Darryl Brooks Photography

It has been busy time of year, with me photographing 3 weddings all within a week - quite unusual for me!  It was  start of the Queen's Jubilee weekend. Gary and Nicola wanted a nice simple wedding party, without masses of posed group photos, and just some nice relaxed ones of them, and their friends and family enjoying themselves, which suited my style perfectly .  Married at St Helen's church in Welton, then across the road to the Memorial Hall for picnic and pizza!

This was a little bit different from the "typical" wedding, not that any wedding is ever the same as the last!  It is quite normal for the couple to be married in one place then have their wedding reception somewhere else, but in this case they had TWO ceremonies as well! Anita and Matt decided to do the legal bit at the Guildhall building in Hull, with just their parents and their little boy in attendance (and doing his own thing, as little ones do at such occasions!), so I went along to photograph that part, keeping it very relaxed and informal, with a few posed photos outside, before we all headed off to the Humber View Hotel (formerly the Hallmark Hotel) in Ferriby. Once we were at the Humber View, we were met by the rest of their guests, including flute orchestra, consisting of their friends, to play them in for their celebrant ceremony, which was conducted by Pam Medhurst.  A new thing for me was the ring blessing, where the wedding rings are passed around every one of ...

If you are selling your house, there are more and more ways to do it, either through a traditional estate agent, or an online agent websites.  However, people will always want to to see what the house looks like first, so they need something to  grab their attention and encourage them to look further. Whichever way you market your property, you will want good images that are clear, bright and professional.  Buying a house is usually the most expensive purchase someone will ever make, so we need to make people keep from scrolling past.  Even the most beautiful of houses can be passed by if they have drab images, and vertigo-inducing "artistic" angles (usually pointing at the floor to "get everything in") make it look like the camera was just thrown into the room.  Have a look through Rightmove or Zoopla and you will see what I mean.  Time is very important to people, and quite often the quickest solution for people is to "put it on Auto" or even using a sma...

I had the pleasure of photographing this lovely home on Clumber Street this week, hidden away in the "Dukeries" area of Hull, near Princes Avenue.  Very cosy and immaculately-presented throughout, this two-bedroomed terrace is bound to go quickly!  Going on the market with Reeds Rains of Hull