Mar 01

North West Professional Photography Awards 2010. We've been shortlisted again!!

We received some fantastic news in the studio today when we found out that 10 of my images have been shortlisted in multiple categories at this years North West Pro Photographer Awards. These awards are a massive deal to all professional BIPP/MPA photographers in the North West and a chance for us all to battle it out for the top awards. Each year many hundreds of images are entered and we have been shortlisted in the top 10 for each of the below categories. The winners will be announced at the gala dinner on the 17th April - Wish us luck!

Mar 01
North West Creative Wedding Photographer Of The Year 2010.

2 Images shortlisted in the top 10 for this category.

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Mar 01
North West Reportage Wedding Photographer Of The Year 2010.

1 image shortlisted in the top 10 for this category.

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Mar 01
North West Traditional Wedding Photographer Of The Year 2010.

2 images shortlisted in the top 10 for this category.

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Mar 01
North West Under 5's Photographer Of The Year 2010.

1 image shortlisted in the top 10 for this category.

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Mar 01
North West Pet Photographer Of The Year.

2 images shortlisted in the top 10 for this category.

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Mar 01
North West Fine Art Photographer Of The Year 2010

2 images shortlisted in the top 10 for this category.

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Feb 17
The Pre-Wedding Shoot Of Ashleigh & Michael at Helsby Hill

I'll be shooting Michael and Ashleigh's wedding in mid March at Carden Park and I'm chomping at the bit to get going as it's my first wedding of the season. There pre-shoot took place at Helsby Hill, a place I am very familiar with as I grew up at the foot of the hill and spent many a day throwing myself down the slopes with my brothers. I had a great time on this pre-shoot and it was nice to see them both relax into the session, which is what the pre-shoot is all about - to see how I work/lark about! For all you photographers out there here is the techy stuff: I love to shoot into the light (image 1) as it produces a fantastic halo of light around the subject if done correctly. I also love to shoot in the shade of trees as it produces a nice even light for portraits, coupled with a stop of extra light giving the image a nice lift.

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Feb 16
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Introducing Sarah Paoloni. Photoshoot at CG Photography Studios
Jan 29
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I love shooting landscapes and my passion for photography was born from this genre. I have just found out that the above image was in the top 3 of the judges choice award at the 2009 SWPP professional photography awards! Woop Woop! The image has been published in their collection book which we are absolutely over the moon with.
Jan 25

A collection of our fave images from 2009

We have had an absolutely amazing 2009 and I feel honoured to have been able to photograph so many great weddings. We have put together a slide show showcasing the best of 2009 by CG Weddings. Enjoy!

 

Jan 23
A Festive Wedding At Crewe Hall

The wedding of Charlotte & Mark took place at the fantastically grand Crewe Hall on the 20th December 2009. The beautiful bride Charlotte looked like a winter princess in her long hooded gown - a real head turner for her guests as she made her way down the aisle towards a beaming Mark.

In Crewe Hall Charlotte and Mark could not have picked a better venue to host a festive wedding - Decked halls, oak paneled rooms, hand painted wallpaper, roaring marble fireplaces, ornate plasterwork, carved wood and stained glass windows all lit with Christmas lights and a warm glow of the low lighting.

A great couple to photograph and what a lovely day to be a part of.

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Jan 22
Congratulations Princess Jackie & Prince Dan

December the 30th saw me at the stunning fairy-tale setting that is Peckforton Castle, nestled in the beautiful Cheshire countryside. As a wedding photographer this is the kind of place I like to shoot in, it really is the stuff of fairy tales - and what better place to hold a winter wedding. Huge open spaces, insanely high ceilings, candle lit corridors, grand fireplaces crackling and glowing in the low light of this fantastic place.

Every castle needs a prince and princess and what better couple to fulfil this role than Jackie & Dan. A great couple to photograph and a very infectious laugh in Jackie!

Thanks for letting me be a part of your fairy-tale wedding, you were a fab couple to photograph and I wish you all the very best for your future together as husband and wife.

Highlights below - a slideshow will also be posted soon so check back in the next few days!

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Jan 11

Some lovely comments from an amazing couple!

To Liam & Alexandra,

Thank you for capturing our magical, dream fairytale wedding so beautifully. We knew from the moment we met that you would be able to provide the most perfect shots. We would also like to thank Alexandra for al her hard work, and patience with us with the 'post wedding' work that went into producing our final images and album. It was well worth the wait, and certainly something we will treasure forever. We can never thank you both enough. We've thoroughly enjoyed working with you, and will definately be passing your details on! We both fell honoured to be the ones you've chosen for your studio wall, it really means alot to us, We hope to ask you to photograph our future children too!

All the best,

Tracey & Rob xx

Jan 04
New Year In Northumberland: Part One

Happy new year to you all! We have some fantastic weddings to look forward to this year but although weddings are my life and number one priority I actually came from a landscape background and I thought it would be nice to share a few recent images with you. I was lucky enough to spend part of my Christmas holiday with my wife up on the beautiful coast of Northhumberland near Warkworth and Bamburgh castle and I couldn't resist getting my camera out to capture some of the freakiest weather the area has seen in over 20 years! I've never seen snow like it before and what better way to start the new year than a 7.30am walk on a snowy Warkworth beach with my wife and my dogs and not another soul around! Snowy sand dunes as well! a photographers dream.

Pics below, enjoy!

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