Kodak National Wedding & Portrait Awards 2008

After some persuasion from my husband & print lab I decided to enter the Kodak Wedding awards 2008 with this image. The awards ceremony was held by the MPA at the Hilton, Newcastle & was a very lavish occasion (the photography equivalent to the oscars)! There were ten finalists in the wedding category chosen from entrants around the UK. Although I didn't win I was one of the ten finalists!!

Abbie & Lee's Post-Wedding Shoot

A huge thank you to Jill & Richard for the use of their fabulous farm. Weather wise we had a great day, everywhere else in the country seemed to have rain but it stayed sunny where we were. The farm had so much variety to offer. The couple were both great & got right into the shoot straight away, with Abbie & her gorgeous smile & Lee with his "Blue Steel" look!!! Even Sam the pit bull seemed to have fun whilst peeing on my foot (good job I was wearing my wellies). Here are just a few of the images from the shoot. Thanks to Abbie & Lee for being so great & again to Jill & Richard.

The Wedding of Abbie & Lee

Abbie & Lee were married on 16th August at Christ Church and what a fantastic place to get married (not your normal dark church). The weather was great which made a change this summer. I arrived at Abbie's house early to shoot the bridal preparations & although Abbie was feeling nervous this didn't show in any of her images. Abbie's fathers speech about the little red shoes will stick with me forever! The happy couple were full of laughter & amazing to shoot. Here are just a few images from their day.

Post-Wed Shoot - Helen & Shaun

For those of you who were at the wedding you will remember the rain!!!! Well we had the post shoot booked for August which is always a good month weather wise. The sky was blue with not a cloud in sight......then........3 hours before the shoot the sky turned black & the heavens opened, there was hail stones the size of pound coins, traffic stopped as it was so bad!!!!
Thankfully the sky cleared & we got some great images. I'd like to thank Helen & Shaun for the shoot, they were both great & so easy to photograph. Here are just a few of the images from the shoot.

Abbie & Lee's Pre-wed shoot

We headed down to Tynemouth as this is where Lee proposed to Abbie. The weather was great for us. We found a little hut which acted as a great back drop along with the cliff face for some of the shots. Abbie is the daughter of a very good friend of mine who is also a photographer and is soon traveling to India to document work for Raleigh International for 3 months, visit her site by clicking here www.anntaylorphotography.co.uk

Abbie & Lee are to be married next month in Christ Church, North Shields & I'm really looking forward to capturing all that detail along with the fantastic stained glass windows.

The Wedding of Helen Gordon & Shaun Wilson

Helen & Shaun were married on Saturday 21st June. Helen a nurse at North Tyneside hospital & Shaun an engineer living most of the week in Paris both met whilst Shaun's Mum was in hospital under Helen's care. Shaun fell head over heels for Helen and plucked up the courage to ask Helen for a date. They are such a fun loving couple to be around. Unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side that day, however that didn't faze them. Lets hope we have better weather for the post-wed shoot. A big Hi to Allan Helen's Dad & to Allan Shaun's brother who both made me laugh & cry with their speeches.

Pre-wed shoot Helen & Shaun

The shoot took place a few months ago but I have been stuck with a very slow internet connection for some time now so better late than never is all I can say on the matter.

We were up at the crack of dawn to catch some nice light and very few dog walkers on Tynemouth beach, after moving on to St Mary's then Jesmond dene. Here are just a few of the images from their pre-wed shoot. Enjoy!