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MJ – Family Man. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

There’s KAWS to run at YSP. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The writing’s on the wall! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

I’ll meet you by the paper lanterns. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The school run golden hour. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Rush hour renegade. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Kit envy! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

This morning I went to do a photo shoot focusing on the BBC, who were filming a documentary at YTA Training & Assessment Ltd in Bradford. www.ytatraining.com YTA specialise in quality construction training programmes, such as: tiling, plumbing, plastering, bricklaying, joinery and carpentry. They are an approved training provider and have accreditation to offer nationally recognised qualifications, on behalf of CITB (Construction Industry Training Board). The BBC were there to focus on specific aspects of training

Cherub. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

A top up please. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

It may well be static, but it’s still life! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Desktop Visitors. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The Night Bus. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Making Monster Faces. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Eastman. A real blues machine! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Neighbours. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The mighty M62 corridor. Everybody heading westside. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Let There Be Life. My 3 year old daughter got a blank DIY Kidrobot® RAFFY for one of her Christmas presents. Today she decided that the time had come to unleash her creativity upon the soft vinyl creature. I think it’s rather marvelous. Here’s the finished beastie. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

EGGS is EGGS. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Beans on Toast with Dip Dip. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

My Soul Mate. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Today I chose the blues, much like yesterday. It’ll be the same tomorrow. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

My Bro. Ethan Barrett – No. 13 Outside Center with the ball. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Pater. (I love my Dad) See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Friday night BIG shop! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

A lesser spotted car park scarecrow. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Three year old prints, but not prints that are three years old! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Don’t Blink! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The distance between here and now! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Looking for Batman. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

You little dancer. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

A quick shot of my friends children. I love this shot. Brother and sister. Great pair of kids too!

This is what happens when you lend someone a keyboard! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

A Selfie. No selfie stick. A little more self effacing! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The Force Awakens… Again! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

West Yorkshire Rush Hour. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Watch the Birdie. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

The Invisible Piano. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Now my know my ABC’s. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Every day sunshine! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

One step, two step, schlep! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

What a day for a daydream. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Looking for a late supper. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Round our way. See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

‘Just chillin’ cos we’re back to work tomorrow!’ See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

‘No, you smile like this!’ See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

Sums up this day! See all my PROJECT 365 photographs here: Mike Barrett – Project 365

I recently donated a family photo shoot to the neighbourhood church in order to help with the raising of some much needed funds for projects within the local community. All donations went to auction and soon after the event I got a call from a very lovely lady called Dorothy who had bought my donation in order that she could have some photos taken with her family. We met up and spent the best part

The Wedding of Emma and Steve – Cave Castle, East Riding of Yorkshire. Emma and Steve are a truly fab couple and are extremely down to earth people. I liked them both a great deal from the moment I met them. They have always been up for a bit of a laugh; which was reflected in the engagement shoot that I did with them, their wedding day was no different. Set in the grounds of Cave Castle

My wife has been known to have a word in my ‘shell-like’ on the odd occasion concerning the combination of clothing items that I sometimes dress our daughter in. To be honest, it’s actually not that frequent that she has to have words, so I have to assume that she approves most of the time when it’s my turn to select our daughter’s attire. Frankly, I think my daughter looks pretty funky when I dress

These are my two fabulous brothers. The Barrett boys. They are fab. Nuff sed! All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

Elizabeth and Stuart’s wedding was a fabulous day from sunrise to sunset. There was a mass of balloons, jugglers, a fire show, stilt walkers, amazing costumes, two wedding dresses, a bbq, many smiles, a few tears and a great deal of laughter. Set within the stunning grounds of Oulton Hall, the day was a lot of fun indeed. There was also a casino for the evening’s entertainment. I lost everything on Blackjack! Over and above

This was a really nice and relaxed shoot with these two lovely people. Elizabeth and Stuart are friends of ours, and as much as it is a privilege to photograph all the weddings that I am involved with, it’s always a little bit special when you get to shoot the wedding of someone you know. I have been the wedding photographer for couples who are friends on a handful of occasions now and all of

These photographs were taken when we went on a visit to Stirley Community Farm, Huddersfield. It is a super local farm that has 240 acres and practices wildlife-friendly farming. It is the gateway site for West Yorkshire, founded by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The farm promotes healthy living and a healthy environment. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust took ownership in 2011 and has turned the farm into an excellent education environment with food gardens, orchards, a beef

I had a great time photographing these guys. They’re a fab couple who are both well into their body art. It felt like the natural thing to do to photograph them juxtaposed against a local graffiti backdrop. They were both great sports and we had some laughs getting these images. I love the goal post shots too. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

Last year was the first time I had been to this event and it was a lot of fun watching hundreds of people run 5k then get totally covered in paint. We went back again this year. I was once again armed with my camera kit, while my wife ran the 5k but this time with our daughter who is two and a half years old. I think my wife carried our daughter around the whole

Out in Dockentail Woods again. I love how all the trees in these local woods bend towards the light. The wood is situated on a slope facing southwest where the sun swings around during the day. A great example of positive phototropism. It looks like some mad wind storm blew in at some point and shoved all the trees over. The woods have a magical feel to them. I don’t think they would look out

My wife and I have attended the Haworth 1940’s event for the last three years running. It is a fantastic event set in the heart of Bronte Country in West Yorkshire where local people along with many visitors kit themselves out in 1940’s get up in celebration of an era past. The entire village gets into the spirit of things and the place is transformed, to such an extent in fact, that you may well

Went out at the weekend with the family and we found an amazing field of tall grass stems. Couldn’t pass up the chance of a bit of a photo shoot. My daughter loved them. It’s fabulous being out and about in the great outdoors. Nature is so beautiful at times. Even in the middle of winter. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

It was a privilege to shoot the wedding day of these two super people. Although the day was a relatively low key affair with only a hand full of guests, it was a lot of fun to say the very least. Laughs and smiles the whole day long. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

This is Victoria. I love it when children are at first a little shy, then a little inquisitive, and then eventually start striking a pose in front of a camera. This is my friends little girl. She’s roughly the same age as my daughter. Both very strong characters. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

A fabulous couple. Really great fun to be around. These two have a natural enthusiasm for all things good in life and it rubs off on you when you spend time with them. Had a great deal of laughs with them on this shoot. Location: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

I’m from Nottingham originally and as much as I love my home city, Yorkshire has stolen my heart. I came to live up in Yorkshire back in 1999. It took me a couple of years to settle in and get my bearings considering the size of this vast county, but I have to say that year in, year out, I fall in love with this place over and over again. It is such a beautiful

This is Helen and Evie. Evie has the most wonderful baby cheeks in the world. Just for your information, Evie is the small one. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

This is Sophie. She is a wonderful, bright and creative young lady. I love capturing those moments when people are pensive. What is that space we inhabit when we close our eyes? Worlds within a world. Space upon space. It’s amazing where we can travel when we are lost within our imaginings. All Images are copyright: © Mike Barrett Photography – All Rights Reserved

My sister came to visit us from Ireland recently and brought the family. Her husband, who is a top bloke, and my nephew and niece, who are two very smashing kids who are full of beans. We took them out to show them a bit of Yorkshire during the time that they had with us. Two of the places that went to were Malham Cove, and Gordale Scar in North Yorkshire, England. We tend to

Just up the road from where I live there is a tiny yet stunning old church in a little place called Hartshead. St Peter, Hartshead is beautifully placed atop a hill with incredible views of the local Yorkshire countryside. Not only is it old and pretty, it is also steeped heavily in local history. Not least, it boasts connections to Robin Hood and the Bronte family. Patrick Bronte was the vicar here from 1810 to

For a limited time only I am offering my ‘Family Photo Sessions’ packages at half price. The weather is changing and getting a little colder, nights are starting to draw in, and it’s a little greyer than it was recently, so what could be better than some delightful promotional cheer? Maybe now is the time to treat yourself to some Beautiful Candid Lifestyle Photographs of you and your family – Fun and Smiles. Great if you want to send some