enquiries so it’s not all bad. I’m also out doing engagement shoots which I just love , so expect some great photos soon!!