Julie and Michael - Sneak View

The weather forecast looked like we were in for a wet wedding day for Julie and Michael, but thankfully the rain kept away until later in the day.

Michael's parents had travelled from near Worthing to Carlisle to see their son married to his work colleague Julie and would be delighted by the fantastic wedding and excellent reception.  Julie and Michael left their chef's whites behind (for the day) and dressed up for a day to remember.

Their lunch time wedding at Tullie House in the centre of Carlisle managed to stop the traffic as Julie's limo pulled up in style.  After a beautiful ceremony it was drinks and photos in the gardens before sitting down to wedding breakfast and speeches.

The evening saw a few more friends from work come along to see the cake cutting and first dance, and dance the night away with Mikey's Mobile Disco.

Big Weekend lives up to it's name

What a fantastic time...  We were so lucky to get tickets for the Sunday and set off in search of a bus early on Sunday morning.  So early that there wasn't even a queue for the bus, so we arrived at the airport far too early.

Standing in the rain on a Sunday morning is not the best way to spend a Sunday, but finally the gates were opened; security satisfied that my camera was on this occasion not carrying a telephoto lens, and that we only had our allowed 1 sealed bottle of water each, and in we rushed.

Straight to the main stage in a big top with flooring, where there was a change of times, and Bruno Mars was coming on first.

After Bruno Mars we went out to see the rest of the festival and get some food...   To be continued

Excitement Grows

Everyone seems to be talking about it in Carlisle at the moment.  Did you get tickets? how many? what day? Have you seen Chris Moyles? Do you know where the country house is?  Wow, loads and loads of questions - all about the Radio 1 big weekend.


Signs have now gone up directing the Big Weekend traffic to the airfield.  Tents are now in place and the airfield has taken on a party like atmosphere.  Reports of stars etc being sighted at university, the rex bingo hall, the bandstand in town and all over the place.  Even in the local pub in Armathwaite.  Well I say local.  It is if your living in a country manor near Kirkoswald, owned by Michael and Marie Lawson.  Lovely house and I hope it does well from its appearance on TV.


So what will the weekend bring?  Shattered silence ;) Loads of people bringing money into the local economy, loads of fun and yep more excitement.


Must admit I'm really looking forward to Lady Gaga on Sunday :)

These were quick snaps taken a few minutes ago of the airfield.

Light on the river

The River Ouse at Bedford, is a great place by day to watch the swans and the rowers doing battle, but by night it takes on a fantastic atmosphere with coloured lights.

I spend quite a bit of time working for a company in Bedford and often stop at the Swan Hotel just beside the river.  Would i recommend it, well lets just say it's getting better :)

Face to Face

Most of my time is spent taking pictures of people, and so it was great taking pictures of people as art.

I love these masks that dominate the town in Bedford

Julie & Michael Pre Wedding Photoshoot

It's not long until Julie and Michael tie the not at Tullie House in Carlisle, so we went for a walk in the local park the other day.  The sun was beating down so Julie and Michael enjoyed one of their few days off from work together.

Remember all of our wedding packages come with a free pre-wedding photoshoot.  Our prices can be found on http://www.kelticrose.co.uk/ along with more photos from this photoshoot.

Jo's Iconic Makeover

What a great 21st birthday present for Jo.  Her idols are Cheryl Cole and Emma Watson (from Harry Potter), so we did some research and came up with some iconic photos of these stars that Jo liked.  We then set about with our partners Jelli Nelli from http://www.jellinell.com/ to makeover Jo in the style of Cheryl and then in the style of Emma and take pictures in similar poses to those that Jo had chosen.

Below are a few from the photoshoot.

If you like the idea of a photoshoot in the style of your icon then why not give us a shout.  All our prices are on http://www.kelticrose.co.uk/

Pirelli International Rally 2011

Saturday saw the Pirelli Rally start and end in Carlisle.  This year many of the events revolved around the racecourse so myself and the kids went up to have a wander round a few times during the day.  The rally itself took place in Newcastleton forest, and Kielder forset.

Ruaridh and I went up about 8pm just in time to see the winners coming through, just as the sun was starting to set, and just as it was getting cold ;-) .

First place went to David Bogie and Kevin Rae who were in the Mitsubishi Evo 9 followed by the lads from Ireland Robert Barrable and Damien Connolly in a Skoda Fabia S2000.

Behind the Scenes

It's not often that I post behind the scenes pictures, but I really liked this one which includes Helen from Jelli Nelli (http://www.jellinelli.com/) working with Jo who really wanted to have photos in the style of Cheryl Cole and Emma Watson.