Alice & Lee {Scarborough Wedding Photography at The Downe Arms in Wykeham}

Neil Jackson July 25, 2014

Great weather, lovely countryside, loads of amazing personal touches and a damn fine bunch of people; all this and more made Alice & Lee's day one to truly remember. Just down the road from us at The Downe Arms, in Wykeham, I had a ball for start to finish! Here's some of my favourites...

When photographing weddings, I generally try to avoid capturing eye contact in my images. I feel it breaks the moment & the flow of the story of the day. That documentary approach to wedding photography is what offers up unique & surprising photographic opportunities, in every single wedding I shoot. When photographing wildlife, whose subjects can be so mysterious & elusive, eye contact can be a very powerful tool in feeling a stronger connection to the animal and the life it leads. It’s a real privilege to lock eyes, however briefly, with these magnificent creatures 👀🐯.

...whilst still not forgetting those wildlife pics that are hanging around in my Lightroom catalogue, waiting to be edited. Lots more to share in the coming weeks 🐘🐘🐘.

I’m beginning to push for the summit of this mountain of editing & am really looking forward to getting some blogs together, once I’m at the top! I’ve done some amazing weddings this season, that are crying out to shared! Until then, here’s Amy & Matt having a dance in the ruins of a castle 😂.

Another great wedding season is beginning to slow down, so my life now mainly consists of staring at a big screen, editing through the tens of thousands of images I’ve taken the last few weeks 😳. Once I’m fully caught up, I’m looking forward to posting some of the highlights of my summer and even might manage (shock horror) to get a few blogs out there too 😱. Watch this space!

Pretty cool to see my shot of @officialisleofskye make it as one of the photos of the week in @natgeo's Nature Photographer Of The Year competition. Fingers crossed for this and rest of my entries, when it's judged later in the year!

Amy & James | Aysgarth Falls "In my dreams alone, have I imagined such a place." 🎬⚔️
Such a great wedding, in a truly spectacular part of the UK.

Great to be back at @woldtopbrew a week last Saturday, with Laura & David. Lots more to share from another great wedding up there!

Masai Giraffe | Tarangire, Tanzania 👀

Before this trip, my wife, jokingly, told the travel rep that all she wanted was elephants, under a rainbow and then she'd go home a very happy lady. Glad to say she wasn't disappointed! 🐘🌈

Thanks so much to Anette & Henrik for inviting me along to their incredible wedding in Tuscany on Saturday. What a place! More to come soon...