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December 22, 2011

Merry Christmas!

The time has almost come again when our household takes a few days off from the world of computers in order to focus on all things Christmassy. My mum is flying over from Finland as we speak, and I’m really looking forward to three days of festivities that will follow, it’s been too many years since I’ve got to play Christmas hostess!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you an absolutely gorgeous Christmas! Whether you celebrate this time of year or not, I hope you’ll get to spend some quality time with your loved ones.

See you on the other side. x

Christmas 2011

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Posted by Marianne at 11:54 am in Personal 4 Comments »

April 4, 2011

Something old, something new

I hope you’re all having a lovely start to a new week! You might have noticed that my website has had a bit of a polish and is wearing new pretty graphics (if something is looking wonky, you might want to refresh your browser). The structure of the main site or the blog hasn’t really changed that much, as I’m a great believer in ‘if it’s not broken don’t fix it’, but for a long time I’ve been feeling that the overall design lacked some personality and femininity.

When it comes to the blog, while I appreciate that all sort of fancy sideways-scrolling cartwheel-spinning visual feasts are nice to look at, I’m such an old skool blogger at heart, that for me blogs need to first and foremost work as a reference library. Hence you will always find different ways to browse content, and links to archives, on my blog. Even if it doesn’t look as sleek as some other ways of presenting blogs, content will always be king in this particular one.

A huge thank you to Sabina from Design Garden, who created the beautiful graphics for me (I wanted something feminine, fun and reflecting my love of DIY) and Paul Thompson (who still after 10 years of coding my websites doesn’t have a site of his own), who implemented the changes.

So, do have a browse and take in the new look, I really hope you’ll like it! I appreciate all feedback you might have. In fact, at the end of the week I will draw two random people who comment on this post from the hat and send them a little surprise.

Marianne Taylor Photography

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Posted by Marianne at 11:00 am in Services 37 Comments »

February 3, 2011

Hello world

Hey hey, it’s been a while! During the past month I’ve had some precious time to myself in order to prepare for all that’s coming my way this year. At the end of last year we moved house & office, and it’s only now that all the work we’ve put in updating the place is starting to take shape. I am especially excited about my new office. I have so much more space to work in and for inspiration to flow, it really does make a huge difference to your productivity!

I’ve also had some time to get properly organised in other areas, such as catching up with all the more ‘boring’ aspects of running a business (oh how I sometimes wish I could just take pictures and not bother with the rest!) like filing and book-keeping. I am currently emigrating all my client data and invoicing etc. over to a new studio management system, which is something that is long overdue, and will hopefully make a huge difference with trying to keep up with new enquiries and existing clients alike. Setting it all up is very time-consuming indeed, but hopefully well worth it in the end.

Talking about taking pictures, next Saturday is the day that we officially kick off the new season with a civil partnership at the Gherkin. My gear is all cleaned and gleaming, my heart feels light and ready to take on new people and experiences. Watch out 2011, I’m coming!

Marianne Taylor Photography

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Posted by Marianne at 7:55 pm in Personal, Services 2 Comments »

April 20, 2010

Grounded

So I flew to Finland for dad’s 60′s birthday bash last week, thinking this was going to be a very quick trip indeed. A certain inconsiderate Icelandic volcano had other ideas. I was supposed to fly back home yesterday, but here I still am, trying to come up with the best guess on what approach will be the most efficient when it comes to getting back to the UK. Currently I’m re-booked on a flight via Stockholm on Friday, but as the days go by, and air space stays closed, it’s getting more and more tempting to start travelling via ground to mainland Europe.

I’ve been in touch with all the clients who are directly affected, and I’m working on getting things covered for worst case scenarios if the situation doesn’t improve. I do appreciate everyone’s patience with delays when it comes to getting your pictures and albums delivered. Crazy days.

London wedding photographer Finland

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Posted by Marianne at 7:14 pm in Personal, Services 5 Comments »

February 11, 2010

The Wedding Book | Story of your day










I know it’s been a while! I’ve had a bit of a nightmare week what with getting ill and all sorts, but I’m finally getting back on track. Hopefully I can show you something from last Saturday’s amazing Andaz/Gherkin wedding soon as well.

In the meanwhile, I thought I’d finally share some pictures of the new Wedding Book. In the past few years I have offered a few different types of albums, primarily because I hadn’t found one that ticked absolutely all the boxes. I have offered coffee table books as I really think the album should tell the whole story of the wedding day, not just selected highlights, and with coffee table books that is possible as it is more cost effective to get more pages in. But the quality of coffee table books is not quite up to what I’d ideally envisage for a wedding album, they always tend to feel a bit less substantial. So that’s why I have also been offering the option of a flush mounted album, which really is a beautiful album to behold, but in order to include as many pages as I feel there ought to be, drives the price of the album out of reach for most – besides most flush mounts can’t even accommodate the amount of pages I want to give my clients.

I am so happy to say that I have finally found the one, and it really is a match made in wedding album heaven. I shall just call it The Wedding Book. The book feels really solid and substantial in your hands, the pages are stiff and lay completely flat and have a beautiful matt finish, which I think really compliments my photography. Each book is designed individually for you and tells the whole story of your wedding day. This means that each book comes up a slightly different – but always quite a substantial – length, while the price still stays the same.

Since I’m a big believer in ‘simple is better’, I am going to offer this new type of Wedding Book as the only option for 2011 and onwards – I really feel that strongly that it is the 100% perfect way to display my photographs and to tell the story of your wedding day in the most beautiful way. Those clients who have booked me with my 2010 prices will of course be able to order the older types of albums as well.

I have now switched over to the new 2011 prices, but for those still in consultation stages, who have received the old price list, I will hold the 2010 prices for you if you book by the end of February.

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Posted by Marianne at 10:36 pm in Services 11 Comments »

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