News

The weather was better than forecast so we had a walk to the top of Gummers How for a pre-wedding shoot with Wayne and Kirsten, oh and Tara the Springer came along too!

As a registered Nikon Professional user I am pleased to say that I have been successful in winning the Nikon monthly photography competition with an image of a couple watching the sunset over Coniston Water. As well as the cash prize my picture will feature on the Nikon stand at Europe's biggest annual imaging show at the NEC on March 7‑10 2010.

Check out the full news story for a link to the winning picture. Maybe you'd like a similar shoot yourself, contact me for details.

Vic and Neil visited before Christmas with their new arrival baby Jonah. It was lovely to see him at last and we shot his first baby portraits in the studio.

Check them out now in the gallery.

Zoe and her family came to the studio for some photos of her lovely new arrival Lydia Grace this week. What a beautiful baby she is and so is her sister Hollie who got in on the photo's too.

A studio booking with Hannah and Shaun on Sunday for some black and white portraits led to some lovely pictures.

Yesterday saw us at the wedding of Richard and Kathryn and what a fantastic day it was. The rain stayed away for most of the day and when it was there we made a point of using it in a shot!

View the news story for a sneak preview of some of the images from the day.

Saturday the 7th November saw us photographing the wedding of Colin and Heather. We had a fantastic day despite the weather and I'm now busy processing all of the images captured on the day. As I personally process every image this takes a bit of time and it will probably take a week or so before they are ready for viewing. In the meantime I've uploaded a few images to tease you with, check them out in the gallery hope you like them.

Darren.

Valerie celebrated her 80th Birthday on Sunday with a family gathering at Clarence House in Dalton in Furness. I was there to capture some family portraits before they all tucked into what I'm sure was a lovely meal.

Check out the images in the gallery.

I visited the fantastic Ulverston Fashion Show for the first time last night, 14th October 2009. What a night it was with great fashions from local shops modelled by an array of lovely models. It was a great night enjoyed by a packed audience, have a look at some of my images from the night.

We had a fantastic portrait shoot with Rhiannon on Sunday in the grounds of Furness Abbey. Rhiannon was a star and we captured some lovely images in the hour we had there, check them out in the gallery and see if you agree.

Keith and Andrea asked if my portrait sessions in the Barrow in Furness area included Pet Portraits and as I love photography and am always up for a challenge I agreed to give it a go. Asha their Flatcoated Retriever was a star (albeit a never still one) and we produced some stunning pictures, have a look in the gallery and see if you agree.

Yes, Stuart and Rebecca are the proud parents of baby Cohan who is a week old today and yesterday I was pleased to be asked to take his first baby photographs. I know they've been waiting to see them so I've worked late to get them processed, check them out in the gallery now. Oh, and lucky for everyone they're happy to share them!

Darren.

We've just produced the images from our first Pregnancy Shoot and they look beautiful. Obviously they are very personal images but Stewart and Rebecca are happy to share one with the world so here it is. Read the full news story to see a larger image.

Fancy a pregnancy shoot yourself? Well we are based near Barrow in Furness and can come to your home or you can come to the studio where we will produce beautiful images for you. Please contact me for further details.

It was Dowdales School Prom Night tonight for Natalie Steel and I was lucky enough to be asked to capture her beauty in pictures before she set off for the prom.

Today was Ladies Day at Cartmel Races and I was asked to go and get some pictures of the glamorous girls for use in promotional material. Unfortunately it was bitterly cold and everyone was wrapped up warm but I did manage to find a few girls enjoying themselves.

Have a look at the pictures here.

A portrait session with 3 year old Tyra in the Bluebell woods was arranged for Sunday, but as the weather forecast was poor and Saturday was sunny we decided to do it a day early. Here's the results.

Local hairdressing salon Madeline House put on a show at 'The Canteen' in Barrow-in-Furness on the 11th April 2009, the gallery now contains a selection of photographs from the show.

The glorious sunshine of the 29th March 2009 saw the wedding of Stuart and Laura at Stavely Church and then on to the Swan Hotel at Newby Bridge. Visit the gallery to view a selection of images from the day.