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Devri & Michael | Engagement

Marianne — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:11:37 +0000

I met Devri & Michael for their London engagement session on a chilly, but beautifully bright, February afternoon . The couple were visiting from the US so they wanted to have some of the more well-known sights of London as their back drop. We braced the biting wind on Westminster Bridge, walked along the South Bank and warmed up with some jumping and laughing in St James’s Park. It was such a pleasure meeting these two and witnessing how head over heels for each other they are!

Sally & James | Engagement

Marianne — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:54:54 +0000

Sally & James live right next to Smithfield Market in London, and are getting married in their local church in the spring, so it made sense that we started their engagement session from the area. We then strolled down to the river, nipping in and out of cute alleyways (oh, I do love a good back alley!) on the way. There’s nothing I like better than getting to know my couples, and hanging out with Sally and James was such a joy. Can’t wait for their wedding day!

Nirali & Kunal | Engagement

Marianne — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:40:09 +0000

I bet Californian photographers’ blogs don’t talk about rain quite as much as mine does… It’s just a fact of London life that with every session there’s that element of excitement about whether it will bucket it down on the day or not. When it came to Nirali & Kunal’s engagement session, the pressure was really on, as between the days they were visiting London from New York and my availability, we had such a narrow window of opportunity to do our session. And of course, as if on cue, it started absolutely peeing it down an hour before our session… Luckily the rain shower was hard but short lived, and afterwards we got to have beautifully gleaming wet pavements to add a bit of London flavour into the shots.

I’m so glad the weather worked out, and despite the rain, I do love London in the autumn! It was such a pleasure meeting you Nirali & Kunal, and I hope your wedding back in NY will be absolutely fabulous! x

Wendy & Martin | Engagement

Marianne — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:08:52 +0000

Remember last year when we went to Paris with Wendy & Martin for ‘part I’ of their engagement session? We always planned to do ‘part II’ in London, but it took nearly a year of arranging and re-arranging dates until we finally got together again. It was so nice to see Wendy & Martin again, and we spent a thoroughly lovely afternoon traipsing around South Bank and catching up on what’s been happening in their lives in the past year. And I just have to say, I love Wendy’s new hairstyle, sooo cute!

Huiting & Victor | Engagement

Marianne — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:02:21 +0000

Huiting & Victor, who live in Singapore, got in touch with me nearly a year ago about organising their engagement session in London. The plans changed a couple of times along the way, but there was always talk about Borough Market and the Southbank area, which is where we ended up for most of the session. I know I always talk about the weather like I’m obsessed (well, as an on-location photographer it is something to obsess about, really) but I can’t not mention it on this occasion, since the rain was absolutely torrential on both sides of Huiting & Victor’s session, apart for the time that we were together when the rain miraculously stayed away! I hope it doesn’t mean I chipped in all my good weather karma in one go…

It was fun trawling the streets of London with these two (and Kate Hughes who was in charge of hair and make-up). One of the highlights was when Huiting changed into her beautiful wedding gown and people on the streets went literally a bit loopy. It was amusing watching people crane their necks trying to get a glimpse of a beautiful bride in the middle of London rush hour!

Beth & Julian | Wedding

Marianne — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:33:03 +0000

Let’s get this show back on the road (or off it, as it may be…)

I meant to blog about Beth & Julian’s cool London wedding whilst travelling, but I just never had enough time combined with a consistent enough internet connection to get it done. I’m now back in town, so here we finally go.

Soo Beth & Julian, such lovely lovely people! And their wedding? Pretty much off the hook with style and originality. After getting her make-up done by the talented Alice Moore at the always incredible Dean Street Townhouse, Beth slipped into her beautiful Sassi Holford gown from Pantiles Bride. We then travelled across London to the The Deck at the National Theatre, where the ceremony took place. I did say cool, right?

From the South Bank, we all piled into a routemaster for a trip to the reception venue, Kettner’s, in the heart of Soho. Rachel Morgan (whom I finally had the pleasure of meeting in real life as well!) had created such classy flowers arrangements, which complimented all the beautiful stationary designed by Hello Lucky and pretty cake by Cakes for fun. Kim from was Roseberry Weddings was in charge of everything running smoothly, (which it of course did, it’s always such a pleasure to work with her!) and the now legendary Wedding Smashers were on the decks once the sun sank down and the party started.

All in all, this was pretty much my ideal of a unique London wedding, and it was such a joy to work with some of my favourite vendors again.

Thank you Beth & Julian, for being so amazing. Here’s to many many decades of happiness ahead!

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Patty & Wallace | Engagement

Marianne — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:50:06 +0000

Patty & Wallace are just the cutest. Fact. Even the fact that I usually ask my couples to refrain from wearing matching white t-shirts, and they’d gone and done just that, somehow added to the cuteness of these two!

I swear I’m getting a reputation for dragging jumping, rolling and kissing couples around the South Bank, but what can I do, I just love the diversity of backdrops around there. And Patty & Wallace certainly lit up the whole south side of London with their energy.

Oh and the absolute cutest thing of all. Because Wallace originally proposed in a helicopter above Hong Kong (which meant he wasn’t able to go down on one knee) Patty decided he ought to do it again properly during our session. A·dor·a·ble. :D

Emilie & Guillaume | Engagement

Marianne — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:00:47 +0000

Been feeling a bit blah today so I thought I’d post Emilie & Guillaume’s engagement session on the South Bank in order to cheer myself up a bit. So much colour and laughter! I loved these two, and feel so honoured that they came all the way from France to have a session with me. Thank you Emilie and Guillaume, I do hope your wedding day will be absolutely fantabulous! x

Rubbina & Louis | Engagement

Marianne — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:47:23 +0000

Here are a few shots from Rubbina & Louis’ South Bank engagement shoot from a few weeks ago. Despite the lovely sun, the temperature on the day plummeted due to the freezing wind, and I don’t think any of us could feel our fingers by the end of the shoot! But we did still have a good time, which is all that matters. Fingers crossed that was the last properly cold day of the winter. I’m really looking forward to seeing Rubbina & Louis again at their wedding, hopefully in much warmer conditions!

Claire & Ben | Engagement

Marianne — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:38:00 +0000

What were the chances that I’d get two weddings at the The Garden Museum in the same summer, both with a bride called Claire. Pretty good it seems! :D Claire and Ben are getting married next month, and last week we went for a little stroll along the South Bank for a few ‘warm up’ pictures. People often ask me what the point of an engagement shoot is. For me, it’s a great way to get to know the couple, and to get them to relax in front of my camera so they can truly trust me on their wedding day. It’s also usually good fun, and as a bonus the couple will hopefully end up with some pretty pictures. You wouldn’t believe how common it is for a couple not to have any decent pictures of themselves together, as one of them is usually behind the camera!