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Lucy & Richard – Reception – Part I | Wedding

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The reception of Lucy & Richard’s wedding took place in the Northbank Restaurant, with great views of Tate Modern and the Millenium Bridge. The party kicked off with champagne out on the terrace, and even the sun came out to celebrate. If you’re trying to figure out why the ‘wedding cake’ looks a bit strange it’s because it was actually made of cheese! Later on it was cut and served as a cheese platters.

There were so many shots from the reception that I wanted to show, that I had to divide them between two entries so as not to crash anyone’s rss reader. :D So, look out for the second instalment later on.


























Lucy & Richard – Ceremony | Wedding

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The ceremony of Lucy and Richard’s wedding took place in St James Garlickythe in the City of London. Since Lucy and Richard live so close to the church, all they had to do in order to get there was walk over the road! The ceremony was beautiful and very intimate, yet the church gave it a grand atmosphere. Lucy was beautiful in her unique grey gown, and Bridie the bridesmaid behaved commendably.

It’s going to take a while longer to process the pictures from the reception, hopefully I’ll get some up early next week! And can I once again say a big thank you to my assistant/second shooter Susanna, who once again did a stellar job as my right-hand woman.





















Lucy Bridal | Wedding

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I just realised that now that the groom has well and truly seen his bride and the dress, I can show you some more images from Lucy’s bridal session. This is when Lucy tried her finished dress on for the first time. I really do love it’s colour and the details, such as the detachable train. Wedding pictures will still have to wait for a while I’m afraid!





Lucy & Richard | Thank you

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Lucy & Richard’s wedding yesterday was lovely. Everything ran smoothly and even the weather held out and the sun came out to play. You’ll have to wait a while longer to see any more pictures as there is a lot to process. But I just wanted to say a big Thank You to Lucy & Richard for letting me be a part of your day, and congratulations again! I hope you’ll have a wonderful time on your honeymoon!

Bridie | Wedding

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Today I went to take some bridal portraits of Lucy while she tried her wedding gown on for the first time since it was finished. It really is a gorgeous and unique wedding dress, but I can’t show it on here yet as there is always the danger of the groom seeing it before the big day next week! So instead, here are a few shots of Bridie, who is also the bridesmaid. She took every opportunity to steal the spotlight away from the beautiful bride! :D


Stephanie & Rob – Portraits | Wedding

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We have finally come to the last instalment from this wedding. There wasn’t much time to take portraits of Steph and Rob, but we did manage to sneak out from the Temple into one of the beautiful stairwells of the Andaz for a few shots. Just how gorgeous is Steph!

With this, I’d like to once again thank Stephanie and Rob for letting me be a part of this beautiful and special wedding. I wish you guys have as gorgeous a life together as your wedding day was!





Stephanie & Rob – The Temple | Wedding

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Now then, you remember how I was saying this was a challenging venue to work in. You might have been wondering where exactly the challenge was. Let me introduce The Temple. Yes, the Andaz boasts a century old Masonic Temple, now thought to be grandest in England, with Grade II listed marble and mahogany. When the hotel was sold for refurbishment it was so run-down the previous owners had never discovered the temple as it was boarded behind a fake wall. Some believe Jack the Ripper was a Mason and would have attended this temple as it was closest to his hunting ground.

But yes, a temple with walls made out of dark marble, no windows, no artificial light sources, just candles. I could hardly see anything through the viewfinder! My assistant did an awesome job running around with an off camera flash, without her I don’t think there would be any pictures to show.


Stephanie & Rob – Champagne reception | Wedding

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After the ceremony, there was a champagne reception at the Gallery, which is a stunning modern space with an enormous glass roof and that funky circular atrium you saw in the test pictures. It’s a bit of a shock to the system to move through the different areas of the Andaz, it’s like jumping back and forth through time. I hope you’re not getting bored with the pictures from this wedding, still two instalments to come!














Stephanie & Rob – Ceremony | Wedding

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The ceremony of Steph & Rob’s wedding took place in the Fenchurch room of Andaz Liverpool Street. It was a gorgeous setting, with rose pedals and candle light creating a romantic atmosphere. Even though I was there to work, even I got a bit emotional at some point!





















Stephanie & Rob – Getting ready | Wedding

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I’m going to process (and blog) Steph & Rob’s wedding in separate instalments. Since the day was quite clearly divided into separate sections – and spaces – it makes it easier to attack the processing in batches. So here’s the first instalment, where Steph is getting ready for the big day.

The wedding was a total blast, but I’ll tell more about in the future posts. I’ve been sitting in front of the computer pretty much all day now and could really use a break… So, watch this space! :D

P.S. I just had to add, thank you so much to my wonderful assistant/second shooter, who was absolutely indispensable in this difficult venue (as you will find out in later instalments!), and also, thank you so much to Steph and Rob for letting us share your day with you!





















Testing, testing…

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So I went back to the Andaz today to finally meet face-to-face with Steph and Rob. Had a bit of a panic as first when I was told their room reservation had been cancelled! Turned out that it was someone else under the same name… :D They are such a lovely couple and everything about their wedding is just so cool and relaxed and fun. We walked around the hotel and tried out some interesting looking spots. Some spaces are just brilliant with lots of natural light, while others, where as equally stunning, very dark. So I will have to really think about how to work around that. But yeah, really looking forward to Saturday now!

Something old, something new

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Stephanie and Rob are getting married at The Andaz on Saturday, and since I’d never been there before I went to check it out today. From the street you would never guess what a huge and gorgeous place it is. There are cool shapes everywhere, and the spaces flow between the old and the new in a dizzying manner. The setting should certainly make for some pretty exciting pictures on the day!

This is an unusual wedding in the sense that I haven’t actually met Steph and Rob face-to-face yet. They live in Dubai and have been arranging their wedding remotely (phew, can’t even imagine how stressful that is!), so thus far we have only exchanged a looot of emails with Steph. I’m meeting them for the first time on Thursday, can’t wait!

Calm before the storm | Personal

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At the moment life feels a bit like the calm before the storm. I’m trying to recharge my batteries as much as I can and prepare for what’s to come. I’m shooting the first wedding of the season at the end of this month, and after that it’s pretty much go go go.

Disc-o-tastic

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I was doing hi-res discs of some of the engagement shoots I’ve done recently, and thought that I could share with you what my packaging looks like. When deciding the most appropriate way of delivering hi-res files of my clients’ engagement and wedding photography, I looked at a lot (and I mean a lot) of options for DVD packaging in different materials. In the end I opted for these customisable clear cases, as I wanted them to be all about the images. I think they look clean and fresh and compliment my style of photography. And it turns out I really enjoy the process of choosing and laying out the images for all the different elements of the covers and the tray as well.







Engagement shoots are a lot of fun to do, but I’m really looking forward to the start of the wedding season, which kicks off for me next month!

Nostalgia | Personal

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I was inspired to try out some new techniques on old images. These pictures of Miriam & Miikka were shot as part of a series of images for a contest (which, incidentally, I won…) in 2005. I used only one of these hair-throwing ones in the final triptych, and sort of dismissed the rest. I really like the look of them now, having tried new tones on them.

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