Good Golly, Miss Dolly - it's Sharon!

Congratulations to my friend Sharon who married Dave on Saturday June 13! As a special treat for Dave on the wedding morning, Sharon has some boudoir shots done.
We had a make-up artist come in and do her a bit of Hollywood glam eyes and lips and went to Barnsley's newest hotel, Encore in Dodworth for the shoot.
Check Sharon out working it. These have to go down as some of my most favourite boudoir shots yet. And the one with the red polka dots? Would you believe that was shot with all ambient light?! How cool is that?! Just me, a camera, a model and a bathroom. You gotta love it!
Thanks to Encore for their fabulous hospitality and thanks to Sharon for being such a splendid model to work with.
Oooh you worked it girl! I hope Dave loves them!

My l'il bro (and almost sis!)

Technically, I have known my brother-in-law longer than I have known my husband. We all went to the same school. I remember Mike, the bro-law, coming into my best friend's clothes shop with a cocky little swagger only a 15-year-old could have.
We're almost ten years on from that and much has changed. I am now his sister for one (oh, how I am sure he rues the day!)
It's difficult to see someone who you will always think of as a 15-year-old as an adult: no matter how many times he tells me I look like I have combed my hair with a toffee apple (cheers for that) or reminds me of all the early dates he was my 'chaperone' he will always be that cheeky chappy with a cocky grin and a bit of a swagger.
He comes from a lovely family and so, like my husband, has grown into a wonderful man.
This is him now, as a grown up, with his lovely other half Liane. You see, me and her are the smart ones. We are both older ladies who grabbed the boys when they were young :-) Mind you, since she looks like Demi Moore and I look like a scarecrow you have to wonder which brother got the short end of the stick...
...Sorry, James...
PS Congrats to both Michael and James on completing the 70-mile bike ride for charity. I cannot apologise enough for making both your ladies miss you cross the finish line..please forgive me!!

Jazzles - oh how we love thee!

I am a retro kind of girl. I scour charity shops, my teeshirts look like they were run over by a tractor in the 70s and my vintage shoe collection is epic.
But when I saw these I had a flashback to the 80s moment. I thought of Fame! I thought of leaping around my nannan's kitchen, singing Fame, my hair in the tightest poodle perm you could imagine. I remember my sister, in a bid to outdo me, doing a jump into splits to Fame...and getting stuck.
I remember wanting to be Dempsey and Makepeace. I remember watching Moonlighting and Cheers and thinking how cool life will be when I grow up.
I remember Jazzles. I saw these sweets and it felt like someone had whipped me into a Delorean and took me back 20 years.
Long live Jazzles! And long live the vintage sweet shop that sells them!

Heart of stone!

My husband is a romantic little fiend when he wants to be...I met him after work the other day and he was stood grinning like a Cheshire cat with something clutched in his hand.
"Here," he said, passing it over. "I thought it looked like a little heart."
It was so sweet, I nearly welled up. All the way home I nursed the little pebble heart in my hand, glancing sideways at James and thinking what a lucky girl I am that my husband sees love even in little stones on the street.
As we went into our house, we both looked down at the little stone again.
"Actually...." James said, his brow furrowing. "Now I think about it, maybe it looks more like a kidney..."
Who says romance is dead? Kidney or heart, I will let you make your own minds up. But I think it looks like a heart. And I am keeping it.

Pip + Glenn - coming soon!

Every now and again you meet a bride and groom who is simply perfect for you as a photographer. For me, Pip and Glenn were that perfect couple. Their wedding day was total perfection, a mix of serious emotion and fun.
Two lovlier people you couldn't hope to meet, their wedding at Wentworth Castle Gardens was a blast and was a perfect reflection of just how scrumptious they are as people.
I have been busily editing their photos (I hand process every image with Dolly's secret colour pop recipe) but here's a sneak peek of what's to come.
The album is expected to go live next weekend and once Pip and Glenn have seen it, guests will be able to use their secret log-on codes to view!


Pip and Glenn had decided not to have a first dance - but when their best man's band got up to boogie they joined in! I just love Glenn's face here!