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Kelly & Terry {Engaged!}

Phil Shillitoe — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:57:45 +0000

I’ve known Kelly for a number of years now, and it was a real pleasure when she phoned me last year (or rather texted me!) and asked if I would photograph her upcoming wedding to her fiance Terry at the Crown Hotel in Bawtry. Their pre wedding engagement photo shoot took place just down the road from their they both live in Doncaster, Cusworth Hall – it’s almost becoming my second home now!

Despite being repeatedly bitten by nasty bugs through out the shoot, the resulting photographs were more than worth the itching that followed!! Fingers crossed, the bugs wont follow us across Doncaster to the Crown Hotel in a few weeks!

You can a small collection of the pre-wedding images from the photo shoot below.

Marie & Bryn {Married!}

Phil Shillitoe — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:16:23 +0000

The stunning Linden Hall in Northumberland was the venue for my final winter wedding of 2010. The wedding took place between Christmas and New Yea, when I had the pleasure of photographing Marie & Bryn’s big day. Linden Hall is situated north of Newcastle, just outside Jesmond. Although the happy couple live down in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Bryn had proposed the previous year on a beautiful deserted beach in Northumberland. Having searched for the perfect venue nearby, they came across Linden Hall and fell in love with it. Having photographed there, I can now see why!

You couldn’t meet a nicer and more friendly couple than Marie and Bryn. Nothing was too much trouble for them. When I asked Marie if she minded if I photographed her in the snow, she jumped at the chance and put her wellies on! I just wish that I’d brought mine with me, as I had the most porous and cold shoes on that I could have picked! The shots that we got were more than worth it though! Marie & Bryn went out of their way to make me feel part of their big day. You only have to look at the wedding photos below to see just how much fun the couple (and their guests) had throughout the day.

For the photographers who read my blog, the wedding was photographed using just two prime lenses throughout the day; the new Nikon 35mm and 85mm f1.4s. Wedding photography in winter gives you the added pressure of photographing in diminishing light. You could simply pop a flash gun on top of your camera and get ‘ok-ish’ shots, or you can work for your money and seek out just the right quality of the ambient light. By using high ISOs and high apertures (low f stops), there is still no reason to use flash. That is my honest opinion, although others may argue otherwise. Ultra high apertures allow light to flood into the camera’s sensor and also enables you to generate gorgeous out of focus ‘bokeh’ behind your subject.

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Annoushka & Chris {Married!}

Phil Shillitoe — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:44:45 +0000

I jumped in my car, ready to head south to the Priest House Hotel in Donington. As I turned the ignition key on my car, the temperature said -10C! Luckily, most of the snow from the previous week had vanished, otherwise, a two hour journey would have taken 6 hours, and I’d have needed a JCB to get me out of my street! Despite the freezing and rather murky weather, I had a fantastic time photographing the gorgeous wedding of Annoushka and Chris. The bride and groom’s pre- wedding shoot a couple of months back, was also photographed at The Priest House. Annoushka and Chris are such a warm and happy go lucky couple. We re-enacted some of the pre shoot photos with the chalk board during the wedding reception in the photo booth. You only have to count the amount of smiles and laughs in the wedding photos below to see what a perfect match Annoushka and Chris are!

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Oscar, Elsie & Jack – Triple Trouble!

Phil Shillitoe — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:00:09 +0000

Oscar and Elsie arrived in this world just 11 weeks ago! I’m not particularly broody, but how can these photos not make you broody; the babies are just adorable!! The twins were joined on their maiden photo shoot by their elder (but equally cute!) cousin Jack. There were tears, tantrums, smiles and lots of sleep, but I loved every minute of it!

A small selection of the photographs from the baby photo shoot can be seen below:-

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Marie & Bryn {Engaged!}

Phil Shillitoe — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:20:04 +0000

It’s only a couple of weeks until Marie & Bryn’s big day on 27th December this month – I’m so looking forward to photographing it! The wedding ceremony and reception are taking place at the beautiful Linden Hall in Norhumberland. Their pre wedding engagement photo shoot took place a little closer to home, in the woodland near to Cusworth Hall in Doncaster, along with their adorable retrievers. The dogs are also making a special appearance up at Linden Hall for the wedding. I asked the couple what made them choose Linden Hall as the venue for their wedding, and I found out that that was where Bryn proposed to Marie – it’s good to see that romance isn’t dead after all!! I best do my drinking on Christmas Day, as a long drive up to Linden Hall on the 27th with a fuzzy head is a no go! Best get my snow tires ready!

A small selection of my favourite photos from the pre wedding shoot can be seen below :-

Gyp n Hobo’s friend’s in the Sun!

Phil Shillitoe — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:33:37 +0000

Following up my earlier blog post about Gyp in the snow, I thought it’d would be a good time to share some other pet and dog photos that I’ve had the pleasrue of taking! As everyone who knows me will tell you, I’m mad on animals and pets, particularly dogs, so what better way to combine my two passions – dogs and photography!

A small selection of some of my recent favourite dog photos can be seen below :-

Gyp in the Snow!

Phil Shillitoe — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:02:56 +0000

I’m stranded at home!! The snow is 20″ deep and is literally up to the top of my tyres on my car. I had my two adorable dogs, gyp and hobo out in the snow this morning, so thought I’d grab a few shots and share them with you! Hobo is a bit camera shy in his old age, so I’ll post some of him soon, when he’s not looking!!

Kristie & Pete {Married}

Phil Shillitoe — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:20:29 +0000

A bride’s worst nightmare, a giant cold sore!! This was what Kristie phoned me to tell me a few days before her wedding to Pete. The panic in her voice was for real! I reassured her that things would be fine, and with the help of mother nature, a touch of concealer, and carefully taken wedding photography, when the big day came, nobody could tell – she looked simply stunning! Kristie & Pete became husband and wife at their local Edlington Catholic Church. The venue for the beautiful wedding reception which followed, was at the Warmsworth Holiday Inn, adjacent to Warmsworth Hall, Doncaster.

I’ve known Kristie for a few years now, and her mother Fiona for even longer. Fiona in particular was so so proud of her daughter on her wedding day. The heavens had threatened to open throughout the day, but luckily, the rain held off. There was a fantastic atmosphere right through the day; it was a real pleasure to be part of it. The Holiday Inn and Warmsworth Hall is a fantastic location for a wedding, offering the beauty of the historical hall itself and the friendly and helpful staff of the Holiday Inn complex.

A selection of of some of my favourite wedding photos from the day can be seen below :-

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California & The Wild West

Phil Shillitoe — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:22:25 +0000

I recently photographed Liam & Laura on their wedding day. They are currently in the middle of planning a road trip over in California next year. I was lucky enough to do an amazing road trip my self last year, around the west coast, and wild west of America, so they asked for some tips of where to go and where to stay, and to also see the photographs from my trip to the USA last year. I thought that they had been uploaded to my blog, but having checked it, they hadn’t been! A small collection of my favorite photos from the holiday can be seen below.

Death Valley, California – location for some of the scenes from Star Wars for the movie buffs out there. Although it looks cold, it was actually 50 C!

Yosemite – the most gorgeous place on earth (in my opinion!)

Highway 1 towards Big Sur, heading south from San Francisco.

Sand dunes in Death Valley, California.

Muscle Beach, California

Muscle Beach, California (again)

The Mustang I used on the trip!

Winding country road in Utah.

Monument Valley, in Utah, home of the Navajo Indian Reservation – the location of many of John Wayne’s movies. The photograph below is actually a panoramic combination of 6 shots.

Monument Valley as seen through my car mirror!

Half Moon, Yosemite National Park, back in California.

Half Moon again, but in colour. I couldn’t decide which I preferred, so I posted both of them!

Yosemite, El Capitan, which rockets over 7500 ft from the ground.

…and a final shot of Yosemite. My dream is to retire out in California; until then, I can dream in Doncaster!

Would Ya?! – Pre Wedding Photography Shoot {Anoushka & Chris}

Phil Shillitoe — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:12:16 +0000

‘WOULD YA?’ is what Chris’s T-Shirt said on his first date with Anoushka! We created his marriage proposal using a chalk board, lots of fun, smiles, and the beautiful county backdrop of the Priest House Hotel, near Castle Donnington. Anoushka and Chris tie the knot at the Priest House Hotel in the middle of December for their wedding. That seems like such a long way away, but it’ll be here before we all know it! We were joined on the pre-wedding photography shoot by Chris’s cute little son Charlie. My chalkboard came into use when he fell over on a gravel track. Luckily his little hands landed on the chalk board, preventing any grazes or tears!!

A selection of some of my favourite photos from the pre-wedding shoot can be seen below:-

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