THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR GUESTS AT YOUR DESTINATION WEDDING Destination weddings are fantastic ways to celebrate your love and have a super awesome party abroad; but spare a thought for your wedding guests. We’ve joked in the past that a destination wedding is a great way to keep the guest list down to those who really matter – but that means that those who do put their hands in their pocket to come most likely mean a lot to […]
Getting Married In Spain As part of our ‘getting married abroad’ series we’ve got yet another destination wedding location to consider when looking for your dream wedding abroad. Spain is a beautiful country and famous amongst Brits for relatively cheap prices and amazing weather – but is it the dream wedding destination you’re thinking? If you’re getting married in Spain, is it recognised in the UK? As a general rule of thumb any international marriage is easily recognised in the […]
A Wedding Industry Insiders Guide Avoiding Wedding Photos That Your Friends Will Make Fun Of On Facebook Wedding-day wardrobe malfunctions, missed photos – or photos of things you won’t be able to share from your wedding – don’t fall prey to these wedding day disasters that will ruin your re-tweet-ability! 1. Rushed Photos Not allowing enough time for photos is bad enough, but then rushing through all the photos is even worse. If you want wedding day photos where […]
The New trend in wedding photography of Fraudtography or Fauxtography I personally have friends on Facebook going back many, many years and so seeing friend’s wedding images online is a pretty regular event – but also a regular event is the recurring consternation “My friends are beautiful and the venue is amazing – SO WHY DO THE WEDDING PHOTOS SUCK SO BAD?!” Imagine getting your wedding photos back and having them… well… suck. Blurry shots, bad lighting, everything in […]
Essential Questions You Need to Ask Your Wedding Photographer Unfortunately, it’s not so easy these days finding a wedding photographer. There’s so much choice out there and so many variables to choose from – it’s not so easy as just looking through their website and liking what you see, there’s much more to it than that… Your wedding day photos are so precious, it’s worth taking that extra step to ensure that you’ve got the right fit for the […]
The Beginners Guide To The Perfect Wedding Toast So you’ve just been asked to Best Man or Maid of Honour at your Friend’s Wedding, or your daughter is getting married and as the day approaches you realise you need to make a speech. Well this was all fun until I realised I had to make a huge speech in front of hundreds of wedding guests! It’s a daunting task, creating a short but sweet wedding speech that hits all the […]
Six Ways To Get The Best Out of your Wedding Suppliers This year we’re shooting a wedding in Kent for a couple where the groom is a professional lighting technician for a major events company that travels the world. He was super keen to show that his wedding vendors would be treated like VIP backstage crew at his wedding as he “knows what it’s like to be treated like dirt” at an event. As well as showing himself to […]
How To Nail The Best Man Speech At A Wedding So you’re the “BEST MAN” ey? What a privilege, but with great honour comes great responsibility. We could tell you lots of wedding horror stories where the best man speech went terribly wrong – but we don’t want to scare you (too much 😉 ) – so here’s our guide to nailing that best man’s speech at your friend’s wedding, so much so that you’re carried out from the wedding […]
Wedding Photography FAQ 2019 From Wedding Fairs to online enquiries, from previous clients’ referring us to venues where we are preferred suppliers sending us the newly engaged – we meet a lot of couples who are embarking on that daunting journey of organising a wedding. Whilst many questions stay the same, there seem to be trends in new questions that we get asked a lot – and to help out we’re going to answer the most common new FAQs […]
Winter Wedding At The Secret Garden As wedding photographers we have to be very good at keeping secrets (honest) and Nicola & Michael’s wedding at the Secret Garden was no exception where Even Santa Clause AKA Father Christmas couldn’t stay away from this wonderful winter wedding – surprising the kids with his Grotto installed at the back for the evening’s festivities. Carol singers, snow confetti, and many more Christmas Wedding themed ideas adorned this wonderful day. Wedding Photography at The Secret […]