Hope Photography

It’s been a busy couple of days, weddings and pre-wed shoots have filled my weekend. This afternoon I photographed a couple who’s wedding is in August and I was really excited as Arca, their dog was to feature in the shoot. I took Potter along to meet Arca and play and it was a lovely way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon, not many people get to take their dogs along to work. They played madly and it was so lovely to see, Arca is a gorgeous dog and was happy to be followed around by Potter (not that she had much choice!). Here is my instant favourite from the shoot.

So I think I have recovered from the whole bag stealing experience, now I just have lots of hassle to sort out with insurance companies etc. Anyway here is a snap from Saturday’s wedding reception, which was at the families home so this brother and sister were rolling around on the grass, thankfully it stayed dry all day. 

Potter is big. Well to me she is, but while at the beach we met a lady with 2 dalmations, which really were big. It is so exciting to see what she will look like when she is fully grown. Anyway she is fully recovered and now sporting a little fat belly as I had to feed her up after she wasn’t allowed food and got so skinny. She seemed to love the beach, it was a lot cooler which helped as I am not sure she is a big fan of this heat we are having. Her ears seem to fall forward, at first it was just one and now they both seem to do it. She looks so perplexed it makes me laugh. 

I am only just surfacing after a crazy weekend of 4 weddings over 4 days. It all ran smoothly apart from having to take Potter to the vets in the middle of the night on the Sunday ahead of a wedding on the Monday. Anyway she is okay now, and back to her usual monkey self. Needless to say I literally have thousands of images to edit but I picked out a few to go with this post. To make up for last weekend we are going to Bamburgh in Northumberland this weekend, I figured the first time Potter sees the beach it should be a good one. This is in my only weekend off until July so I intend to enjoy every moment of it. I will post a Potter post after the weekend of her on the beach, she is so big now. When she was ill she slept in my bed, only the second time since I have had her I might add, but she deserves such attention as she is so good. A bride recommended a place called Pooch Palace where instead of putting the dogs in kennels the dog stays in the home, at a premium price I might add but Potter and I are going up next week to look around. Trusting someone with, what feels like your child is a funny old thing. Someone recently said that I wrap Potter up in cotton wool. ‘Yes’, I said. ‘I do. Tightly’. 

I love visiting the tea rooms and cafes, and I love driving down the winding roads, and I love eating fish and chips at the edge of Lake Windermere, and I love the scenery, and I love the feeling of space, and I loved watching Potter-a tiny dot against the huge backdrops, and I loved visiting Yew Tree Farm-the place where the film Miss Potter was filmed. I loved eating gingerbread where it originated, and lately everything is so busy and sometimes bigger than me, so I especially loved being somewhere that really was, bigger than me. 

Now I must get on, I have a wedding to get to. Nx 

My favourite from a recent wedding, you wouldn’t believe it was pouring with rain while we shot these pictures. All fine here, wishing there were more hours in a day though, time is flying by. Everyday I seem to be telling myself that I need to sort myself out, be a better time keeper-why can’t you finish that novel, run 6 miles, look after Potter, run a business and ponder over the next one (more on that over the summer!)… and eat, sleep, clean the house, make time for friends etc etc-why oh why!! 

Potter is great, I took her to Knaresborough pet day on Sunday which she loved, she got spoilt with attention. I met a woman who used to have a dalmation pup, but gave him away to a man on a farm because he chewed everything. I gulped. Neh mind-she is totally worth it. 

I love the Blossom trees, the garden is a blanket of pink leaves, and so is my carpet as they somehow blow in the window. Potter loves trying to catch the leaves as they fall. I had a fab couples shoot this afternoon which I will post, they suggested meeting at Newby Hall which was lovely. Some mean dog attacked Potter this morning, it was horrible so this afternoon I arranged a walk with a friend who has a puppy to restore her confidence. Thankfully it worked and they played crazily. Finally Potter has a furry friend. 

Last night I had a family shoot. The weather was lovely, though working with the bright sunshine lately has been tricky. Mum, Dad and three grown up children known as the Mayhew family. I will try and post more from this later but I need to post last week’s wedding first.