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Wedding Photography at Ramster, Surrey

July 12th, 2010

Wedding Photography at Ramster

Laura and Richard, Ramster, West Sussex, Saturday 5th June

I’ve just put the phone down from talking to someone who hates being photographed. Most of my clients would agree and most are worried about how they will look in their wedding photographs.

When I met Laura and Richard last year it was Laura’s big concern – and why they chose an informal or reportage photographer. They had a wonderful day at Ramster in June, surrounded by friends and family, and I concentrated on their reactions to those who they know and love, including each other.

The results speak for themselves, from the emotion of the ceremony itself through to the humour of the speeches – they’ve forgotten about me and are caught wrapped up in their reactions to the day itself. But what did Laura think when she saw the pictures – that has to be the acid test:

“The photos are absolutely gorgeous so thanks very much!  I thought I was the least photogenic person in the world but you have managed to take some stunning photos of us both… I am over the moon that we decided to use you as our photographer as they really are a world away from any other wedding photos I have ever seen.  You really have captured what a perfect day it was for us all.”

And that pretty much sums up why I do what I do and the way I do it – thank you Laura and Richard.

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Wedding Photography at Clandon Park

July 12th, 2010

Wedding Photography at Clandon Park

Ja and Roger, Clandon Park, 8th May 2010

‘It’s like rain on your wedding day’ – so said Alanis many years ago, but she needn’t have worried if she’d chosen the right venue.

After so many weeks of sunshine it’s easy to forget it does sometimes rain in this country but at a venue like Clandon park near Guildford it’s far from the end of the world. Ja and Roger wanted informal reportage shots, starting with the bride getting ready.

The advantages of wedding photography in the digital age

One of the great gains of the digital era is low light photography without flash, making atmospheric shots possible whatever the weather. I’ve chosen the pictures for the blog to show what is achievable even when you can’t go outside and even when there’s no flash photography allowed during the ceremony.

The pictures also show that it’s people and their emotions that make the day, not the weather.

We were able to use the portico at Clandon for family shots during a lull in the weather – the bride, groom and their families stayed dry even if the photographer got soggy – and this should be an important consideration in venue choice if formal pictures are a priority. The pictures also show that it’s people and their emotions that make the day, not the weather.

Thank you to Ja and Roger for their reaction:  I have to thank you…everyone including myself looks amazing!

Wedding Photography at Clandon Park

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Wedding Photography at Ramster

May 14th, 2010

Wedding Photography at Ramster, Surrey

Rachel and Michel, Ramster 24th April

Getting ready for a wedding can be stressful at the best of times – I remember standing in Jermyn Street the afternoon before my own wedding having just collected my waistcoat and feeling daunted by the number of tasks to be done by the following day.

For Rachel the situation was complicated by a large volcanic ash cloud in European airspace and the fact that  many members of her family and friends were coming from Canada. Even early in the week of the wedding the situation looked grim, but by Saturday virtually everyone had made it and the sun shone to give a classic English spring day.

They both fell in love with Ramster from their first visit and chose to use the grounds for these set piece shots – which left me free to be a fly on the wall during the reception.

Rachel and Michel were both keen to have reportage photography during the reception and so made the decision to have some family group shots before the ceremony. They both fell in love with Ramster from their first visit and chose to use the grounds for these set piece shots – which left me free to be a fly on the wall during the reception.

Their strategy paid off handsomely – the groups were stress free and quickly achieved, using the beautiful backdrop of Ramster Gardens, whilst they had all the time of the reception to spend with their friends, not the photographer.

Thank you Rachel and Michel for the glowing feedback and comments. Here’s a selection from their day.

Wedding Photography at Ramster, Surrey

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Wedding Photography at Hampton Court House

April 26th, 2010

Emma and Ben, Hampton Court House, Surrey – 27th March 2010

Another new venue for me – Hampton Court House and what a great place for a wedding. I visited it with Emma and Ben before the day – wonderfully atmospheric daylight in the ceremony room was something I was looking forward to and that Emma and Ben immediately responded to when they saw the pictures.

The elegance of the room combines with the warmth of angled light to give a very special quality to not only reportage shots throughout the day but also the handful of family shots Emma and Ben wanted and most importantly pictures of the dress, made by Emma’s Mum. The reception itself took place in the conservatory – wonderful natural light again, keeping the photography spontaneous and fun.

The reception itself took place in the conservatory – wonderful natural light again, keeping the photography spontaneous and fun.

Emma particularly wanted shots of the speeches and guests reactions to them. I needn’t have worried about the light levels in the dining room as once again the glass roof helped, so I was able to capture a variety of reactions to the speeches and do justice to the wonderful table settings and flowers Emma had organised.

A fabulous day, thank you Emma and Ben.

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Wedding photography at Great Fosters

January 13th, 2010

3rd December, Gemma and Redmond at Great Fosters

Another return to one of my very earliest wedding venues – I photographed here almost 15 years to the day and on that occasion took studio lights and a softbox to illuminate some family group shots. For these I had a Hasselblad with a waist level finder on a tripod.

Fifteen years later I was working with a selection of digital cameras and a variety of lenses to be able to shoot in low light with virtually no flash at all – and Gemma and Redmond were adamant they wanted no group or set piece shots at all, but instead absolutely everything photographically was to be reportage or fly-on-the-wall, with definitely no posing.

The ceremony room, the Orangerie, is helpfully bright – with glass on two sides it lets you make the most of the light on a December afternoon, whilst the reception area, The Painted Hall, had just – only just – enough light to use no flash for some of the pictures.

Thank you for all your hard work yesterday. Our friends and family commented on what a lovely person you were and how relaxed they all felt with you.

Gemma and Redmond spent the day doing exactly what they wanted, being with friends and family, whilst I was left to capture the day.

They were kind enough to send an e-mail the next day: ‘thank you for all your hard work yesterday. Our friends and family commented on what a lovely person you were and how relaxed they all felt with you’.

I often think this dimension to wedding photography is left out by too many people – you spend a lot of time with your wedding photographer on your wedding day and what he or she might be like to be with is not going to be obvious from ‘shopping around’ loads of websites.

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Guides to recommended wedding venues

December 10th, 2009

Recommended wedding venues

Henry has worked closely with a number of the pre-eminent wedding venues in southern England over a number of years, and is delighted to be recommended by them in recognition of the quality of his photographic images and professional, unobtrusive approach to each and every wedding covered.

As a way of helping future brides and grooms choose the perfect venue for their day, Henry has compiled an overview of each of these based on his extensive experience – visitors can learn more about their settings, and what makes each so unique. All of the guides are of course liberally illustrated with a range of favourite images that truly capture the essence of these most special of places.

Read the guides

  • Amberley Castle
  • Clandon Park
  • Farbridge
  • Gate Street Barn
  • Jeremy’s Restaurant
  • Ramster
  • Upwaltham Barns

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Wedding Photography at Ramster, Surrey

December 3rd, 2009

Wedding Photography at Ramster, Surrey

The old cliché is that the sun always shines on a bride, but at the start of Claire and Dan’s wedding the promised afternoon improvement in the weather didn’t appear to be materialising.

Wisely Claire and Dan took the view they were going to have a memorable day, whatever the weather did to them, but there was an audible sigh of relief mixed with joy when as the vows were being exchanged the sun spectacularly emerged. Claire and Dan were keen to get outside for photographs in the courtyard – you can get outside at Ramster as soon as the rain stops and they were rewarded with some great photographs, as well as many of their guests following them.

We’ll be able to look back at them with pleasure over the years to come as they capture the moments and emotions of the day so well …We are both very happy we met you and had the opportunity for you to photograph our wedding

Claire mentioned when I met them that she hated being photographed and it would be hard to get any good pictures of her. This is something I hear from most of my clients – and why I’m particularly happy and pleased with a really good set of pictures. Their verdict? “We’ll be able to look back at them with pleasure over the years to come as they capture the moments and emotions of the day so well …We are both very happy we met you and had the opportunity for you to photograph our wedding”.

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Wedding Photography at Gate Street Barn, Surrey

December 3rd, 2009

Wedding at Gate Street Barn, Surrey

When I met Colette and Tim about a year ago it was clear their photography was very important to them.

Colette is a graphic designer and put a great deal of effort into planning every aspect of the day – from the moment I arrived at Gate Street every detail showed that she had come up with a remarkably unified and beautiful vision for the day.

Whilst Tim was very clear about his preference for reportage photography throughout, Colette had sent me some mood sheets with photographs she liked and of a style she would like to see in her own pictures. Help! – not my usual style at all. And there was one other small problem. The ceremony was at 4 o’clock in November – when the light starts fading shortly after 4 o’clock.

These are amazing! We are both so happy with the final results. I know that it wasn’t an easy brief but you really have done an excellent job

I’d thought long and hard about making the best of the light and so used the light just before and just after the service for the elegant ‘contemporary posed’ shots that appealed to Colette and then switched to reportage photography for the rest of the day for Tim’s pictures. The result? “These are amazing! We are both so happy with the final results. I know that it wasn’t an easy brief but you really have done an excellent job”.

My photography has never been and will never be ‘one size fits all’ – each day should be individual and unique.

Wedding Photography at Gate Street Barn, Surrey

Wedding Photography at Gate Street Barn, Surrey
Wedding Photography at Gate Street Barn, Surrey
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Wedding Photography at Gate Street Barn, Surrey
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Wedding Photography at Gate Street Barn, Surrey
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Wedding Photography at Clandon Park, Surrey

October 16th, 2009

Clandon Park wedding photography

Ana Rosa and Chris booked me well over a year ago but time seems to have flown since they sat opposite me discussing what they would like from their wedding photography.

They had a very philosophical attitude to the weather – whatever will be will be and we’ll enjoy ourselves whatever the weather. In Clandon Park too they had a perfect venue for whatever the weather threw at them – loads of room inside, in elegant surroundings, with lots of possibilities outside if the weather allowed.

In the event it was dry but windy, so Ana Rosa and Chris decided to brave the elements for their group shots – with friends from Spain, Ireland, The U.S.A. and other parts of the globe these were important photographs for them – and for a very brief stroll in the grounds.

I congratulate on their serious preparation, their dancing was clearly thought out and rehearsed, whilst their performance of “We’ve only just begun” was seriously good – great stuff, thank you both.

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15 years as a wedding photographer in Sussex, ...

September 30th, 2009

15 years as a wedding photographer

This is a special 15th anniversary blog – it’s fifteen years to the day that I left a well paid job and the company car behind to follow my dream of becoming a photographer.

Appropriately enough I had a wedding at Amberley Castle to celebrate with and Rachael and Peter’s wedding was everything I enjoy, relaxed, fun, unstuffy and very spontaneous – it had been all of five weeks in the planning! Thank you both for a great day and for your comments on the day and now you’ve seen the pictures: “they’re fantastic. You really captured the day …Many people commented on how nice and relaxed you were, thank you for adding to our day”.

They’re fantastic. You really captured the day …Many people commented on how nice and relaxed you were. Thank you for adding to our day!

It’s amazing how much has changed – I started working with Hasselblads and quickly left them behind in favour of 35mm autofocus SLRs – the reaction of other professionals at the time was “you can’t photograph a wedding on 35mm”.

In my training I shot a wedding for another photographer – I was given four rolls of 220 film (24 shots a roll, 96 in total) to cover the whole wedding. Today in the digital era it’s easy to shoot over 1000 frames at a wedding – and you may have noticed there seems to be a guest at every wedding who is determined to shoot even more.

A massive “thank you” to my clients and wedding venue partners

I’ve had many fabulous days with very happy brides and grooms and received lots of wonderful and treasured comments like those above. For me, around 800 weddings later, the adrenalin still flows and every wedding generates a huge buzz – so a big thank you to all my clients, past and present, and to those booking for the future.

And a massive thank you to the venues who have recommended me over the years – Ramster, Clandon Park, Amberley Castle, Upwaltham Barns, Farbridge and Jeremy’s Restaurant, your help has been and remains greatly valued.

New website. New kit. New opportunities for outstanding wedding photographs.

This summer saw the launch of the new website and the new blog – a big thank you to Alex for such a great result in a very short time, if anyone ever lived up to their company name it’s you – 247 Creative.

Next week a new Canon EOS7D arrives, which is hugely exciting – anything that helps to capture the moment is great news. In fifteen years the equipment may have changed, but the aim remains the same, outstanding photographs of genuine, uncontrived and spontaneous moments that truly reflect the day and will be treasured for years to come.

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