Easter & Spring 2014 | Personal Work

April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 | SallyT

There is a point every year when suddenly the months start to pass by more and more quickly.. and I realise I need to make even more of an effort to stay on top of everything and take a breath here and there.. This year it seems to be happening now. January and February seem to drag in some ways.. and suddenly it’s downhill to Summer. This April I’ve been lucky enough to shoot three gorgeous weddings and, with the Easter holidays and some sunny days, I’ve managed to get some time with my girl and take some personal photographs too. This is what April looked like for me…

Steph and Matt had a beautiful wedding at the fantastical Newton Hall in Northumberland..

Lindsey and Chris (and their twin-bump!) married at Redworth Hall in Darlington..I was asked to help Emily Hannah Photography and popped over to the Lake District to shoot Emily and James’ wedding on her behalf.. (Full preview coming later today!)I‘ve been getting a helluva lot of use out of my Fujifilm Neo Instax.. I find these little mini-pics perfect to blu-tack all over my fridge.. The black and whites were taken on my Olympus Trip.

I made a little Easter stop-motion video from the Easter weekend.. which mainly revolved around food and family (as every holiday seems to!)

I went on a photographers’ trip away called Welcome Break.. a bi-product of the wonderful Emma Case Welcome Home workshop. I actually forgot to take many photos (oops..) but I guess sometimes it’s better to just down tools and have a few days peace and quiet away from it all (and sleeping in instead of rising with a girl who gets up before 6am..!) And it wouldn’t be a catch up post without a little Instagram update.. Lot of Easter, seeing friends, having my sister up to stay this weekend, a Liverpool hen do for my Bessie Louise who GETS MARRIED NEXT MONTH, and general odds and sods from pottering through life.
Hope you’ve all been enjoying the Easter break and warm weather wherever you are too.. Work hard, play hard 🙂

Welcome Break | Personal Work

April 19, 2014July 9, 2014 | SallyT

I took another little trip/break before the madness of wedding season with a lovely bunch of photographers.. We had such a laugh.. lots of dancing, (too much) drinking, good food, good company, walks through fields to watch the sunrise, rounders and lots of just switching off before the madness of wedding season kicked in. I took a ridiculously small handful of pictures, but here are a few. A mix of digital (colour) and film (B+W). Take me back…. All rights reserved. Copyright Sally T Photography.

Jaclyn & Tim | North Yorkshire

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 | SallyT

In celebration of the weather getting very slightly warmer from each day to the next it feels fitting to head back to last Summer and blog Jaclyn and Tim’s beautiful farm and barn wedding. It was absolutely glorious weather, and so much effort had gone into transforming the barn into the amazing venue you’ll see below.. Tim grew up on the farm and when they showed me around when I went to meet them the barn was.. well.. full of what you’d expect to find in a working farm barn. They married at a church nearby and their beautiful son William had his own special part to the day and was christened immediately afterwards. A real celebration of family, love and marriage.

Here is Jaclyn, Tim and William’s day..

Second shot by the wonderful Daz of Darren Mack Photography.

Sassterclass | Preview

March 17, 2014 | SallyT

Here and there, usually around once a year, I sign up for a course/workshop/mentoring session to try and improve what I do.. I look back on my images and see how I can push myself more, try and become more efficient behind the scenes and hopefully create better images than before.. I’m usually trying to look at the world around me with fresher eyes.

Last week I headed down to Birmingham for the ‘Sassterclass’, run by Sassy at Assassynation. Sassy is known for going above and beyond to get shots with amazing impact, and I trusted she would help push my work further; I definitely came away feeling like I’d had a creative kick up the arse.

Here is a little preview.. more to come soon.