Abi & Paul - A Shoot Around Hebden Bridge

We are in the middle of wedding season and enjoying every minute of it!  Just being a part of a couple's day, documenting and telling the stories through our images, we love it.  We often get asked if we get nervous before a wedding.  It's an excited feeling, the anticipation, all the plans coming together.  We get excited about seeing the couple for the first time on their wedding day, and for when they see each other for the first time.  It's such an emotional moment.  We often have a cry too, and tissues are now a necessary part of our camera bags!

We're looking forward to Abi & Paul's wedding in July.  It was a few years ago now when we photographed Abi's sister Jenny's wedding.  We feel very honoured to be documenting another significant day in their family's life.  With Abi & Paul, we took a little trip around Hebden Bridge, talking about their gorgeous day to come and the imminent stag and hen do's!  Not long now until the wedding, and what a lovely couple they are.

A wedding stationery shoot with Julia Ogden

A little while ago, I had the pleasure of working with local artist Julia Ogden.  I've long been an admirer of her work and we have a couple of her prints in the house, so when she asked me to take images of her new wedding stationery, I immediately knew it would be a beautiful shoot.

Julia is a fellow nature lover, and she's really inspired by the changing seasons and woodland.  There's a real joy and serenity to her work as you can see from these beautiful birdies. I was really excited when she said she was about to start offering a bespoke wedding stationery service, as I knew how beautiful and unique it would be.  Her stationery is a combination of hand drawn illustrations and text.  Julia then hand silk screen prints the wedding stationery.  Save the date, invites, bunting, order of service, place names, thank you cards, you name it!

I'll shut up and let Julia's work do the talking - starting with that gorgeous bunting!

And here's just a small selection of Julia's other work....

I thought I'd just share this new piece of work too.  I commissioned Julia to make a sign for some upcoming wedding exhibitions, and she came up with this gorgeous design, printed onto wood...

If you'd like to see more of Julia's work or wedding stationery collections - here's her website.  She also teaches other people how to draw.  I'm going to be taking the plunge next week when Julia runs a painting and drawing workshop in our studio on the 19th March - really looking forward to hopefully finding my inner painter.  You can find out more information here.  Maybe see you there!

Liz Flanagan Storytelling at The Old Treehouse

I didn't have a wedding this weekend, so I caught up with friends, had a potter around Hebden Bridge, read, cooked, planned, even did a spot of housework.  On Sunday afternoon, I popped into The Old Treehouse in Hebden Bridge, it's such an enchanting children's shop.  Children's author, Liz Flanagan, was holding a Storytelling event.  She was reading from her recently published books Starlight Grey, and Cara and the Wizard.  It was the perfect setting, with the children sitting on toadstools listening to the magical tales! After Liz read, the children then had a chance to create their own stories and pictures.  It was a great event for a Sunday afternoon, and I think there are going to be more Storytelling days/evenings at The Old Treehouse in the run up to Christmas.