Lancashire Wedding photography by Emma Billsborough

Showing posts with label Avenham Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avenham Park. Show all posts

25 October 2013

The Art of Film

I've recently bought myself a 35mm SLR camera... that takes actual film! I've never really been too fussed about using film if I'm honest. When I started getting into photography at college we used film.. and the first year of my degree taught me a fair bit about developing, scanning and printing the old fashioned way. But then the darkrooms were ripped out and replaced with fancy schmanzy flat screen Macs... and since then it's been digital all the way.

Recently though, I've started to notice that the photographers who are really inspiring me have a different look about their work... and that look comes from using film. It really does do something a little special to an image... creamy, dreamy colours and a soft, pretty focus. I've been doing a little experimenting since my camera arrived and have been loving it! Really getting back to basics and thinking carefully about each shot I take.

A few of my lovely photographer friends are interested in film too... so we decided to get together for a little shoot so we could really get used to our cameras and have a good play. Nothing too official... just a fun afternoon and a little practise to see what we could come up with.

I got my scans back yesterday from the fab UK Film Lab and was so excited to download them and see what my images were like. I was pleasantly surprised too! My shots are far from perfect but I totally love the colours and dreamy light. I think I've caught the bug :)

Huge thanks to Laura and Ellie for volunteering to be models so we didn't have to pose for each other! And to Sam and Lucy for sharing tips and ideas....






















Shot in Avenham Park, Preston. Nikon F100, Kodak Portra 160, Portra 800. Processed by UK Film Lab.




08 March 2013

Rachel and Dave's Engagement shoot in Preston City Centre

Rachel and Dave are getting married on St Patrick's day next week at the beautiful Mitton Hall... one of my favourite venues to work at. We met up in Preston a few weeks ago to have a little engagement shoot and a chat about their plans for the day...



















Excited about the wedding!!

Stay tuned for lots more engagement shoots... it's that time of year :)

x

14 September 2009

Helen & Bis

Helen is originally from Preston but now lives in the Congo with fiance Bis, they are planning their wedding here in December. We met up in Avenham park for an engagement session, where they had a stroll & a cuddle....

















































































Good Luck with the wedding guys, have a great day & hope you like the portraits :)
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