Love is Love LGBTQ Wedding Photography for London and beyond. Chelsea Old Town Hall

February 19, 2021

Wedding Photography price freeze. Photography package prices frozen throughout 2021.

This wedding was captured at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London. When it comes to weddings people may think you have to abide to the long standing traditions. Very few elements of a wedding are set in law. The only part of the day set in law are the vows and ceremony which is legally binding, everything else is yours.

Coverage of the day can start when you want it to. It can start as you get ready, maybe in a bar en route to the wedding. After the ceremony is over I can be with you where ever you wish to go. Often I get in the wedding car and travel to a park or a landmark. At this point also the newlyweds may want this car journey to themselves as the champagne is enjoyed. The photographs from this wedding it was a case of "everybody in the limo and off to Soho"!

Every wedding I capture is given the same amount of attention. This LGBTQ wedding which was held in Chelsea and it gives you a flavour of the day/evening.The couple wanted a very natural feel to the wedding and also getting those special moments such as the signing ceremony. I will always speak to you several times before the wedding. I will ask you if you wish to send me images you have seen and like.... and do not like! We will talk about each section of the day, I ask you to compile a list of group shots that you require and I will call you for a final time in the week leading up to the big day. To contact me, please click here

Malay Wedding, Chelsea, London

February 14, 2021

This is a Malay wedding in which took place in Chelsea London. The day began at the registry office on the Kings Road.They were married at Kensington and Chelsea Register Office Chelsea Old Town Hall
It was a complete honour to attend and capture such a special day. After the legal part of the wedding was complete, photography then went onto a private house once again in Chelsea for the Malay ceremony which is described below.

Akad Nikah (marriage contract), which is the legal and religious part of the wedding. The groom signs the marriage contract and agrees to provide the bride with a mas kahwin (mahar,literally 'marriage gold' in form of money or goods or anything as requested by the bride). The mas khawin is a symbol to show that the men is willing and are prepared to build a family with the lady he chose to get married to.

The couple's hands are dyed with henna during the berinai besar (great henna-ing) ceremony where the bride's hair is also trimmed, eyebrows shaped and make-up applied by Mak Andam. Then the bride puts on her tudung (hijab or headscarf) to cover their hair and a selendang, or embroidered and beaded shawl over that. A crown is also placed on top of the shawl and the bride is ready for the Bersanding ceremony.

Bersanding (enthronement) begins with the groom's march towards the bride’s home with friends, relatives, musicians and people waving bungamanggar (palm blossom). The main part of the bersanding involves the seating of the bridal couple on a dais and sprinkling them with yellow rice and scented water by family members, relatives and guests as a sign of blessing. Each guest will receive a Bunga Telur (egg flower), as a sign of fertility.

The couple are considered royalty for the day, where various royal customs are performed for them, including musicians playing court music a display of pencak silat.

The couple had an album containing 100 images from the wedding. They also a a fully printable USB. This had over 800 fully printable photographs. You can view albums here

Hambleton Hall Rutland Wedding Photography

February 03, 2021

I photograph weddings throughout The UK. I do not charge for travel. So if you are planning your wedding, you only have to consider the package prices and not have to think about added extra costs.

Alan and Alison had an amazing wedding at a fantastic location. Hambleton Hall Oakham Rutland.
They travelled from their home in Mauritius to be married at Hambleton Hall.
Like all the weddings I capture, I get as much information from the couple before the big day. Alan and Alison just wanted their images to be "happy'. When I presented the images to them two weeks after the wedding Alison loved them so much she cried...Tears of joy! That reaction will stay with me for ever more.

Alan and Alison had complete coverage of the day. From the brief they gave me I knew beforehand the timescale of the day and what was going to happen in all the different locations. The wedding at Hambleton Hall was glorious. I think the pink champagne on arrival helped! It was a lovely touch to set the scene and mood for the day.

Alan and Alison had a 120 image album and a USB containing all the images taken on the day.

Please contact me here to talk about wedding photography.

Highbury Hall Wedding in Birmingham, Meg and Richard

January 18, 2021

Free bottle of Moet chamapagne delivered to your door. The champagne offer runs until the end of January. This offer applies to every wedding photography booking made in January.

Here is the winter wedding held at Highbury Hall in Birmingham of Meg and Richard. They came home to England from China just before Christmas for their wedding in Birmingham. We spoke via Skype a couple of weeks before the wedding and went though the day. I do not charge for travel anywhere in the UK. Maybe you live in London and plan to travel out of the capital for your wedding. I love to travel and is something I have enjoyed doing since the first wedding I captured in 2001.

Wedding Photography can start and finish when you want it too. So please contact me with the amount of coverage you require or go over to my packages on my pricing page

Highbury Hall is a fantastic venue in the middle of Birmingham with a feel of being in the countryside. It was a pretty mild day for the time year and we were able to get outside for the wedding photography group shots (global warming you see, has its good points!!). I have showcased the day in black and white. On the USB that I supply I always compile not only a set in colour but also in black and white. This is a flavour of the day in around 100 images from over 800 created for the USB. The day was captured on my two Fuji XT3's with Fuji 23,56,18-55,50-140mm lenses. You can view the finished USB Products here. You can contact me to talk about wedding photography here.

Getting Ready. Wedding Photography in London and throughout the UK

December 16, 2020

Free bottle of champagne posted direct to you for wedding photography booked up to the end of January 2021. Yes a free bottle of Moet posted direct to you.

Photography at your Wedding can start and finish when you want it to. If you head over to my pricing page you can see that coverage can start with the bride getting ready. It doesn't have to start then, very often it can start around one hour before the service when guests arrive. If you choose to have full coverage I will arrive at the location you are getting ready and spend around about an hour with you. I do keep out of the way as much as possible and this is where I really blend into the background and become as unobtrusive as possible. Below will give you a glimpse into the bridal preparation before going onto the ceremony.

I am based in Hoxton in London. I photograph weddings throughout London and the Home Counties and travel across the UK. Please contact me with any questions that you may have.

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