Lloyd August 12th, 2010
Whitney and Joe live in New York but decided to marry in the city that Whitney’s parents had made their home.
The consistent, ‘wedding photographer friendly’ weather of the last two months had finally moved on and we had to dodge some heavy showers during the day.
Whilst Whitney prepared with her bridesmaids at her parent’s house in Knightsbridge Joe met with his best man and ushers at the
Builder’s Arms in Chelsea. The pub was just a short walk from the church,
St Luke’s in Sydney Street, which was just as well given the heavy rain that fell shortly before the wedding ceremony. Whitney wore a dress made for her by
Amsale in New York with shoes from
Jimmy Choo and a gorgeous earring and bracelet set from
Cartiér.
After the ceremony the newly weds and their guests had a short Champagne reception in the grounds of the church before travelling across town for the evening celebrations at One Great George Street. The bride and groom travelled to the wedding venue in a 1952 Rolls Royce and on the way we grabbed some photographs in Horse Guards Parade.
The Great Hall at One Great George Street is a fabulous room and it looked even more so with the tables beautifully dressed with floral displays from my friends at Euphoric Flowers. The lovely Erika from Flutter Fly Events organised the whole day superbly and we enjoyed photographing the co-ordinated confetti drop through the rotunda while the bride and groom and all the guests stood below!
The happy couple are currently honeymooning in South Africa and Mauritius.
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Lloyd June 22nd, 2010
Nico and Karen held their wedding reception at The Churchill Hotel in London but the ceremony itself took place across from the hotel in Portman Square. The couple both prepared in rooms at the Churchill although Karen started her day at the Daniel Galvin hair salon with her Mother Willemijn and her bridesmaids, Lindsay, Julia and Imke. Karen’s dress was made for her by Phillipa Lepley Couture.
The weather was so unpredictable that the decision to hold the ceremony outdoors was only taken 30 minutes before it was due to get underway. However as the bride entered the square with her father and bridesmaids the clouds cleared and the sun shone.
The wedding breakfast included scallops and pan fried sea bass and was followed by several hours of dancing.
The whole event was organised (including the weather, I suspect) by wedding planners Linda Cooper and Co.
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Lloyd June 14th, 2010
The weather held out on Saturday as I photographed a wedding at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London. Anna and Miso held their ceremony and reception at the Grade II listed building which is located in Portland Place just up from Broadcasting House.
The ceremony itself took place on the marble steps that link the reception area with the first floor and the stairs were decorated with rose petals and glass vases containing candles. Miso is Slovakian and Anna from Cardiff so a lot of the guests had travelled from overseas or over the Severn Bridge from Cardiff.
During the reception a plate was smashed on the terrace at RIBA after which the bride groom swept the pieces into a dust pan. This is a Slovakian tradition and symbolises how the newly weds will cooperate in their new life together.
The Bride’s dress was made for her by
Augusta John with accessories from
Luella’s Boudoir. The flower displays and bouquets were supplied by Silver Ivy.
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Lloyd January 13th, 2010
Now here’s an invaluable online tool for any bride who’s struggling with her choice of wedding dress. The Short Wedding Dresses Planner will let you try out a selection of different dresses then see how they look with different accessories including shoes, veil and jewellery. You can even take a look at your finished wedding day look with different hairstyles! How good is that?
You start off with the empty template (below) and then drag and drop the various elements into place until you have designed your ideal wedding day outfit.
The next image shows one I prepared earlier. As you will see, my outfit encapsulates the very essence of a post-modern, academic woman whilst retaining an air of sexuality and mystery. A bridal style that is one part
Germaine Greer, two parts
Dita Von Teese.
If you visit the main Wedding Games Online website you will find lots of other useful tools to help with your wedding planning including the highly addictive Wedding Bouquets.
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Lloyd September 27th, 2009
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!
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’.
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?).
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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Lloyd August 31st, 2009
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Lloyd August 3rd, 2009
This wedding started with a ceremony in West London and then moved on to a reception in leafy Surrey.
Rachel and Mark were married at St Pauls church in Chiswick at 2.30pm. We were expecting the forecasted rain to be with us that point but, thankfully, it held off until later in the day. The wedding ceremomy was enlivened by the Elysian Choir who sang beautifully throughout but really sent shivers down the spine with a rendition of Handel’s Zadock the Priest whilst the marriage register was being signed.
After the ceremony the Bride and Groom were whisked away in a Rolls Royce Phantom with the guests enjoying a glass of Champagne on there journey aboard a red Routemaster bus.
The wedding reception was held at the 16th century Great Fosters Hotel near Egham. As refreshements were served I managed to get some time to photograph the newley-weds around the grounds. Rachel was wearing a stunning dress designed by Caroline Castigliano and it was complimented by a beautiful bouquet from the very creative team at Euphoric Flowers.
Euphoric also supplied all the floristry inside the Tithe Barn which is where the wedding breakfast was served. The room looked amazing and no little credit should go to Kelly and her team at the Bespoke Wedding Company who coordinated the whole day.
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Lloyd July 20th, 2009
Kate and Guillaume held their wedding ceremony and the wedding reception at the
St Stephens Club in London. Tucked away behind Bird Cage Walk and within a few hundred yards of Buckingham Palace this intimate venue was a perfect backdrop for the Bride and Grooms Anglo French celebrations.
The Bride arrived with her Father at 4pm wearing a beautiful dress made for her by designer Ritva Westenius. After the ceremony the Groom and his new wife went across the road to St James Park for a stroll to the delight of the amazed tourists.
The wedding Breakfast was held in the Club’s dining room amongst some fabulous floral decorations created by Mark Walker and at the end of the meal the couple cut their cake which had been made by Pat-a-Cake Pat-a-Cake.
The whole day was organised by Wedding Planner Siobhan Craven-Robins. Siobhan and I have been trying to work together for a long time so it was nice to finally be available to photograph one of her weddings.
The newlyweds are now off on honeymoon to Greece with their daughter Alice.
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