Claire and Rob are from Kendal but now live in Manchester so it was only natural that they would want a lake district wedding.

The ceremony took place at St Mary’s church  Crossthwaite and the wedding party moved on to Fell foot park on the edge of Lake Windermere.

We were there to take the photographs and  you can see the highlights

by clicking here.

Here are some of the highlights from Becky and Gareths lake district wedding.

We had a great day – the ceremony took place at Our lady by the wayside church in Grasmere and the reception was held at the Merewood country house hotel in Windermere.

Lily Sadin who you may remember as one of our students came as my assistant.

A big thanks to her for doing a great job and for remembering the soft mints!

For those techys out there we used a Hellios 44m-4F2 58mm prime lens for most of the bride and groom portraits.

I just love the rich and textured quality it provides and the movement in the background when I open the aperture fairly wide.

It also produces gorgeous light effects especially shooting into the light although this is difficult to control.

The full gallery containing all the photographs can be found in our client area.

Click here for the highlights.

We met Gemma and Chris at Ryan and Lisa’s wedding last year which was held at Hipping hall just a short drive from our base here in the lake district.

And we met Ryan and Lisa for the first time at Michelle and Andrews wedding some months before that.

We are beginning to feel like part of the family….

Gemma and Chris held their ceremony at the very wonderful St Cuthbert’s church in Aldingham on the coastal road between Barrow and Ulverston.

The wedding party then moved on to Broadoaks Country house hotel here in Windermere.

On the way back from the church we stopped at the beach to take a few portraits. The light was wonderful and Gemma and Chris relaxed with a glass of champagne.

Our great friend Steven Barber came along to help us out – he was with the grooms party before the service and we worked together at the church and also afterwards for the beach portraits.

I love working with Steve – as well as being a great photographer he is also great company –  we would like to do more together and are thinking of creating a special package to offer our wedding clients.

Keep your eyes peeled for Russell and Steve’s BIG PACKAGE!

You can see the highlights here and the full gallery is now up on our password protected clients area.

Gemma and Chris highlights

Last weekend we had back to back weddings.

On Saturday we photographed Gemma and Chris’s wedding with the help of our great friend and brilliant photographer Steven Barber.

More of this in our next post………

Sunday took us to Linthwaite country house hotel in Windermere for Claire and Ian’s wedding.

This time I was helped out by the very talented erinbrowne.

Erin is what my dad might have called a bright young thing. She is full of energy and questions and has a fantastic eye and a style of her own.

She loves to make photographs that have a dreamy blown out quality.

She has a day job at the moment but  I suspect very soon she will  give that up and concentrate on being a  full time professional photographer.

She has the talent.

I met Erin after she commented on some photographs we took last year at Andrew and Michelle’s wedding in the lake district.

On her blog she had written something I would like to share about the value of photography and why it is such an important part of her life…

‘…to capture and forever hold the memories that time can force us to forget…”

Well said erinebrowne, Mr Kodak will be smiling!

You can see the highlights here

Remember Katie and Matt? We blogged about their pre wedding sitting a few weeks ago.

Our friend Lily assisted on the shoot. Well, last weekend lilly came along to help out on the wedding too.

Matt and Katie live in London but Katie’s uncle has a holiday house in Windermere and so they are able to visit the lake district often.
They were married at Our ladies by the wayside church in Grasmere and the party was held at Broad leys WMBRC.
Matt and Katie have been together for nearly 12 years and are very comfortable in each others company although they told me when we first met that they didn’t really enjoy having their photographs taken (who does?) but felt that they would be comfortable with our style of unobtrusive wedding photography.
After they had viewed the pictures we made of them for their pre wedding shoot they sent us a lovely message saying how delighted they were with the photographs.
In fact when we arrived at Broad leys on the morning of the wedding with their signature print the whole of Katies family commented on how wonderful they thought the photographs were and couldn’t wait to see how  the wedding pictures would turn out!

No pressure then…..

Here are a few of my personal favourites from the day -the full gallery of 250 photographs is on our main website client area. And you can see an extended gallery here.
Katie and Matt came to view them yesterday before they headed back to London – we turned them around in less than 2 day which was a record for us although we did consume far too much red bull to keep energy levels up! I am pleased to report they were both delighted with the results.

We haven’t blogged for so long – we have lot’s of catching up to do!

Here are a few images from a summer wedding we photographed at one of our favourite venues here in

The lake district – Gossel ridding

Gossel ridding really is one of The Lake District’s finest houses, built in 1908 by the owner’s (TV producer Charlie Pattinson) great grandfather.

The location is great, a short walk away from Bowness on Windermere, the design – breathtaking, oak carvings and glossy wooden floors mixed with crisp white linen furniture from B&B Italia.. The attention to detail from Teddie Pattinson who designed the interiors is perfect.

In fact Charlie and Teddie are friends of ours and we have been lucky to spend some fun times with them there with our own family.

My wife Pippa spent many summer days playing hide and seek in the gardens with Charlie and his sister Lucy

and so it was lovely to see that Zoe and Rob had organised a treasure hunt for the children during the hot afternoon of their wedding.

Before that there was a fantastic meal prepared by Rob. The wedding ceremony took place in Kendal.

give us a clue

Rob and Zoe

We just loved the time we spent at Michelle and Andrew’s vintage themed wedding held at the Armadale.

Shellys Mum Christine is a cake maker supremo and her sister Lisa organises vintage themed partys (they both do many other things and are extremely talented and creative at them all!)

In fact we will post a blog about their many talents later when things have calmed down a bit here, not complaining but we have had heaps of shoots to do lately  and we do love taking photographs!

Anyway, you can view the full gallery here (the password is popcorn) – let us know what you think.

As I was packing my bags to leave after the dancing had got into full swing Christine asked me to quickly take a photograph of the bride and groom with the cake. Now this was farly well into the day and as Christine said as the bride and groom began to take handfulls of cake to smear accross each others faces it wasn’t exactly what she meant….cue FOOD FIGHT. I must admit I thought about whether I should keep shooting but I can never resist a bit of cake throwing myself so you only get to see the start!i

Remember Katie and Matt? We blogged about their pre wedding sitting a few weeks ago. Our friend Lilly assisted on the shoot. Well, last weekend lilly came along to help out on the wedding too.
Matt and Katie live in London but Katie’s uncle has a holiday house in Windermere and so they are able to visit the lake district often.
They were married at Our ladies by the wayside church in Grasmere and the party was held at Broad leys WMBRC. Continue reading “Katie and Matt” »

Michelle and Andrew contacted us last year after they had seen our  photographs from Luanne and Deans wedding held at the Abbey house in Barrow.

They are childhood sweethearts, having been together since secondary school. After university they took a trip around Asia and Australia which they loved and they now find themselves back in their home town on the furness peninsular.

When it came to organising the pre wedding sitting they asked if we could meet at Bardsea by the sea as it is a special place for them. Apparantly they used to find themselves there when they were supposed to be in Maths! We were hoping that the weather would be fine and we could have ice cream but the weather was more lake district than seaside and the ice cream van wasn’t there!

It didn’t really matter because Michelle and Andrew are great fun with or without the sunshine and we took a strioll along the beach and in the cornfields nearby. They are very much in love and when they came to select the signature print for the wedding day they chose a picture that summed up their relationship. Michelle is climbing and trying to balance on some beach stumps and Andrew is supporting her and making sure she doesn’t fall off. And they are laughing…

We are really looking forward to being at the wedding in a couple of weeks which has a fun fair theme. Let’s hope the Ice cream van turns up!

On Friday we were with Gayle and Nick for their small gathering and civil ceremony at The Samling hotel.

Nick and Gayle and their two children Sophie and Sam made the short trip accross the lake district from their home town of Whitehaven and the wedding party enjoyed exclusive use of the hotel.

The lake district rain came by the bucket full in the morning but luckily as I was driving up to the entrance at lunch time the sun was smiling and it became a glorious afternoon! Continue reading “Paper clips for cufflinks!” »