Vicki and Rick at Sefton Park Palm House, Liverpool

This is the day I almost met Al Pacino….. but more on that later.

I drove the short journey to the end of the M62 to shoot this amazing wedding at the end of last month. The day started off at the beautiful new Hilton hotel in Liverpool city centre with the fabulously giddy bridesmaids laughing and joking to help keep Vicki’s nerves at bay. We then moved onto the splendid cathedral-like church of St Matthew and St James in Mossley Hill for their service. A very impressive building both inside and out with an interesting wartime story behind it (I’m rubbish at remembering details, feel free to google it). The reception venue topped the lot though, the fabulous Palm House in beautiful Sefton Park, easily one of the most impressive places I’ve had the pleasure of shooting a wedding reception in so far.





















I can’t wait for you two to see your photos, I really hope that my pictures have done this day justice; everything about this wedding was great – the weather, the venues, the atmosphere and the people.

Oh and as for Al Pacino: Apparently during the evening reception he appeared at the gates with his wife asking if he could come in and have a look around, only to be turned away by the guards manning the gates. Did this really happen or was it a just a wedding rumour??? The only people who really know are the two bored security guards, manning the gates on a Saturday night at the venue…. I’ll let you be the judge of that!

Sharon Maternity Shots

As she was coming to the final month of pregnancy, my friend Sharon wanted some shots taking to document how she looked before giving birth. We went out over a few different days and locations and took some nice pictures of her looking all lovely and… well pregnant! We finished the shoot at her home with her husband Pete getting his hands in on the action on the final picture below.















And about a month after I took these shots, I went round and took this one!



Congratulations on the birth of the lovely Leila Mae Owen! We’ll get a proper family shoot sorted for you as soon as possible.

Sarah and Ste

Phew! This last 4 weeks has been hectic, busy busy busy! Time to catch up with some bloggage and share some of the work I’ve been doing.

What a great day this was! Starting off with the service in Bury followed by the reception in Haslingden (or Rawtenstall, I never quite got to the bottom of that one?), my good friends Sarah and Ste tied the knot and gave me the honour of capturing their amazing day. These are two of the nicest and most fun people I know and was really looking forward to the day, especially when I found out the theme of the party – mad hats! Guests were invited to bring along some funky headwear for the reception, the madder the better! And they didn’t disappoint. The best man had the duty of making the groom's hat and unveiled it on the day - his idea was quite literally PANTS! See below for details!

























I had a fantastic time here, definitely a wedding day to remember! Congratulations guys! x

Zoe and Matt

I believe this to be the youngest couple I have covered getting married with their combined age totalling no more than 45 years!

The new Mr and Mrs Janicki tied the knot last month in a very traditional affair in Bolton. The wedding was held in the small but very impressive church in Ainsworth named Christ Church. The service itself was made very personal by the lady vicar who is a close family friend to the couple. The day then moved on to the Holiday Inn in Bolton, the second time this year I’ve had the pleasure of photographing this fantastic venue which is very close to my heart. The evening kicked off later on with a cracking band, which played a selection of hits from the past, and who had the girls up singing backing vocals for them at one point.

Once again, the day was filled with hundreds great moments to capture, but alas, I can only fit a few on here!


















To Zoe, Matt, Sue and Paul; all the best from me for the future. I had a fantastic day with you guys and can’t wait to get the rest of these pictures to you.

Mary and Paul

I just cannot wait any longer to get the photos from this wedding up here.

I had the absolute pleasure of being a guest at, and photographing the big day of my good friends Mary and Paul. And what a day it was! I’ve added my usual selection of highlights on here but I have really have struggled to whittle them down to a few pics as this wedding had so much going on all day. The couple had some wicked ‘Dubs’ for wedding cars to get them to Manchester Town Hall, and then to the Great John Street Hotel for the reception. (2 convertible Beetles and a camper van no less!), a gospel choir, opera-singing waiters, X Factor style introductions, a hot tub scandal and 6000 orange-headed gatecrashers (seriously!).


























Congratulations you two and thanks so much for allowing me to capture this day,I had an absolute ball. Sorry to tease you even more with these photos Mary but I hope it has wetted your appetite for the rest of them! x

Andrea and Andy

The Old Mill Hotel set up int’ thills of Ramsbottom, Lancashire was the setting for Andrea and Andy to tie the knot. There were plenty of legs on show, mainly from the gentlemen in attendance on the day. Being from north of the border, Andy and the male half of the wedding party had gone for the traditional Scottish outfits with kilts, sporrans and everything else that comes with it. Actually, this was my first wedding of its kind. Highlights below:

ALERT! This set of photos contains pictures of mens bottoms: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

















Congratulations to you both! Had a great day and am looking forward to seeing you two again.