You won’t be surprised to hear that I think my bride-to-be is beautiful but as a photographer I’m frustrated that I haven’t been able to capture what I see with my camera very often. To be fair, partly this is Rache’s fault! You see, whenever I get my camera out she tends to get annoyed pretty swiftly and has little interest in being in front of my lens.

I realise now that that annoyance comes because our time together is precious and can be spoilt with the arrival of a camera and ‘Mark the Photographer’.

I’m sure one day I’ll find a time to have Rache sit for me but in the meantime there are always candid moments like these. In three months time I can promise I’ll be leaving the photography in someone else’s very capable hands.

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Davison and thank you for a fantastic start to my wedding year!

I can’t wait to get started!

Here are some highlights from Nadia and Neil’s recent shoot at Temple Newsham.

Last weekend we found ourselves on Ballaugh Beach, on the north of the Island to meet our wedding photographer, Matt Mosur, for our Pre-Wedding Shoot.

Ballaugh is Rache’s favourite beach and is where we had our first ‘Manx date’ enjoying a picnic on the sand. We’d not been together long but I remember letting my imagination run wild with the thought of returning to Ballaugh to one day propose to Rache.

My proposal plans changed but Ballaugh will always be a special place, where we had that first date and where I enjoyed some of my first serious thoughts about spending the rest of my life with Rache.

You can see more about our Isle of Man Wedding Photographer, Matt on his site.

Ezra and Helen are friends of Sinead and Adam whose wedding I shot last February and the shot above was taken in their photobooth. They are getting married at Devonshire Fell later this year and we headed to nearby Burnsall for their pre-wedding portrait shoot.

We had a lot of information to include about our wedding so we put together a little pack. Our map was designed by the very talented Emma Jones.

Stacey and Kevin got married in December 2011 and have just welcomed their daughter, Blossom in to the world. Here she is at just one week young.

I still don’t think I’ll ever make a proper baby photographer! I don’t have it in me to be dressing up and posing such a little delicate person, but spending a little time with a young family in love will always provide lots of moments to capture and it’s great to see.