It's fun, fun, fun all the way!!

We're having a party!! Come and join us!

Baby, look at you now!

Well what an exciting start to the year!!! 

We have recently exhibited at the 'What Women Want' charity event at the Preston Marriott Hotel. What an evening! Hello again to everyone we met there.

 If you weren’t there, why not? It was brilliant!

There was everything you could think of, shoes, bags, cakes, make up, cocktails, photography, clothes, jewellery and even a fashion show. It was a great success and such a fun evening. Keep watching for dates for the next event.

Have you noticed Mother's Day is fast approaching?

Are you stuck for gift ideas? 

I may be able to help you there.

Why not purchase a photo shoot for Mum? I’m sure she would love a family portrait hanging over the mantelpiece. Well, it just so happens that we are offering a special discount for Mother's Day gifts. Book a shoot for only £25 and receive 25% off all framed prints, acrylics or canvases until the end of April.  Book fast and give your mum the unique gift she deserves. She will love it!  

Our lovely studio is becoming much more lovely, fantastic even! 

We are doing a whole new re-vamp to spruce up the existing sets ready for summer and we've created a whole host of new sets ranging from the cute and cuddly baby girl set to the naughty and nice boudoir set and everything in between. There's a set to suit everybody. Our prop box is over flowing with exciting and glamourous goodies, so whether it is a tiny baby, fashionista teen or glamorous granny, we have everything we need to get those fabulous photos!

These tow teens turned out to be a proper couple of hippy chicks. It was flower power most of  the way with a bit of gangnam style thrown in for good measure. What a laugh. It's hard to take photos with tears of laughter streaming down your cheeks. I love my job!

Since becoming the MPA's Cherubs photographer for this area I've had a steady stream of lovely, squishy, cuddly and cute babies through the studio.

Anyone who thinks that babies all look the same is very much mistaken. I quickly discovered that they have very different looks and very different personalities - even as tiny babies.


It's been great fun getting lots of new backgrounds and props for the studio to pose all these babies on/ in/ under/ over and around. Carla even made a huge heart shaped cushion for me. I've yet to use that- the right baby hasn't come along just yet.

So. Here are just some of the lovely babies who have been to see me this year.  Some of these babies may be a teeny bit older than others!

If you have a young baby, why not contact the MPA and find out all about the Cherubs scheme. I look forward to meeting your little Cherub soon. 

A little bit of everything

A couple of weeks ago a brides Mum came to see me to order a picture for her wall; "But I can't decide which picture to pick, I love them all, can I have one with a few different photos on."
"Of course you can."

Here's the end result, what do you think?

What was that about never working with children...?

It's been a baby week! Well,  small child week.
This little girl came to the studio today. Not for a photo shoot, It was her  Mum, Nana and Aunty who were all booked in for that. Somehow though, this little one managed to completely take over. She was  lovely, what a character. Bob and me were howling laughing at her antics. I couldn't resist shooting just a few frames of her. Isn't she gorgeous?

Well into the wedding fayre season, we will be at the Preston Marriott tomorrow, why not pop in and say hello?

Getting To Know You

What can I say? I loved the wedding fair at park Hall on Sunday.
It was busy, lively and fun with lots going on and soooo many people stopped by for a chat. Thank you, we had a brilliant day!


As we met so many people, I thought it would be nice to introduce ourselves properly. 


So. Who shall I start with? Well, me I suppose as I carry the title of, 


'The Photographer'

*Takes a deep breath*


My name is Lesley  ( can't think of anything else to say here so I'll move swiftly on )


Did I always know I was going to be a photographer? 


No! It almost happened by accident. I always knew there was an artist inside me but I couldn't find the right medium to bring it out. I'm rubbish at painting and can only draw stick men, it was so frustrating!  Eventually, someone shoved a camera into my hands and that was me hooked.


After attended lots of evening courses at college, I set up a darkroom in the upstairs toilet at home and soon friends were asking me to photograph their weddings - and then I realised.......... this is it! This is what I'm meant to do! I absolutely love weddings! 


"Blimey" I thought, "If I'm going to do this I'd better learn how to do it properly." So, with amazing support from the husband, Bob, I sold my business  and went to university full time to get a degree in photography.  the rest, as they say, is history.




Off duty I like to borrow a dog,  and get out walking.


not just any old dog, this particular dog. She belongs to my son, she's my best walking buddy, 

Of course, while I'm out I still have a camera with me.  here are a few of my favourite off duty photos from last year. 

Yeah, I know, they're a bit odd. That's my job, you see, to notice what you won't necessarily notice and make a picture out of it. My absolute favourite  in this bunch is the union jack photo.  


Incidentally, who says you need a big, fancy camera to take photos? With the exception of the black and white shadow picture, these were all taken on my phone. 



So, moving on: What about Bob, then?

 Well,  I fell on my feet when I found him, he's my soul mate and my best friend as well as my business partner and all round good egg.  

This is us just before our 25th wedding anniversary:

He's a qualified videographer and techno wizard, anything to do with technology fascinates him. 

Not a full time photographer like me, he runs our other business, the one that keeps the wolf from the door.  He also  comes along to weddings  as my second photographer. While I'm doing the more formal photographs, he can usually be found lurking in a bush with a long lens on getting some stunning candid photographs, it's that videographer's eye, you see. 

He usually comes along to the  wedding fairs  as well and he's the one who produces our  amazing slideshows. Give him some photos and some music to work with and he'll produce a slideshow that will melt your heart. The man's a genius!  (ok, I might be a bit biased on this bit).  

It's also Bob who gets your galleries online and takes care of the website, in fact, he does most of the 'back room' work leaving me to concentrate on the photography. 

When Bob's off duty he spends most of his time - on the computer.  

Third, and newest member of the team is our daughter, Carla. You see, it really is a family business.

Assistant photographer and part time model for me, she always joins in enthusiastically when I come up with  another bonkers ideas for a photo shoot. The latest one was  for a Wonder Woman type shoot - except I wanted it to be slightly different and have her boobs shooting flames! 

 most people would have run, not walked, in the opposite direction. Carla just went for it even though she was terrified.  What do you think?

It took us ages to get it all together. What you can't see here is all the fire extinguishers and fire blankets being held just out of shot. she was incredibly brave to do this one, even though she was terrified you'd never know to look at her. 

I'm not even going to mention the 'Ophelia' type shoot we did. I'm sure she thinks I'm trying to kill her! 

Carla has been involved in photography in one way or another since she was tiny. In her time she's been involved in all sorts of weird and wonderful shoots which gives her an amazing insight both into the business and  the artistry of photography - and  as an  ex art student she has a brilliant eye for a photo.  Like me, she's mad about weddings and is really enjoying her  apprenticeship as a wedding photographer under my watchful eye.

So that's us.  I hope you enjoyed our little biography. 

Tune in again later in the week and to discover  about our vision of photography and how that relates to you.

Bye for now!

Wow! We're at Park Hall!

Hello and welcome to our new readers.

We're on the brink of the wedding fair season again. The first one is this Sunday at park Hall, Charnock Richard.

All day today I've been 've been busily getting everything ready, polishing, primping and preening - and that's just on me!

I'm really looking forward to chatting with lots of brides - and just a few grooms this weekend.

Drop by and say hello, won't you?

Wow! It's Wrightington!

Wrightington Hotel wedding fair this Sunday.

 It's going to be fab! cake, dresses, cake, pretties, cake, photographs and cake. What's not to love about a wedding fair?

Come along and say hello - and have a mooch through our gorgeous new albums.

Home sweet home

It seems like ages since I last popped on here for a chat.  Have you missed me?

What do you mean, have I been away?

Bob and me have been globe trotting - kind of.  Actually, we went on a cruise round the Med. Very nice it was too.  We landed back in Blighty on saturday morning and had a nice leisurely drive back up north so we didn't end up back home as tired as when we left.


All I have to do now is run round  lot to get rid of the excess weight that somehow managed to attach itself to me while we were there.

June was an incredibly busiest month - the busiest ever, in fact. Business is booming - thank you all for your support, Bob and I really do appreciate it.

'Yeah, yeah', I can hear you say. 'That's enough of that just show us the photos.'  Ok then.

June started with Nick and Jayne.

Their wedding day was on that hot day, remember the one? It was the 3rd June and it was a scorcher.

I popped over to Manchester for the bridal prep while Bob popped over to the Dunkenhalgh for the lads.
I know which group were the most relaxed:

 There seemed to be a bit of monkey business going on:

They didn't forget about the rings though so that's ok.

 The girls on the other hand were too busy getting on with the important business of looking gorgeous for the big day to be monkeying around:

The dress was a stunning Ronald Joyce  number with an amazing amount of intricate detailing on it. Proper fairytale stuff. Loved it.

Yup, I loved the shoes as well.  Sparkly, just how I like them!

Jayne's Dad was lovely. He was almost bursting with pride, you could see it in his face. It made me all emotional just watching them.

Finally, the time came to make the long, long  journey from the house to the church.  It took all of fifteen seconds on foot, it was literally just across the road.   As they arrived at the church they stopped for a little breather to calm a few wayward nerves before going in. It did cross my mind that they must have painted that door behind Jayne to coordinate with  her ensemble, it was such a perfect match!

Ready? Take a deep breath and.....

Before you know it, it's all over and it's time to sign the register.

Then outside for a sneaky kiss when you think no-ones looking.

We did it!!!!

The church and the service were beautiful and it was all over far too quickly. It's a good job we are there to capture those memories for you or it would all just be a blur, it goes so fast.

After the ceremony we made a quick dash back to the brilliant Dunkenhalgh to get on with the serious business of the day; the reception.

Since the weather was so gorgeous all the guests were able to sit out and enjoy the sunshine, it was a lovely, relaxed affair with a of of laughing going on.

While we were doing the group shots we had to wait for one person to arrive to complete the group. As we waited I sang everyone a song. I think they liked it.

What song was it?

'I've got a luverley bunch of coconuts'  Ever the professional *sigh*

The table decorations were gorgeous.

As were the flowers. It's been a popular colour scheme this year, fuchsia, black and white.

Jayne just looked more and more gorgeous as the day wore on. Being married obviously suits her.

Eventually it was time for the first dance.

And time for Bob and me to leave. 

Many congratulations to Nick and Jayne.