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Alternative industrial wedding styled shoot Museum of Making, Derby “If you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?” The industrial setting of Derby’s Museum of Making made the perfect backdrop for this alternative wedding shoot. Embracing the tones and textures found in the architecture in the styling and outfits gave a …

Editorial Museum Wedding Styled Shoot. Museum of Making, Derby “Every bride is beautiful. It’s like newborn babies or puppies. They can’t help it” The second of our four shoots in one day extravaganza, and my personal favourite. This shoot was a chance to keep things simple, put real couple Liv & Sammy in some fancy …

Colourful Festival Styled Shoot. Museum of Making, Derby “I want to paint the rest of my days with the best colours.” The Museum of Making is housed in an old silk mill next to the river in Derby. It is conveniently less than a mile down the road from my home and I had shot …

Western Wedding Styled Shoot. Deadwood Cabins, Lincolnshire “My heart’s never smiled so hard Baby. Lovin’ you is fun.” Models Christie & Jess are two thirds of professional burlesque dance trio Triple Threat Burlesque. I have been photographing them, and the troupe that they mentor, backstage at their shows for several years. Once in a while …

Dungeons & Dragons Styled Wedding Shoot. Dunwood Hall Estate, Stoke on Trent. “A Natural 20” I won’t lie, I’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons in my life but when I heard Plan-it Pixie was organising a Dungeons and Dragons styled wedding shoot, I just had to put my hand in the air to be photographer. …

Labyrinth Styled Wedding Shoot. The Old Bell Hotel, Derby. “It’s only forever, not long at all” This shoot has been styled entirely around the ballroom scene from the 80s cult classic film ‘Jim Henson’s Labyrinth’ starring David Bowie. It features work by a fantastic group of alternative suppliers who also happen to be massive Labyrinth …

Fifties Seaside Elopement Styled Shoot. Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire “If you like your coffee hot, Let me be your coffee pot, You call the shots. I wanna be yours.” Who doesn’t love the British seaside? Good old Blighty: kiss me quick hats, donkies and all the fun of the fair. With the resurgence of the …

Celestial Gothic Styled Wedding Shoot Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire “Fayre beyond the Fayrest” When Bryony from Bobbi Wren Events contacted me to get involved with a shoot she was planning, I had no idea just how epic it would turn out to be. Bryony’s vision from the start was to do a gothic shoot with a  black …

Eco-Friendly Beach Elopement Styled Wedding Shoot Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire “I would not wish any companion in the world but you.” It’s nice to have a friend in the wedding industry. Leni from Cermeonies by Leni Robson and I have been seeing theatre together for longer than we’ve been involved in weddings. So when she …

Peak District Post-Wedding Styled Shoot Froggatt Edge, Peak District “Beautiful must be the mountains whence ye come.” It had been a few years since Hannah had last worn her wedding dress, but we still classed it as a post-wedding bridal shoot. She was a bit thinner and a bit more tattoed than last time, but …