Tag Archives: Photography

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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New sponsor welcome: Kat Forsyth Photography

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Claire

Hi every­one! I have a lovely new spon­sor to tell you about this morn­ing: a lady with a pas­sion and a story — wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Kat Forsyth has joined our lit­tle team on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog.

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Kat is a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher from South Africa, who spe­cialises in fun, fresh and nat­ural wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy with an artis­tic and cre­ative feel. If anyone’s now think­ing, “well that’s a bit of a long way” — Kat has joined Eng­lish Wed­ding as a spon­sor because she’s mov­ing to the UK in early 2012 and, very hap­pily for Eng­lish brides and grooms, she’s going to be a Lon­don wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher (she’ll be happy to travel any­where for a wed­ding, of course!). Which is fab!  Read more…

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English Wedding blog sponsor: Phil Drinkwater Photography

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Claire

I’ve made a new friend. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Phil Drinkwa­ter sent in Emma and Tom’s gor­geous Cheshire wed­ding to fea­ture on the blog at the begin­ning of Sep­tem­ber. I fol­lowed it up with a wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board and we got chat­ting. I’m absolutely delighted to now wel­come Phil as a new spon­sor of the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog.

reportage wedding photography Cheshire by Phil DrinkwaterPhil — thank you for your sup­port and a huge, offi­cial wel­come from me! It’s lovely to wel­come you not only as a spon­sor of the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog but also to have your con­tri­bu­tion as one of the Wed­ding Experts here on the blog.  Read more…

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The wedding day after photography blog

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Claire

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Han­nah Beat­rice got in touch with me to share some­thing a lit­tle dif­fer­ent — and as you all know, Eng­lish Wed­ding blog is def­i­nitely into any­thing that breaks with con­ven­tion! So this shoot is here as an inspi­ra­tion and idea for any brides and grooms out there who, for what­ever rea­son, might choose to have a photo shoot the day after their wedding.

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English Wedding photo shoot — Ellenborough Park

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Claire

Bring on the glitz and glam­our — let’s brighten up a work­ing morn­ing with a lit­tle lux­ury, sparkle, glam­our and ele­gance in a stun­ning stately home wed­ding venue shall we?

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Jonathon Watkins of Pho­toglow Pho­tog­ra­phy sent me this beau­ti­ful col­lec­tion of pho­tographs which show­case his style and approach to shoot­ing wed­dings. And I love it: this is what Eng­lish Wed­ding blog is all about, embrac­ing glam­our and stun­ning imagery.

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The bridal shoot took place at Ellen­bor­ough Park, which is a lux­u­ri­ous stately home just out­side Chel­tenham. With a his­tory dat­ing back to the 1400s, Ellen­bor­ough Park is a fas­ci­nat­ing and mag­nif­i­cent venue for wed­dings, and the per­fect loca­tion for a wed­ding photo shoot!  Read more…

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I don’t love you any more

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Claire

Dear blog… I’m sorry. I’ve strayed. I’ve found some­thing else, fallen head over heels for a rival… it’s new and excit­ing, dif­fer­ent and it’s tak­ing up all my free time.

I’ve been hooked by Pin­ter­est! And dear­est Eng­lish Wed­ding blog, while you’ll always be fore­most in my heart (after all, I do love you in the deep and meaningful-est of ways) — I’m hav­ing a flir­ta­tion with Pin­ter­est. Call it a crush.  Read more…

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New sponsor welcome: Tux and Tales

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Claire

I’m very happy to wel­come my lat­est spon­sor to Eng­lish Wed­ding. Tux and Tales are wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers Jaye and Matt. I’ve had a few lovely email chats with lead pho­tog­ra­pher Jaye and I can vouch for how lovely she is: she gig­gles at the same things I do. Which is always a bonus!

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But any­ways — this lit­tle intro blog post is to tell you about Tux and Tales and show you their work, so I shouldn’t waf­fle. I’ve included a few pics here but you should really check out the Tux and Tales Eng­lish Wed­ding Show­case Page to find out more.  Read more…

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