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Rose & Robin : Joyful anniversary session by the sea

July 18, 2016 · 5 Comments

It’s crazy to think it’s four years since Rose & Robin’s wedding day! To celebrate, these lovely souls travelled to Cornwall for an anniversary photography session by the sea. It was just the loveliest to get to share some giggles and beautiful moments with Rose & Robin again, and to see that four years on, they are as madly in love as ever!

I really wouldn’t mind if I got to spend the rest of my life standing on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, taking pictures of people in love. That would be just fine with me.

(Also, hydrangea game in Cornwall = strong)

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 the first of the blossom! Here are some of the photos I took while demonstrating, before my mentee took over. Thank you Aniko & Anth! x

Pen & Cam | Together

February 25, 2015 · 9 Comments

Here’s a session that’s super close to my heart. Not only do I completely adore Pen & Cam, but I got to capture their Anniversary Together Session at Pentire Head in Newquay, Cornwall, which is one of the most beautiful places on earth (and soon to be right at my doorstep!). The wind might have been bracing, but these two rays of happiness brought their own microclimate to this portrait shoot, challenging even the sun to come out to play. This is the kind of photography I could do all day every day with a huge smile on my face.

Marie & Jens | Together

December 9, 2014 · 3 Comments

‘Missy, Oscaaaaaar, look over heeeeeere!’ This was the soundtrack to our anniversary session with Marie & Jens. It was just the loveliest to get to spend some time with these two again since their London engagement session last year. It was also such a pleasure to meet Missy & Oscar, who looked dashing in their matching jumpers! Despite the freezing conditions, we had the best time traipsing around London and playing a game of ‘turn that dog around’.

Isabel & Angel | Together

July 28, 2014 · 3 Comments

The loveliest couple, a beautiful summer evening, and London showing its best. What more could you ask for? I just loved spending a magical golden hour photographing Isabel & Angel’s anniversary session. It was such a pleasure to meet you guys, I hope you’ll have many more gorgeous anniversaries to celebrate in the future! x

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Lisa & Ben | Together

July 23, 2013 · 8 Comments

Sometimes you don’t even need to have a language in common in order to learn about a couple and the happiness they share, as Lisa & Ben’s London Beloved session showed. We had such a lovely time walking around some of the places they’d seen on my blog and wanted to visit for their session. And afterwards, seeing Lisa’s daughter’s translations to some of my questions made me fall in love with these two all over again. Honestly, truly seeing and appreciating each other for who we are is just the best. The best.

Morgane & Nathanael | Together

February 14, 2013 · 12 Comments

What would be more appropriate for Valentine’s Day than to sprinkle some love and laughter all over the blog in the form of Morgane & Nathanael’s together session. They travelled all the way from the South of France to windy and rainy London (madness, I know!), but nothing could have dampened the glow that these two have when they are around each other. The session was in honour of their seven-year anniversary, and judging by the way they look at each other, their love has just grown stronger and stronger every year.

It was such a pleasure spending a windy February afternoon with you two, I wish you are enjoying the sweetest of Valentine’s Days as we speak x

Alexis & Jack | Together

December 13, 2012 · 18 Comments

I can’t quite believe it’s been over a year since Alexis & Jack tied the knot at one of the most glamorous weddings I’ve had the pleasure of documenting. For their first anniversary they decided to do a Beloved session at their beautiful, colour-filled home, and I was more than happy to oblige. I simply love these two, and spending time with them is always so full of laughter and good vibes that my heart gets filled with joy. I also absolutely adore doing sessions at couple’s homes, I think it adds another layer to the story of who they are.

This post marks a slight change in the way I present my sessions. All engagement and Beloved sessions are now simply called ‘Together sessions’. I’ve had this feeling for a while now that it seemed artificial to separate them into different categories, since they are ultimately about the same thing, a couple, together.

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Janice & Derek | Beloved

November 6, 2012 · 14 Comments

Once a year I try to do something to help a charity with the work I do, and this year the opportunity came when Love My Dress teamed up with Oxfam to create a big old wedding auction. I donated a Beloved session to the auction (already married people should get to play too!), and the bidder who won a session with me was the lovely Janice from Essex.

On the day of Janice and Derek’s session the weather turned truly awful by the time we met, but since we had all travelled from different sides of the city, we decided to soldier on. I have to say I am quite surprised that Janice’s amazing energy and positivity didn’t literally stop the rain and bring out the sun, what a ray of sunshine this lady is! So even though the freezing rain didn’t make for ideal circumstances, I did have a thoroughly lovely time with Janice and Derek, and I think we managed to capture some of the joy that makes these two tick.

Thank you so much for bidding and helping with a good cause Janice, it was such a pleasure to spend time with you both! x

Minna & Mike | Beloved

August 20, 2012 · 12 Comments

Remember way back in March when I shared some behind the scenes photos of Minna & Mike’s beloved session? Well, the looong wait is finally over, and I couldn’t be more excited to share these images with you!

The idea for this session was to see whether it was possible to combine an editorial style shoot, with the authenticity of a beloved session. We’d been toying with the idea with bridal wear designer Minna for some time, and when we got Steph from Fairy Nuff Flowers on board we were all set to go. The basis of the shoot was a beloved session with Minna and her husband Mike, but with the twist of Minna wearing her own creations and beautiful flower headpieces made by Steph. The lovely Grace Revington was in charge of make-up.

I have to say I really loved the whole experience, and I’m so happy that some of these pictures got published in the latest issue of You & Your Wedding magazine (the reason for the long wait), along with an interview of Minna. Thank you to the whole team for a gorgeous day, and especially thank you to Minna & Mike for trusting the process and getting so beautifully lost in each other. You are simply beautiful. x

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Behind the scenes of Minna & Mike’s Beloved Session

March 25, 2012 · 14 Comments

Last week me and Steph (aka Fairy Nuff Flowers) went for a little road trip down to beautiful Dorset. The reason for our trip was a fusion shoot we’d been planning with fashion and bridal wear designer Minna for quite some time. The purpose was to see whether it was possible to combine fashion and Beloved, and from my part at least I can say that the results are even better than I hoped for! It was such a magical day. Here are some behind the scenes snaps where you can see Steph working her flowery magic, and Grace Revington creating Minna’s beautiful make-up. Look out for pictures from the session later on.

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* Photo with my back taken by Steph.

Elizabeth & Steven | Beloved

November 9, 2011 · 14 Comments

I think I’ve made it pretty clear by now how much I love doing these Beloved sessions. As much as I adore photographing people getting engaged and all the happiness of their wedding day, there’s just something very special about photographing a couple who’s been together for longer. It’s comforting to find those roles and routines that keeps a relationship ticking, but as years go by we tend to forget to take the time to really have fun with each other like we did at the beginning. Beloved sessions are such a lovely way to reconnect and spend some quality time together. It’s like they give a permission to forget our busy lives for a while and just have a giggle and remember all the things we love about our chosen partner.

This Beloved session with Elizabeth & Steven was such a joy. Despite the threat of rain when we headed to Bushy Park, amazingly, when we got there the sun came out to play with us and made the gorgeous colours of the autumn shine. Watching these two was so very lovely, I got to laugh along with them, I got to feel moved, and when I got home I just felt incredibly grateful to be able to do a job such as this. At it’s best it can be pretty amazing. Thank you Elizabeth & Steven. x

P.S. do also check out Elizabeth’s photography blog.

Roz & Severin | Beloved

November 1, 2011 · 10 Comments

Roz & Severin are known as one of the hardest working (and also the loveliest!) couples among wedding professionals. Most of the time they are super busy running Hepburn Collection, creating beautiful hair styles for brides and models. Since they are literally always working and rarely have time to spend quality time together, Sev decided to surprise Roz on her birthday with a booking for a Beloved session with yours truly. Personally I think Roz & Sev are pretty much the ideal couple I had in mind when I decided to start offering dedicated Beloved sessions, a couple who has been together for a long time and deserves to take some time out of their busy lives to reconnect and to enjoy each others company.

At first Roz wasn’t sure about being in front of the camera (oh I know how she feels!), but she bravely agreed to the session – and I’m so glad she did. Below are her thoughts about the experience in her own words:

‘The day arrived. Now what could Marianne do with a tired married couple who quite frankly could potentially ruin her lovely camera? You will be amazed! Our shoot was to be at Bushy Park and it was an awesome day – the sky was blue, not too cold and the colours of autumn were breathtaking. So far so good. Now for the serious stuff, our minds were racing. How is she going to do this? How will we respond to her instructions? Now of course I couldn’t possibly tell you all, as this would ruin ‘the experience’ but let me just say, she was incredible and we felt so comfortable in her presence. I would even go so far as to say it was easy.

I had always thought these shoots were primarily for the engaged couple just before their big day. BUT believe me when I say that they can be for anyone. I’m sure most of you will agree that being married can sometimes be a little busy so taking time out is really important. This shoot for us was like therapy, we laughed until it hurt, felt re-energised, relaxed and more importantly we had reconnected. Marianne and her camera had captured something very special between us, being in love! Thank you Marianne.’

Well, what can I say… thank YOU Roz and Sev, for trusting me so completely and for being as cute and in love as a teenage couple! I loved every minute of our session and would be very happy if this was what I got to do for the rest of my life. I will never ever tire of witnessing people in love. x

P.S. look out for a feature on Roz & Sev’s Beloved session over at Love My Dress today.

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Hannah & Brendan | Beloved

October 28, 2011 · 21 Comments

Hannah & Brendan didn’t really book a Beloved session as such, as I wasn’t yet offering them at the time. They just wanted some nice pictures of the two of them to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, and to document some of their favourite spots in London. But a Beloved session, if a quite light-hearted one taking into consideration the central location, is pretty much what they got. I just love to get couples to play, act silly and have some fun together – we should all do more of that on daily basis I think!

Oh and the light. It bucketed it down just before the start of our session. But when we got into it, the rain stopped and the sun came out in a spectacular way. Magic!

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Kat & Gareth | Beloved

March 16, 2011 · 39 Comments

We’ve been planning on doing this Beloved session with Kat and Gareth ever since I attended Life {as an artform} in Manchester last year, and I asked Kat to be my guinea pig while still on the train back home. It took us a while to synchronise our busy calendars, but finally, nearly a year later, we made it happen!

Since Kat & Gareth have been together for nine years, of which they’ve been married for 3, they were the perfect couple to explore the Beloved experience with. Beloved sessions consist of different exercises, called invites, which have a way of bringing the couple into the present moment and into a state where they are not afraid to show their true selves and explore the connection they have. I’ve used some of the more physical invites in my engagement sessions to break the ice, but this was the first session where it was 99% Beloved techniques as opposed to traditional posing, so it definitely felt like a big step.

The weather was grey and a bit damp when we headed out to Richmond Park, but that didn’t bother us much, the energy between Kat & Gareth would be enough to keep a small village warm! I had such an amazing time, and it was so nice to see how even the more serious invites work beautifully. I’ve always been most interested in capturing the genuine emotion and the authentic dynamics between a couple, and I love the way I can really explore those with these techniques.

Do watch the slideshow of this Beloved session if you have a minute. Be sure to have your speakers on if you do. :)

P.S. If you are a photographer reading this, and interested in the concept of Beloved and in encouraging genuine emotions and interactions in both your work and in your life, do join me and others at this year’s Life {as an artform} in London.

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Jing & Roger | Anniversary

August 6, 2010 · 29 Comments

I’m chillin’ in Finland for a few days, but I took a little break from my busy schedule of sauna/napping/reading in order share this super sweet session with you! Jing and Roger got married a year ago in Australia and wanted to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a photo session around London, as they are now based in the UK.

Like everyone I’ve ever photographed, Jing and Roger were a bit shy and hesitant to begin with, but in no time at all they really got into the spirit of things and threw themselves fully into the session. A lot of laughing, running and jumping was done throughout our session, all the way from Green Park to Belgravia, and I think we all really enjoyed ourselves.

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