Marianne Taylor Photography | Portrait & Family Photographer in Cornwall

On-location portrait and family photography in North Cornwall. Siren of the Sea sessions, couples, families. Soft, romantic, coastal.

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Living is easy : country sunset portraits

September 15, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Living is easy. The Magic of Cornwall. Click through to see more!

I’m pretty sure you’re beginning to recognise this girl. Since moving to Cornwall, Lucie has become a muse to me, and she really helped me rekindle my love for photography. I’m so happy to get to work with her, both on commercial projects, but also on personal projects and inspiration shoots like this one. I’ll… Keep Reading

A workshop for quiet, heart-led photographers

August 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Live what you love: a workshop for quiet, heart-led photographers.

After the whirlwind of 2015, during which I relocated all the way to the shores of the Atlantic in Cornwall, and when there was no time for a workshop, I’m so happy to let you know that Live What You Love workshop 2016 is happening in October! If you want to wake up every day… Keep Reading

Q&A in Professional Photography magazine

March 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Marianne Taylor Q&A in Professional Photography April 2016 issue.

I’m sorry, I’ve been very bad at blogging lately. I’m going to fix that, soon, but before I get to it properly here’s a little something from the April issue of Professional Photography magazine. Recently, they asked me some questions about how I do my bookkeeping, and I got to praise Light Blue Software (which… Keep Reading

Vote for us at the UK Wedding Awards!

January 11, 2016 · 11 Comments

Marianne Taylor Photography is shortlisted at the UK Wedding awards. Please help us out and vote! (Exchanging hugs for votes).

I’m so humbled to be shortlisted at The UK Wedding Awards 2016 as Best Wedding Photographer. Even though I’m choosing to take on a lot smaller number of weddings these days, I still love wedding photography passionately and it’s definitely a huge honour to have been shortlisted, especially when the organisers include top UK wedding magazines who… Keep Reading

The year in pictures

December 31, 2015 · 7 Comments

Favourite images from 2015 by Marianne Taylor Photography.

What a strange and wonderful year 2015 has been! When we were leaving Cornwall after a short stay last December, I remember saying a silent goodbye to the ocean and wishing I never had to leave… It’s kind of mindblowing that now, a year later, we actually live here! Most of 2015 got swept up… Keep Reading

Wishing you the warmest Christmas time!

December 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas from Marianne Taylor Photography!

Christmas sneaked up on me this year and I have to admit I completely failed at everything, from not managing to send Christmas cards to not having the energy to plan any fancy decorations. I only put a few simple things up, with some twinkly lights and my new favourite snow globe, but it turns… Keep Reading

Flower DIY in Wedding Flowers magazine

November 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Marianne Taylor Photography & Fairynuff Flowers DIY in Wedding Flowers magazine.

Floral chairback DIY from our spring flower editorial with Steph of Fairy Nuff Flowers was published in the November issue of Wedding Flowers magazine. You can see more images from the shoot here.

Alev & Can in Martha Stewart Weddings

May 6, 2015 · 1 Comment

Marianne Taylor Photography featured in Martha Stewart Weddings Turkey, Spring-Summer 2015.

It was amazing to see Alev & Can’t South of France wedding featured over 10 pages in Martha Stewart Weddings Spring-Summer 2015 issue in Turkey!  This wedding was just the loveliest, and it was amazing to work with Lavender & Rose Weddings, can’t wait to do it again next month!

Flower editorial in Mennään naimisiin! magazine

April 9, 2015 · 1 Comment

Spring flower editorial for Mennään Naimisiin! magazine. Photos Marianne Taylor, flowers Steph Turpin/Fairynuff Flowers.

It was such a pleasure to plan and shoot this spring flower editorial with Steph of Fairy Nuff Flowers for Mennään naimisiin! (Let’s get married!) magazine in Finland. We also shot DIY tutorials for creating some of the flowery touches Steph designed, and I love how they laid everything out in the feature, everything looks so pretty…. Keep Reading

SNAP photography festival in Photo Professional

March 27, 2015 · 1 Comment

Photo Professional feature on SNAP photography festival. Photo by Marianne Taylor.

I’ve feel slightly embarrassed that I completely forgot to share this piece of press at the time it was published! I’m talking at a super exciting new photography festival called SNAP next month, and Photo Professional magazine ran a brilliant article on it a few months back. It was a nice surprise to see my… Keep Reading

Aniko & Anthony | Together

March 11, 2015 · 2 Comments

Aniko & Anth we our real couple at a recent mentoring session, and the four of us had such a good time that our time together pretty much turned into a full-on Together Session. Even though it was still a little bit chilly, you could definitely start sensing spring in the air, and we even found… Keep Reading

Cornwall, we’re on our way!

February 24, 2015 · 15 Comments

Photographer in Cornwall.

Once in a while you come across a place where you feel like your soul is at home. You might be thousands of miles from where you ever thought you’d end up, but you just feel at peace. For me that feeling has always been strongest in Cornwall. The wild ocean and the rugged, majestic… Keep Reading

Sandra & Stefan | Together

February 19, 2015 · 4 Comments

Last week, at a Her Lovely Heart mentoring session, I demonstrated how to direct a couple with Sandra & Stefan. The weather was absolutely horrendous, but also a good reminder that you don’t need to let the circumstances dictate the outcome. I love how much joy Sandra and Stefan shared with me and my student,… Keep Reading

January 2015 press round-up

January 21, 2015 · 2 Comments

Marianne Taylor Photography wedding in Mennaan Naimisiin magazine in Finland.

Over in the UK, a DIY shoot I did for Bridal Musings got featured in Wedding magazine. Florence & Alvaro’s South of France wedding had a 7-page feature in Mennaan Naimisiin magazine in Finland! Also in Mennaan Naimisiin, our Pink & Turquoise shoot with Fairy Nuff Flowers continued making waves. And last but certainly not… Keep Reading

The Best of 2014

December 29, 2014 · 14 Comments

2014 has been one of those funny years… on the other hand, it seemed like Christmas and the end of the year caught up with me way too fast, but at the same time it felt like a looong old year. So many challenges and changes took place that looking back it seems crazy it all fitted… Keep Reading

Wishing you the Merriest of Christmas!

December 22, 2014 · 2 Comments

Merry Christmas from Marianne Taylor Photography!

It seems like Christmas hurtled towards us at such speed this year that I nearly missed the whole darned thing. Alas, I am switching off from everything for a few days now. I hope you’ll have a wonderful Christmas, and a super relaxing break. See you on the flipside! Here are Astrid & Sofia, getting into the… Keep Reading

Thru Your Lens photography Workshop 19 January 2015

December 19, 2014 · 2 Comments

Thru Your Lens photography workshop with Nick Ray & Marianne Taylor.

If you follow Her Lovely Heart, you might know that I’m giving a photography workshop called Thru Your Lens, with the amazing Nick Ray in January. This hands-on workshop is for you if you want to learn to properly use your d/SLR camera, and gain a deeper understanding of how to make technical decisions based on the… Keep Reading

Letting go of clutter & keeping good memories

November 25, 2014 · 5 Comments

Marianne Taylor Photography in print.

I’ve been on a bit of an office de-cluttering kick (you can see my inspiration board de-cluttering over at Her Lovely Heart), and one of the things I did was to find all the hard copies of magazines with my work in, which were taking up shelf space in the office. It seemed crazy to… Keep Reading

Live What You Love Workshop Class of October 2014

November 3, 2014 · 4 Comments

Last week we gathered for another Live What You Love workshop with the loveliest bunch of people from near and afar. It was a brilliant day of sharing and learning and laughing together, and I couldn’t have hoped for a better group of people to talk about building a business around your passion with. I always… Keep Reading

August press round-up

August 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Marianne Taylor Photography in Kamera magazine

Ah, such good memories from Jo & Tom’s wedding in Cornwall! It was lovely to see this wedding featured in the September/October issue of You & Your Wedding magazine. I was interviewed about Beloved for Kamera magazine in Finland. I was pleased that they used so many images and gave me 6 pages! Sarah &… Keep Reading

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