It may be that you decide that you want to lose weight before your wedding, just as I did after I was ill. Great! Go for it! Just make sure you are doing it for yourself.

Equally, you do not HAVE to lose weight for your wedding. Your partner is marrying you the way you are. Your family love you the way you are. Your self worth is not measured by the number on your bathroom scale.

Horton Grange is an elegant and intimate Grade II listed Country House set in 4 acres of beautiful grounds in Northumberland. The gardens are beautiful, with water features, lawns, flower beds and lots of hidden areas to explore. At night lamps and fairy lights light up the gravel paths.

“When it came to choosing a wedding photographer I knew what I didn't want-cheesy pictures, lots of portrait style and rigid poses..I knew I wanted true, honest moments.” - Izzy & Rob

Put your hand up if you love having your photograph taken. Anybody? Anyone?

Didn’t think so.

It’s going to happen on your wedding day, though. But don’t worry.

Here’s my personal take on using the X-Pro2 as a wedding camera.

The pros, the cons and how I configure the camera.

“We wanted the wedding at The Parlour at Blagdon to feel comfortable, welcoming and real. No pretention or falseness. Just us and our closest family and friends. Oh, and a shit load of fairy lights!” - Angela & Dave

I photographed Noor and Callum’s wedding at The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland last year but I photographed their engagement session after the wedding.

Both Noor and Callum have hectic schedules and live outside of Newcastle, so trying to find a time to shoot when they were both free, and in the North East, while I was available was tricky. After pencilling in a few dates that we subsequently had to cancel we simply ran out of time to squeeze in the session before their wedding.

Undeterred we booked in a post-wedding session this January.

Back in August 2018 Angela and Andy eloped from the USA to Edinburgh to get married during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and I had the pleasure of documenting the day through my photography.

Their day has been featured on the Braw Brides wedding blog.

Angela and Dave joined me at Tynemouth Priory the coast just outside of Newcastle for their pre-wedding session. The air was crisp as the sun started to go down and we hoped for an interesting sunset.

Most people, male and female, don’t like having their photograph taken. They certainly don’t like looking at the photographs in detail after they have been taken. This can lead to long delays when choosing which photographs to put in albums or made into wall art. Sometimes it can even result in an email from the couple who are unhappy with their photographs.