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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)

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.

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.

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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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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