About Martins Kikulis Photography
Martins Kikulis is an International Award-Winning Wedding Photographer and this is his Photo-Blog. The latest wedding images as well as photos from other photography adventures are published here regularly. Martins Kikulis Photography offers only the finest wedding photography in Bristol, across UK and is available for destination wedding photography anywhere in the world.
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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!).
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.
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!
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.
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.
Good news just keep coming in! :) Another of my photos have just been recognised in an international photo contest. It’s for AGWPJA (Artistic guild of Wedding Photojournalist Association) where this time a photo from the amazing Guy and Gemini’s Maunsel House Wedding was recognised in “Kids (Being Kids)” category. Thanks to all of my clients for being so great and allowing me to get these awards. Means a lot to me!
Photos by Martins Kikulis – International award-winning wedding photographer covering Bristol, London and worldwide destinations. Award-winning wedding photographers. © Copyright 2011 Martins Kikulis. All Rights Reserved.
Today I’d like to share with you the lovely wedding of Tavia and Stuart which took place in Oaks House which can be found in beautiful Surrey countryside. Surrey is getting very popular for me lately – this one was my 7-th wedding this year in Surrey. It was my first time in Oaks House though and I really enjoyed it!
As usual, enjoy a selection of some of my favourite images from this wedding. Please feel free (and encouraged) to comment and share! :)
International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers (ISPWP) has just announced the results of their prestige photo contest and I am happy that one of my photos has again being recognised among best wedding photographs in the world. See above.
Thanks to Ian and Brittany for this lovely dancing shot!
Photos by Martins Kikulis – International award-winning wedding photographer covering Bristol, London and the whole world. Award-winning wedding photographers. © Copyright 2011 Martins Kikulis. All Rights Reserved.
The very busy wedding season is coming to an end, so I can finally share some other photography stuff with you, such as engagement shots. Many of my clients chose to have an engagement photo session, which is a great way to have some beautiful photos before the wedding at some special for them place! That special place this time was the amazing Westonbirt Arboretum where I headed to enjoy some Autumn loveliness together with Mark and Kate. They are such a lovely couple and I am already very much looking forward to shooting their wedding on December this year. Anyway, here are just a few of their engagement session photos..
Guy and Gemini are one of the most amazing couples I’ve ever had pleasure to work with. They arrived from Los Angeles to celebrate their wedding in my favourite wedding venue, the Maunsel House. Needless to say I was very much looking forward to this day and despite the weather not being too kind to us, it was an absolutely amazing wedding.
