I had a free weekend a couple of weeks ago, so decided to spend it doing a shoot with a friend who had offered to model for me.

We started off in the wonderful Arnos Vale cemetery in Bristol – a huge, overgrown Victorian cemetery that in places looks more like a woodland, apart from the occasional slanting gravestone. We got some great shots among the trees before heading down to the main area for a different scene.

Only problem was finding that we were locked in as the doors shut at 5, so a mile detour with a vault over a wall was needed to get back to the car.

After that, we headed to Temple Meads station for some industrial shots.

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This weekend I joined up with a few members of the Bristol strobist group for a trip to Purton boat graveyard in Gloucestershire.

We started just after 8pm to catch the sunset on what turned out to be a beautiful evening.

Thanks to a mixture of great light and subtle flash use, the pictures turned out really great! And thanks also to our models Marina (pictured below) and Hannah for patiently posing in the rapidly chilling outdoors!

Later in April, I helped out my good friend Albert Palmer by second shooting the wedding of Nick and DeAnne.

A lovely couple, thanks for helping me hone my skills, and thanksto Al for letting me tag along. A long day, but worth it 🙂

This April, I was lucky enough to take pictures of the wedding of my good friends, Marc and Jo.

I’ve known these two for 16 years now (Marc was my room-mate in my first year of University) and a nicer couple you really couldn’t meet!

The weather was perfect, the day – fantastic. The service in a beautiful, tiny church in a small, picturesque village, followed by a reception in a marquee in the Bride’s Father’s field.

They both looked so happy – a huge congratulations to them both (I know Jo had been waiting for this wedding for about 15 years!)