Creative wedding, couple & family reportage photography covering Cornwall, London, UK and overseas
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
Nina & Ben’s (who’s engagement session you might have seen a while back) wedding meant a return to Andaz Liverpool Street, a venue very close to my heart. It’s always such a pleasure to work there, now with the current wedding planner, Karly Hunt.
After Nina got her hair and makeup done by Sarah Crick-Linton, and got dressed into her beautiful Pronovias gown and super stylish LK Bennett shoes, the lovely humanist ceremony took place in the Bishopsgate Room. Marianne from Sweetpea Flowers, created the stunning (as always!) flowers that set the tone for the whole day, along with the stationery by Minted. After the ceremony, it was time for cocktails in the Gallery.
For the reception, we ascended to the sublime 1901 Restaurant, where the amazing Chateau Macaron cake took centre stage. All the tables were numbered with champagne bottles Nina & Ben had collected from special moments in their life, a very sweet touch! The day was filled with so much love, laughter and Jager bombs, I just loved it all. It was also a beautiful mix of English and German (from Nina’s side) traditions.
What a joy it was to be back at The Andaz, and to get to be a part of Nina & Ben’s gorgeous day! Thank you so much for having us, you are amazing. x
I think it’s safe to say Lucy & Brad’s London wedding will go down in history books as the rainiest wedding I’ve ever photographed. Oh boy did we get soaked! But I’m happy to say that the weather didn’t dampen the spirit of the day at all.
We started the day at The Threadneedles Hotel in Bank, where Nelson Caterino was in charge of make-up, and Tina Outen hair, before Lucy got dressed in her beautiful Lazaro gown. From there it was a short, but super rainy (I mean, the driver could not see a thing), drive to St Etheldredas Church in Holborn, where Lucy & Brad exchanged their wows.
As by miracle the rain halted and gave us a tiny window of opportunity for portraits, before entering The Royal Exchange for the reception. It was lovely being back at the Exchange, it’s such a grand and yet unusual place for a wedding I think. Black Poppy had created the most amazing flower arrangements, which I didn’t realise were made of fabric until it was pointed out to me. Just incredible! Also worth mentioning is the beautiful cupcake tower by Crumbs and Doilies.
Thanks so much for having us Lucy & Brad, what a gorgeous day full of warmth it was! x
As venues go, Andaz Liverpool Street is very close to my heart. Couple of years ago we shot so many weddings at the Andaz, that we might as well have moved in (oh I wish!), but strangely enough last year I did not have one wedding there. So being the photographer for Sarah & Colin’s Andaz wedding felt a little bit like a homecoming.
Sarah looked stunning in her Pronovias gown and those Jimmy Choos. Lauren Newman from Return to Glory took care of hair and makeup, while Maianne Johnson of Sweet Pea Flowers provided colour to the day with the stunning bouquets and flower arrangements.
The ceremony of Sarah and Colin’s wedding took place in the Bishopsgate room, with a drinks reception in the Gallery and wedding breakfast in the Great Eastern room to follow, centrepiece of which was the uh-ma-zing Peggy Porschen cake. A cool London theme carried throughout, from the tube map seating plan to the brilliant tube sign wedding favour biscuits by Biscuiteers.
And of course, it wouldn’t have been a proper homecoming had we not had a chance to cross paths with Max from the Wedding Smashers, with whom we share many happy memories from the dance floor of the Andaz!
Thank you sooo much Sarah and Colin for having us share your beautiful day with you, and for bringing us back to one of our favourite venues. x
Where do I start! Lucy & Brandon’s wedding at Andaz Liverpool Street in London was beautiful, not only because it was at one of my favourite venues, but also for the gorgeous little touches Lucy had created, and all the emotions that flowed on the day.
Lucy’s morning started a bit unusually, when she had a complete change of heart at the hairdresser’s. ‘My hair was done by the wonderful Paul at Aveda Academy on High Holborn. After spending two hours putting my hair up on the morning of the wedding, I decided that, actually, I wasn’t that keen and wanted to have it down instead… he didn’t even flinch, just did exactly what I wanted. He rocks!’ Personally I think it was just the right decision as Lucy looked really sweet with her curls. It also goes to show why you should reserve enough time for hair and make-up, you never know how much longer they might take!
How much do I love Lucy’s fab Jenny Packham gown, which she got from The Tailors Cat in Cambridge along with her earrings! Here’s what Lucy told me about finding her ‘Jenny’ and other accessories: ‘I saw the dress, tried it on, burst into tears and so did my mum. I didn’t even try on any others. Then the lady in the shop told me the name of the dress was “Sorrento”, which is where Brandon actually proposed to me last July, so I just knew it had to be that dress! When I left The Tailors Cat after finding the dress, I walked straight into Dune where I found the sparkly shoes. The headpiece was a gift from my cousins wife, who works at Richard Designs. The bridesmaid’s and flower girls wore off-the-rack dresses from Monsoon and just looked amazing.‘
Lucy wasn’t the only thing looking stunning on the day, I especially loved all the flowers and the cutest cupcake cake I’ve ever seen! Here’s what Lucy had to say about these: ‘I was bowled over by the flowers on the day, Lisa Carney at Moyses Stevens took my brief and just excelled in executing it. It was better than I could have imagined! My giant cupcake and the mini cupcakes were from Crumbs and Doilies in Wandsworth. Again, they took my brief and just delivered such a beautiful display. It was cute and fun, and although the surroundings are very chic and elegant in 1901, I loved the fun aspect the cakes brought.’
Lucy and Brandon love their little dogs, and as they weren’t able to have them there to share the day, they had a photo of them up by the top table so that they could attend at least in spirit! I thought that was really sweet.
When the evening drew closer DJ Jason Dupuy from Platinum Promotions got everyone on the dance floor. And that’s where we left them, as we packed up our gear at the end of the night, and jumped into a black cab to take us home.
Thank you Lucy and Brandon for having us share your day, it was a privilege!
