Lloyd Dobbie Wedding Photography

Lloyd May 11th, 2010

This weekend I photographed a wedding with a distinctly Scottish flavour to it. Caroline and Richard were married at St. Columba’s Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Pont Street at 4pm and, although the weather was pretty chilly, at least the showers that had been predicted held off.

After the ceremony the guests travelled by London Bus to the wedding reception at The Caledonian Club near Belgrave Square. Whilst they were being welcomed into the club we took the bride and groom for a walk around the nearby Wilton Terrace to give them chance to draw breathe and to allow time for some relaxed photographs.

The flowers at St Columba’s and around the Caledonian Club were all supplied by Judith Blacklock who also created Caroline’s beautiful bouquet.

During the wedding breakfast the bride and groom and their guests were entertained by the hilarious Three Waiters and the day was finished off with a Cailidh in the Caledonian Club Ballroom.

The happy couple are now on honeymoon in Mauritius

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Lloyd January 8th, 2010

Here’s a simple way to check all the UK wedding venues at a glance. For instance, I can see that the Orangery in Holland Park, The Lansdowne Club, Great Fosters and The RAC Club have all had some snow fall…..

Oh, and Leeds Castle isn’t looking too clever, either.

Source: Howie’s Blog

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Lloyd November 12th, 2009

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Lloyd October 27th, 2009

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.

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

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.

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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Lloyd September 28th, 2009

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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

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Lloyd September 19th, 2009

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Lloyd August 24th, 2009

Tara and Steve were married on Saturday at St Mary and All Saints church in Beaconsfield. The Crazy Bear restaurant and hotel was the venue for the wedding reception and it was also where the Bride prepared for the wedding ceremony.

It was just a short walk from the Crazy Bear to the church. The Father of the Bride walked her across at five to three and she was escorted on the return trip by her new husband.

The decor inside The Crazy Bear can only be described as Baroque meets Bordello and it has a really unique ambiance to it.

The newly weds are now in Thailand enjoying a well deserved honeymoon.

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Lloyd August 17th, 2009

Last week I was invited by the team at Bovingdons to look around their new venture, Nonsuch Mansion.

Nonsuch Mansion is a Georgian building set in 300 acres of parkland near Cheam in Surrey. It is now in the final stages of renovation and the function rooms and hallways are looking amazing.

What I really like are the gorgeous wallpaper prints that they have managed to find. I feature a few here but I’m afraid the iPhone images don’t really do them justice. The décor throughout has a real feeling of luxury to it and althought the rooms are large and the ceilings high, the warm colour palette lends the interior a feeling of intimacy.

This doggy pattern is ‘flock’ wallpaper and the dogs have a velvety feel to them.

They are already taking bookings for 2009/10 and I look forward to photographing my first wedding at Nonsuch Mansion!

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Lloyd June 1st, 2009

As you will know if you have read my previous post, I have just spent a few days in Nice photographing the wedding of Jasmine and Cedric. Being the South of France, the sun shone all day and there was even the comfort of a light breeze to take the edge off the heat.
Jasmine and Cedric were married in a ceremony at Mandelieu Town Hall which is just a few kilometres from the Grooms parent’s home.

They married at 2pm with around 50 guests present in a simple but intimate ceremony. Although the Bride and Groom live in London, Jasmine’s family are Chinese and Cedric’s Swiss so the wedding guest list was quite a cultural mix and the speeches throughout the day were in three different languages.

After the ceremony the couple and their guests spent an hour at the nearby Chateau de La Napoule where we took some great photographs of the wedding party.

Then it was off to the beautiful Eze Village for the evening reception held in Château Eza Hotel’s fantastic Michelin starred restaurant. The restaurant is set high up at the top of the village, has spectacular views over the Riviera and Mediterranean Sea and is a very romantic setting for a wedding reception.

Before the wedding breakfast commenced Jasmine changed into a stunning red evening dress with matching hair clips and earrings.

The happy couple have postponed their honeymoon until later in the year as they have a party in June for all their friends in London and then a second wedding ceremony in China in August.

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Lloyd May 29th, 2009

This posting is a first for me in two ways. Previously I have always posted from the comfort of the PC in my office whereas this edition of the blog is being published via my iPhone.
Secondly, this is the first time I have written about the ‘day before’ a wedding but it has been a lot of fun today
I was greeted at Nice airport by the Bride & Groom, Jasmine and Cedric, and Cedric’s father, Roger.
We drove along the coast road to visit the fabulous venues for the wedding and along the way we collected the keyboard that the couple were hiring for one of their musicians to use at the reception.
I will post the full story with all the details and, no doubt, some gorgeous photographs, on Monday. Until then Here are a few shots I grabbed on the iPhone today:

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