Lytham St Annes Pre Wedding Shoot - Kate & Paul; This pair were just a dream to photograph. There, I said it. What makes it so much better is that they had no idea. As we spotted Kate outside St Annes pier waiting for us, she was visibly nervous. I mean, come on. You’re going about your business, and then a pair of photographers turn up to follow you around the beach for a couple of hours. W ...

Lytham Hall Engagement Shoot - Jo & Dean; We’ve been writing a lot lately about our home town of Lytham St Annes, and how much it has to offer for a photo shoot, right on our door step. We're passionate about creating new perspectives out of what we consider usual and everyday. Well,  I think we might have started something here! Jo & Dean were more than up for coming down to one of the h ...

These two ❤ We met Sam and Craig at a wedding exhibition at their soon to be wedding venue, The Dalmeny Hotel in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. We all instantly clicked (pun intended!) and they booked us to shoot their big day! They told us how awkward they are when a camera is pointed at them, so a pre-wedding shoot was perfect for them to get rid of any nerves or awkwardness before their big day ...

One rare, mild autumnal evening last month, we drove to Cumbria to meet Ella and Mark. These two are getting married over Christmas in Scotland (yes, how romantic!?), and wanted to bring a little of their current Lake District home into the wedding - so they asked us to shoot a pre-wedding session for them :) We met at Bardsea Beach near Ulverston, a place where some of my family originate from ...

Lytham St Annes Pre Wedding Shoot - Julia & Marcus Julia and Marcus came over to our seaside home town of Lytham St Annes for their pre wedding shoot, and we couldn't believe our luck with the weather. We climbed the sand dunes, walked out to the end of the pier, and caught some amazing sunset light. We also walked the entire length of the pier arcade, dodging children and arcade machines tr ...

Helen and Simon are a country couple through and through. Later in the year, we are shooting their home-made wedding in the Cheshire countryside, and so one sunny evening we drove down to the farm to see how the plans were going. We always love to shoot around an hour before the sun sets - when the golden light of sunset just begins to creep in, making amazing shadows and a romantic dusky atmosphe ...

Pre wedding shoots for us are all about getting to know how couples connect with each other. They're a great way for us to all feel comfortable around each other before the wedding day, but what we're really looking for is that spark between them that really lets us into their personality as a couple. Caroline and Paul chose to have their shoot in Southport's Royal Botanical Gardens - seven miles ...

Last night's shoot with these two was AMAZING. Like every couple, they started off being very nervous and I don't think they quite believed me when I said they'd love it after 5 minutes, but they did! This shoot is the perfect example of why we advise our couples to have their pre-wedding shoot as close to sunset as possible. That light! The shoot was also an awesome opportunity to catch up and fi ...

From the moment I read Laura's message enquiring about us photographing her and Ryan's wedding day we just clicked and by the time we came to do their pre-wedding shoot in Lytham it felt like we'd known each other for ages. And OH MY GOODNESS, Dora their pug is just GORGEOUS!!! I was imagining every way possible to smuggle her home after the shoot but I think they would have noticed! Laura and Rya ...

Friday saw us spending the afternoon with these two at the very busy but very lovely Stanley Park in Blackpool. We were treated to a bit of sunshine; we REALLY love springtime, especially as it's a sign that wedding season is upon us, exciting times! Alison and Mark booked us to photograph their wedding at The Villa in Wrea Green in January last year, I can't believe it was that long ago. As with ...

A couple of weeks ago, one nippy spring evening, we went for a walk with Steph and Matt along Cleveley's seafront. It's literally on their doorstep and they love it there so it was the perfect choice for their shoot. Cleveleys is only half an hour away from us, but it was the first time we'd been along the sea front and it was so lovely! There are various art installations including 'Mary's Shell' ...

Claire and Emma chose to have their pre wedding shoot in Claire’s home town of Weybridge, just inside the M25 - so an epic road trip ensued from our home in Lancashire. We travelled down together and stayed over in Shepperton just down the road, overlooking the Thames and got to know the place where Claire grew up. The shoot day was also Claire’s birthday, so we knew we had to pull out something s ...

Now we’re home in the warm, shoes drying by the fire and a lovely coffee and biscuits in hand, we're loving looking back on yesterday’s shoot with Josh and Abby in the Lake District. Josh and Abby are getting married at Kirklinton Hall in Cumbria this summer, so what better than a contrasting season shoot to warm up to the big day? Josh is a fellow wedding photographer, we were pretty honoured to ...

We don’t mind a little damp and wind during our shoots, in fact a nice sprinkling of fresh rain can be really enjoyable! It was about at this point when we huddled together for a brew and a chat in a lovely Lytham cafe talking over Michelle & Richie’s upcoming wedding at Glenskirlie Castle in Scotland. We then decided to brave it, walking round some of the less known spots in Lytham to begin t ...

Fairhaven is a stone’s throw from our St Annes home, and somewhere that’s been part of our histories for over thirty years (feeling really old writing that!). Seeing a location that’s so embedded in personal memory from a fresh perspective is a challenge to say the least - but we LOVE a challenge, and it really brings out the best in us. Usually it’s our amazing couples with the built-up nerves b ...

  Rivington is somewhere we’ve spent a lot of time over the course of the year - in all seasons and all conditions, and it never fails to surprise us with the beautiful locations we find there. Jo & Ching decided to meet us there for their pre wedding shoot so we could help shake off those initial camera-nerves and make some pictures of them together before the big day. This pair are ha ...

We often get obsessed with searching out venues further afield than our home town for shoots, thinking if only we went a bit further we’d find beautiful spots for inspiration. It’s so refreshing to revisit locations on our doorstep however - seeing local areas with a fresh perspective really gets our creative juices flowing, and we loved this relaxed shoot in Ashton Gardens in St Annes with Vicki ...

Naomi and Mark’s pre wedding shoot was our first visit to Witton Country Park, and after the wonderful experience we had here, certainly won’t be our last. We arrived late afternoon approaching sunset, when the light dims to a low-contrast ebb, and started heading for a nice secluded spot to ease this lovely pair into the shoot. Within Country Park is like nowhere we’ve really been before - it’s ...

What a treat we had this fine evening with good company and VERY good weather. That sunset! Tina and Warren drove up to us in Lytham St. Annes all the way from Cambridge, they were also having a mini spa break to celebrate Tina's 'big' birthday, so rather romantic and memorable to combine it with their pre-wedding shoot! Ashton Gardens was our starting point, and in the wonderfully quiet parkland ...

One summery evening a couple of weeks ago, we met up with Sally and Jamie at the beautiful Avenham Park in Preston.We've photographed here before, but have never explored under the victorian bridges which lie at the far end - it was a secluded area which provided a wonderful and private setting to get these two warmed up to our photographic style - as wedding photographers it's important that we u ...

What time should you have your pre-wedding shoot photographs taken I hear you ask? I think this set of photographs will answer that for you! Living in the UK, we're obviously not always as lucky as we were on the evening of this shoot, but if we can, we try and shoot toward sunset in the hope of some interesting light and maybe even a sunset. As Lancahire wedding photographers we are lucky to have ...

Val and Neil's pre-wedding shoot is definitely up there with my favourites; they were the most loving couple I have ever come across, and as their wedding photographers we feel honoured to have been asked to be part of their big day. It was so plain to see that they just adore each other right from the moment we met them by the lake, and it made me feel all squishy inside :)  Sorry I got a bit mus ...

One VERY sunny evening last week, we met up with the lovely Rebecca and Leigh. They are regular visitors to Rivington hence why they chose it for their pre-wedding shoot. You can see why, it was bloody gorgeous! They told us "it's just a bit of a hike up to the spot we like." I thought they were kidding but found that that wasn't the case. The 'bit of a hike' well and truly tested my fitness so i' ...

Lytham jetty was always one of our favourite photographic haunts back when James and I first got together. It was amazing to re-visit it with Katy and John and what a fabulous evening we all had. Katy and John asked us to photograph their intimate wedding in the Lancashire countryside, at the awe-inspiring Rufford Old Hall, a National Trust-run country house with a great hall brimming with histor ...

One sunny (yes, sunny!) evening in Blackpool, Lancashire, we went for a leisurely stroll with these peeps and were treated to a spectacular sunset. We got a bit of daffodil action in there last thing too! Kirsty and Ste are blummin' gorgeous and their love for each other was so ridiculously plain for all to see. They decided to have their pre-wedding shoot in spring due to having their wedding at ...

Well, what a pre-wedding shoot this was! Olivia & Rob invited us to their stunning family home for their shoot; they are having their wedding reception there too so it was fab to see where things will be going on on the big day. The stunning Cheshire countryside is heaven for wedding photographers, and we loved spending the afternoon with these two - with some glorious weather and acres to exp ...

Leanne and Rob are such lovely lovely people; we met up with them at the very rustic Brock Bottom, it's such a lovely location to photograph with a beautiful river and woodland, it's never too busy either although i'm sure it's a different story on sunshiny days!; over the course of the summer has become one of our favourite locations to photograph, and as lancashire wedding photographers is one o ...

There was rain, and rain...did I mention there was rain?! Haha! But did that put us or Claire and Stephen off? HELL. NO. It was so much fun wandering around Wigan, creating a very different set of images; it's very industrial and quite run down, but boy it got the creative juices flowing! These guys will become Mr and Mrs at the GORGEOUS Curradine Barns in June when hopefully there'll be slightly ...

What an amazing part of the world is Clitheroe?! We were so blown away by it's quaint prettiness and rolling countryside surrounding, that we've decided we're going to move there...one day! But yes, the engagement shoot. Jo & Kurt are such a gorgeous laid back pair (as you'll see below!), and they chose us to photograph their wedding in our usual no-fear style. We started off in Sabden up on t ...

Beth & Dom LOVE The Lake District and so do we (as wedding photographers, the range of scenery and wildlife are a dream come true!), so we went on a road trip one Sunday afternoon for their pre-wedding photo shoot  :D  The forecast was pretty bleak but that didn't put off these guys, or us, so off we went all waterproofed up (we weren't so waterproof at the end of the shoot!) They are getting ...

"We would love our pre-wedding shoot on Blackpool seafront!" Jess exclaimed. It seemed like a good idea at the time - then 2 days before the shoot, the weather warnings came; 'GALE FORCE WINDS AND SNOW FLURRIES!' Good old Blackpool. They certainly weren't lying about the wind but the snow was nowhere to be seen (I was quite disappointed actually!) I'm so glad we went for it though, despite freezin ...

  Beacon Fell is a place that Holly and John love to go and walk their amazing little pug Dexter, so it was an ideal spot for their pre-wedding shoot. 'Twas a particularly breezy day that day (that's an understatement!) but that didn't stop us capturing some gorgeousness. Holly and John asked us to photograph their wedding at the stunning Rivington Hall Barn in Lancashire, and we wanted ...