Becky & Paul - Superstar Couple!

I know, I know!! My blogging has slacked again. Things have been so busy, blah blah blah...
But here's the thing... Next week sees the launch of the brand new, super-slick, all singing, all dancing Chris Garrett-designed, funkadelic Steve Gerrard Photography website. The blog will be a major part of the new design so I am going to be updating it all the time. I promise! No, really!
Just check back next week and see the new-look site for yourself.

In the meantime, I've been meaning to blog Becky & Paul's wedding for a while. They were married last month and had their reception at The Belfry. Their wedding was fantastic for several reasons... It was relaxed, great fun, the weather was glorious, had super-friendly guests, the staff at The Belfry could not be any better, but mostly because Becky & Paul are like our dream couple. We got on with them so well and they went out of their way to help us get great images for them. I believe we succeeded...

The night before the wedding Becky managed to cut her hand on a glass and didn't leave hospital until 4am. Here's the damage...








Paul sees his bride for the first time...




A few shots outside the church before heading to The Belfry...





Work it!



Becky & Paul know I'm always trying to do something different with my ring shots so when we borrowed the rings Becky said, "I can't wait to see what you do". No pressure then...!!




Errr... that's dripping water...



Did I mention the weather?



After dinner it was time to escape with the couple...




Yowser!





We love rule-breakers ;)





Becky you superstar!



First dance... and a shared moment with Dad...




And later we escaped again and used the inside of the venue, along with our video light...





Seriously guys, Evelyne and I had such a good day with you both. Thanks for having us there and we wish you every happiness for the future.



After the wedding I got a lovely email from Paul's mother saying "A big thankyou Steve for all your time and patience throughout the day you are a true professional at what you do, I cannot wait to see the photos the day was perfect, thankyou once again Pauls mum x"

...followed shortly after from an email from the couple saying

"Just a quick email before we fly off to say thank you for all your hard work and effort on our special day. We are so grateful to you both and we have had so many people come to us saying how good you were, not just with your photography but also how you interacted with the guests. We are so impressed with the amount of time that you spent with us and cant wait to see the outcome, we know its going to be amazing. Numerous couples who get married withing the next few years have asked for your details, I hope you dont mind but I have passed them on!! Becky from the Belfry was also very impressed and informed Becky that she would be unofficially recommending you !!! result !! "

Result indeed. Thanks guys.

Baby No.2 - The countdown begins...

There are some images which, even with my most amazing lens, I could never capture. Below are the first pictures of Elliott's future brother/sister who is doing well and expected to arrive into the world around 24th February 2009.

There's only one word for images like this - Amazing!





We cant wait to meet the new addition to the family. And when he or she arrives you can guarantee we'll be making a big noise about it right here on the blog :)

Pre-wed Shoots & Fast Cars

What's with this weather?! I'm supposed to have a pre-wed shoot with Emma & Dan in 2 hours but with the rain coming down like this it looks like we'll have to reschedule. Grrrr....

Luckily we had no such problems for Claire & Andy's pre-wed shoot and we headed out into the Digbeth backstreets where we almost spent more time chatting than we did shooting. They're a great couple and I'm really looking forward to their wedding this weekend. Let's hope the weather improves!








This weekend we had 2 weddings including Ory & Karim's in London, which was great fun. Ory looked amazing and I can't wait to start going through their images. Friday's wedding was closer to home at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens with Simon & Olga. Another really great wedding and such a cool venue for photographs. Both these weddings will be blogged here asap but here are a few images from Olga & Simon's pre-wed shoot. They brought along Simon's daughter, Rachel who celebrated her 10th birthday on their wedding day..













Ok... I love this shot so much I just ordered it for the studio wall. Some people can't work out what's in the background. Can you?



Usually I find corporate jobs can be extremely dull. I don't do too many for that very reason. Occasionally though they can be extremely undull (I doubt that's a word!). Recently I was asked by the MD of Jaguar Cars to come to one of their track days in Gaydon to cover the event for them. It was a gloriously sunny day and I not only got to shoot some beautiful cars but I also got taken around the track in a brand new Jaguar XK at 150mph! Officially the fastest I have ever travelled on land. If anyone's wondering what to get me for Christmas...







I recently set up a Facebook Page for Steve Gerrard Photography and we already have almost 200 people who have joined so thanks everyone. It's a pretty cool way of keeping in touch with people. If you'd like to have a look CLICK HERE