I'm married!

For anyone that doesn't know, I married my partner Adam on the 27th December 2011 on our 8th anniversary (cheesy, we know!). It was absolutely perfect and I feel so lucky. I wanted to share a couple of photos that I took at the evening reception with my instant camera. They aren't fantastic quality but that's the joy of instant photos I suppose! Our proper photos taken by our wedding photographer will be featured on the Whimsical Wonderland Wedding blog, and I'll be sure to post the link once they're up!















I think it will be really good for me in my work now that I'm married, as I'll have the perspective of being on the other side of the camera for once. I feel like I can understand a bit better now what you poor brides go through! It was a bit difficult for me to leave my proper camera at home and trust and rely on someone else to take the pictures for me. I ended up taking two cameras with me as it was - my instant one and a holga my husband(!) gave me for Christmas.

I have big plans for 2012, got some fantastic weddings lined up this year, I'm hoping to do my first wedding fair and to start with I'm planning a new website, blog and I think I'm going to change my business name to my married name too. I'll be in contact with everyone shortly with my new email address, but will still be checking my current one often just in case so don't worry anyone who has me booked for your wedding, I'll still be reachable. I can't wait for my first wedding this year in February, my last one was in October and I miss it! I also have quite a few blog posts I need to get up from the weddings I did last year, but I might save those until I'm all set up with my new website.

I know it's a little late now, but I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Sneak peek! Rachel & Mark's wedding

 

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Rachel and Mark's wedding. Rachel looked absolutely beautiful in an amazing dress made by her mum, and of course Mark looked handsome in his tails too! Can't wait to share more of this lovely wedding.

Pet portraits

A few new photos of my not-so-willing model, my dog Izzy.

She's such a little cutie but she's not particularly keen on having her photo taken! Photographing pets or even babies and newborns isn't without its challenges, so it's important to book a patient photographer! I took these photos as I wanted to test out a new mobile kit I'm working on for photographing newborns, babies and pets at your home. If you'd like more information about newborn baby or pet portraits photographs, please don't hesitate to contact me!

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Langsett Reservoir.

Last weekend was so nice. For once, neither me nor my partner had to work, so we spent two days just relaxing and enjoying each others company. It's really rare that we get to do that as we're both normally so busy! We didn't do lots, just cooked together, watched DVD's, went shopping and yesterday we went out for breakfast and then for a walk around Langsett Reservoir, one of my favourite walks in my local area. It's incredibly beautiful, and I took my Fujifilm instax mini camera with me (I really need to remember to use this camera more, it's so fun!). I only took one shot, but I think it sums up the walk, and in fact the weekend, perfectly.

Alex and Laura's Whitley Hall Wedding

Alex and Laura were married on the 21st May at Whitley Hall in Sheffield. Laura the bride looked absolutely stunning, as did her bridesmaids and her son was just too cute for words in his little suit! Their wedding was full of laughter, and it was obvious just how in love Alex and Laura are! As I mentioned in my previous post, one of the things I loved most about their wedding was the table names! The top table was the Mighty Boosh table, then there were tables named after Brian Potter, Eric Cartman, Homer Simpson, Stewie Griffin, Bender, Roger Smith and Chandler Bing!



























Congratulations Alex and Laura!

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Sneak Peek! Alex & Laura's Whitley Hall Wedding

Just a quick sneak peek at a wedding I'll be blogging next week. Alex and Laura were an amazing couple, Laura looked so beautiful and I had a really good time shooting their wedding at Whitley Hall in Sheffield!

I love this photo as it represents them and their wedding perfectly - lots of laughter! They even named their tables after comedy characters, but you'll have to wait to find out who! ;)

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8 reasons why I love my puppy!

She's always pleased to see me. Always.

If I'm feeling sad, I'll call her and she'll coming running up to me, dive on me and lick my face.

She's so cute, she makes my heart actually ache.

She's such a good dog. Even when she was a puppy. She's so obedient!

She's always happy to play, even if she was sleeping but I wake her up coz I'm bored.

She uses her paws in such a cat-like way, if that's even an actual thing.

Her name suits her perfectly.

Even though she's not actually a puppy anymore, I still call her my puppy. And I understand what my Dad used to say to me when my sisters and I were little - that even when we were all grown up, we'd still be his babies!



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