I was feeling full of a chest infection and all the things that come along with it, and it was a really gloomy cold day in Bristol, but Mark and Amy brought a little touch of class to the cold city, their company was very warming! In fact, the sun even came out to play. Which was nice!

After the shoot with Mark and Amy, I'm really looking forward to their wedding at Priston Mill even more!
Make sure you keep an eye out for their wedding on here a little later this year!

It was a great way to get to know them a little bit more.
These shoots are the ultimate way to get used to having your picture taken!

Enjoy this little collection of Mark and Amy in Bristol!

First we stopped behind the tobacco factory and took advantage of some ACERONE work.
As a fan of both graffiti and photography, ACERONE is the perfect antidote for me!
Work like this can be found all around Bristol, it really makes me proud to live here.

See what I mean about bringing a little class to Bristol? Lovely stuff!

Oh, didn't I tell you? Mark and Amy can levitate. Proof:

And Mark is an incredible dancer! ;-)

The clouds went, which made us happy, and a little warmer.

We found this ugly background so we decided to get a little dark and moody with some harsh lighting.

But Mark cracked! Brilliant!

I love these colors on the harbor-side 

Incase you missed the teaser the other day...

Great words!

One of my favorite pictures. Just simple and sweet.

And Amy's face in this picture! Brilliant!

When Mark and Amy aren't levitating or dancing, they like to shoot energy balls from their faces.

And we'll finish here with a little bit of warmth. Thank you to the Big Issue vendor who blessed us with some colorful comments to make us blush!

I'll soon be putting together a list of equipment that I use too, it seems like most of the blokes wanted to know what gear I use. I wonder why that is?!
I created a video showing all my gear and my reasons for using it, but I chose to quickly delete it as I hate my own voice, I have a sore throat so I sound like a tramp, and I was rambling too much.

So thats the end of that!
Perhaps I'll put together some pictures for the gear-heads soon.

I know I've neglected this blog recently, I'm terribly sorry about that. I can assure you that this blog is going to be very busy.
I've got plenty of shoots coming up, along with weddings-a-plenty!
I really can't wait to shoot my next wedding!

The next wedding will be Chris and Victoria up in Preston. We had a great time at Ashton Court in Clifton, Bristol, having a photoshoot in the amazing grounds!
I ordered a few business cards especially for their wedding at Samlesbury Hall. Each card has a different picture on from their Bristol engagement shoot.

...and here is what they look like!

Front

And back. Neat aren't they?


I'm sure they'll go down well when I offer them to guests who ask.
I'll be ordering some more of these after I've edited the pictures from a shoot I have on Saturday. They're a really great couple, I'm sure you'll like them!
Keep your eye on the blog.

Take care.
Joseph

I've loved 2009, I've met some incredible people, learnt some good lessons, ate some wonderful food, attempted to dance with the best dancers to the worst and best music, seen some incredible bands and taken some killer pictures.

I can't wait to get wait to shoot my first wedding of 0'10.
It already promises to be an even more successful year than '09.

Thank you to all my brides and grooms who have chosen me over other photographers, I've really enjoyed meeting you all and getting to know you.
We've had fun.

And finally, thank you to my amazing wife. None of this would of been possible.
You really have no idea how patient she is with me!

Enjoy my look back at 09.

First, I shot our close friends, the Hornby's as an anniversary present for their parents.
Gorgeous weather in Bristol on that day!
Look out for Sabrina, she's just booked me for her wedding this year!


Then came the wedding of Debby and Craig, this was a biggy for me for many reasons.

I can't believe this was in 09! It feels like years ago!
Mark and Laura are a wonderful couple, I loved shooting them.

This is my brother Phil, and his wife, Hannah.
They're allot of fun and awesome family to have.
This shoot was a little embarrassing for me as I had to tell my brother how to kiss photogenically! Mmmm!

Then came a really great wedding!
Ian and Grace
This by far though was one of my favorite ever bride portraits.
(I was also very pleased with the edit!)

Bianca and Jimmy came next, I did an engagement shoot with them in Knighton. For those who don't know where Knighton is, it's no where near anything.
Bianca and Jimmy are great friends of ours, I was really looking forward to shooting their wedding!

I did a few child portraits around Bristol, mostly in the Ashton court grounds.

Then a Bristol photoshoot with this couple, Mark and Laura are allot of fun to be around.

Then their wedding came, I forget now but by the looks of it, the photoshoot was either 1 or 2 days before the wedding!
A great wedding, and a beautiful bride.

Some familiar faces in there? I should think so! And look out for Rowan in the middle here, I'm shooting his wedding this year too!

Paul and Cassie, what a great couple and super good looking too! People like this make my job very easy.
Another engagement shoot where the wedding was just a couple of days later...



By Far, my favorite groomsmen portrait of '09.
I would never usually edit an image like this, but with such awesome faces, I had to push it to the extreme.
Without the expressions, this picture would be a flop.
FYI, I had a bride book me because of this picture.

Right, I've been looking forward to posting this one. For sure, a favorite engagement shoot. This was text book.
1) Luke and Jasmine both put allot of effort into looking good for their shoot.
2) Both start the shoot quite nervous.
3) But, chose some great locations with personal attachments
4) Light was perfect
5) Did a little trespassing
6) By the end of the shoot, I'm sure Luke and Jasmine forgot I was taking pictures, they felt so relaxed.
7) Shot roughly the same amount of images on this shoot as what I do at an average wedding.

Bianca and Jimmy's Wedding. Loads of fun!

Another experimental groomsmen shot.

Then my first wedding of many at Clearwell Castle. Thanks Will and Cindy

Luke and Jasmine got married. Of course, with one of my famous Joseph Yarrow Engagement shoots, Jasmine and Luke were totally relaxed in front of the camera! Book now!

Then a really fun Engagement shoot in Badminton with Adam and Lucy. Their wedding is in the summer. Remember that season?

Then I tried something that I've not really done before. A baby shoot. Harvey was easy to shoot, as were his parents, Becki and Ben.
Looking forward to doing a few more baby shoots this year.


Certainly one of my favorite shots from the shoot.

Followed by an engagement shoot in Sheffield!

And a wedding at Clifton Mansion house in Bristol. I can't wait to shoot there again this year!

This also was a text book shoot!
Great looking couple.
Awesome locations.
Both started off nervous.
Ended up dancing by the end.
True story

A few weeks before, I had been inspired to change my equipment to make my pictures better.
This part of the shoot was at dusk... well into dusk actually. This was shot with totally natural flash.
I was nervous about changing my equipment, but shots like this made me confident that I had made the right choice.

I'll keep this one short and sweet.
I was contacted by this lady, she asked me to take some pictures of her and her husband in their wedding attire for the wedding anniversary.
Sure, no problem at all, but why?
She was so disappointed in her images that she had to have them done again.
I hear this sort of things very often.
Do not book a photographer that you're not sure about.
I personally know people who have cried because their wedding pictures were appalling.
Your wedding pictures are one of the only things left from your wedding, so don't mess around.
Anyway!...
This shoot was allot of fun!

Matt and Annie got married.
Hands down, one of my favorite weddings of '09.
You should of been there!

I don't think I'm doing this couples wedding, but they were guests at a wedding that I also was a guest at. Tried my best not to be an Uncle Bob

Got this great shot of Jessica with her two brothers Micah and Keir

Strictly speaking, I didn't take these pictures. Jessica did, so although I set up the lighting and camera, she takes full credit for the shots.
Unfortunately, she doesn't plan on taking any more shots as she doesn't think she's good enough! Crazy I know, but I think we'll do a few baby shoots together, with Jessica entertaining and assisting!

Amazing weren't they!!?

Really looking forward to Chris and Victoria's wedding in March, that's going to be allot of fun.
This shoot was loads of fun!

On my way up to this wedding, I got an email from the WPJA saying that they wanted me to join their organisation.
This was the best wedding/business related news I was given all year.
I was so glad that I could shoot a wedding the very next day!
Thanks for booking me Andy and Julia!

Hands down, the hardest engagement shoot with Paul and Rebecca.
We had so much fun though!

Another wedding at Clearwell Castle. Thank you Dave and Paula!

Nathan and Vicky's wedding came next. Fun!

Matt and Yvonne had an engagement shoot by the harbor. It was here that I realised that the evenings were getting darker, so this shoot was quite a challenge for me. Great couple though, they made it much easier.

Jimmy and Louise chose our favorite city of Bath for their engagement shoot!
Another text book shoot!

Then Matt and Yvonne got married!
Nothing...I repeat Nothing, beats the expression of the guy behind Yvonne! Brilliant!

Then for my last wedding of the year, Jimmy and Louise got married at Clearwell Castle.

Whoa!

That was a busy year on reflection!
My original draft of this blog had about 200 pictures in!

A huge thank you goes to all my Bride and Grooms, past and future.
You've treated me like a King and I've eaten like one (Although I'm sorry I'm so hard to feed with my food intolerances!)
Thank you also to all the great comments on my blog, I love receiving them, they always make me feel so great!

Keep on visiting and commenting!
I can't wait for this year to get moving!

I didn't realise how funny Chris was!
This is a funny guy right here but he's also a super nice person too! He had me giggling like a school girl!
Victoria.... Well I think she just tries to tolerates it, and humors him with a little laugh every now and then, hoping that he doesn't notice the sigh and roll of the eyes!

We had loads of fun shooting at Ashton Court which I know quite well as I've done allot of family shoots for a company I've done freelancing for.
It's a beautiful estate full of ancient trees and amazing architecture.

On these shoots, I get the kids to climb inside big hollow trees and climb up them too.
Trying to remember that Chris and Victoria are no longer small people I made no suggestion that they should climb up any....oh wait, they're already up a tree!

Chris and Victoria are getting married next year so i'm really looking forward to shooting their wedding! It sounds like they've got loads of little treats up their sleeves!

Enjoy these pictures and remember to keep an eye out for their wedding in March.

Ashton Court is very famous for its annual Bristol Ballon Festival, but when I saw a hot air balloon peek over that wall^ Chris thought I was on drugs.







I don't think anyone knows what's going on here, well, maybe Victoria.