Yorkshire Wedding Photographer | Nathan Combes

Image of the week | Laura & Nick

Nathan — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:53:28 +0000

This week’s image is a candid shot of Laura & Nick’s beautiful Oulton Hall wedding in Yorkshire.

Personal | “Fun at the weekend”

Nathan — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:25:23 +0000

I was reminded recently having purchased, read and reread Jonathan Canlas’ excellent FIND book of the need and importance of shooting personal work. Not an issue you might think; if you’re a photographer you take pictures – simple. Well almost, but not quite. You see it’s easy when you’re taking pictures professionally week in, week out to stop taking pictures for yourself. The advice in Jonathan’s book inspired me to grab the camera last weekend and head out with the girls, have a bucket load of fun and take a few pictures. The trip out also reminded me that personal work is important not just from the perspective of documenting your own life and your children’s lives but also in terms of experimentation, keeping your own style of photography ‘fresh’ and ultimately becoming a better photographer.

Image of the week | “Getting Ready”

Nathan — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:20:46 +0000

Love this shot of Leanne getting ready ahead of her wedding to Dominic last month in Sheffield. Leanne was a picture of calmness – in spite of the fact that a broken zip in her mum’s dress with just 15 minutes to go before the ceremony began meant that the same could not be said of everyone else!

Canon 5D, 35mm f1.4 at f3.2, ISO 400, 1/125.

Sarah & Zak | A Danby Castle Wedding ~ North Yorkshire

Nathan — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:49:42 +0000

I shared a shot from Sarah & Zak’s North Yorkshire wedding a few weeks ago as part of my regular ‘Image of the Week’ series. Sarah and Zak’s wedding had it all ~ beautiful sunshine, a vintage VW Camper, love, singing (lots of singing) and laughter…..

Image of the week | Zak & Sarah ~ Danby Castle, North Yorkshire

Nathan — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:44:21 +0000

Zak and Sarah were married in April. The weather leading up to the wedding had been awful and I was expecting the worst. However, we couldn’t have been luckier on the day and I can honestly say that Zak and Sarah’s wedding was one of the most natural and fun weddings that I’ve ever had the privilege of photographing. I’ll be featuring the full wedding soon….

Canon EOS 5D, 50mm f1.4, ISO 50, 1/8000.

Image of the week | getting ready ~ Kenwood Hall, Sheffield

Nathan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:04:52 +0000

I’ve been super busy recently with the onset of the new wedding season. Lots of fabulous weddings and wonderful new couples. I’ll be showcasing some more complete weddings soon. In the meantime, my ‘image of the week’ series has been sorely neglected of late and so I’m kickstarting it with this photograph taken earlier on this month when I had the pleasure and privilege of photographing Dominic and Leanne’s wedding at Kenwood Hall in sheffield. It’s a simple shot taken during Leanne’s preparations but I love the quality of the natural light that was streaming into the room. These are my favourite kind of shots really, not posed, not planned; just capturing the moment.

Canon EOS 5D Mk II, 85mm f1.8, ISO 640, 1/320.

Image of the week | vintage wedding photography

Nathan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:09:48 +0000

I shoot digital at all of the weddings that I photograph. I prefer digital over film for weddings because of the freedom that it gives me to experiment with shots and instantly judge is something is working out or not. However, my love is for film and all things film related and so whilst I try to do as little post processing as possible, I aim to capture some of the ‘feel’ that film has in the final images that I deliver to my couples. Sometimes however, I bring along one of my old film cameras along to a wedding and fire off a roll or two. Sometimes, no matter how much you can fake that ‘film’ effect, there’s nothing like the real thing…..

Image of the week | The Best Man’s speech

Nathan — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:56:54 +0000

So it’s time for another image of the week and this time round I thought that I’d pick a ‘best man’ shot. I really enjoy photographing the speeches. It’s probably one of the most enjoyable parts of the day for me. Everyone’s relaxed and I know that I’m going to be gifted some lovely shots. I tend to like to work close up during the speeches, not too close but close enough to capture individual reactions and laughter.

This shot was taken during the best man’s speech. I deliberately selected a large aperture (f1.8 I think) to separate the foreground from the background and focus the viewer’s attention on the groom. The best man is there is the shot (he need’s to be otherwise the picture wouldn’t really work) but he’s in the background. This shot is all about the groom.

Yorkshire Wedding Photography | Best of 2011

Nathan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:54 +0000

Thank you to each and every couple who made 2011 such a memorable and successful year for me. I wish you all every happiness. It was a privilege to be given the opportunity to share in and photograph your day.

Family photography | Wentworth, Yorkshire

Nathan — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:27:53 +0000

I met Steph and Richard a while ago through a mutual friend. They’d seen some of my wedding photography and we got to discussing the type of pictures that they wanted of themselves and their daughters. Steph and Richard explained they they were put off by the idea of having stuffy, studio based images that they didn’t feel that they could ‘connect’ with. I agreed, I hate those images, you know the ones I mean, where everybody’s children end up looking the same. Same props, same ridiculously photoshopped eyes (as if their own eyes are not beautiful and perfect as they are already). It rapidly became clear to me that Steph and Richard were my kind of people.

My approach to photographing families is pretty much the same as the approach that I take to photographing weddings – let’s connect, you do what you do, I’ll do what I do and we’ll get some great pictures in the process. No cheesy poses, no fake props and no studio. Let’s go somewhere that means something to you, where you can relax and where we can interact without you feeling inhibited by me snapping away with my camera. I want the record of your day to be authentic and importantly I want you to be able to look back and treasure the memories that were created on that day forever.