SteelOrchid Photography

Author: artemispurple

  • Michael and Nicola

    For Michael and Nicola – a taster of your wedding photographs:

  • Oldham Carnival

    Once again, we manned a stand at the Oldham Carnival, taking family photographs and printing them out on the day. We pipped the Kodak booth at the post by being able to make prints at half of their price. But it must have been the hottest day of the year and all the stalls ran…

  • Christine’s EFIAP Award

    Christine has been awarded the Excellence Award of the International Federation of Photographic Art. Her FIAP dossier included 343 international salon acceptances with 99 different images in 57 different salons and 21 different countries with 33 international awards. Additionally a panel of 10 prints was submitted. See full report. From FIAP’s web site: “FIAP is…

  • Latest Haslington Hall photos

    Had a fantastic day at Haslington Hall near Crewe on a wedding photoshoot arranged by DingDong Events This was taken in the Bridal suite at Haslington Hall. http://www.tailormadevenues.com/haslington-hall.html The amazing dresses and the jewellery provided by Cheshire Bridal Wear http://www.cheshirebridalwear.co.uk/.  The mask we used for this shoot was the amazing filigree mask “Katherine” provided by http://www.masqueboutique.co.uk/.  You…

  • Haslington Hall Wedding Venue

    SteelOrchid Photograhers Chris and Mike were asked to provide photographic services for a wedding and product shoot at Haslington Hall, a beautiful Tudor mansion near Crewe, a really romantic wedding venue in the heart of the Cheshire countryside.

  • Baby Bump Photography

    Baby bump or maternity photography has become more fashionable over the years and can be seen as the first of a two part event…the second half being photographing the newly born and parents. The best time to photograph the bump is towards full term, but it’s always wise to plan for an earlier shoot “just…

  • Dee & Peter’s Wedding

    Being a part of a very special wedding is a wonderful feeling…Dee and Peter’s wedding was just about as special as it can get…a wonderful day from just after noon, when I arrived at Dee’s home to photograph the last minute perparations of the bride and bridesmaids. Mike arrived shortly afterwards at the wedding breakfast…

  • Oldham Carnival

    We had great fun at the Oldham Carnival, sponsoring the stand for Oldham Photographic Society. Mike and I entered into the spirit by dressing as the Mad Hatter and Red Queen and were photographed by fellow photographer Mike Donough, below. We set up a small marquee with a backdrop and had our laptop and printer…

  • Greetings cards

    Today we took delivery of our first greetings cards, printed for us by Advantage Digital Print in Dorchester. Subjects range from landscape and seascape to flowers amd all are left blank inside for your special message. We’ll have them available for purchase as soon as we can on our fine art section. Here is just…

  • Whitby Gothic Weekend

    A visit to the spring 2010 Whitby Goths Festival almost back-fired. We dressed gothic and ended up posing for everyone else…but did manage to get in a few shots of our own. We arrived on the Saturday and were pleased and relieved that the recent cold weather had changed to warm sunshine. Finding a parking…