Category: Events

  • Photobooth animation

      Typical photobooth setup

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Breast Cancer Care

    We’ve done a couple of charity events for Breast Cancer Care recently. Here’s a photo from one. If you have a charity event coming up, check with us to see how you can get photos of the event and make a little profit for the charity by booking us at SteelOrchid.

  • What’s new in March?

    Fine Art Shop It’s been a very busy month…but we managed to find enough time between weddings and events photography to get the new Fine Art shop on the road and on schedule. We’ll be adding more prints soon so please come back for another look. Wedding Shop We are also developing a Wedding Shop,…