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.
‘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’.
I must warn you, this one is going to be one of those ‘you won’t believe what happened next’ kinda stories you see circulating on Facebook. After a brilliant July, August decided to be a complete nightmare and just threw such horrendous weather at us that we had to postpone Hilda & Quain’s London engagement session several times. Finally, we just decided to take the plunge, and armed with our umbrellas we headed to the streets of Belgravia. It had been raining on and off for most of the day, but the rain stopped around five minutes before we started. How lucky, we thought. We had no idea just how lucky we turned out to be!
We had a lovely time walking the still damp streets, and once we changed locations to the South Bank, the sun was starting to go down and the sky began looking more and more dramatic. Finally, in front of the London Eye, I pressed the shutter for the final time. And at that exact moment, the skies ripped open, the wind exploded and a rainstorm unlike any I’ve witnessed before assaulted us with such force it nearly knocked me off my feet! The timing of it was just incredible, and I feel like some sort of magic must have kept the time we did our shoot dry. As an added bonus I got to capture a pretty dramatic sky for the last few frames. (I did get entirely soaked on the way home, mind.)
Nina & Ben are getting married in London in August, and I personally cannot wait for their wedding day! We had such a good time on their London engagement session that I just know their wedding is going to be absolutely brilliant. Sometimes (well, every time really!) when I look back on the pictures we’ve made together, and remember the nice times that were had, my heart just bursts with such gratitude and affection for the people I get to work with. My couples are just the most amazing ever. Fact.
I felt so sorry for Linda & Khoa when the weather decided to completely freak out on the day of their London engagement session. It just happened to be the only day in the week where there rain just would not let up! Linda & Khoa were real troopers though, and despite the freezing and wet conditions, they gave me so many beautiful moments to document. Take that, rain!
It was so lovely meeting you two, I hope your wedding in Australia next year will be absolutely amazing! x
I do love an autumnal engagement session! Despite the persistent light rain, we had so much fun with Pavitra & Sunil walking the streets of London. Just goes to show that the weather doesn’t always need to be perfect (and rarely is in London!) in order to have a good time. Besides, I think Pavitra’s gorgeous smile, and the energy between these two, provided all the sun we needed!
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, that is indeed genuine 100% natural sunlight right there! After what seemed like weeks of rain, it felt like such a joy to finally have a week of intense heat and clear skies in London. And we certainly made the most of the glorious light during Kimmy & Tze’s engagement session.
I had a brilliant time walking around the city with these two (plus Kimmy’s uh-mazing wardrobe!).
It was such a pleasure to meet you, Kimmy & Tze, I hope you’ll have an amazing wedding day!
Amanda & Nick travelled down to London from Bath for their engagement session, and Amanda certainly came well-prepared! I don’t think I’ve ever had such a huge selection of lovely props to choose from, so huge in fact that we decided to save some for the wedding day portraits. :D
We first met up at the deliciously pink Peggy Porschen shop in Belgravia for some equally delicious, not to mention photogenic, cakes. From there we headed to Green Park for fun with the beautiful autumn coloured leaves. The day was so lovely and crisp with some beautiful sunshine thrown in, but you could definitely sense winter, and dare I say it, Christmas, in the air (I think the amazing gingerbread house at Peggy Porschen helped with getting into the spirit too!).
I had such a good time with Amanda & Nick, and I can’t wait until next summer – judging by the amount of thought Amanda put into the engagement session, the wedding is going to be off the hook amazing! But yes, let’s in fact have that Christmas first…
Sometimes, even in London, the light decides to co-operate. And even though that magic moment might only last for ten minutes, it is so so sweet when it happens. The day when Daphne & Rom travelled down to London for their post-wedding session, started off gloomy and dark. When I arrived at Green Park the sky was looking very ominous indeed and I was sure it was going to start raining any minute. But that luckily wasn’t meant to be. When Daphne and Rom arrived, there was suddenly a shift in the clouds, and this beautiful beam of sunlight just appeared from nowhere. I mean, how often does that kind of thing happen?
It was lovely, and somewhat surreal, seeing Daphne and Rom again, dressed as they were in the wedding finery like when I’d last seen them on their wedding day, but in completely different surroundings. And even though the sun disappeared almost as quickly as it had appeared, we had a lot of fun catching up and roaming the streets of London. And I think we got some pretty special photos as a result as well.
Thank you Daphne and Rom, for your killer style, for being so sweet, and for letting me do my thing. I do hope you like your photos!
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.
