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
9 April 2026·7 min read
Hemingford Grey: Cambridgeshire's Most Beautiful Riverside Village for Photography
Hemingford Grey is arguably the most beautiful village in Cambridgeshire — a perfect English village green, thatched cottages, the River Ouse flowing past church meadows, painted punts moored at the bank, and the Manor (the oldest continuously inhabited house in England). Extraordinary photography.
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Venue Spotlights
9 April 2026·10 min read
Great Ouse Valley Wedding Photography: Riverside Villages from St Neots to Ely
The Great Ouse Valley is one of Cambridgeshire's great wedding photography corridors — a string of exquisite riverside villages from St Neots north through Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Hemingford Grey, St Ives, and on to Earith and Ely, each offering extraordinary photography locations.
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Venue Spotlights
9 April 2026·10 min read
Wedding Photography in Peterborough: Cathedral, Parks & Modern City
Peterborough is Cambridgeshire's second city — a Norman cathedral of immense scale, Ferry Meadows Country Park, the atmospheric Flag Fen Bronze Age site, Elton Hall just beyond the city boundary, and Burghley House 12 miles south. A complete guide to wedding photography in and around Peterborough.
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Photography Tips
9 April 2026·12 min read
Best Engagement Photo Locations in Cambridge (Insider's Guide 2026)
Cambridge has more extraordinary engagement photo locations per square mile than almost anywhere in England — The Backs, punting on the Cam, Grantchester Meadows, the Botanic Garden, Wandlebury Country Park, Anglesey Abbey in snowdrop season, and a dozen college gardens. The complete insider's guide.
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Venue Spotlights
9 April 2026·8 min read
Ferry Meadows Wedding Photography in Peterborough: Lakes, Woodland & Wide Open Meadows
Ferry Meadows Country Park in Peterborough is a hidden wedding photography gem — 500 acres of meadowland, three large lakes (Gunwade, Overton, and Longthorpe), mature woodland, and extraordinary open sky, just five minutes from Peterborough Cathedral.
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Venue Spotlights
9 April 2026·8 min read
Peterborough Cathedral Wedding Photography: Catherine of Aragon's Resting Place
Peterborough Cathedral is one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England — and one of the most historically romantic. Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife, is buried here. The Early English painted nave ceiling (one of only three surviving in England) is extraordinary. A complete wedding photography guide.
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Family Tips
9 April 2026·11 min read
What to Wear for Winter Family Photos: Complete Seasonal Guide
Winter family sessions have a unique cosy warmth. Rich tones, beautiful textures, and the right layering strategy — a complete guide to dressing for winter family portrait sessions.
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Wedding Tips
8 April 2026·7 min read
How to Have a Zero-Waste Wedding in London
A London wedding photographer's practical guide to cutting waste from your big day—from venue and flowers to favours and attire—without losing any of the celebration.
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Newborn Tips
8 April 2026·6 min read
Maternity Boudoir Photography: Celebrating Your Bump in Style
Maternity boudoir photography combines the celebration of pregnancy with the intimacy and empowerment of a confidence shoot — beautiful, private, and timeless.
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Photography Tips
8 April 2026·7 min read
Wicken Fen Engagement Photography: Ancient Fen Landscape & Windmill
Wicken Fen is Britain's oldest nature reserve — an extraordinary surviving fragment of the original fenland, with the iconic windpump, reed beds, open fen water, grazing Highland cattle, and some of the most dramatic light in Cambridgeshire. A guide to engagement photography at this unique location.
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Photography Tips
8 April 2026·7 min read
Ely Riverside Engagement Photography: Wide Skies & Cathedral Silhouettes
The River Great Ouse below Ely creates some of Cambridgeshire's most dramatic engagement photography — the Cathedral rising from its hill behind the flat river meadows, extraordinary cloudscapes, and the pink-gold light of sunsets reflected in the slow fenland water.
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Venue Spotlights
8 April 2026·8 min read
Hinchingbrooke House Wedding Photography: Tudor Mansion Near Huntingdon
Hinchingbrooke House is one of Cambridgeshire's most extraordinary wedding venues — a 16th-century Tudor mansion converted from a medieval priory, with a Great Hall, Long Gallery, gothic archways, and grounds stretching down to the Brampton Valley. A complete photography guide.
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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.