Archive for 2009

Samba Dancers in Southampton

Lloyd December 15th, 2009

Last week I spent an evening at the Southampton Guildhall. I had been asked by a regular client of mine, Red Sky Events, to photograph a corporate Christmas party they had organised. Part of the evening’s entertainment included a group of Samba dancers who were great fun to photograph. I thought I would share some of results with you:


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Portraits for No.10 Wedding Design

Lloyd December 6th, 2009

I was really delighted recently when London Wedding Planner Lester Gethings of No.10 Wedding Design and Manangement asked me if I would take some portrait shots of him for PR use.

And so it was, that last Friday we spent the morning in a studio near Wandsworth Bridge eating Gü Chocolate Naughties and capturing Lester in various outfits.

I’ll post some of the great images we captured when they are ready but for now, here’s just one of the photographs I took:


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Wedding Florists – Euphoric!

Lloyd November 12th, 2009

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Last week I was lucky enought to spend the morning with my good friends Simon Nickell and Victoria Taberer-Bond at Euphoric Flowers. Although their creative partnership started many years ago they only founded Euphoric in 2005. However, in that time they have established themselves as one of London’s foremost wedding and event florists.


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We had an early start at New Covent Garden Market where they were selecting the flowers for their weekend commisions which included a civil partnership at the vast Crystal Room in the Mayfair Hotel in London and an awards ceremony for the British Guild of Travel Writers.


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Simon and Victoria are regulars at the market and knew what they needed and where to find it. Before long they were loading their van with Molucella, Orchids, Gladioli and Heliconia.


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Then it was back to their workshop in Fulham but not before we enjoyed a fry up in the market cafe!


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As you can imagine, the Euphoric Flowers workshop smells divine and, large as it is, the place is full to the brim with exotic flowers, vases of all shapes and sizes and other flowery ephemera.


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Apart from working on around 25 weddings a year, the pair find time to supply flower arrangements for the Marcus Wareing restaurant at the Berkeley Hotel, Pronovias and LSA International. They are also the approved florists at London Zoo.


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As regular readers of my blog will remember, Euphoric Flowers designed the floral arrangements for the wedding I photographed at Great Fosters Hotel back in the summer.


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I would suggest that the secret to Simon and Victoria’s success is the great working relationship they enjoy and the passion they both display in their work.


Wedding Photography at Rowhill Grange

Lloyd October 27th, 2009

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On Saturday I was at Rowhill Grange Hotel on the outskirts of London to photograph the wedding of Sharry and Eddie. Not only was the wedding ceremony held at the hotel but the wedding reception too so Sharry, her three bridesdmaids and her Mum all prepared in a room there.


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Sharry’s chief bridesmaid Jo was a familiar face as I had photographed her wedding in Cornwall a couple of years ago.


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Although it had been raining in the morning by the time we all came out of the wedding ceremony the weather had dried up and there was even some blue sky poking through.


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The bride and groom had first met when Eddie attended one Sharry’s Salsa classes so it was fitting that their first dance was to a Salsa mix of Better Together by Jack Johnson.


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Wedding Photography at One Whitehall Place – London

Lloyd September 28th, 2009

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Another gorgeous day in London and another fun wedding. Jessica and Paul first met at Uni and 12 years later here they are getting married!
I started the day with the bride at her parents house in Kent. Once she had finished getting ready, with the help of her five bridesmaids, we all set off in a gorgeous red 1950′s bus and headed up to Westminster for the wedding ceremony.


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The wedding ceremony and the wedding reception were held at One Whitehall Place, one of London’s grander wedding venues. On arrival in we encountered a small hitch; the road leading to the venue was closed off because of the presence of one of the biggest cranes you are likely to see. So, we all disembarked around 100 yards down the street and the girls, pulling their overnight bags behind them, made their way to the wedding. As you can see from the photograph a group of workman looked on with interest (but not enough interest to help with the bags!).
Jessica didn’t grumble though, she just picked up her dress and marched on in her siver ‘LK Bennets’.


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During the ceremony there were two readings. One of them, a poem called ‘The Invitation’, was particularly touching and you can read it on the web site of the author, Oriah Mountain Dreamer.


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After drinks on a terrace that over looks Embankment the wedding breakfast was served upstairs in the Library and followed by a night of dancing.


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The newlyweds are now off on a 3½ week honeymoon taking in various destinations including Las Vegas and Hawaii!


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Wedding Photography at Kew Gardens

Lloyd September 27th, 2009

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Lucy and Charlie were married in the Rossetti Room at Chelsea Register Office at 2pm. The weather in London was beautiful with temperatures in to the 20′s and a warm, late summer, sun putting a smile on everybodies face. Perfect weather for a wedding!


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The Rossetti Room (named after the local Victorian artist, Dante Rossetti) was the perfect setting for the Bride and Groom and their twelve guests. There was a Stevie Wonder theme in the music chosen for the wedding ceremony; the Bride walked in with her Father to ‘I was born to Love Her’; as the marriage certificate was signed ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’ was played (natch!) and as the newlyweds left the ceremony room we could hear the uplifting ‘For Once In My Life’.


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We then drove out to the suburbs of West London for the wedding reception at Cambridge Cottage which sits on the edge of Kew Gardens. Before a further forty or so guests arrived I was lucky enough to take the Bride and Groom for a walk around the gardens where we got some fabulous shots in the late afternoon light. Lucy looked gorgeous in her Vera Wang dress and Jimmy Choo shoes and she was wearing a fluffy throw that I couldn’t stop stroking (is that wrong?).


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The wedding now over, the happy couple are off for a short break in Paris with a longer honeymoon planned for the New Year.


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Bridal Shoes – my recommendations!

Lloyd September 23rd, 2009

It seems a shame to hide a funky pair of shoes under a long wedding dress so for next season I’ll be suggesting a hem line just above the knee.


When you check out the bridal shoes below you’ll see why:


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And for those who can’t resisit the temptation of something a little different for their wedding here is the roll call:

1. ‘Butterfly’ by Terry de Havilland (as seen on the Brides web site)
2. ‘Lady Dragon Shoe with Heart’ by Vivienne Westwood
3. ‘Mary Jane’ by Vivienne Westwood
4. By Christian Louboutin (as seen on the Brides web site)
5. ‘Mrs Fairy’ by Feet Fairies
6. ‘Gale’ by Jimmy Choo
7. ‘Pewter Suzi’ by Terry de Havilland (as seen on the Shoeper Woman web site)


UKAWP meeting at 30 Pavilion Road

Lloyd September 19th, 2009

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On Thursday evening there was a networking night hosted by the United Kingdom Alliance of Wedding Planners and held at one of London’s more intimate wedding venues, 30 Pavilion Road.


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Those nice people at UKAWP asked me if I would come along and take some photographs for them and I’m really glad I agreed because it was a great chance to catch up with some of the wedding planners I have worked with in the past and others who I hope to in the future.


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There were almost 50 of the industry’s ‘great and good’ there so too many to name check everybody but it was great to see, amongst others, Kathryn Lloyd, Kelly Chandler, Bernadette Chapman and Mark Niemierko. I had chance to chat to few people about Twitter and Facebook including: Penelope Merricks of Tigerlily; Lester Gethings of No.10 Wedding Design and, somebody who has featured on this blog before, Peggie-Anne Savage from Vow Perfections.


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A special mention to Paul and Sinead from 30 Pavilion Road for looking after everybody and making sure we all had plenty of Champagne to drink and yummy canapès to eat.


Wedding Nouveau

Lloyd September 15th, 2009

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Wedding Nouveau is a beautifully designed blog created by Los Angeles based Creative, Fri Bailey. The blog is… well, I’ll let Fri speak for herself, shall I?:


WEDDING NOUVEAU is a cross cultural style guide for today’s bride.
It features images taken by some of today sought after photographers documenting real weddings of interracial/ multicultural couples that dare to dream outside the box. Along with tips on different traditions, trend breakers, new wedding fashion styles that merge modern with tradition and creative ideas, Wedding Nouveau captures the unique essence of Fusion weddings
.”


Anyway, her article from the 14th of September features some of my work so that just underlines her good taste as far as I’m concerned…

Wedding Photography at The RAC Club in London

Lloyd August 31st, 2009

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The Bank Holiday weather defied tradition and London was bathed in warm sunshine for the marriage of Kathleen and Will. Perhaps this was the Capital’s way of trying to make Kathleen’s family feel at home as they had flown all the way from Texas to attend the wedding ceremony.


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We met up at The Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall where the Bride was getting ready along with her nine bridesmaids and her Mother Maureen. Her sisters helped to get into her gorgeous dress (designed by Amsale in New York) and put on her veil in readyness for the short journey to the church.


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Will, along with his Best Men and Ushers, was at the church, the beautiful St James’s Piccadilly, and was greeting the guests ahead of the one o’clock ceremony.


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After the ceremony we left the church and had quick stroll to St James’s Square where the Bride and Groom and their guests enjoyed some drinks and had some photographs taken before heading back to The RAC Club for the wedding reception.


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After the cake cutting and the very entertaining speeches the newly weds took the floor for their first dance which was to Elton John’s ‘Your Song’.


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