Hellaby Hall Wedding Maltby South Yorkshire

Just a little blog about a lovely wedding I photographed at Hellaby Hall Maltby.
The wedding started with bridal prep photographs at the brides mothers house. A fun hour with all bridesmaids getting ready too and making sure the bride Georgina looked stunning, which she did.

Then a little trip across to Finningley to meet the groom and his best man. This was a Military wedding so the groom (Karl)  was in his formal army uniform. His uniform was very smart too.
I do like Finningley church, Rev David is a comical but professional Vicar. He has the wedding party relaxed and laughing at some points. Usually at my expense but its good to form a bond with places you work.

The reception was at Hellaby Hall. A lovely venue on the outskirts of Maltby. Luckily the weather was nice so we managed to get everything done before the wedding breakfast. Even some romantic time for the newly married couple.
Later after dinner we had some time spare so I took my lighting set up to a spot that was just perfect to capture some special moments. Using powerful flash outdoors adds a little drama to the image. As you will see in the sample. Its just one of the things I like to do where possible and time permitting.

Thanks for reading.

Lee
www.leearcherphotography.co.uk

A South Yorkshire Wedding

Hi guys just a quick update on a wedding last month. It was a lovely day in South Yorkshire at a venue called The Grove, South Kirkby. The rain managed to stay long enough to get the photographs completed. Typical British summer meant the rain was a threat all day. But we managed just fine.

Sara & Dave both looked great and they were a pleasure to work with. A much appreciated meal was provided before we prepared for the evening celebrations. Here is a sample of there day. As those of you who know me know, I don't show off full weddings. I feel its personal to the couple. But do like to show a few highlights.

I have more shoots to blog about so pop back soon for more news.
thankyou
Lee

Wedding Photography Doncaster

Clumber Park Pre-wedding shoot

Hi, just a quick update, we managed to make the most of the nice weather last week with a pre-wedding photoshoot at Clumber Park, Worksop.

The sun was really bright, but that just helped to capture some special images with the sun behind the loving couple. These photoshoots don't take too long, so I didn't take along anything too fancy,
But some extra flash to fill in the shadows was the trick on the day.
Here is a little preview of that shoot.

Pre-wedding photoshoots are free with most Wedding Photography packages.

Wedding Photography Doncaster

Hi, just a quick update on my Wedding Photography. I have some last minute spaces in June and July. August is fully booked and September is also very busy.
Not alot of people realise you can have discount for Monday to Thursday weddings. I also offer some custom deals for register office weddings.

If you need a photographer but are unsure I can help just ask. Email or call me.
Last week I was at Lincoln for a church wedding, followed by reception at Charlotte House just near the Lincoln Castle. We went for our group photographs at the castle, then onto the Cathedral for a few more. Luckily we had a golf buggy provided by the hotel. It was like having a tourist view of Lincoln. Its a lovely City though.

This week il be at Finningley Church near bawtry., Hoping we have nice weather. Its one of the best churches with a very happy vicar who has everyone laughing.
Then a busy weekend of pre wedding photoshoots and studio shoots. So please email if I can help.

thanks
Lee

A little update, good news

Hello everyone.
I thought id share a few things that made me smile this last week or so. If you haven't been on my facebook page you'll not know.
Firstly an image i worked on for Claire fagans Nailz has won National Nail art photographic competition, first place. This was judged up in Scotland. It was also a print submission entry so 2 A4 prints were sent up. I love these projects as we get to really test what we can create.

The theme was Winter/spring. So for the winter we decided to go with what Britain does best, and Rain/lightning. Lizzie is our model.  And although here in Doncaster the weather is always dull, we had to create our own weather. So with step ladders, smoke bombs, lighting, power packs and water we headed to the garden. Here is the image we ended up with.

 

This was a simple 2 light set up, but the ratios and timing was key.

The Spring shot was done using natural light, really shallow depth of field and a warm reflector to add some glow. The idea was spring flowers, this came 3rd in another category.

Here is the image.

You wouldn't think it was a cold day, but it was dull either.

Now onto a recent shoot that I did just for fun really. I worked with my regular model Sam, and had the hair done by Passion in Hair from Harworth. Emma did a great job working with this concept to make my model look shocked from electricity. It was an idea i had been thinking of so we did it one sunday afternoon. It was a 3 light set up, with some things tweaked in photoshop using layers etc.

Here is the final electric shock image.

 No models were electrocuted  in this shoot lol.

If you would like your own custom shoot, extra photoshop etc, get in touch.

Thanks 

Lee

 

One of my articles for the Nabba Magazine

Here is an article I wrote for the nabba health and fitness magazine.
The photos to go with this are in the mag.

Brutal Legs with Gary & Martin

By lee @photo-flex

On this day I met Martin Holdroyd & Gary Noakes at Listers Universal Gym Harworth, Doncaster.to do a small piece on how they train legs. Big thanks to Gary Lister and Becky Williamson for letting us shoot there. 

Now there not training partners, but its not uncommon for competitors to train together for extra motivation. As Masters over 50’s athletes there not shy when it comes to hardcore training. Both are known for balls to the wall levels of training that shows when they step on stage.

We all know that any physique just isn’t complete without a huge set of wheels. A little like a Bentley with 13” rims. It just doesn’t work.

Martin & Gary are top level athletes who have both stepped on the Nabba Universe stage. To even get this far is really something. It was to be a pleasure and eye opener to watch them train. I won’t go into lots of detail about sets and reps, but give a brief account of what happened that day. This was a while ago too.

Although up against each other on stage, the sporting friendship was evident from the first set. I know both to be true gents anyway. So that was no surprise.

To start this session they went to the squat rack. Listers Gym has it all so it was a great place to shoot this. The routine for these guys would change regular, hence not going into too much detail. But the reps were very strict, no half reps, no messing, just ass to the grass squats (Gary’s phrase).

Nothing was held back, it wasn’t long before they were sweating buckets.  Once warmed up they went onto the beast of a leg press machine. Not for the faint hearted the plates went on., and on.

This was to be brutal, rest pause, forced reps, whatever it took to fail. No wonder they have quads like they do. Most 20 year olds would struggle at this point. And these guys are are 50! .

After what seemed like a lot of sets, they moved to leg extensions. This crazy aspect included drop sets. And they looked painful. Right down to very light weight and very partial movement. Every fibre taxed. After a mix of other exercises we got back to heavier squats. I know, it’s mental but they went back to squats. I don’t think I could have squatted a bare bar, never mind the extra weight. But they still kept it very strict.

The leg session didn’t consist of lots of movements or exercises, but the key point was hitting the quads with compound movements, with some isolation thrown in. By the end I remember Gary falling to the floor. Legs totally numb. I got thumbs up and left him to come back to life. Martin was hanging onto the squat rack.

Words and photography by Lee Archer photo-flex

www.photo-flex.co.uk

Wedding photography doncaster

Thought id share this, it wasnt written by me so all credit to the author.

Please follow this link, and read how important prints are and how keeping images on your pc is good but not fool proof. (its at the bottom)
I always recommend people use dropbox or your icloud to back up images, even your phone images., Some of those will be amazing memories. But get some printed. We all look back at photos from the past, our childhood etc. Im a 70's child so prints are all i have. In the future the pcs, hard drives will fail. And its sad to lose those memories.

I offer prints with all my shoots. I use a pro lab too so there printed perfect. Even with my wedding photography I will give some prints with the packages. But i also do discounted bulk deals that really work out at good value. Why? because ive already been a big part of your day, and you paid me well for that. So the prints dont need to be expensive. So why do I charge more for prints from photoshoots I hear you say.? Well the truth is the shoot fee doesnt cover my fee. My studio time, edit time, equipment costs, insurance and print costs. So rely on sales to make that up, Im still  a very fair price though. And do not push sales. So yes its a little gamble but thats how I work.
Which is why if you see deals where you get 6 shoots for £29 expect some pressure sales to make up that fee.

Anyway without wandering off subject too much here is the link. Youll find this nice reading, its well written and by a reliable source. I actually saw this on Tom Cairns page, another great photographer from the UK.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-trenske/the-case-against-good-enough_b_2967170.html

Lee Archer
Doncaster photographer