More from Scotland

More pictures for my self imposed challenge of producting a picture per day.
The greates challenge was not producing the pictures, but finding free wi-fi in Scotland:(

This was the view from our bedroom window Tuesday evening. Looking across the Cromatry from the Black Isle towards Nairn.

Wednesday morning dawned bright and sunny.

But soon deteriorated into rain:(

Wednesday evening found us in a remote bay on the Applecross peninsular where I found this sea snail.

Thursday Morning was another bright morning as we drove through Applecross;

Trip to Scotland

I've set myself a chanenge whilst on a business trip to Scotland to post a picture per day on the blog. Here is Monday's picture of Bamburgh Castle taken in the evening.
I went back this morning for a "dawn" shot, but the light was much better last night.

Lucy & Neil's Wedding

Lucy & Neil











It was a great privilege to be invited to photograph Lucy & Neil's wedding this weekend.







As usual we arrived in time to capture the Bride's party getting ready, including dad adjusting his tie.















Lucy and her bridesmaids looked stunning in their dresses.

The flower girls were on their best behaviour and also looked fant astic . The bridal party was complete so we dashed off to St Mary's church in Bottesford to meet Neil and his groomsmen.

Neil and his bestman arrived in a classic Ford Serria Cosworth RS lovingly restored by a friend of the bestman.


Meanwhile Lucy arrived in a modern VW convertible and stole a march on all the guests by arriving with her admiring father at the opposite entrance to the one used by the guests!

The service was conducted by Canon Alan Haydock. Alan has a great sense of humor as well as a seriousness that is due to a wedding in one of the most historic churches in the area.




























































On their way to the Chequers Inn at Woolsthorpe by Belvoir we took them to a spot overlooking Belvoir Castle for a couple of private pictures.


In the background we can see The Annual Game Fair being set up. This is an important event in the life of the Belvoir Vale.





















Then they had a grand entrance in the grounds of The Chequers to be greated by their guests for the reception.

Hallam School Fun Day

At the weekend we were invited to help Sheffield photographer David Shapiro shoot a local community event based at the Hallam Junior School. The event started with a carnival parade from the local shops the the school. As it was 4th July the theme for the event was American Independence Day many of the crowd dressed up as American characters.

Lots of locals were enjoying themselves, and we enjoyed joining them. We arrived at the start of the parade, just as the Hathersage Brass Band arrived. They were a great bunch and were only too pleased to have a group picture taken for their own publicity and web site.

Whilst working on getting good PR shots for the school I was approached by a mounted police woman. After reassuring her that I was there at the invitation of the organisers she asked if she could see if we had any good pictures of her horse. It seems that the horse was donated to the police and named after a local school and she writes a regular blog about the horses adventures.

It was great to meet her and we'd love to shoot her wedding if she's not already married! She is a real credit to the police and certainly much more human than we're generally used to meeting!

The weather was excellent for getting a nice tan, but too hot for working. The Hathersage Brass Band performed brilliantly in the weather, as indeed did the Police Horses.

It was a great day, we got some excellent PR pictures for the organisers, and I trust David will get some business from the exercise.

Trip to the Scilly Isles

Our children, (Ingrid & Gareth) sprung a great surprise on us by organising a flight out to the Scilly Isles:)


Ingrid's friend James hired a plane from the Bodmin Flying Club and took us out along the North Cornish coast to the Scilly Isles.


At first the weather looked extreamly bad for sightseeing with low rain and heavy cloud.

We past signs of the former Tin mining industry, then we passed over the famous Longships lighthouse.


When we arrived at St Mary's the weather was considerably improved:) So we were treated to a wonderful ariel tour of the Islands.


James then had to wait for traffic to land at the airstrip before it was our turn to land.











Walking arround St Mary's was a terific experience, as well as being hot the town was peppered with colourful exotic plants. Some growing out of gutters!


The sandy beach was lapped by wonderful clear turquoise water with brightly coloured boats bobbing up and down.



Wonderful "stop me and buy one" Icecream bicycle.





The flight back was along the south coast and gave us the unique experience of flying through a rainbow.

Beachy Head

Anne & I were covering an Awards evening in Brighton last Friday evening. Saturday morning saw us drive along the English South Coast towards Beachy Head.

It was a blisteringly hot day with appauling light so we could only grab the "normal" "tourist" shots.

These pictures are looking West from Birling Gap.






We then walked up to the disused lighthouse and a view of Beachy Head and it's well known red and white Light House.


Note the boat sailing through the channel between the Lighthouse and the beach, this is only possible at High Tide.










Finally I was able to capture these wild plants growing on the very cliff edge.

Agnieszka & Luke

Saturday was blissfully hot for Agnieszka & Luke's wedding.

Agnieszka was simply stunning in a beautiful white lace dress with tiara and viel.

Luke and his groomsmen were dressed in traditional black morning jackets with grey trousers.






















The service took place in the quaint St John the Baptist church in Londonthorpe. Londonthorpe is a tiny hamlet just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.
These are just a small selection of the pictures we took of their wedding.





































After the wedding they went to the historic Angel & Royal hotel in Grantham and we took them for a short walk through it's charming Georgian streets.




















And into the grounds of St Wulframs church.













The Kings room in the Angel & Royal was a fantastic setting for their reception.