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Beautiful Sunshine on your wedding day

Beautiful Sunshine on your wedding day

Beautiful Sunshine on your wedding day   We live in the UK, so the weather is not always amazing. We get rain and sunshine, but what about when it’s just grey? Meh. Or circumstances mean you just missed the sun going down? Well, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered....

Why printed photographs are important

Why printed photographs are important

Why printed photographs are so important A gorgeous Italian Wedding AlbumA true love story never ends Mr White and Simba​Today I’d like to share a little story with you which really hits home and tells us why printing your photographs are so important. I received a...

Choosing your wedding dress – The ‘one’

Choosing your wedding dress – The ‘one’

Kenneth Winston Enzoani Sassy Holford Choosing your wedding dress A true love story never ends I’ve heard it so many times, “I knew it was the one”, “it was the first one I tried and went back after 20 others”. Finding your wedding dress may not be as difficult as you...

Short Wedding Dress

Short Wedding Dress

Rita Mae Caroline Castigliano Rita Mae Choosing a short wedding dress over the traditional one could be you Life is a party, dress like it. When wedding dress shopping, there are many things to consider. Colour, material, length, budget, silhouette and that’s just...

Questions to ask wedding venues

Questions to ask wedding venues

Historic wedding venue - Eaves Hall Elegant wedding venue - Ferraris Alternative wedding venue - Wyrebank Visiting a wedding venue for the first time; what should you ask? Wedding Venue Advice "I love that feeling I get when I see you smile" Following on from my...

Clare Osborne, Hairstylist

Clare Osborne, Hairstylist

Who are you; Clare Osborne?   This month; Clare Osborne, Hairstylist of Beloved Bridal Hair tells us a little about herself.     I first met Clare whilst exhibiting at a wedding fair some years ago. From here on we've become friends, I've photographed...

Unexpected Wedding Bills

Unexpected Wedding Bills

  Brides Beware: Unexpected Wedding Bills Be prepared for those unexpected wedding bills... How’s your wedding planning coming along? I want to talk to you about your budget, or rather unexpected costs! Once you’ve worked out your sums and set your budget the fun...

Summer Wedding

Summer Wedding

  Summer Wedding How to Manage a Wedding in a Heatwave When the sun decides to shine on your wedding day; here’s how to enjoy it. We live in the UK, so there is the chance that you could just have a heatwave on your special day. I’ve enjoyed photographing a few...

Your Wedding Album

Your Wedding Album

  ‘YOUR WEDDING STORY – YOUR WEDDING ALBUM’ WHY I BELIEVE IT’S A MUST FOR EVERY MARRIED COUPLE A beautifully presented wedding album is a wonderful way to treasure your wedding day memories. There’s just something special about the feel of your wedding album in...

Fabulous Wedding Photography

Fabulous Wedding Photography

  Top Tips for Fabulous Wedding Photography It doesn’t matter which style of wedding you are planning, be it a country house, boho, casual or sophisticated to name just a few, there is one thing that all brides have in common. You want to look fabulous. Truth be...

Wedding Preparation

Wedding Preparation

  My Wedding Preparation for you and me Okay, so planning for someone’s special day is not just about putting batteries into cameras and then photographing the day. It’s much more involved than that. Firstly, around a month before the special day we plan a time...

Unplugged Wedding

Unplugged Wedding

  How To Enjoy An Unplugged Wedding: No Phones!   There’s a new and growing wedding trend, unplugged - here’s how to get your guests to embrace it.   Trends come and go, and though this one has been around for a couple of years now, it’s really starting...

Children at Weddings

Children at Weddings

  How to Manage Children at Weddings: The Essential Guide   Are you having little ones as guests at your wedding? If so, I’ve got a few tips on how to make it a great day for them! For a child, a wedding day may seem like loads of fun to start with. It’s a...

Getting the very best from your wedding photography

Getting the very best from your wedding photography

  Getting the very best from your wedding photography A Professional's Advice   Photography will be one of the biggest investments for your wedding day so let me share some of the experience I have gained photographing many weddings over the last 11 years so...

Wedding Day Apps

Wedding Day Apps

  A Tech Addict's Essential Guide to Wedding Day Apps Even if you're not a tech-nerd, some of these are really handy...   Like it or not, technology, especially on our mobile devices, has made its way into all aspects of our daily lives. Many things are now...

So, you have one month of planning for your special day

So, you have one month of planning for your special day

So, you have one month of planning for your special day,  here’s a list of things still to do! 4 weeks to go Have your pre-wedding meeting with your photographer. Have final wedding dress fitting, making sure that at least one of your bridesmaids comes with you. Make...

Groomsmen Duties & Jobs

Groomsmen Duties & Jobs

  A List for the Boys: Groomsmen Duties & Jobs Before, and on, the wedding day.   Groomsmen, just like bridesmaids generally have a few key tasks or traditional duties to fulfil. Although these are never as tough as the jobs the girls have, however they...

Gorgeous Autumn Weddings – Wedding Inspiration

Gorgeous Autumn Weddings – Wedding Inspiration

Wedding inspiration: my vision to inspire YOUR wedding. Gorgeous Autumn Weddings - 'Changing times' In this ‘Inspire your wedding’ feature I wanted to share with you an alternative autumn colour palette. Autumn is such a beautiful time of year with all the changing...

Spring Time Weddings

Spring Time Weddings

Wedding inspiration: my vision to inspire YOUR wedding. Spring Time Weddings - 'New Beginnings' In this ‘Inspire Your Wedding’ feature, Spring Time Weddings, I wanted to share with you a very lively but soft colour palette. Spring is my favourite time of year. It’s a...

Vintage Style Weddings – The Glamorous 1920s

Vintage Style Weddings – The Glamorous 1920s

Wedding inspiration; my vision to inspire YOUR wedding. The Glamorous 1920's The inspiration for this look is from my love of the Vintage Style Weddings and the venue, Marine Hall. The hall was built in the Art Deco era of the 1920’s and indeed still has many of the...

Vintage Weddings – The Elegant 1940’s

Vintage Weddings – The Elegant 1940’s

Wedding inspiration; my vision to inspire YOUR wedding. The Elegant 1940's My inspiration for the shoot came from my personal interest in the 40’s and 50’s along with researching vintage weddings from magazines, blogs and Pinterest. As always, Pinterest was used...

Wedding Inspiration – Contemporary Weddings

Wedding Inspiration – Contemporary Weddings

Wedding inspiration; my vision to inspire YOUR wedding. Contemporary Weddings For this contemporary wedding shoot, I wanted a modern look with inspiration coming from the catwalk and the images I was seeing in this season’s bridal magazines. By using Pinterest and the...

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