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The story behind the image #15 Getting Ready In Buckinghamshire

The story behind the image #15 Getting Ready In Buckinghamshire – by Marianne Charlie and Steve held their wedding at the wonderful Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire on a very hot summers day last June. I really like this image that Marianne took of Charlie during her final morning preparations. The room where she got ready…

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The story behind the image #14 Reflections in Edinburgh

The story behind the image #14 Reflections In Edinburgh  – by Mark & Marianne Just before the wedding ceremony there is often a small space of time that allows the bridal couple to reflect over the past and the future. Planning a wedding is a busy time … more so for Lizzie & Ben who planned…

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The story behind the image #13 Tears In Tuscany

The story behind the image #13 Tears In Tuscany – by Mark To tell the story behind this image I felt that I needed to show an extra image that showed the setting of where Siobhan & Anthony were married. The setting was the large hall in the Municipal Palace Palazzo Comunale in the beautiful…

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The story behind the image #12 A Norwegian Splash & Dash

The story behind the image #12 A Norwegian Splash & Dash – by Marianne I love Marianne’s image of Gry & Jørn and it makes me smile every time I see it. Gry & Jørn held their Norwegian wedding in Sweden and like other Norwegian couples that live close to the Norwegian/Swedish border they decided…

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The story behind the image #11 Groomsmen in Hong Kong

The story behind the image #11 Groomsmen in Hong Kong – by Mark Hi Mark and Marianne, Happy new year! Hope all is well in London/ Sweden and you are keeping warm. Just wanted to let you know we received the CD you sent of our wedding photos in the mail last Friday. Thank you…

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The story behind the image #10 A waltz in Kent

The story behind the image #10 A waltz in Kent – by Marianne Clare & Dan were approaching the end of their wedding day. The day had been perfect … perhaps not so much the weather as it poured down when Clare arrived at the church but it cleared up and the rest of the…

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The story behind the image #9 Corsages in Surrey

The story behind the image #9 Corsages in Surrey – by Mark I am very fond of this image from Jo & Neil’s wedding in Surrey. It shows the tension and concentration of Neil (center) and his Groomsmen shortly before Jo was to arrive at the church and the service was to begin. I have…

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The story behind the image #8 A dance in a Swedish Castle

The story behind the image #8 A dance in a Swedish Castle – by Marianne Maria & Chris had a fantastic Swedish-English wedding at Trollenas Castle (Trollenäs Slott) in southern Sweden. Their guests were getting seated in the banqueting room and Maria & Chris were outside in the reception room waiting for their toast master…

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The story behind the image #7 A Norwegian page boy

The story behind the image #7 A Norwegian page boy – by Mark We are having a bit of a theme about Norway on this month’s blog so it felt in place that the latest in our series of favourite images should come from Norway. Children are often an essential part of weddings and with…

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The story behind the image #6 Sushi in Stockholm

The story behind the image #6 Sushi in Stockholm – by Marianne I just love this image Marianne took of Isabelle during her morning preparations – it has 2 essential elements of making a good photograph: 1) Good Composition. We have mentioned *The Rule of Thirds before and mention it again as this image is…

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The story behind the image #5 A window in Belgravia.

The story behind the image #5 A window in Belgravia – by Mark To photograph a civil ceremony is often harder than photographing a church wedding – the reason being that a church has soft even light from every angle whilst at a civil ceremony more often than not the bridal couple are placed in…

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The story behind the image #4 A mirror in Cyprus.

The story behind the image #4 A mirror in Cyprus – by Marianne We have some very nice memories of Katerina & Haris’s wonderful wedding celebration on Cyprus. There is something about this image that is all wrong and yet all right at the same time … in fact it is a bit of a…

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The story behind the image #3 Nail biting in Hertfordshire.

The story behind the image #3 Nail biting in Hertfordshire – by Mark Marianne & Geoff had a fantastic summer wedding at the amazing venue Micklefield Hall in Hertfordshire. Unfortunately the weather gods were not on their side and during the morning heavy rain showers swept in – they were prepared for this and they…

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The story behind the image #2 A Niece in Oxford

The story behind the image #2 A Niece in Oxford – by Marianne I just love this image that Marianne took at Gillian & Travis’s wedding. Gillian and her Niece had just gotten ready and were sitting down waiting for the car to arrive to take them to the church. It was a moment of…

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The Story behind the image #1 A Silhouette in Sweden

The story behind the image #1 A Silhouette in Sweden – by Mark We have started a new series where we shall be showing some of our favourite images and telling the story behind the image. Linda & Morgan’s wedding in Sweden. It was early September and the day was overcast with intermittent showers and…

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