Andrew and Kylie came down to the West Country to be married close to where Kylie’s parents live. Andrew is a Producer for the BBC and has a keen photographic eye, infact I have seen a couple of weddings he has shot and they were both very good, so the pressure was on. That and it seemed half the BBC cameramen were also present at the wedding

Stoodleigh is a very impressive house just outside of Tiverton, it does however also provide photographers with some very tricky light, with its vibrant red walls and oak panelling. For the first time in my wedding photography life the registrars were late for the ceremony, really late, and poor Kylie was left waiting upstairs whilst everyone waited for the registrars to turn up. Eventually they arrived and the rest of the day went really smoothly. Here are a few of my favourites from their day at Stoodleigh Court

Last week was my lovely wife’s birthday, it was somewhat of a milestone birthday and so we treated ourselves to a trip to NYC. Neither of us had been before and whilst we missed the kids loads, it was great to be away by ourselves, infact it was the first time in 5 years that we had been away just by ourselves. New York is an amazing place, not as cheap as I had hoped but all the same a real experience. Being a photographer means that we have no images of the two of us together, so before everything starts heading south, I asked Brooks + Leigh Whittington, great wedding photographers, from Dallas to come and do a day in the life of us. We also met up with Jason Groupp, Lynsdey Thorne, Gulnara, Aga, Mercin and Beth, all of whom I have got to know through wedding photography. We also met up with Danny and Diana, whos wedding I shot in Paris last year. They were all so kind to us and really helped make our trip a memorable one. Here are some pictures from our trip.

The ISPWP is run by Joe Milton . I have no idea if Joe knows this, but he was one of the reasons I got into wedding photography 6-7 years ago. I was online looking through local wedding photographers in the UK and wanted to see something different, something that told a story, as opposed to a whole series of group and posed shots. SO I started to google phrases that I thought might lead me to find something I like. Of course the word “photojournalist”, which is all too commonplace now, was not really being used back then and so I really had to search hard to find what I was looking for. And then all of a sudden this guy from Portland in The US came up. Its fair to say I was emotionally moved by his images and bookmarked his site immediately. I guess its fair to say that Joe was probably one of the first, along with a few others to be shooting this style of wedding photography and it really hit a chord with me.

Joe is also the founder of the ISPWP, which is an organisation I am very proud to belong to. It has some amazing wedding photographers as its members and the standard is being raised all the time.

Its also a real honour that Joe has chosen to spotlight my photography, I am now in my 7th year of shooting weddings, its been hard work , but 7 years of real fun and excitement. I’m continually being inspired by others and hope that this continues to be the case for many years to come.

You can view the whole spotlight HERE.