Sophia & Ross' Pre-wedding Portrait, Albert Docks, Liverpool

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? No. None of them. It's Ross, sportingly risking life and limb to lie on a wooden bridge beam at Liverpool's beautiful Albert Dock for one of my favourite shots of Sophia & Ross' Pre-wedding Portrait Shoot.

I met Sophia & Ross at Lucia & Sam's Wedding last May and thanks to Lucia's lovely recommendation I got the wonderful opportunity to photograph Sophia & Ross' Wedding too. A wedding with a very special touch in that it is being held in the absolutely stunning Le Marche, Italy.

This fulfils so many of my loves - beautiful photography, beautiful scenery, photographing everyone having the time of their lives and last, but possibly not least, my love of pizza and pasta... OK, that's enough thinking of pizzas - back to the shoot.

Sophia & Ross decided that they'd like their portrait shoot in Liverpool and what better place than the Albert Docks? One of my favourite places. Ever.

After a Latte (skinny, of course) we started the shoot around the bridges outside The Beatles Story museum (if you know where I mean).

It was around this time that the wind decided to turn into a Hurricane (disclaimer: possible exaggeration) and through us around. Fortunately, the only one of the three of us who had to worry about hair was Sophia. Ross stood firm and proud. And if you know me, you know how little concern I had about my lion-like mane.

Despite, and because, of the wind, we got a great collection of portrait images using everything around us, including big reflective windows, cafe tables, steps and a 7 foot red gift box in a gold ribbon. That really is there!

What I loved most about this shoot was how immediately comfortable both Sophia & Ross were in front of the lens and the results of their gallery is testament to that. It made photographing them so much easier. I do suspect that Ross has modelled before. No-one is THAT good at posing for the camera without experience or a lot of studying of the Littlewoods catalogue.

As you can see from the image above, Sophia & Ross were so comfortable with each other and the look between them tells you everything you need to know about loving couples.

After the portrait shoot and over another latte (yes, another skinny) we got to talk about the wedding plans. No spoilers - suffice to say that their Wedding Gallery going to have a very European context. You're going to have to wait until mid-June to see what I mean.

A great big thank you to Lucia & Sam for recommending me and a huge thanks to Sophia & Ross for not only choosing me to photograph their wedding but also being such fun on their Liverpool shoot.

See you all in Le Marche in a few weeks! The first Hawaiian is on me.