Updated July 4th: Full gallery link replaces preview gallery.

My third year as official photographer for Sedbergh FolkFest was muddy but magical. Nicer than I ever remember Glastonbury being, too. Click here or on the image above to visit the full gallery.

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Last night I visited Rachel and Ian in Penrith to show them their wedding photography slideshow. The best thing about these meetings is watching the couple’s faces as they relive—for the first of many times—the visual and emotional memories of their wedding day.

I’ve just posted the video slideshow at this link. It’ll make you smile.

They've not looked back since

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Why so little activity on this blog for the past three weeks? (And not much happening either on my blog from my other photographic life ?) The answer is a story of four holidays and a wedding.

For its brochures and website, HF Holidays, an award-winning company for which I lead photography holidays and workshops, commissioned me to photograph a number of its leisure activity holidays as well as the fine buildings, rooms and facilities at two of its network of 17 country house hotels—at Whitby and Brecon.

That was a lot photography, quite a bit of travel and, afterwards, more consecutive hours than I prefer to spend in front of my computer.

But, as usual, it was worth the effort. Elizabeth and Tamsin at HF Holidays’ marketing department are pleased with the results and so am I. Here’s a link to the galleries where you’ll see people enjoying themselves. Worth looking through to cheer yourself up on a rainy day.

What about the wedding?

There’s an HF Holidays connection there too.

Rachel, who does a great job of administering and organising these holidays—as well as keeping the likes of me in line—married Ian just I returned from the assignment. (Yes, she had been planning to do so for a while!) The couple had chosen me as their wedding photographer. They had a great day and so did I. It was one of the most enjoyable weddings I’ve been privileged to photograph.

So, after Rachel and “him indoors” have had the first chance to review the images, I’ll post a link to the pictorial story of a joyful the day.

UPDATE: here’s a link to the wedding gallery.

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Tomorrow, it’s back to full-on image editing as I catch up on processing after a couple of weeks of prolific shooting. But I am happy to say that, on our day out to see—and hear—internationally acclaimed French artist and composer, Pierre Sauvageot’s Harmonic Fields, I only took fifteen photos. Here’s one of my favourites atop Birkrigg Common overlooking Morecambe Bay.

Interactive musical soundscape on Birkrigg Common, Ulverston 3-5 June 2011

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Now get out of that one

Weddings In Cumbria, a comprehensive directory and information site for couples planning a wedding in and around the Lake District, has used one of my images to illustrate and explain the Cumbrian wedding day tradition of children tying church gates. Click on the screenshot below see the article in full.

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She”s learnt to say: “Daddy doesn’t like too much pink.” For now I think she actually agrees with me. For now.

Not everything has to be pink

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While much of the nation was watching the royal wedding we had a family day out at Chester Zoo. I spotted this intimate scene across the orang-utan enclosure. And just in case you suspect any Photoshop sleight of hand, there isn’t any. This is a near 100 percent crop from an image captured with a long lens. Notice the girl’s nose and hand pressed-up hard against the safety glass.

Two at the zoo

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Just some family portrait holiday fun

All ears

Bonkers bunny

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... when all at once I saw a crowd ...

With weddings and several photography workshops approaching—and returning from leading my first photography holiday of the year—we spent a warm and wonderful family day at Fell Foot Park at the southern end of Windermere in the Lake District.

After a couple of hours picnicking, sliding, hiding and seeking, and climbing in the adventure playground, and following some serious Tiny Bike cycling, my daughter allowed me to fine-tune my turning-harsh-sunlight-into-funlight fill flash photography technique.

... beside the lake, beneath the trees ...

... they stretched in never ending line ...

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I’ve been so busy with the business of photography during the last couple of months that I’ve had little time for blogging about a few of the lovely weddings I’ve had the privilege of recording.

Sadie and Mike’s—Lancaster, mid-August 2010—really stood out as a fun and informal family celebration. Bride and groom creatively involved their children in the build-up and the ceremony. Mike’s daughter out-performed even the best of Best Men, while Sadie’s boys proved the perfect bridal escorts!

It was one of the most relaxed and fun weddings I’ve photographed. (You can read about what Sadie and Mike thought about their wedding photographer here.)

Click on the image below to see the rest of the happy day.

Happy bride with family escorts

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