May 17th, 2012
International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) has just published their prestige ‘Best Wedding Photography of 2011′ list and I’m very happy to be one of the featured photographers on this list!
The ISPWP holds a wedding photography contest four times a year. Each contest has 20 different categories and over the four quarterly contests it adds up to 80 First Place winners for the entire year – the ’Best Wedding Photography’ list features all of those winning photos. I won the 1st place on ‘humor’ category last summer, when a photo from Paul and Becky’s wedding was awarded.
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May 10th, 2012
My this years second wedding was taking place in Grafton Manor, located in Bromsgrove near Birmingham and the happy couple’s names were Hugh and Helen. It was my first time shooting at Grafton Manor – it’s a special house, both luxury hotel and family home located in a picturesque countryside of Bromsgrove.
Hugh and Helen’s wedding was full of fun with lot’s of dancing involved, as you can see in photos towards the end of the post. The speeches were also great, especially the best man’s speech which involved a few elements and handouts photos of which I can’t share with you. :) Overall the evening part was amazing!
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Tags: Carl Sinclair, grafton manor, Jodie Hazlewood, Lusan Mandongus, Natalie Bartram, wedding in midlands
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April 22nd, 2012
2012′s wedding season is now in full swing and I’d like to share the first of this years wedding with you my dear reader. It took place in the Leigh Court in Abbots Leigh near Bristol in March this year. Although I am myself based in Bristol, it was my first time shooting in the magnificent Leigh Court which is one of the grandest local wedding venues. Just check out the hall where the ceremony took place…
David and Natasha are an amazing couple and suit each other perfectly. They are both doctors and saving people’s lives in their everyday work. In fact there were more then just a few doctors in the wedding party, it would probably be possible to set up a small hospital if needed. :)
Natasha and David are also (almost) my neighbours and live just around the corner from me, so that gave us a good chance to have a pint in local pub a few times before the wedding. They’re such a sweet couple an I wish them all the best in their married life together!
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March 7th, 2012
Results of the latest ISPWP international wedding photography contest are just out and it is again good news for me – my photo has been recognised in the very competitive ”Ceremony” category. 9th place might not seem too high, but knowing that the very best wedding photographers around the world are taking place and the level of competition is very high, I am truly proud to have been recognised in yet another top level photography competition. Time to celebrate!
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February 29th, 2012
No weddings this time, just Ibiza … October last year we decided to take some time off the weddings and to escape the lovely english weather, so we headed to sunny Ibiza where we were lucky enough to enjoy temperatures as high as +32 degrees (in October!!!) and generally fell in love with Ibiza! As the aim was to take a rest from wedding photography and photography in general, I shouldn’t had brought my camera with me.. but that didn’t happen.. :) Although for most of the time I managed to leave my camera to rest in the hotel while enjoying the lovely Ibiza, I still couldn’t help myself to take it with me at least on few occasions.
I’ll definitely will be returning to Ibiza and hopefully will be doing some wedding photography in Ibiza too.
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February 3rd, 2012
I’m very excited for one of my weddings to be featured in latest “Your Bristol and Somerset Wedding” magazine (Feb/Mar 2012 issue) where you can find the amazing Guy and Gemini’s Maunsel House wedding. It was one of my last years favourite weddings and definitely deserves the feature in magazine! and it looks soo good in print. Get a copy and see for yourselves! (available in all good newsagents!).
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January 30th, 2012
I love winter weddings with their special warm feel and challenging photography conditions. In December last year I visited beautiful Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire countryside to photograph wedding of one very lovely couple, Mark and Kate! I got to know them a bit better when I did their engagement shoot a few months back and I really loved their way of thinking and attitude to wedding planning. I was also very exited to be shooting in amazing Berkeley Castle for the first time. Berkeley Castle is one of the most remarkable buildings in Britain and are said to be one of the most outstanding examples of Mediaeval domestic architecture in the country. I had big expectations before arriving at the venue, and it didn’t let me down at all.
As usual, a selection of some of my favourite images from this wedding. As usual, please feel free to leave your comments.
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January 24th, 2012
London is probably one of the best places to do pre wedding shoots or any kind of shoots in fact. And if engagement shoot in London is coupled with two amazing and fun people – the day is guaranteed to be great! I did James and Jenna’s wedding photography in Botleys Mansion a few months back, which I shared in my blog here a while ago, but I was a bit lazy and didn’t share their amazing pre-wedding shoot which we did before their wedding. Now is time to fix this.. We spent half a day hanging around their favourite locations in central London and surely that is the best way to do pre wedding photography – just spending the day doing what you love doing. This time it was shopping in London’s Borough market, visiting quite a few parks and squares with amazing London cityscapes and even taking a bot trip on river Thames. What an amazing day it was!
Here’s what James had to say about their pre-wedding photos:
Thank you so much for the pre-shoot photo’s, they’re amazing!! Jenna and I can’t stop looking at them as in a strange way we prefer them to our wedding ones, something about the different venues reflecting all of the important places to us both since we have been together! Having now seen them we will have to amend the testimonial we have written for you to reflect the even more impressive results of the shoot!
Here’s some of the memories from the day. Enjoy!
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January 3rd, 2012
Well it’s 3rd of January already and I cannot believe how quickly the 2011 has gone! I thought this might be a good time to look back at it and see how it’s been.. and well… it’s been amazing! The best one yet! I feel so blessed to have been chosen to photograph so many wonderful weddings this year by best couples ever! I have just been looking through my wedding photo archive of 2011 and it feels truly amazing to have captured so many very special moments of people’s most amazing day!
After being accepted by AG|WPJA and ISPWP last year I am absolutely stunned about my photography being recognised in a few of their very exclusive competitions. and not just once, but three times. I somehow even managed to get a 1st place on ISPWP competition a few months back. That was too one of my highlights of 2011.
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December 30th, 2011
John and Erika are from United States and they are planning to get married next year in Chicago, USA. At the moment they are spending their time in Bristol and so I was asked by Erika if I’d like to do a pre wedding shoot for them in one of Bristol’s oldest and most famous locations – the Christmas Steps. That sounded great to me so we headed there to do a short pre wedding shoot. Here’s just a few of the shots that came out – mostly black&white to fit John and Erika’s wedding invites.
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