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Wedding inspiration, French style: pink and glitter

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Claire

So pleased, and happy. I’ve dis­cov­ered a real life French wed­ding blog in La Mar­iée en Colère (trans­lated: The Angry Bride). So the plan for today is I’m blog­ging Nathalie’s gor­geous inspi­ra­tion shoot for you, then I’m off to brush up on my français.

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This shoot (“shoot­ing d’inspiration”) is deli­ciously girly: with per­fect pinks and del­i­cate pas­tels, beau­ti­ful lit­tle flower arrange­ments for tables, a bright and sum­mery bou­quet plus wed­ding sta­tionery (ele­gant as you’d expect!) — it’s just divine. The pic­tures speak for them­selves, and I’ve cred­ited all the sup­pli­ers involved below:
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Debbie and Matthew’s surprise Buckinghamshire wedding

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Claire

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A long awaited pro­posal and a secret, inti­mate wed­ding are hid­ing in my lit­tle box of tricks for you today my lovely read­ers. Deb­bie and Matthew, and their lit­tle boy Noah, cel­e­brated their sur­prise wed­ding in superb style — although they tell me the decor was “a bit of a mis-match”!

Their wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Natasha Thomp­son sub­mit­ted this wed­ding for the blog many weeks ago, and Matthew and Deb­bie (I think mainly Matthew) sent their wed­ding report back to me this week, along with the sweet­est note: “Sorry this has taken so long, we have just had a baby!” So first of all let me say a huge Con­grat­u­la­tions to you both, and I’ll hand over to you and to Natasha with her beau­ti­ful pho­tographs of your inti­mate wed­ding.  Read more…

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A sophisticated Wirral wedding — sea, sand and style

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Claire

chester wedding blog photographer (17)Today’s wed­ding blog is a deli­cious mix of con­trast­ing images: the typ­i­cal Eng­lish sea­side, the beau­ti­ful bride and her time­less glam­our; the sand and dunes set against cloudy skies, the del­i­cate pur­ple but­ter­fly wed­ding theme. Becky and Guy make a great look­ing cou­ple, and their wed­ding has every­thing: ele­gance, style, indi­vid­u­al­ity and character.

chester wedding blog photographer (19)The wed­ding was sub­mit­ted by Vick­er­staff Pho­tog­ra­phy — Chester wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers and my newest friends and blog spon­sors. Becky has shared details of her wed­ding day so I will leave you to admire the images and enjoy the story of Becky and Guy’s sea­side wed­ding.  Read more…

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Wedding season is here!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Claire

Hello again! Is it just me or is it start­ing to feel as though summer’s just around the cor­ner? We all know what that means… lots of lovely wed­dings! I was up at dawn (one of my cats decided it was time to play) and opened the back door to a clear, silent, fresh morn­ing. It’s nearly May already, can you believe — and it’s always sunny in May. I know this because May is my birth­day month. There’s usu­ally a mini heat­wave too. I can’t wait!  Read more…

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Reportage wedding photography with Phil Drinkwater

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Claire

Reportage wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy is a style I love. For those of you who’d like a def­i­n­i­tion, reportage is the art of telling a story through pho­tog­ra­phy: see­ing a wed­ding as a day which unfolds through people’s inter­ac­tions (smiles, tears, con­tem­pla­tion) rather than a col­lec­tion of details in sequence.

That’s my def­i­n­i­tion, and my under­stand­ing. The experts explain it bet­ter: read what is reportage wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy? by my friend and blog adver­tiser Phil Drinkwa­ter. Phil spe­cialises in reportage and has launched his new web­site to show­case this side of his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy busi­ness.  Read more…

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A musical English wedding at Buxted Park

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Claire

Buxted Park wedding (26)Matthew and Alyson’s wed­ding is ele­gance itself: with a musi­cal flavour lend­ing per­son­al­ity to the day and beauty and sim­plic­ity styling their cel­e­bra­tions. Alyson’s wed­ding dress by Suzanne Neville has a dreamy nos­tal­gia and the 1940s style of her dress and head­dress influ­enced the theme of today’s wed­ding blog.

The wed­ding colours are purest whites; the wed­ding venue is divine; the weather for this Novem­ber wed­ding day was bright, and crisp — the per­fect day for a wedding.

Pho­tog­ra­phy is by Sus­sex wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Sara Reeve, and Alyson has writ­ten the loveli­est wed­ding report to share with us all today. Enjoy!  Read more…

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How Grooms Can Look Gorgeous in Wedding Photos

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Claire

Some of the guest blog post ideas I’m sent for Eng­lish Wed­ding are fab­u­lous. This is one. Hon­estly writ­ten, funny and charm­ing — and full of gen­uine advice for grooms. We’ve heard a lot about look­ing good in wed­ding pho­tos from var­i­ous blogs recently, but never a real focus on the groom. And I like to think I know what men need: prac­ti­cal advice, use­ful ideas and humour. The other thing men need is Tamara Kuzmin­ski — a full of great advice. She’s the author of today’s guest blog post — so wel­come, Tamara, and thank you!  Read more…

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Vintage Twee and Nia Fiori come out to play

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Claire

photo credit Chris Hanley Photography (37)Cre­ative explo­ration is a mar­vel­lous thing for any wed­ding busi­ness. Imag­i­na­tion is why wed­ding blogs were invented. It’s why we admire top design­ers who are mak­ing waves — the likes of Ian Stu­art and David Fielden, the inno­va­tors of our industry.

It’s also a hell of a lot of fun.

photo credit Chris Hanley Photography (36)For Vin­tage Twee’s Joanne Lin­der and artist and designer Nia Fiori, cre­ativ­ity is the heart of their wed­ding busi­nesses. I watched, intrigued, as my two friends, together with the fab­u­lous Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy, devised a shoot which would explore the very core of their two brands.  Read more…

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Post-wedding experience: be Hollywood stars for a day

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Claire


So many post wed­ding shoots are all about the bride — but today I’m shar­ing a post-wedding treat for you as a cou­ple. An exten­sion of the magic of your wed­ding day, an expe­ri­ence to share together with pam­per­ing and lux­ury, the chance to dress up for your very own Hol­ly­wood Vogue couple’s shoot.

Your own post-wedding glam­orous photo shoot

McAvoy Pho­tog­ra­phy have cre­ated Hol­ly­wood Vogue to be all about glam­our, love and romance. After the inten­sity of wed­ding plan­ning, the heady excite­ment of your wed­ding day, here’s your chance to extend that fab­u­lous euphoric feel­ing that can deflate quickly once the hon­ey­moon is over. Jenny and Keith McAvoy cre­ated Hol­ly­wood Vogue shoots as a real treat with cham­pagne, cup­cakes, a hotel stay and a fab­u­lous shoot to cre­ate last­ing mem­o­ries.  Read more…

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Engagement photography Showcase

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Claire

We’ve had such beau­ti­ful weather recently, and many of you have had your engage­ment shoots over recent weeks. Two of my favourites from the Eng­lish Wed­ding Show­case are a world of con­trasts: from glo­ri­ous spring sun­shine to dra­matic twilight…

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True love: engage­ment pho­tog­ra­phy by Mar­tin Bed­dall on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Showcase

Above: Heidi and Toby’s Kent engage­ment shoot with wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Mar­tin Bed­dall — beau­ti­fully sunny and light, although Mar­tin intro­duced it on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog with the words “prob­a­bly means more snow soon”. Thanks Mar­tin!  Read more…

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