A wee taster of the absolutely lovely Ruth and Simon’s wedding day at The Stroom in Pudsey…
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Carrying on from Part 1 of Ruth and Simon’s Pre-wedding, this is a little taster of the film we shot after we got all that digital stuff out the way! We’re trialing out bringing film back to wedding photography, mainly for it’s distinctive, true-vintage look that you just can’t get with digital photos. Not only that, medium format film is still decades ahead of the quality of digital cameras and likely will be for a while to come.
With the geeky bit out of the way, here’s some photos. Sorry they’re so big, I just wanna show you the quality of medium format film! If you’re interested in wedding photography using film then get in touch. At the moment, we’re at the guinea-pig stage so couples who want to help us trial it out can do so at guinea-pig prices!
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Ruth + Simon are getting married at the end of the month in the market town of Pudsey on the outskirts of Leeds. We took a wee stroll around the park today whilst I waved my camera at them and they practiced their most ‘natural-looking’ poses.
Simon called into question the ‘naturalness’ of Ruth’s tree posing. Ruth insists this is how she always poses on trees!
Time to take a load off (and for me to grab a sneaky dangley feet shot).
We also did a roll of medium format film under a willow tree but you’ll have to hold your horses for that one, this is the magic of digital… the magic of film takes a bit longer to brew, but rest assured they’ll be up on the blog soon enough.
I first met Joseph at Emma + Andy’s wedding when I snapped him drinking wine out of a wellington boot… so when he asked me to come shoot his Bollywood themed wedding party, it was a no-brainer!
Tanya + Joseph even brought me back to Emma + Andy’s reception venue at East Keswick Village Hall on the outskirts of Leeds. The surrounding rolling hills and picturesque views make it a favourite venue for me too.
There was a Bollywood dress code. Joseph’s footwear was setting the benchmark.
Tanya looked stunning in her Bollywood finery but it all takes upkeep…
As the guests arrived, the misbehaviour and shenanigans I had expected began to roll on in. Craig David even made an appearance.
Keeping it tradish’, the menu and canapés consisted of curries, samosas, bhajis and nan breads.
The drinks were in full flow as the guests mingled and got to check out each others efforts in the costume department.
Night drew in which signaled the start of the speeches which was a mixture of words of high-regard and a smattering of embarrassing photos and cringe-worthy stories.
Time to dance! T+J organised a Bollywood dance workshop for their guests which everyone was keen to get involved with. I loved this as it was great to photograph people having a laugh and trying something new! After the dance workshop nobody wanted to leave the dancefloor, so the Bollywood dance carried on into the night as the colours of everyone’s garb mixed with each others. It was an awesome night, and a great way to celebrate the couple’s tying of the knot.
Didn’t you hear? There was a royal wedding the other day. You had that day off work remember? Ooooh, yeah, THAT royal wedding!!!
Here’s our little salute to the day at the James + Lianne household in all it’s red, white and blue tackiness!
Our hearty congratulations to the no doubt happy couple. J+L
