Friday, April 6, 2012 Posted in weddings
James Riley and I have been friends for a number of years being both skiing and social friends , I was both thrilled and somewhat apprehensive when he asked me to be his photographer on his wedding to Cheryl at St Hild and St Bedes in Durham. Now every wedding is extremely important and as such I approach every wedding with a sense of care and trepidation but nothing compares to the added pressure of shooting a wedding of a good and trusted friend.. Not wishing to disappoint, I agreed to be part of the celebrations from both the inside and the out.
I would always say James was a lucky guy, but the unbelievable weather Jame’s and Cheryl had on their day was little more than miraculous , it was a March day that was topping 20 degrees loosening the top buttons and burning a few shoulders…. needless to say a great day was had by all. Here’s a few from the day…
Cheryl and James, thanks for letting me be part of your celebrations, …. I hope you and your beautiful family are very happy together and really do live
“The Life of Riley”
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A few weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of photographing the lovely model Lucy, this was one of our photography challenges, for those of you that follow my blog, you will know I often get together with Karen Mcgowran and Phil Nunez, two top north East’s wedding photographers, we often set ourselves various challenges just to keep us on our toes , this one happened to be “Sunset and Shadows” any photographers out there know how difficult it is to capture nice shots mixing ambient light and flash at night, so this was certainly one of our more challenging shoots.. unfortunately we didn’t manage to find a sunset but we got plenty of shadows and low light. We used a mix of hot shoe flashes , Quadra ranger lights and Video lights. heres a few from the shoot.
Remember as well as weddings I do offer lifestyle and portrait shoots, and you don’t have to be a model. If you want something similar for you, your friends or your family, get in touch! prices start from £75.
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Friday, February 3, 2012 Posted in weddings
This was the last of my winter weddings which I photographed in December 2011 and boy did it finish the year off nicely… I had the pleasure to photograph the very handsome couple Kym & Mark at their intimate wedding at “As You Like it” in Jesmond, if your familiar with my blog you will know photographing at as you like it is becoming something of a regular event for me. The wedding itself was a very intimate and a close family affair, Mark held his youngest son in his arms for much of the ceremony while family and friends looked on with warm smiles.
I first met them both in their home last May, Kym is an Air Stewardess for Virgin Atlantic and Mark is a graphic Artist /Mac operator and live in Heburn, I knew straight away they were going to make amazing pictures.. and I was right. Kym’s dress was a stunning Pronovias ” Sam Patrick” dress from The White Tulip wedding company in Prudhoe and it fit her like a glove, She looked absolutely stunning. The gorgeous flowers and table decorations were from Helen at the very talented Bels flowers , with some finishing touches from Charlotte at the ermm….. the aptly named Finishing touch company
I had such a good time photographing their wedding and it felt more like I was a guest than working , I even tried a bit of Magic ( arguably ) only to get the odd smile from her fantastic kids, My daughter, who assisted me has a future boyfriend there I think! 
but I was there to work and work I did, below are a few images from the day.
Kym & Mark, you are some of the most genuine and nicest people I have met in such a long time, the love you have for your children is plain for all to see, I wish you all every health and happiness.
Love Dave xxx
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 Posted in Lifestyle
Another visit to Newcastle and another outing with two of the North Easts top wedding photographers Karen Mcgowran and Phil Nunez, Accompanied by the lovely and multi talented, Ice skating, model and relative of the infamous Audry Hepburn no less…. Tamarin wilkinson,
We do like to set ourselves challenges when we go out and about and this one was the limitation of only one prime lens a (50mm in my case) and one reflector to compensate for the harsh sunlight.
Heres a few of my images taken on the day…
shooting with a 50mm Tamarin’s back was to the sun, I used a reflector to bounce some of the light back into Tamarin’s Eyes
if you would like a photo session with images similar to this one, why not get in touch , I offer lifestyle photo shoots for individuates and groups, in a location of your choice, prices start from as little as £75 and includes two 10×8 prints. Hair and makeup can also be arranged in the Newcastle area.
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