Something a little different - vintage tractor ploughing!

Woke up this morning feeling a little bit stiff from yesterday's wedding photography at Great Massingham and King's Lynn.  I thought I deserved a couple of hours off before getting back to editing so popped along to Cockthorpe Airfield to watch some vintage tractors compete in a ploughing contest.

Having not been to the event before I didn't quite know what to expect.  The variety of tractors on show wasn't outstanding and the ploughing was a bit slow to start with, a lot of checking furrows before they really get up speed.  Note to self, next time go two hours after the event starts to see some real action!

Anyway there were a few groovy 1950's type tractors which looked the part and the men on board looked like they were all taking it pretty seriously and I did my best to put them off whilst photographing them.

The smell of bacon rolls however made me too hungry so I made my way home after a couple of hours to make my own.

All I could think about whilst photographing the tractors is how good a bride and groom would have looked driving one!

Here are a few shots from the event.

Blog catch-up time

Time to do some catching up on the blog.  I spent a few weekends shooting with fellow photographer Phil Barnes and am maxed out with weddings myself all of September and the early part of October.  With a brief rest-bite I am then looking forward to travelling to Ireland to photograph a wedding not too far from my home town, so plenty of blogging to be done in the next few weeks.

Anyway see my catch-ups below.

Amongst the cloisters

The last of my weddings shooting for Phil for a while and we had the grand surroundings of Norwich Cathedral as a location.  Su and Stephen had their drinks reception in the cloisters and what a stunning place to sip bubbly after your ceremony, the Cathedral spire looming large in the background.

We had the mother of all thunderstorms during the afternoon bringing an end to some portraits but as is often the case after storms we ended up with some fantastic and dramatic light afterwards.

Here are a few from the day, visit Phil's site for more.

Top hats and campervans

Another weekend and another wedding shooting for Phil, this time down in Suffolk.  The reception took place in the grounds of the 400 year old Jacobean Manor House at Haughley Park Barns.  The barn on its own is a great venue but with the backdrop of the amazing manor house it is a great location for a wedding.

As always it was great working with Phil who is always wanting to try out new things. We spent a very long time fumbling around in the dark setting up our gear to get some shots with the house and the bride and groom reflecting in the lake.  You will have to visit Phil's blog to see the results of that but here are a few from the day.

Follies and fancy gardens in Staffordshire

The first of a few weddings shooting for Phil Barnes took us to Consall Gardens in Staffordshire.  Set in over 70 acres of stunning gardens we were like two kids in a candy store when it came to photo locations.

It was hard to decide between the lakes, gardens, pack horse bridges and follies so we didn't and took lots of photos around all of the grounds, well as much as we could cover in a small space of time.  The golf buggy which escorted us as well as the bride and groom proved invaluable and made a welcome change from legging it between locations!

Here are just a few shots from the day, for more photos from the day and the full gallery visit Phil's website