Time for a revamp and a new look blog for the summer!

Call off the search parties ..... lol.....I am still here for all of you who've noticed that I haven't blogged in a while.  I've just been incredibly busy recently but that shouldn't be an excuse as I know a lot of you love reading this and seeing what we've been up to.  I'll write up some recent weddings and portraits over the next few days and I'll try to also pop a few of our holiday snaps on here as well for you to have a nosey at.

I thought it was about time I gave the blog a bit of a refresh so I hope you like the new look - comments are always welcome :-)

I'm also in the process of updating all the galleries on the website so some new images should be appearing very soon (I'll let you know when they're on the site)

Congratulations to my little (and only) sister and my new brother-in-law!

I almost can't believe that my little sister is now a married lady!!!!!!  This is our first wedding of the year and one where I had to be a bridesmaid rather than the photographer!  As we always post our weddings I thought it might be nice for you all to look at us as guests - boy was it different being part of the wedding rather than photographing (give me a camera any time - it's far less stressful!)

Here's a couple of photos - we only took our 'point 'n' shoot' little camera to stop us going into photographer mode!

Here's one of just me and my sister (yes it was a little cold but thankfully it was very sunny for 2nd April!)

Here's the six of us (my dad, mum, Joe (Sarah's husband), my sister (Sarah), Me and David (my husband)

During the dancing I stood behind mum and dad and got this lovely one of Sarah and Joe's first dance

We had a lovely day and enjoyed all the dancing in the evening - it was lovely to see lots of friends and family who we hadn't seen in a while to catch up.  We can't wait to see the official photos soon

With all our love to Sarah and Joe who we wish nothing but happiness for

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Wedding of Laura and Ryan @ Dairy Barns, Hickling

The next wedding we photographed was Laura and Ryan's day which took place at Dairy Barns, Hickling. This is the first time that we have photographed at Dairy Barns and it was a fantastic venue. There were some heavy showers mixed with some glorious breaks of sunshine throughout their day - we took advantage of the breaks in the weather and all in all everyone appeared to have a wonderful day. Laura and Ryan are VW fans and Laura arrived in a VW beetle called Dolly. For all of you interested in hiring this type of vehicle we would highly recommend Champagne Classics who have a range of funky VW and old cars that are a little different

Here's a selection from their day starting with the boys deciding what tie one of them should wear

It's so lovely to see a groom wearing something which suits them and their personality

These two little ones were pageboys - they were both very shy but adorable!

 Here's the bridesmaid who wore a stunning dress that is different to anything we have ever seen before - I loved it! Followed by Laura arriving with her dad in the VW and a few taken before she came in - she bravely took the decision to go under one of our giant white umbrellas and walk round how she'd planned despite the rain which worked fantastically in the photos

I was lucky enough after the ceremony to get to travel in 'Dolly' with them to go down to the nearby beach

These were all taken on an almost empty beach - you have to be thankful for the rain sometimes as mid-summer this would have usually been packed on a hot sunny day!  I love all of these ones so much

Usually my couples aren't this brave on their actual wedding day but they suggested paddling and I was more than happy to take the photos of it

Here's the little flowergirl who was quite shy but David managed to get some of her whilst we were at the beach - you have to love the wellies and needless to say with all the puddles the dress didn't stay that white for long

Ryan's feet were still drying when we arrived back

Here's Laura's beautiful bouquet

and Ryan's Pocket Watch

As this day had a retro and different feel to it (and I thought Laura and Ryan would appreciate the nostalgia element) I thought I'd try some old fashioned seaside style postcard effects afterwards - I am so pleased with the results

For any of you who've seen the Herbie movies this next one will make more sense!

If you attended Laura and Ryan's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are now online and they have the password which I'm sure they'll share.

Laura sent us the following e-mail after seeing the photos and a lovely thank you card after receiving their DVD:

'Dear Hayley,


Hope you are well. Hope you got my message i left on your phone, but just wanted to say again how thrilled we are with our photos. They are truly beautiful and we think you are very talented to capture the day the way you did x Both Ryan and I don't particularly like the camera in front of us generally, but its amazing how different we felt on our wedding day and the way you made us feel at the beach was so relaxed and that's also why we feel have such stunning images! we already have our favs! i love the one where i am on the road trying to sort my dress out, the one where you caught the wind catching my veil, the ones of us in the sea and the one of us walking out with the shoes in the fore ground (we actually LOVE all of the beach ones!) I also particularly love the ones of me and my dad walking with the umbrella over us! Can i just say also how amazing it was that i was unaware of most of the photos at the venue being taken, and they way you caught shots of the ceremony was great.


Thanks again, you did a perfect job and we couldn't wish for better photos. these will contribute to our memories in years to come - Thankyou again


with much love Laura and Ryan x x x x x x '

Laura and Ryan are a relaxed couple who were wonderful to work with. I didn't hear either of them moan about the weather and they were great at giving us the freedom to allow us to take the images as we saw it. You two are fantastic and we really do hope our paths will cross again in the future. We are certain you two will be together (and happy) for many, many years to come