David & Charlotte

Things are getting busy at Wow! Towers.

The wedding season is now well under way and the studio has never been busier.  This weekend and next weekend we have family portrait sittings and following that it's playtime for me and the daughter!

I've been mulling around an idea for a few weeks now, we are going to give it a trial run after I've finished work on Saturday. It should be a lot of fun, watch this space!

The latest news is that we now have the client galleries all up and running as well as the e-commerce sorted it it's possible for you to buy prints directly from the website. Technology, eh?  Where would we be without it?

While Bob's been getting on with all the techie stuff  which leaves me colder than a cold thing, I've been doing what I enjoy almost as much as photography - album design.

I've just finished David and Charlotte's album, here are a few of my favourite pages from it:

 Their  daughter is such a little cutie, I could hire her out as a professional bridesmaid. She very nearly is one anyway.  Just a few months after David and Charlotte got married, Charlotte's  Mum got re-married as well, guess who was a bridesmaid?  Got it in one.

Bob and me were honoured to be chosen as the photographers on the day. Of course it was all the same people at the second wedding, it was like meeting up with old friends. It was at the same venue as well so there was more than a bit of deja vu on the day.

Hope you like the album pages, I'll have more for you next week. Bye for now!

Fancy a great night out?

My old buddies at Sparth House in Clayton le Moors have arranged a fantastic evening to raise funds for the Justine Hargreaves Appeal .

The evening is on the 19th March at the hotel and it looks like it's going to be a great night.  As well as the excellent food and entertainment laid on there is a mega raffle with lots of great prizes provided by local businesses, you might even win yourself a photo shoot by your truly. It's got to be worth going just for that!!!

Why not treat yourselves to a night out and raise some money for a great cause at the same time?

Out and about again.

This Sunday we will be  exhibiting at the wedding fair at the  Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton le Moors.

Stop by and say hello, it's always lovely to see you.

In the meantime and carrying on with our recent theme of looking at the details:

It's easy to concentrate on the big things at a wedding, however, Bob and me like to take a peek at the details and make sure that we get lots of photos of them so that you won't forget about them in years to come.

This first photo is of a locket and wedding ring sewn onto the inside of a bride's gown. Both items were of huge sentimental value as they belonged to the bride's grandmother who had recently passed away. It was the bride's way of marking her respect and love for her Nan without making a song and dance about it.  I was really touched when I discovered what it was about. What a lovely gesture.

This next  photo was taken at Sparth House in Clayton le Moors.

It was an early May wedding and the cherry blossom was out in abundance. I thought it would be nice to pop the rings onto one of the trees because it would be a nice background picture in their album and a reminder to them of how pretty everything looked at their wedding. 

The petals fell like confetti from the trees in the gentle breeze, giving us lots of gorgeous, romantic photos which are featured in earlier posts on here. This photo is one of my very favourite detail pictures, mostly because it gives the impression of blossom and spring time but the stars of the show are the all important wedding bands.

Wedding Fair Season

The wedding fair season starts this weekend.  To kick it off we are exhibiting at Sparth House this Sunday, 11th October.

We like it at Sparth House, not only because they feed us well, although I have to admit it's definitely a contributory factor - you wouldn't like me when I'm hungry, but because we have shot several wedding there over the years and we know that they take really good care of their brides and grooms.

Doors open at midday, the fashion show is at 2.00 p.m. Why not pop down for a chat and a look through the new sample albums?

Next weekend, 18th october, we will be at Park Hall, Charnock Richard.