Monthly Archives: June 2010

Heidi & friends are 1 ! {Warrington Portrait Photography}

Today was Heidi’s first birthday and never have I seen such meticulous preparation for her birthday parties as this. You see, her initials are HRH so it’s only right and proper that she has two birthday celebrations! At the weekend is the big family bash, today was a smaller affair for Heidi and her friends...

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When Grandpa came to stay

So today, Megan and I had to cross the pennines once again to pick up my dad who’s been in Menorca for a week. I tried to keep my irritation that he could have got a flight from Manchester or Liverpool at bay as it meant that we could call in on Gaynor and Rob...

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Thelwall Rose Queen

I grew up in the Borders of Scotland where, every June, each town held their own Common Ridings. Selkirk Common Riding was the best – I have to say that as that’s where I lived – it started with about 600 riders and their horses ‘riding the marches’ or checking the town’s boundaries leaving at...

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The teenager within

 I’m 43, properly grown up with a family of my own. Why is it that in the presence of my dad, after about 24 hours I start to regress to a sullen, monosyllabic RUDE teenager? Having spent weeks telling off  my 11 year old son for throwing filthy looks and grunting answers at people, he...

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Scouting for Girls – well, kind of

After my third or fourth read through Bryan Peterson’s ‘Understanding Exposure’ I finally decided that I should have a go at following his advice….. At the same time I’m on the look out for new locations for engagement shoots so after picking Megan up from school, bribed her with the promised of an ice cream...

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