As I mentioned in my last post I met up with Lorna and Adam just a couple of weeks before the wedding and really took a shine to them; they're a wonderful couple! Guests and friends will know just how awesome these two are.

In fact I was talking with another couple who are equally awesome... (I will blog about them soon, you'll love them)...I was explaining that as the majority of my couples are very similar, I'd love to arrange some kind of shindig/rave/tea party.
Of course, this won't happen, it'll be a little weird.
But naturally, Adam and Lorna would be there swapping hilarious and flattering anecdotes about their photographer! I'd be presented with an expensive bottle of single malt and then be asked to give a speech.
I'm joking of course...but seriously...

I met up with Lorna at her parents house which was a 2 minute walk to the church where she'd be marrying Adam.
After the ceremony, Adam and Lorna joined their lovely guests at the family run Dunsley Hall in Kinver where they were greeted by the wonderful and accommodating staff.

Adam and Lorna, thank you so much for making me feel welcome throughout the whole day. I enjoyed every part of your wedding and I could tell that you and your guests did too.
Enjoy the pictures and as usual, share, tweet and comment.

Stuart, Lorna's brother refused to see Lorna in her wedding dress before the ceremony.

Mum gets to see Lorna. Wonderful moment. 


Lorna's mum had Orchids everywhere. Everywhere!!

Lorna's Nan, Ivy was all up for seeing Lorna before the ceremony, I don't think Lorna had much say in the matter!

Here she is!

Here's the Groom. I don't want to say that he was running late, but... 

A small selection of Adam's important men.

I also find hymn books hilarious.

Nervous much Adam?

"Adam was how late?!?"

Unfortunately, we were allowed to take very few images during the ceremony, so make sure you watch the flipbook version of Adam and Lorna's wedding here.

No more kisses for you Mister!

Let the congratulatory kissing commence!

I'm very fond of this funny little shot.

And then on to Dunsley Hall in Kinver, and personally greeted by the manager and general nice-guy, Wilf.

I almost feel like I don't even need to tell you this, but here is "The Heckler".
He did a great job of contributing to the speeches...and calling me Harry Potter.
Look at those eyes, you can see his brain working and trying to find a way of making me crack.

Speeches time. Lorna's Dad's speech was very special.

Hi Adam!

After lulling the guests into a false sense of security with childhood stories about paper aeroplanes with matches selotaped to them, Joe, Adam's Best Man, proceeded to individually and thoroughly mock all the other ushers using a pointy device. No need for that at all. But it was hilarious!

This has been added to my growing pile of "Favorite pictures"

I love Adam's Dad's laugh! This picture makes me feel good!

All in good spirits of course...

And here is the beautiful Bride.

I think Lorna's eyes are incredible in this picture. A super cool couple.

Lorna runs back to the party, rocking the shoes that her mum got married in 35 years ago.

And why not hey?


Lovely stuff!
I loved shooting your wedding Lorna and Adam, and I really enjoyed editing and blogging too.
You both made Jessica and myself feel so welcome and we really appreciated it!
Thank you also to the staff at Dunsley Hall in Kinver, you were excellent!
Also, you might notice that there are none of my usual grammatical mistakes in this post and Mr Phill Allen is to thank for that!

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!

Shooting a friends wedding is often very easy, the couple are already comfortable in front of me, and if they're comfortable in front of me, chances are, I've had my camera in their face before!
Sometimes though, I feel like I'd rather just sit back and enjoy the wedding day without having to take pictures professionally.

A few weekends back, my second oldest friend got married. Nathan.
Nathan has an incredible infectious quality. His laugh and smile really light up the room, and I think you'll notice some pretty incredible facial expressions on this post which I'm 100% sure are all down to him! He's also a real hugger. He really gets right in there and almost breaks your bones, its great!!

At first, I went from wanting to be the only person who could take their pictures, to then deciding that actually I just want to enjoy the day, but they twisted my arm and here you are, reading the blog with their wedding pictures in!
(in all fairness, even if I wasn't the photographer, they'd still be pictures from the wedding up on here!)

They had a very relaxed but traditional wedding in Stafford, and then onto the village of Fulford for their reception where there was eating, drinking,  and general getting on down.

As this was yet another friends wedding, you'll probably see some familiar faces in here.
Enjoy, and if you were there, or even if you weren't, then please leave a comment, I get a little thrill when someone leaves one!
(Jess doesn't let me out much) (She also beats me)

As a new feature of this blog, I will now be offering my readers a public service.
L>R
Nathan, Courting
Colin, Married
Tyrone, Courting
Nathan the Groom , Married
John, Single
Jabin the best man, Single
Nathanael, Single.

The boys are back!


Nathan's Dad, Dave capturing all the important bits!

Nathan and Vicky share a prayer.



The Ushers doing some ushering. Ty texting his lady friend, whilst Nathanael and Colin look for typos.

See what I mean about the hugs?!!?

Victoria's Wonderful Bridesmaids!  Sorry, I don't know your marital status! hehe! L>R Emma, Laura, Becky, and Laura.

CHEESE ALERT!:
When I was looking through the viewfinder as I was taking this picture, seeing one of my oldest friends looking back at me, I was just filled with happiness!



Jabin gave a hilarious Best Man speech with a little help from some friends!

Right then, now for those pretty special facial expressions....


Favorite Face Ever!

I'll be honest, when Nathan and Vicky get their pictures, the majority of them will be of this chap, NJ-Based superstar, Mike

I challenge you to take a bad picture of this guy!