Monday, November 21, 2011

Sophie & Stephan's wedding in Wiesbaden, Germany

Ok it's been a while since I updated with a wedding story and there is quite a backlog so here goes. Sophie and Stephan were married in the small town of Wiesbaden, just outside of Frankfurt. This is one of the only towns not affected by bombing in the war so still has the original architecture which is simply beautiful. After an evening welcome party the night before the wedding, Sophie got ready at a local salon and then made the journey to the pretty little church in Kiedrich.

It's always unusual shooting a wedding ceremony in a foreign language but as a photographer it is always the special visual moments you are looking for and this wedding was full of them so the language difference was never an issue - besides the fact everyone could speak English (putting my linguistic skills to shame). Then it was on to the reception which was held in the Kurhaus which was just lovely. I should add that the weather on this wedding day was just wall to wall sunshine.

After some food and some time for pictures everyone retired to their homes or hotels for a few hours to recover and prepare themselves for the evening festivities which ran very very late into the night.

Sophie has a lie down whilst getting ready - not seen make up put on like this before
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Getting the final embellishment for her dress ready
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Nice detail of the back of the dress
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The beautiful church
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Sophie arrives
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The flower girl awaits
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Service underway
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The ring goes on
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Outside in the car
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View of the Kurhaus
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One of the beautiful flowergirls
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Fun in the sun
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Now that's what I call a strawberry cake!
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Your not going anywhere
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Inside the Kurhaus
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The gorgeous Sophie
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Perfect couple
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Twirl your dress a bit, perfect
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Just love this picture
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and this one
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Yup you've guessed it, this one too
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Spotted this reflection as they walked away together and found it strangely beautiful
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Onto the evening reception
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Quick walk in the woods as the sun went down
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Love the ambiance of this one
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Last minute speech checking
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The girls wanted to do a fun running shot
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Speeches get underway
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The girls did a wonderful surprise dance for the couple just before their first dance
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Now it's our turn
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We did it!
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Friday, November 18, 2011

The best things in life are free

I was delighted to recently discover that an image I took of my daughter Rheya has been used in the well known collection of Milk greeting cards.

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This image was a winner in the Fresh Milk competition, Friendship, Family, Love & Laughter and featured in the International book published last year. You can read more about that book in one of my previous posts here

You can buy the card online but there was nothing quite as nice for a photographer as wandering into Paperchase and seeing one of your pictures in the card section. The icing on the cake is obviously that my daughter is the star of the show.

If you want to buy the card yourself you can either visit Paperchase or go online here. Visit the Elton Mogg Photography website

Monday, November 07, 2011

Professional Photographer Magazine

Every year the Professional Photographer magazine runs a competition to find the Professional Photographer of the Year (PPOTY). Whilst the competition is running various judges pick out their favourites of the entries so far to showcase in each magazines issue. You can imagine how delighted I was to find my entry included in this months showcase with a comment on why it was chosen.
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The image is the one of Hayley on the stairs that you will find on the front page of my website.
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Fingers crossed for the full results. Visit the Elton Mogg Photography website