Image of the Week ~ 30

The Brides Bouquet. This is the first of Julie & Steve’s Wedding Photographs. The Wedding took place on the 11th of May, 2013. It took place in the most beautiful scenery of the Isle of Anglesey in a cosy and friendly Inn. The whole day was relaxed yet filled with lots of stories from family members all sat around together, in turn sharing their own stories through word or song. This image was taken in the Bridal Suite, just as Julie the Bride had finished getting ready and was just checking the finishing touches. She rested on the side of the lounger and I captured her posture, form and details. I like to photograph the details, like the bouquet, in action, being used as they were intended to be and what you’ve paid your good money for.  Julie particularly loved this image as the flowers are now longer living so this is her window to them.

Image of the Week ~ 17

I rarely pose my couple’s in wedding photography because my style commands me to follow the energy of the day rather than dictate it.  I want my couple to look at their Wedding Photobook and be filled with happy memories and to see things they did not see happen themselves and to feel emotions.  This is one of the main reasons why I stay away from posing as with the memory of them images, it is to be posing on the step “and remember how cold it was…” for example.  This photograph is from Sheena and Adam’s beautiful Wedding last May, 2012 in Wigan, U.K. They did not mind to pose, so I always work with what my couple enjoy so after the ceremony and the meal, I noticed that the sun was going down and knew this would be a perfect few minutes to get some time alone with the couple. I simply asked them to walk slowly up the path towards the Hall and to completely ignore me. The light is so beautifully highlighting the couple and the strong shape they create as one.

Image of the Week ~ 16

This image is from Katie & Graham’s Tuscan Wedding. This was after the marriage had taken place and all the party were back at the Villa. A Italian buffet was served in the garden around the lemon trees and everybody was starting to relax after a very emotionally charged service. This image is about the close relationship between the father of the bride, who is beaming with pride and joy, the bride who is taking it all in her stride and the bridesmaid who share the same snack.

Image of the Week ~ 14

This week I have chosen an image from my May Wedding, with Adam & Sheena, Wigan, U.K.  This is generally because I sold some images from this wedding only last week and it reminded me of how many beautiful images I captured so I wanted to share some more of them and complete the sequence.  This image was taken shortly after the confetti throwing and the brides brother, who had come from California to be with his sister on her wedding day, was also photographing the event.  He preferred to create ‘set up’ shots and in this photograph, I was aware that this was about to happen, so I ran into the building and to an upstairs window were I captured him leading his sister off to pose for some pictures.  For me, it was just as important to capture these events as any other, especially with the relationship of the bride and brother photographer, who obviously was not in any of the family portraits he set up (except that is, when I stood in for him with his camera!)  I do try to look at things differently when I’m photographing such events but what I see and capture is definitely driven by the people and surroundings of each individual wedding.

Image of the Week ~ 10

The Dress. The one thing (beside the actual groom) that all little girls dream of. We fantasise from a young age, as we play ‘dress up’ of the day we turn from princess to Queen in our beautiful gowns with our princes. The Bridal Dress symbolises both the leaving of her old life, her single life, and entering a new life as a courtship or partnership. When the dress is put on the bride-to-be she suddenly is transformed and ready to commit her life to her partner. The most powerful and beautiful dress that we get to wear in our lives!