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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Chris & Rhonda : Bradfield Village

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I had the pleasure of spending a gorgeous Thursday morning in the village of Bradfield with Chris & Rhonda. We met outside the village hall where they are going to have their reception before going into the local cafe for a coffee. This was a great little cafe also acting as post office / gallery and shop. We had a look inside the hall before heading off to take some fun images around the village. The village is beautiful and nestles in Bradfield Dale and we got an amazing view from the pub we went to afterwards for a debrief. Below is a selection of the images we took on the day.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Aspire Photography Training – Bespoke Group 34: Weddings

Posted in Aspire Photography Training, inspiration, Pre-Wedding, Weddings

Over the last couple of days I have been back up in the Lakes with the lovely Aspire Photography Training. This time it was to spend time with one of their bespoke groups to talk about how we approach and photograph our weddings. Group 34 were amazing bunch of guys, really enthusiastic and keen to learn. On the first day I just joined the group to listen and observe whilst Catherine & Jane talked about the marketing side of the business. At the end of the day they were joined by Melissa Love who was a fantastic speaker. She is a whizz at creating amazing websites and developing clients brands.

On the second day I took the group through the whole process of photographing a wedding, from planning to execution. We were joined on the shoot by a lovely couple, Christie & Jack. They acted as our models as I took the group through how to set up and shoot an engagement shot. Then in the afternoon we headed out into the village of Burton in Kendal for some wedding pictures, first to the lovely church and then off to a beautiful location to do the couple shots.

As ever the day was set up and organised by the fab Rachel. She is an ace stylist and always puts in a superb effort. Here are a few of my pictures from the day.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Emma & Steve – Wentbridge House sneaky peek

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Well April is turning out to be the new July. We were at Emma & Steve’s wedding yesterday and we had another glorious day. The venue was Wentbridge House (where Lou & I had our wedding reception 15 years ago!) Below are few shots from the day as a taster. A full post will come later this week.

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Posted in Weddings Tags: Barber Photography, Barber Wedding Photography, Leeds Wedding Photographer, Leeds Wedding Photography, Louise Barber, Phil Barber, Wentbridge House

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Laura & Andrew : Wynyard Hall

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We gave you a bit of a sneak preview of Laura & Andrew’s wedding a few days ago so here as promised are some more pictures of their day.

It was a great day and the weather as amazing. The location was Wynyard Hall which was a new venue for us, but an amazing place and one we’d love to work at again. The hall itself is beautiful with stunning high ceilings and grand rooms, and the grounds were just lovely, full of daffodils. The staff at Wynyard were fantastic and the day ran really smoothly.

Laura and Andrew were married in the chapel in the Hall and afterwards all their guests were able to enjoy drinks on the terrace by the lake in the sunshine while we took the new Mr & Mrs R off for a walk around the grounds for their couple shots.

We stayed on as usual until the evening reception when the party really got going. All in all it was a fantastic day and a really good start to our busy wedding season.

Many congratulations to Laura and Andrew – here are a few more pictures from their day.

Phil & Lou xx

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Emma & Steve : Pontefract Race Course

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Back on a cold Saturday in January we did Emma & Steve’s pre-wedding shoot. Well this coming weekend is their big day so I thought I would share some of the images with you. We spent the morning at Pontefract race course and I felt like a naughty kid again by having to jump over fences to get into the race course. Needless to say it wasn’t a pretty sight me clambering over fences.

I was great walking round a deserted race course and we managed to avoid the cameras to get some fun shots. Emma & Steve’s reception is at the Wentbridge House Hotel which is a fab place – Lou & I should know as it is where we had our wedding reception 15 years ago! Look out for some images from the wedding next week (Emma and Steve’s , not ours!)