Bridal Shoot, Albright Hussey Manor Hotel

With the wedding season almost upon us, I decided to invest time and money into a Bridal Shoot. Professional Photographers are a little bit like golfers in some ways. A golfer doesn't spend all of his time playing in tournaments, but you can bet your bottom dollar he'll spend a good deal of his spare time practicing for when he is.

Any photographer that wants to give his clients the very best has to practice when he's not working for money. Sometimes this involves training, sometimes practicing a new shot or lighting - the object is to become a better photographer with every week that passes.

A bridal shoot by necessity has a minimum of 4 elements - a model (in this case the lovely Emma from Stafford) a venue (Albright Hussey Manor in Shrewsbury) a dress, kindly loaned for the occasion by Elizabeth's Bridal Wear of Shrewsbury, and of course a photographer.

I chose the Honeymoon Suite at The Hussey - I challenge you to find a finer hotel in Shropshire for your wedding!

All parties benefit from this - the model gets photographs to add to her portfolio, as do the hotel and dress supplier who may want to use these for their websites. And of course the photographer now has another few lighting set ups at his disposal, and won't be "practicing during the round" so to speak. This is forbidden in golf, but not at weddings, alas, as any of you who have waited hours for the photographer to finish will testify.

Here's a few shots that would make any brides album: