Martin and Karen Photography Blog » Love the dress http://martinplant.com/blog Photography news and updates from Martin and Karen Plant Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:24:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Alice’s ‘Love the Dress’ Shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2009/12/09/alices-love-the-dress-shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2009/12/09/alices-love-the-dress-shoot#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:44:47 +0000 martin http://martinplant.com/blog/?p=1097 ‘Love the dress’ is our take on the trash the dress concept. Instead of deliberately damaging your dress, we feature it in your own fashion-inspired photo shoot.  We met Alice when we photographed her with husband Ed and their lovely baby Luke. When I was at their home I noticed Alice’s wedding dress hanging up. She didn’t take much persuading to come for a photo shoot and another chance to wear it.  Alice was pampered by our hair and makeup artist at the studio before we headed off to some of my favourite urban and indoor locations.

Here are a few sample pictures:

Trash the dress photo in Milton Keynes

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]]> http://martinplant.com/blog/2009/12/09/alices-love-the-dress-shoot/feed 0 Evonne’s Love the Dress Shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/11/10/evonnes-back-in-the-dress-shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/11/10/evonnes-back-in-the-dress-shoot#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:31:40 +0000 martin http://martinplant.com/blog/?p=392 With gales forecast and a storm that woke me up it seemed that the weather gods would put paid to a shoot for the first time this year.  Surprise then that by the time Evonne and Alex called to say they were on their way it was actually sunny, albeit cold and windy.

This shoot was another chance for me to work with Toni Perryman from Toni Creative who created the great looks for Evonne’s hair and makeup.

We started with a couple of shots in our studio before venturing out into the countryside:

Then to our rural location – thanks to Toni for recommending this spot:

Then a quick change of look and back out to an urban location.  By now it was pouring with rain and very cold.  My favourite from this session is this one in the car park :-)

More images coming next week from this and Catherine’s shoot.

Thanks to Evonne for being such a good sport and a brilliant model looking gorgeous back in her wedding dress :-)   Thanks to Toni for her creative talent.  And to Evonne’s husband Alex and Toni’s assistant Anna for acting as unpaid photographer’s assistants on location!

]]> http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/11/10/evonnes-back-in-the-dress-shoot/feed 0 Catherine’s “back in the dress*” shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/10/28/catherines-back-in-the-dress-shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/10/28/catherines-back-in-the-dress-shoot#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:17:18 +0000 martin http://martinplant.com/blog/?p=369 Wow.  It was brilliant to see Catherine again and looking fabulous in her wedding dress. She and Simon got married last February (her wedding pictures are here).  For this shoot I teamed up with international hair and makeup artist Toni Perryman (her website is here).  Toni created two brilliant looks for Catherine and the weather and Autumn leaves did the rest.  More images from this shoot to come, but in the meantime here’s a sampler.  Thanks to Catherine for her good humour and being up for it!  Thanks to Toni for her talent and creativity.

* I’m trying to come up with a better brand name than “Trash The Dress”.  Ideas on a postcard please :-)

]]> http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/10/28/catherines-back-in-the-dress-shoot/feed 0 Kiyoka and Jiro’s Post-Wedding Shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/03/18/kiyoka-and-jiros-post-wedding-shoot http://martinplant.com/blog/2008/03/18/kiyoka-and-jiros-post-wedding-shoot#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:54:15 +0000 martin http://martinplant.com/blog/?p=104 Kiyoka and Jiro’s photo shoot today was great fun despite the cold. Post wedding shoots are an opportunity to get a variety of shots in different locations that there often isn’t time to do on a wedding day. We photographed today in Overstone, Castle Ashby and in Northampton. Gloomy overcast cold weather should not mean dull photos! These are three of my favourites:

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