Category Archives: Photography

Discovering Erica Stacey with Cherish the Dress™

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Claire

Erica Stacey bridalwear Chris Hanley Photography
Stum­bling across excit­ing new design­ers and breath­tak­ing pho­tog­ra­phy is one of the best bits of being a wed­ding blog­ger. Erica Stacey is a bridal designer in Man­ches­ter whose first bridal­wear col­lec­tion was launched ear­lier this year. Erica’s inspi­ra­tion comes from Art Deco, and her gowns are all made in the UK. Her wed­ding dresses are sim­ply out of this world.

Erica Stacey bridalwear Chris Hanley Photography

This is a col­lec­tion I know you’ll adore. Beau­ti­ful bridal­wear, beau­ti­fully pho­tographed by Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. Chris is the cre­ator of Cher­ish the Dress™, the exclu­sive fash­ion shoot where you are the model and your wed­ding dress is the star.  Read more…

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New sponsor welcome — Yolande De Vries

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Claire

It’s time to wel­come a brand new wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher to Eng­lish Wed­ding blog, and I’m proud to have the fab­u­lous Yolande De Vries as part of the team here at Eng­lish Wedding.

wedding photography by Yolande De Vries

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy in Lon­don and UK-wide by Yolande De Vries

Yolande’s back­ground is in fash­ion pho­tog­ra­phy and pho­to­jour­nal­ism, and her wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy style is fem­i­nine and excit­ing — it’s a real plea­sure to wel­come Yolande to Eng­lish Wed­ding blog.

english-wedding-showcase.com/yolande-de-vries-photography-showcase

I was thrilled to fea­ture a bridal inspi­ra­tion shoot by Yolande on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog in 2011 — set in what appeared to be an enchanted for­est, the shoot was inspir­ing, excit­ing, strik­ing and deli­ciously dif­fer­ent. I’ve fol­lowed Yolande’s pho­tog­ra­phy blog ever since!  Read more…

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As sweet as candy — VERY pink wedding inspiration

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Claire

wedding blog by Cristina Rossi (19)
Some­times the girl takes over. When faced with a sea of pink in, say, Toys R Us, I run in the other direc­tion. But today, see­ing this pink­ness… it’s like can­dyfloss, marsh­mal­lows and cherry blos­som — every­thing the girl inside me adores. This inspi­ra­tion shoot is beau­ti­fully indul­gent, unashamedly pink — and full of ideas for a deli­ciously fem­i­nine wed­ding style.

wedding blog by Cristina Rossi (1)

Pink is still a favourite colour for brides — and an indul­gently pink wed­ding theme has to say some­thing about the groom too: he’s either head over heels in love and just wants his bride to have the day she’s always dreamed of or he’s in touch with his fem­i­nine side! So girls, boys — join me to enjoy lots and lots and lots of pink­ness on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog today.  Read more…

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as if we were in a love scene from a movie — chic winter wedding

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Claire

wedding photography by Chris Hanley (13)Katie’s wed­ding report cap­tures the romance of her wed­ding to Chris in Decem­ber. She told me about being whisked off with her new hus­band for some spe­cial wed­ding pho­tos: “It felt so roman­tic — as if we were in a love scene from a movie”!

I just can’t decide if the movie I’m see­ing in these beau­ti­ful wed­ding pho­tos is James Bond, Nar­nia or a vin­tage Hol­ly­wood trea­sure… per­haps a mag­i­cal bal­ance of all three. Regard­less: the screen­play is mag­nif­i­cent, the stars are every director’s dream — and the story a time­less romance to play on your heart­strings.wedding photography by Chris Hanley (1)The very beau­ti­ful Katie and Chris were mar­ried at Margam Park Orangery — a wed­ding venue with a rich his­tory and one of the most pres­ti­gious in Wales. The archi­tec­ture is a deli­ciously extrav­a­gant back­drop for out­stand­ing wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy — a back­drop Katie and Chris look born to enjoy.  Read more…

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Does wedding photography seem expensive to you?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Claire

… said the wed­ding blog­ger as she tipped the worms out of her tin. But no, I’m not try­ing to rat­tle any cages or have a big dis­cus­sion today. A lit­tle while ago I read a really thought-provoking com­ment on my wed­ding indus­try blog post and it really got me think­ing. This is a ques­tion I was ask­ing myself — and with the help of some great friends I like to think we’ve answered it for you.

Photo credit: Fiona Camp­bell Lon­don www.fionacampbelllondon.com  Read more…

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New sponsor welcome: Vickerstaff Photography

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Claire

Jamie and Tory Vickerstaff photography ChesterIf I was intro­duc­ing these two to you in per­son this morn­ing, I’d have an arm around Tory and Jamie’s shoul­ders and a big beam­ing smile on my face.

The lovely cou­ple behind Vick­er­staff Pho­tog­ra­phy have inspired me, made me chuckle, kept me sane with their emails and even ordered a lit­tle piece of my cal­lig­ra­phy. Hav­ing the sup­port of such lovely peo­ple means so much.

wedding blog photo by Vickerstaff PhotographyThey’re also the cre­ative team behind two of my favourite wed­dings blogged in the last few months. First there was Rachel and Steven’s win­ter wed­ding at The Ashes in Stafford­shire and then I fea­tured Ivanka and Ashley’s Man­ches­ter wed­ding. In each case it was the pho­tog­ra­phy that blew me away!  Read more…

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A glamorous wedding in Hampshire

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Claire

Temple Gregory real wedding in Hampshire (30)
This morn­ing my lit­tle typ­ing fin­gers have been sat qui­etly — I was stuck! Where to start with this gor­geous Hamp­shire wed­ding day… the breath­tak­ing wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy by Elton Mogg (stair­case… flow­ers…) or beau­ti­ful bride Hay­ley (swirling around in her dress with all the brides­maids — magic!) — the ele­gance of the wed­ding venue (River­vale Barn) or maybe the wed­ding dress itself (a won­der­fully girly, swishy beau­ti­ful Sassi Hol­ford gown).

Temple Gregory real wedding in Hampshire (40)Beckie Gre­gory — the lovely lady behind Tem­ple Gre­gory wed­ding plan­ners in Lon­don and Hamp­shire — showed me some of the pho­tos from Hay­ley and David’s wed­ding late last year — and I loved them. This is like supreme glam­our in wed­dings: the most exquis­ite, lux­u­ri­ous, beau­ti­ful every­thing you can see on a wed­ding blog.  Read more…

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Bridal fashion shoot: winter and summer

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Claire

by wedding photographer Brett Symes (4)

This morn­ing as we all shiver our way through the day I have some more win­ter bridal inspi­ra­tion to share with you. I loved this shoot, with beau­ti­ful images by wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Brett Symes –with help from make-up artist Tora Young and styl­ist Natalie Dale. Brett has pho­tographed numer­ous bridal fash­ion shoots, many of which have ended up in the national wed­ding mag­a­zines. He told me, “it’s incred­i­ble how these shoots start in influ­ence and spill over into the way in which I pho­to­graph a wed­ding”.  Read more…

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Do wedding photography qualifications matter?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Claire

I asked an inno­cent lit­tle ques­tion on face­book the other day. Some­thing I was pon­der­ing as I looked through wed­ding sub­mis­sions for the blog. I’m not a pho­tog­ra­pher. I’m wouldn’t call myself an expert. I see a lot of wed­dings; I think I can tell a great wed­ding pho­to­graph… but how can I really be sure I’m choos­ing the very best wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy for my Eng­lish Wed­ding blog?  Read more…

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Wedding inspiration blog — winter berries

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Claire

winter wedding blog by Lifeline Photography (18)I’ve been wait­ing so long for a cold snap. I pic­tured myself blog­ging all wrapped up and toasty, with glis­ten­ing ici­cles out­side and this win­ter berries wed­ding inspi­ra­tion shoot on my screen, next to a mug of steam­ing hot chocolate…

Well there’s no snow out­side (yet). I give up!!! But it’s chilly. It’s been frosty… and the sparkles on the pave­ment in the morn­ing say it’s time to blog this lovely wed­ding inspi­ra­tion shoot!  Read more…

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