I have done many weddings now so I do become familiar with wedding venues in and around Buckinghamshire. A very popular venue is the Kings Hotel in Stockenchurch.
I have photographed there twice now, and if you include the rehearsal visits I know the venue quite well. It is attractive without being ostentatious, it’s attractiveness comes in it’s modesty; as you approach the hotel it does look simple, but as you walk up to it and walk between the pillars and through the front door you do ge a sense of occasion.
As a venue it is more than capable of handling weddings between 100-150 although it is best to contact them directly as to their exact number. For me, as a photographer, it offers numerous locations to take formal and informal photos. The lighting is great next to their big victorian windows. The bar area is spacious and yet does seem intimate. Wherever I sat I seemed connected to everyone else there; there is a nice warmth to that area which makes it very hospital if you ever need a break from the formalities of the Wedding.
For more information, go their official website www.kingshoteluk.com. The staff are friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable.
Continueing my look into seasonal Wedding flowers we come to Summer. Although that may seem like a long way off, it’s best to plan these things way ahead.
Like the spring, the summer months are also abundant with a wide variety of beautiful flowers, the best loved of which is the sunflower. Though perhaps not considered to be traditional wedding flowers, the large simplistic shape and bright petals of sunflowers make them the ideal flower to create bold and cheerful wedding bouquets that are perfect for a charming, relaxed summer wedding. Sunflowers are also ideal if the bride, groom or significant members of the wedding part suffer badly from hayfever, as they are very low in pollen. Roses ˆ the traditional flower of all things love and romance ˆ are also in season in the summer and naturally make beautiful additions to any bouquet and come in a large spectrum of colours.
Lilies are also wonderful flowers for summer weddings and the long stalked calla lilies make particularly stunning and sophisticated bouquets. Other seasonal flowers that are perfect for weddings are irises, cornflowers, snapdragons, delphiniums, cockscombs and lilacs.
For more floral ideas go to www.flowersguide.co.uk
I love wedding videos, they really compliment Wedding Photos well. Just like photography, videography is a true art and no one works harder to achieve that high quality and Spinning Wheel Productions which is run by Mark Shipperley.
I have worked with Mark from SpinningWheel Production twice now, and both times it has been professional and enjoyable. Most couples often group us together even though we do completely different things; however it’s very important that do work well together without jumping in each others way. What I enjoyed about Mark’s style was he is always professional, he always considers placement with the Photographer in mind.
This Wedding Videography company is based in Brill, Buckinghamshire, so being local really does help!
If you can imagine a wedding photographer and a videographer using heavy expensive equipment, we have to be subtle and almost blend in. Most of the time we are at the front very close to the bride and groom during the ceremony. If anything, we have to seem invisible. Because of this a photographer and videographer has to work well together and plan out positioning and angles from the start.
Which brings me ask, what does a Bride and Groom look for in their Wedding Videographer? Does it all stem from the showreel or it is the professionalsm that counts? Let me know by leaving a comment below, I am fascinated to know!
I highly recommend Mark at SpinningWheels production for your Wedding Videography. Pop over to www.spinningwheel-productions.co.uk to view some of his showreels!
Being a Wedding Photographer is essentially a one man show; as well as being a photographer I have to wear many other hats; businessman, accountant, marketing manager, planner and to be creative which is leads us to Web Designer. I’ve worked for large multinational corporations; I won’t name drop but I will say I have learnt a great deal as to what people want from design. Since going into business for myself I have applied those lessons in every aspect. With anything creative there are common rules; keep it simple, know your target audience, examine the statistics.
I’ve been putting off changing my gallery layout for sometime, in between editing photos I have been reorganizing the layouts.
I’ll keep the new layout for a month to see what the numbers say.
Congratulations to Harriet and Rob. I just completed their Wedding Photography coverage this afternoon and my first wedding of 2010. After a succesful 2009 I’m hoping 2010 is even better, and what better way to to start a new year by photographing one of the all time classic car marques, the Bentley. This car was Harriet and Rob’s wedding car; when it rolled up to a chilly and snowy St Marys church in Launton (Bicester) it really oozed class.
I just wanted to share this photo with you; it was taken with the awesome Nikon 14-24mm F/2.8 lens. I hope you like it, if you do please share a comment below.
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by Terry Lee
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