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The most beautiful civil partnership and handfasting celebration

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Claire

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I’ve always thought I’d love a hand­fast­ing for my own wed­ding — and when I saw Cat and Jocelyn’s hand­fast­ing cel­e­bra­tion I loved every­thing they’d done to cre­ate a truly beau­ti­ful day. Their civil part­ner­ship was at Leighton Moss nature reserve in Lan­cashire, and images are by Cat and Suz at C. T. Images Pho­tog­ra­phy in Bolton.

The atmos­phere on the day must have been won­der­ful: an out­door cer­e­mony, the air filled with live music from friends and a tra­di­tional hand­fast­ing before friends and fam­ily. Cat and Joce­lyn have writ­ten all about their day to share on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog — so I’ll hand over the reins to them to tell you all about it.  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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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.

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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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Wedding planning or work?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Claire
wedding typography

Typog­ra­phy wed­ding inspi­ra­tion on Green Wed­ding Shoes (credit www.onelove-photo.com)

You deserve a lit­tle rest. You’ve been work­ing hard all week! It’s Fri­day. Take ten min­utes and enjoy this wed­ding love­li­ness instead. No one’s watching…

Real wed­dings

Photo credit: Julie Ann Images via Whim­si­cal Won­der­land Wed­dings blog  Read more…

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An art deco wedding with Pimms and ice cream

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Claire

Three big ticks of approval: art deco? very lovely indeed. Pimms? Yes please! (it’s been a long day already… hee!) ice cream? Go on then, mine’s a vanilla with two flakes (see above). Seri­ously though — this wed­ding ticks all the boxes for a lovely cou­ple, gor­geous details, unique and pho­to­genic venue… and some fan­tas­tic spe­cial touches.

Sarah and Rich got mar­ried at The Mid­land Hotel in More­cambe back in July. The lovely pics are cour­tesy of wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Emma Bills­bor­ough — who will always, always be “Elmo­Bilbo” in my head, thanks to twit­ter. (Some han­dles just stick!)  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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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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A shameless plug…

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Claire

“Hmmm”, said Claire one Jan­u­ary morn­ing as she bat­tled with her stu­pid tax return.

Photo credit: Jean-Luc Benazet

“Hmmm, I won­der if I can get away with blog­ging about my very own Eng­lish Wed­ding face­book page today.”

Over in the cor­ner, the tax­man nod­ded sagely, look­ing at his watch.

Thought Claire, “Well, I have just uploaded a batch of rather spe­cial wed­ding pho­tos from a few of the real wed­dings I’m about to blog.” and then, look­ing vaguely guilty, “and it did take a whole  five min­utes to do that.”

Photo credit: Mar­tin Pem­ber­ton Pho­tog­ra­phy  Read more…

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What next for vintage wedding photographers?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Claire

Hands up any­body in wedding-land who hasn’t heard about last week’s arti­cle on The Huff­in­g­ton Post about the end of the vin­tage wed­ding trend? Yeah, I knew there wouldn’t be any hands up. So — what does it mean for the wed­ding indus­try? Not much. Trends come and go. But there is one thing…  Read more…

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Katie and Steve’s Isle of Wight wedding

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Claire

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I’ve never been to the Isle of Wight, but Gareth and I recently dis­cov­ered we have rel­a­tives there (long story!) so this wed­ding day piqued my inter­est! Katie and Steve were mar­ried on the island, at Appul­dur­combe House — a partly restored 18th cen­tury wed­ding venue and one of the grand­est build­ings on the Isle of Wight.

Katie and Steve’s wed­ding was lovely: a tra­di­tional wed­ding with a pretty white theme, beau­ti­ful flow­ers, a tiered white wed­ding cake, and lots of fun with chil­dren always look­ing as though they’re just about to jump into the foun­tain! I didn’t spot my long lost rel­a­tives in here, but it’s a gor­geous wed­ding with lots of ideas to inspire, I hope, brides and grooms who are look­ing to have an ele­gant, under­stated but beau­ti­ful wed­ding day.  Read more…

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