Images Featured on Leading Vintage Bridal Designer's Blog

Just had the heads up that leading Scottish Vintage Dress Designers have featured a few of the images i shot for a project on their blog.

Lindsay Fleming Couture loaned the dress to a new local venue who is aiming at Art Deco style weddings and i was commissioned to take a few images for the venue and dress designer.

The dress we used was absolutely stunning and i hope to be able to work with some of their brides in the near future.

For South East brides who may want to see the collection first hand, they are on the road in London November 12th-14th. You can see full details here.

David at the Lindsay Fleming has added a few very kind works about my work and here is the link to the Lindsay Fleming Couture's Blog.

These are my favourite images from the venue shoot back in the summer, given my "vintage treatment" in post production.

Wedding Fairs in Sussex

The silly season is upon us as as ever some of our favourite venues are holding wedding fairs to showcase themselves as dream locations to hold your wedding.

Of course, its lovely for us to be invited to support them and in addition as part of the Wedding Workshop, i will also be at two of the group's fairs this autumn.

Wedding Fairs are a great place for us to showcase our new albums, ideas and to meet new clients. It is a good opportunity to speak with couples about their ideas and really give them some inspiration for their wedding photography. Many will not know about how different and exciting their images can be.

It would be lovely to meet and speak to as many couple as possible so if you want to take a look, ask any questions or even just say "hello" please drop into to one to shows below.

5th September: The Yacht Club at Eastbourne's Sovereign Harbour (11-4)

19th September: The Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne (11-4)

26th September: Ashdown Park Hotel, East Sussex (10-3)

10th October: Loseley Park, Surrey (11-4)

31st October: Wiston House, West Sussex

Vintage Images

I am still working on my warm monochrome look for my vintage wedding images. The aim is to have a timeless, look but with an up to date modern twist and i think i have finally got there!

These are all from recent weddings that i have covered and i hope to be showcasing my new vintage sample album very soon.

We are now offering Vintage Wall Art for past, current and future clients, so if you are interested in having something extremely special to display at home, please do not hesitate to give me a call.

enjoy.

Winter Wedding Images

I love shooting all year round and especially in the autumn, winter or early spring when the light, weather etc tend to be more dramatic or challenging.

December has become one of busiest times of the year and weddings in the run up to Christmas can offer all sorts of photographic possibilities that aren't achievable throughout the rest of the year.

I thought i would share few recent winter wedding images. The colour images have had the "Vintage" treatment.

This one was taken at the lovely Loseley Park near Guildford in December at about 4.30pm, so it was getting dark. It was very cold and drizzle had set in. The image was shot by available light, hand held on my Nikon D300 and 17-55 2.8 lens.



Another shot from the same wedding. Taken a few minutes later with a shutter speed of around 1/4 second off a tripod using slow sync flash.



This was taken at Buxted Park Hotel in March on a very mixed day. Hail, sun, and amazing clouds helped to produce some dynamic images,



Same wedding by available light before the action begun. It really tells the story of the guys getting ready without any interaction from me.



Here are a couple of images from my wedding at the Lodge on Loch Goil in Scotland. It was -10 degrees centigrade!









A stunning dress detail.



A wet day in October.



A wet and very foggy November wedding at Ashdown Park Hotel in Sussex.





Ashdown Park again but in December.



A couple of candid shots from a Guildford wedding in December last year.





A couple of moments from an October wedding at the stunning Babington House in Somerset.









A couple of late December images at the wonderful Amberley Castle.







And a couple of late December images taken at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne.

Gina and Ian's Wedding at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex

I really enjoyed this wedding. Gina and Ian were married at the St Mary's Church, West Ham which is next to Pevensey Castle of 1066 and Roman fame. Indeed the church was the first one built by the Normans following their invasion and subsequent conquest of Britain.

It was also the site of the first wedding i covered 14 years ago!

Following the service they were driven to Herstmonceux Castle in a stunning classic Aston Martin.

Once again i am show casing a few images of the day using my "Vintage-look" for the colour pictures, although Gina and Ian's imagines have received my normal treatment.

Laura and Edmund's Wedding at Ashdown Park Hotel

Last week i had the privilige to cover the wedding of Laura and Edmund at the stunning Ashdown Park Hotel in East Sussex.

On a mixed day, weather-wise i managed to capture the style and atmosphere of the day without being too involved with the direction of events.

Fortunately, we managed to find 15 minutes in between the showers for me to be able to capture some special shots of the couple as well as showing off the drama of the chapel.

After some very complimentary comments about my processing of the "Vintage Wedding Shoot" in a previous post, i thought i would showcase Laura's and Edmund's wedding here using the same actions that i have developed in Photoshop. Any thoughts as ever, would be appreciated.

Their photos won't be processed in this manner but if any past clients reading this are interested in maybe having an images re-processed as a Fine Art Vintage wall portrait, please feel free to ask for details.