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New Forest Wedding Photographer | Vanessa & Darren

Ian — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:33:44 +0000

Vanessa & Darren’s wedding at the lovely Forest Lodge Hotel in the New Forest, Hampshire. I loved shooting portraits of them both at Bolton’s Bench, where Darren proposed. Such a happy, smiley couple

Wedding Photographer London | Selin & Spyros’ Wedding Photos

Ian — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Selin & Spyros were married at the Consulate of Greece in Holland Park, London. It was a lovely day, with just four close friends as guests. After the wedding we walked around the beautiful Holland Park and Kyoto Gardens for some fun portraits. There were so many fantastic places for photos, I could have stayed all day!

See the whole collection here (password required).

Here’s a show of my favourites. The video is best viewed with music and in full screen (click the square in the bottom right of the video to make it full screen, press escape when you have finished). Please be patient while it loads, it will be worth it!

Here are a few of my favourite photos from the wedding day:

Very different from the usual wedding ceremony rooms, here’s everyone in the Consul’s office, with the witnesses relaxing on comfy sofas!

Off to a near by bar for a celebratory glass of champagne.

Wedding Photographer Surrey – Best of 2010 Portfolio

Ian — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:22:11 +0000

Something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, a portfolio of my favourite wedding photos from last year. I have kept putting it off as it’s such daunting task. How do you select just a handful of photos when you have over 10000 wedding photos to choose from?

Well, I’ve finally done it. You can see the new portfolio on my main website by clicking here. I have chosen photos from each and every wedding I photographed as I think it’s important as a professional wedding photographer to show consistently high quality work. I photograph weddings on beautiful bright sunny days as well as in the depths of winter when it gets dark at 4pm, whatever the weather.

Thanks to my amazing couples, of course I wouldn’t be able to do what I love and capture such wonderful moments without you!

Click here to see my new wedding portfolio.

Helen & Adam’s Wedding Photos | Horsley Towers

Ian — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:21:51 +0000

Helen and Adam had a beautiful winter wedding at Horsley Towers in Surrey. We had a lovely crisp winter’s day, with blue skies and gorgeous light. A few of my favourite photos…

I love to capture all the details at a wedding. The combination of beautiful shoes, window sill and golden winter light all came together in the photo below, perfect!

(The sun burst was done in camera by the way, no photoshop required! Email me if you’d like to know the technique.)

Excellent first dance, well done guys! Love the movement and colour in this one.

Lindsay & Brian’s Wedding Photos | Epsom Downs

Ian — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:46:26 +0000

A lovely winter wedding at Epsom Downs Race course in Surrey. Lindsay & Brian got married in the Queen’s Stand, lovely venue and fantastic views over the snowy race course. Special mention must go to Fergus, Lindsay’s brother for the music during the signing of the register, absolutely brilliant, and everyone was joining in the sing-song. You’ll see Lindsay and Brian laughing during the signing below. Everyone was enjoying it so much that the registrar had to quieten us all and remind us that the witnesses need to come and sign too, otherwise the marriage wouldn’t be legal!

When I suggested a walk through the snow to get some photos with the lovely golden sunset in the background I was expecting an “are you joking?!”. Instead, Lindsay lifted her dress and walked through the snow in open toed shoes to get the shot, thanks guys!

We know who’s number 1 in this marriage… Brian politely went and stood by “2nd”!

The last of the beautiful sunset shines through the window.

Julia & Calum’s Wedding | 20th Century Theatre, London

Ian — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:02:52 +0000

Julia and Calum had a gorgeous wedding ceremony at St Matthew’s Church followed by a reception at the equally fantastic 20th Century Theatre in Portobello.

The whole day was filled with personal touches, from the music and singing at the ceremony through to the beautiful decoration, lighting and details at the theatre. It was obvious how hard they had worked to make this happen just the way they wanted, and it definitely showed, just beautiful!

It was really good to see some familiar faces from previous weddings I have photographed, so thanks guys for the recommendations!

Sunita & Mark’s Wedding | The Mansion, Leeds

Ian — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:55:33 +0000

Sunita & Mark were married at The Mansion, set in the beautiful grounds of Roundhay Park in Leeds. As you’ll see from the amount of ‘detail’ photos below I loved the dress & henna, gorgeous vibrant colours. I couldn’t leave out two of the stars of the day, Sooty & Sweep! These were Mark’s childhood toys and brought out by the best man in the speeches, who did a fantastic puppet show for us all.

Tony & Fi’s Wedding | Oakley Hall

Ian — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:55:34 +0000

Tony & Fi had a fantastic spring wedding at Oakley Hall, in the beautiful Shropshire countryside. (Yes, I know it’s June and I’m talking about spring, I’m a little behind on my wedding blogging!). Fi looked brilliant, and I was excited to photograph my first bride not wearing the traditional white dress. To say there was no shortage of entertainment would be an understatement; multiple singers, dancers & bands kept everyone entertained all day, awesome!

Helen Blake has a beautiful voice and highly recommended to entertain your guests!

One of Tony & Fi’s two ‘first’ dances.

The Collection were excellent and kept the dance floor packed all night. (They’ve got a great website too, check it out). Love the lighting in this one.

My Best Wedding Picture Ever?!

Ian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:41:18 +0000

I have been to loads of fantastic weddings in the last few weeks. So many to blog about but haven’t found the time for long posts. Just came across this one while editing a wedding and thought it had to go online right now! I was setting up a family group on the steps outside Chelsea Registry Office in London. This old lady walked past and turned to look at me just at the moment I was going to take the photo… priceless!

For you camera geeks, notice how quickly my 1DMk3 and 24-105L USM combo locked focus on my new subject!

Janine & Norman’s Wedding at The Mill, Elstead, Surrey

Ian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:41:27 +0000

Janine & Norman had a lovely wedding ceremony at St James’ Church in Elstead. The vicar broke the ice when he asked if Janine would take Norman to be her wife (that’s what they and the congregation are laughing at in the photos below)! They had their reception on a gloriously sunny day at the Mill at Elstead. Their daughter Louanna was a star and looked very pretty in her little dress and flower garland.

Cars were a big theme of the day, very nice!

I didn’t know I was a swan tamer, but he seemed to respond to my requests to get in the picture!