My littlest monkey is currently obsessed with krakens.  Well, krakens, octopuses (I thought the plural of octopus should be octopi, but apparently not), squid and all things cephalopod. 

So, to try and keep him entertained for a while, we went for a visit to The Deep in Hull.

If you don't know about The Deep, it's a massive aquarium with over 3000 creatures including sharks, sawfish, ray fish, sea turtles, jellyfish and much more.  They've even got penguins!  They've got pretty much everything except an octopus...

For more info on The Deep, click HERE. 

We hadn't visited since not long after it opened about 16 years ago, but to be honest it seemed pretty much the same - only in my mind it had been bigger the last time.  The place was still packed, the restaurant still crowded and noisy and the ticket prices were still an arm and a leg.  Although they do last for a year - handy if you're local, but not so much when you're over an hours drive away.

Reading that back all sounds super negative, but I'm a grumpy dad - we love to moan!  Apart from that, my little dude loved it.  Although I think he loved the gift shop most of all - he managed to fleece me in there too! 

After a couple of hours there, we went for a wander round town to see the sights and grab some food.  We also called into the Hull Maritime Museum and gazed at the exhibits - the most impressive being a massive whale skeleton and also a couple of polar bears.  There's lots of fishing heritage in there and a staggering amount of memorials of sailors lost at sea.  Quite heartbreaking to see - especially when a lot of them were younger than my eldest.

My other half used to live in Hull as a student, and we followed her idea to search for the smallest window in England.  We ended up having to Google it and found it about 2 minutes walk from where we were!  I was initially disappointed it didn't match the image I had in my head, but had to admit it was kinda cool.



That's enough waffling - here are some snaps.

Gear used: Fujifilm XPro2, Fuji 18mm.

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Jess and Darren over at the Royal Hotel in Hull.
There was a massive rally for Jeremy Corbyn going on in Hull on the day, so I made the trip across on my Harley to get through the traffic, and of course - in typical fashion, there wasn't any at all! 

The hotel was a lovely place for a wedding - super swanky!

We started with a few snaps in the hotel room before heading down for the vows.  The speeches afterwards were very emotional, and a few tears were flowing by the end.
The first dance raised plenty of laughs as Darren whipped off his jacket to reveal a pretty awesome light-up jacket underneath!

People danced, people laughed and people loved.  I love wedding days!

Here's a few pictures of their day.