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St.Ives Skate Park

rickstaa — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:31:15 +0000

There is a side of St.Ives that rarely gets a mention, and this side is bigger and better than the amazing beaches, its more incredible than the Tate, it has much much much more impact than the tourist industry. This side is the locals, the community, the things that happen here. My plan is to document the side of St.Ives I love and see on a daily basis, though my photographs. Its a personal project I have been thinking about for a while.

This first glimpse of St.Ives is the Skatepark. My lovely artist friend Annabel Wilkes met me last week up there for a dog walk and said how she wanted to take some photos of the graffiti before it went forever. This is the first side of St.Ives many may not know about. For many years a small group of locals have been fund raising, applying for grants to build an amazing space for our kids to skate. A safe place, a wonderful place and they have reached their target, got permission and on January 1st 2021 our skatepark will be pulled down to make way for a new one. But with it will go the history of the gaffiti. I have no idea who tags the walls, but I must say I know its not everyones bag but I personally love graffiti. Mainly its kids, its their expression, their release and their art. I was determind to get some proper photos of it.

So here is the next side of St.Ives. A group of local girls from the local school who every Sunday get up in all weathers and volunteer at the local community orchard. They dig, they weed, they pick, they laugh lots too. I asked them if they wouldnt mind swinging by the skate park on their way to work for a few photos. As are all in a bubble at school, at The Orchard and are all firm friends so it worked. It was amazing for me to have kids that hang out here anyway, live here in the town, are schooled locally and volunteer for the town projects too. The most important part for me is to keep this documentation portraying the real St.Ives, the slightly more hidden St.Ives. To top it off this group of girls are totally lovely too, so it was a real honour to hear their banter, see them having fun and mostly watch them all trying to give me the serious teenage look I was after for these photos, when really all these girls do normally is laugh. They did it, mostly.

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Wedding at The Guildhall St Ives

rickstaa — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 09:10:46 +0000

Well, what can I say, what a strange year it has been so far for the wedding industry. I had booked in The lovely Cath & Alan for a wedding back in April but as you all know the dreaded pandemic had other ideas. Needless to say after much deliberation the lovely couple opted for a early August wedding in hope that it could proceed. It did… and what a great day it was too. They were surrounded by close friends and family in the intimate but socially distanced parlour at the Guildhall. We left in a cloud of confetti and jumped in to one of the amazing camper vans supplied by Darren at VW Camper Hire and as the sea mist closed in we decided to visit an old disused Carn Galver Tin Mine. Lovely journey down and the results were amazing. Thankyou all for making the long trip down from East Essex and best of luck for the future. Here are a few shots from the day. Enjoy x

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Beersheba Farm- bluebell woods

rickstaa — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:29:40 +0000

If you follow our blogs you will remember the amazing wildflower woods shoot we did for Beersheba Farm camp site last year. Our youngest daughter still claims it was ” the best time EVER” it was such a great weekend, we camped there and captured the moments of a landpod camp from sunny morning breakfasts to campfires at night.

Every year I take my eldest daughter to the bluebell woods, as its her name sake, its just what I have always done for the last 12 years. With lockdown I feared this wasn’t going to happen, in all the worldwide sorrow going on obviously this wasn’t important, but if I am totally honest it did break my heart a little.

Beersheba farm owner remembered my comment about always going to the bluebell woods, so when her campsite was full to the brim of bluebells, she gave me permission to use my daily excercise to walk through with my children and my camera. She made sure her family were safely inside at our allotted time and so it was all done within goverment guidelines as well. A kind and thoughtful gesture that made our morning. Thank you so much lovely people of Wild Flower Woods, it was the perfect walk, I got some wonderful photos.

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The Preparation…..

rickstaa — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:16:19 +0000

As a wedding photographer I have spent hours over the years with brides, taking photos of them doing the final preparation for the biggest day of their lives !

Its a really special time and I am honoured to be part of it. I really enjoy taking makeup shots and I always look forward to the end result to start my wedding albums.

Obviously I am not working weddings at the moment, but I have lots of time at home with my girls hanging out. ( thats what our homeschooling is like ! ) and I realised i have never ever been part of my eldest daughters preparation moments ! The girl who only a year ago claimed she would NEVER wear makeup, she does, not a lot, but she does. So I asked her if i could spend some time with her putting her make up on. I love the fact that she does the same routine every morning as she does in ‘normal’ life. I love that she clearly does it just for herself as we dont see a single person at the moment. I love these photos, very different from bridal prep, a bit more real, a bit more raw. I love the messy crazy dressing table only a 12 year old would dare to own, I love the crazy pointy nails that you can only get away with out of school time, I love the observation I got to partake in that I would never normally have time to do in the morning, getting two girls to school, a dog to his walk, a business to run etc, etc etc …. Precious moments ill treasure. Thank you 12 year old for letting me in to capture these moments.

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Promotion Shoot for off road biker Leon

rickstaa — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:56:53 +0000

Fantastic shoot to be part off. Thank you to Leon for some great riding.

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St.Ives

rickstaa — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:22:14 +0000

This Easter was going to be a busy time for us both here at Kiss Photography. We had lots of wedding in the diary and then something happened that not only changed our little course, but changed the whole world. As with everyone we have had time to reflect on lots of things. Our wedding couples for this year have been in our minds a lot, every booking we have had to move to next year or the winter of this year has made a massive impact. We can only imagine the heartache it must have caused, and everyday we should have been photographing your wedding we have been thinking about you both.
Wedding photography is how our business started many years ago, its our baby. As our business grew and we ventured into the world of corporate photography we had to make a decision as to where our business was going. Weddings was something we decided we could not walk away from, its such an honour to be part of such an amazing day, the best day of peoples lives. The hours and hours of planning, editing and dealing with printers that we put into every wedding is done out of love and passion,certainty not the hourly rate. We love the details, the fun, the atmosphere. We love stepping back and capturing the smiles, the love the moments. We have really missed you all. This Easter was to be the start of our wedding season and it never started. We look forward to being part of your day next year or later this year, and until then we are always here on the other end of the phone to go through any details, date changes , venue changes.

I grabbed my camera the other day, our town, St.Ives has taken on a different feel during all this and I wanted to capture the empty streets, the quite beaches. This is a time that will never happen again. The town itself and every single business here is suffering greatly, but the people of St.Ives are staying strong, helping each other out and still smiling. Who wouldn’t living in such a beautiful place? The images are of my little exercise each day, with my daughters and my dog, walking through the empty streets and beaches of the town I love so much, a town that is not quite the same but still wonderful and quite haunting.

Wishing all our couples, and our clients a safe Easter. We will see you all again when this is over. Jenny and Ricky- Kiss Photography.

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The Daffodil Shoot

rickstaa — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 10:51:32 +0000

Every year since my youngest,now ten, was born, I have taken her to the daffodil fields to photograph her. She doesnt like her photo being taken and its great for me as a photographer to rise to this challenge, and being her Mum the shoot is even harder for me as she tires easily of my direction and generally messes about, pulling faces and doing anything she possibly can to sabotage it.
So heres a few from the fields of daffs in Cornwall with my yougest and a few with my eldest. All things considered, I was there with our dog, two children in a muddy field with a freezing cold wind, I am quite happy with my results.

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Wildflower Woods Campsite

rickstaa — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:44:38 +0000

What a shoot this was. We present to you Wildflower Woods in Cornwall. This magical woodland eco glamping park thats totally off grid is a very special place to stay. As photographers we wanted to capture the essence of this glamping campsite, give the owners instragram worthy photos, as well as some practical photos they can use for enquiries from campers. We wanted to capture kids just being themselves and having fun. It was our perfect brief. Shot over a two night stay we lived in the pods, brought along our two children as models and even our dog. We lived the dream and captured it all as the weekend unfolded. The early morning sunlight streaming through the trees, the incredible landpods, the kids making fires , toasting marshmallows, playing and just hanging out. We got the couples shots , even the compost loos ( which were amazing) I totally and utterly fell in love with Wildflower Woods, it was a dream job. Thank you to the Jelberts for hosting us and letting us have so much fun. This is a very small selection of our shoot, enjoy!

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Pendennis Castle wedding

rickstaa — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:31:40 +0000

Saturday marked the occasion of the wedding of Kristin & Charles at the magnificent Pendennis Castle in Falmouth. And what a wonderful day it was. I arrived to capture some bridal preparation shots and Kristen was super chilled surrounded by friends, whilst Charles was running some last-minute errands before the ceremony. But all was in hand, he was backed up by his fellowship of uni buddies that were there to support.
The ceremony took place in the castle which looked wonderful with a mix of candles and subtle lighting and with the added magic of a bagpiper! Who looked amazing in his full regalia. It turns out that between the couple there were in attendance around seven different family tartans so we got a great shot of all of the different colours on show. After the ceremony we assembled on the lawns witness the firing of the “big gun” and then onto the evening reception.
Thankyou both for letting me witness your truly fun wedding day, I am sure that the laughter between you both will continue for many years to come.

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Wet but fun wedding at the St Ives Harbour Hotel

rickstaa — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:55:41 +0000

The last Saturday in September is usually a sun drenched affair but this proved not to be the case this year. Nollaig & Ray had travelled down from London to celebrate their marriage in St Ives and were surrounded by a lots of friends and family that had made the journey from Ireland. But the weather was never going to dampen their spirits. They ignored the rain and just got on with having fun… I spent some time with Nollaig and and her beautiful daughter Moira and then we all strolled up to the Hotel where Ray was waiting patiently. The service was conducted in the magnificent Harbour Suite with views over Porthminster Beach with some lovely singing and guitar accompaniment by guests! Lovely!
We then packed our umbrellas and trudged down to the deserted beach. Nollaig and Ray you were resilient and totally up for it and for that I thank you. We managed to get some shots before getting too wet and swiftly made our way back to the Hotel for the reception. I wish you all the best of luck for the future and I thank you for letting me witness a truly special wedding. Here are a few snaps from the day.

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