The nutter behind the lens
Hey guys! So glad you found me and have cared to click on the about me page. Let’s get straight to it.
I’m a super energetic, disco dancing, tea drinking, doggy loving (calm your dirty mind – i’m referring to the animals), pizza munching, photo bombing, car singing, prosecco guzzling, weight lifting, welsh and proud, limbo champion, cartwheeling extraordinaire who happens to spend my days taking pretty pictures! I really hate spiders, wooden forks, the new cardboard straws that have appeared everywhere to save the earth (they stick to my lips and just feel wrong) and people who take themselves too seriously. I am also completely terrified of having my photo taken! I hate it! Probably because 90% of the time i'm a scruffy git who lives in my PJ’s or gym kit. If I’m not leaving the house, I’m not getting dressed!
I’m not going to bore you with the usual guff of ‘ for as long as I can remember I had a camera in my hand’ or some cliche romantic story of how I ‘discovered my passion for photography’. There is a story however – it’s just not likely to move you to tears! Imagine me, 22 years old (I’m the grand old age of 40 now but last week at a wedding got told I don’t look a day over 30 so I look pretty much the same but now I have a bit more chin and wobbly bits). I’ve got my degree in Drama and just passed my PGCE which means I’m fully qualified to take my knowledge and enthusiasm of Drama and go and inspire some young people. Yippee! Fast forward a few years and the scowl lines are starting to appear on my face, my tea to wine ratio is pretty even and my hair starts to fall out with stress. Inspiring high school kids is one thing but doing all the pointless paperwork and keeping up with million changes the idiots in Westminster were making on a daily basis was driving me mad! I needed some down-time and a new outlet to unleash my creative juices beyond theatre. So, I head off to college with no idea what I’m doing with this fancy pants camera in my bag but my Timehop tells me once a year that after one lesson I decided I was going to be an epic award winning photographer. Looking back to my images then – I was shit! One thing I did have though was determination and desire to get my ass out of teaching, take pretty pictures and have more fun! That was back in 2009. December 2014 I skipped out of the school gates (whilst probably flipping the bird) never to return. The famous quote ‘she believed she could so she did’ didn’t resonate with me until that moment. The End.
The usual 'how I became a wedding photographer' bit ...
My life right now...
It’s safe to say that I’m definitely in one of the most exciting and exhausting stages of my life so far! Over the last 2.5 years, along with my partner Neil we have founded an amazing global community called 'Flash Masters', focusing on creating educational content for photographers who want to learn and improve their flash skills. I never would have imagined that I would have the opportunity to deliver education to so many members and meet so many incredible photographers from around the world. Life with Neil is pretty incredible! He is the kindest, most thoughtful and loving true gentleman who makes me feel like we can take on the world together (and we will!)
Adding to that he is also one of my all time favourite wedding photographers meaning that we sometimes get to work together and that is always a lot of fun! He will absolutely be cringing when he realises I have added the above photo to the website and said nice stuff – I think he’s as bad as accepting compliments as I am! I can’t wait to update this section with as we continue to chase our dreams together (yep, you’re allowed to make a vomiting sound right now and I won’t even apologise!) I am head over heels in silly, giddy all-consuming love!!!
Pictures of
i am a fraud
Despite loving dogs to an obsessive degree, life threw some curveballs and now i'm a fur-mum to two cats (and a hamster called Sammy!)
Stories
Meet Daisy & Mabel - turns out cat's aren't that bad!
so cute!
my little princesses
my pets are my life
Why you should book me to be your wedding photographer?
Because I can say, hand on heart, that I will give absolutely everything I have to documenting your wedding day. I will not let you down. I shoot no more than 20 weddings per year so that I have the time and energy to give all of my couples the exceptional service they absolutely deserve.
My number one priority on your wedding day is to do all I can to ensure you have the best time possible. I work quickly; bring all of the energy; I am your number one hype woman and problem solver with a reassuring confidence that comes with being a full time wedding photographer for over 10 years.
Rest assured that no matter the weather; how tight the timeline; how difficult the light; how downright annoying family and friends maybe on your day…I’ve got you. I may not be able to catch a ball, but when it comes to photographing weddings, I am one steady pair of hands! There are so many variables on any given wedding day - do yourself the favour of booking a photographer who you know can cope with anything the day throws at them.
