Yana Skakun
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Photography Blog
Tips, guides, venue spotlights and behind-the-scenes stories from my photography sessions across England.
Venue Spotlights
29 March 2026·8 min read
Burghley House Wedding Photography: One of England's Most Spectacular Venues
Burghley House near Stamford is one of the finest Elizabethan country houses in England — a 16th-century masterpiece of towers, turrets, and formal gardens, set in a Capability Brown deer park. One of the most jaw-dropping wedding venues in the East Midlands.
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Photography Tips
29 March 2026·7 min read
Wicken Fen Photography: Dramatic Landscapes for Engagement Shoots
Wicken Fen near Ely is Britain's oldest nature reserve — a rare surviving fragment of the original fenland, with windpump, reed beds, open water, and some of the most dramatic light and cloud formations in Cambridgeshire. An engagement photographer's guide.
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Venue Spotlights
29 March 2026·8 min read
Fenland Weddings: Big Skies, Wide Horizons & Dramatic Light
The Cambridgeshire Fens are unlike anywhere else in England — a vast, flat, spectacularly lit landscape of black earth, straight drains, and immense cloudscapes. A photographer's guide to the unique and often underestimated beauty of fenland wedding photography.
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Venue Spotlights
29 March 2026·8 min read
Wedding Photography in Newquay and North Cornwall
Newquay is Cornwall's most popular beach resort — Fistral Beach, the Headland Hotel dramatically sited on a promontory above the waves, and a string of surf beaches stretching north towards Padstow. A guide to wedding photography in Newquay and the north Cornwall coast.
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Wedding Tips
29 March 2026·8 min read
Bodmin Moor Wild Weddings: Mystical Landscapes & Ancient Stones
Bodmin Moor is Cornwall's own upland wilderness — a granite plateau of stone circles, ancient burial cairns, rocky tors, and isolated farmsteads that feels profoundly ancient even on an ordinary afternoon. A guide to wild and elopement-style wedding photography on Bodmin Moor.
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Venue Spotlights
29 March 2026·7 min read
Fowey & Mevagissey: Traditional Cornish Fishing Village Weddings
Fowey and Mevagissey are two of south Cornwall's most beautiful and authentic fishing villages — Fowey a literary town associated with Daphne du Maurier, with a deep wooded estuary; Mevagissey a double harbour of fishing boats and whitewashed cottages. A guide to wedding photography in both.
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Photography Tips
29 March 2026·7 min read
Photography Locations in Huntingdon and the Ouse Valley
Huntingdon and the Great Ouse Valley offer a range of beautiful and underused photography locations — the riverside meadows between Huntingdon and St Ives, Portholme meadow (Europe's largest water meadow), the medieval packhorse bridge at St Ives, and the open skies of fenland beyond.
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Photography Tips
29 March 2026·7 min read
Boudoir Photography: A Complete Guide for First-Timers
Boudoir photography is one of the most empowering experiences a person can have in front of a camera — and one of the most misunderstood. A complete first-timer's guide to what boudoir sessions actually involve, how to prepare, and what to expect.
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Venue Spotlights
29 March 2026·8 min read
Wedding Photography in Peterborough: Venues & Inspiration
Peterborough is one of the eastern counties' most underestimated wedding cities — a Norman cathedral of extraordinary scale, Ferry Meadows Country Park, the nearby grandeur of Elton Hall, and Burghley House just across the county boundary. A complete guide to Peterborough weddings.
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Photography Tips
28 March 2026·5 min read
Medical Professional Headshots: NHS & Private Practice
Doctors, nurses, consultants and healthcare professionals increasingly need strong headshots for NHS and private practice websites, publications and speaking engagements. What works for medical professional portraits — approachable, authoritative and trustworthy.
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Photography Tips
28 March 2026·6 min read
Outdoor Headshots: Professional Portraits in Natural Settings
Outdoor headshots offer a relaxed, approachable quality that works especially well for creatives, coaches, consultants and anyone whose brand is built on personality. Finding the right outdoor setting and working with natural light for professional results.
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Photography Tips
28 March 2026·5 min read
Headshot Retouching: How Much Is Too Much?
Retouching a headshot should make you look like the best version of yourself on a good day — not someone unrecognisable from the person who turns up to meetings. The difference between helpful retouching and the kind that undermines your professional credibility.
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Photography Blog — Tips, Guides & Inspiration
Welcome to the photography blog by Yana Skakun — a professional photographer based in Cambridge, England. This journal covers everything from practical wedding planning guides and engagement session advice to family photoshoot tips, newborn photography guides, portrait session prep, and venue spotlights across Cambridgeshire, London, and East England.
Whether you're a couple planning your wedding, a family getting ready for a seasonal portrait session, or a professional preparing for a headshot shoot — you'll find honest, experience-based advice here. Every article is written from real sessions and years of capturing life's most meaningful moments across England.