Debbie and Robert’s wedding earlier this month at Leez Priory was a fabulous day. The Priory is a fascinating old building, complete with an ancient tower with spiral staircase leading up to the ceremony room. That’s a first for us! Debbie managed it admirably in her dress. It was a typical cold winters day, but with a roaring log fire and a lively party no one was feeling the cold. The weather improved to allow us to take a few outdoor photographs later on.

Here are few sneak previews. Debbie and Robert haven’t seen their images yet so we’re keeping a few of our favourites to surprise them. Check back in a couple of weeks and I’ll add them here.

We love winter weddings and love photographing weddings at Woburn Abbey’s Sculpture Gallery. So it’s no surprise that a winter wedding at Woburn is our idea of heaven. This one late last year was no exception, with a lovely bride and groom, a great group of people and some atmospheric fog thrown in to create some extra special pictures!

We hope that you enjoy some of our favourite photographs. Check out the groom on his Harley in near zero temperatures and the atmospheric bride and groom shots taken on a drive through the Abbey’s deer park.

If you are getting married abroad and also want gorgeous wedding photographs you face a dilemma. The standard advice when choosing a wedding photographer is to make sure you meet the actual person (or people) who will be taking your photos and to look at several complete finished albums not just a greatest hits collection. The advice is just as relevant for couples having a destination wedding as it for couples getting married in the UK. But they pose a particular problem when the photographer is in another country. The easy (and understandable) option is to rely on the advice of your venue or wedding coordinator and use a local photographer. Unfortunately there are many reasons why a photographer might be recommended by an overseas venue and the quality of their work isn’t always top of the list. Proceed with caution.

There is another way – and that is to use a UK based photographer. Better still – use us! Many photographers, us included, will only ask you to cover the cost of their flights and two nights accommodation. In this era of cheap flights that needn’t be a significant obstacle. But the benefits are many: you’ll get to meet us and visit the studio to see our range of show albums. You’ll have a pre-wedding shoot in the UK so you’ll be more relaxed in front of the camera on your wedding day. You won’t be spending your wedding day in the company of a total stranger with a camera.

The benefits continue after the wedding. As with our UK clients you’ll benefit from the amazing work of Lola Williams our professional image editor. Then you’ll enjoy a day in the studio choosing your pictures on our big screen. With us on hand to advise on image selection there’s no better way to put together a fabulous collection of images for your album. Lola will create your perfect album design which will then be carefully assembled here at the studio. Imagine trying to do all that with your photographer in another country!

If you’d like to discuss the possibility of us photographing your destination wedding please contact us at the studio. We’d be delighted to send you a fact sheet and a DVD showreel of photographs from an overseas wedding.

If you’ve already had your wedding abroad and have your images on disc then you might be interested in our album design services. Please contact Lola at the studio for more information.