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January 27, 2023

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November 3, 2022

How to choose wedding readings (of the non-cheeseball variety)

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One of the best things about this job is getting t One of the best things about this job is getting to hang out with people like George and Will. George and Will are infectiously giggly, super generous, endlessly fun and fucking delights to photograph. LOOK AT THEM! Why do I encourage hopping on a zoom before you book me to shoot your wedding? Because we gotta make sure we gel. My work is entirely unposed - so I’m not standing you in pre-thought positions and directing your hands or eyeline. What I am doing is getting to know you at your core and bringing out that sense of play/joy/romance/silly, whatever it is that makes *you* Back at this killer venue today with another couple who I know are going to bring the fun and I’m SO EXCITED to capture thier unique sparkle ⚡️ Lessgo @lyde_court 🔥 . . . . . . . . #lydecourt #lydecourtwedding #chilledweddingphotographer #unposedweddingphotography #funweddingphotography #enoylagaye #smokebombphotography #smokebombwedding #lgbtqweddingphotographer #brightonweddingphotographer
My feed is filled with styled shoots. It’s the m My feed is filled with styled shoots. It’s the months where fewer weddings are happening and many use this time to get creative, attend workshops, team up with other suppliers and make beautiful content. I’ve barely had the energy to move my body so I’m incredibly jealous tbh. So My feed is filled with model couples in Grand Canyons, Bali beaches, Moroccan deserts. It’s full of infinite budgets, stylist’s epic visions, florist’s best creations etc And These images are highly skilled, utterly breathtaking, wonderfully creative And I’ve seen the same conventionally beautiful, thin, tall, mostly white, model couples dozens of times. The ones that fit ‘the brief’. I’ve seen a handful of shoots with lgbtq+ models THAT ALSO feature lgbtq+ suppliers. Even fewer featuring non-white models AS WELL AS non-white, ethnically marginalised suppliers. Maybe one or two bodies bigger than a size 10, mostly solo. One featuring a model with a visible disability (none that mentioned invisible disabilities). And It doesn’t make me feel good. I scroll past bodies that make me feel like I should change. And I’m a white, cis, non-disabled woman in a small size 10-12 body. It makes me sad, knowing for a fact that lots of my couples - many of whom don’t fit ‘the brief’ - look at these images and feel like their wedding isn’t good enough and their bodies aren’t small enough and their budget isn’t big enough. That they are meant to look *this way* because *this way* is what we celebrate. Maybe it’s on me to change the way I see myself? Maybe It’s not their job to make me feel good. Maybe they’re building a portfolio of images of the kind of weddings they want to shoot. These are the bodies that fit the brief. But I think of how I felt as a teenager watching Special K diet adverts with the women in the red swimsuit telling me to lose a dress size in two weeks. I was already a very physically fit size 8. I bought it. Is high end/luxury coded? ‘Women's magazines enshrined the idea that high-class whiteness could be expressed through a thin body.’..* I think we have the power to shift this as an industry. Or at least continue the conversation. Thoughts? *Source: The New Yorker
⚡️ The Hackey Wedding Showcase ⚡️ I’m d ⚡️ The Hackey Wedding Showcase ⚡️ I’m doing my first ever showcase! And it’s at my all time fav - @claptoncountryclub I’ve shot a dozen weddings at the CCC over the years and love to see how it’s grown. Adding the DoP, moving the bar, it’s a venue that moves with the industry and one I‘ll never get bored of coming back to 🪴 Saturday 15th April. Tickets are £5 Pre-Booked and £10 on the door, and all proceeds go to help Syria and Turkey relief efforts because that’s how bloody great they are. I’m plotting some kind of give away on the day, so lemme know if you have any ideas 🙏🏼 . . . . . . #hackneyweddingshowcase #claptoncountryclub #chilledweddingphotographer #chilledweddingphotography #queerweddingphotographer #inclusiveweddingphotographer #londonwedding
Today I’m getting Melon - my van - out of her wi Today I’m getting Melon - my van - out of her winter hibernation stage (i.e. clearing out everything I’ve dumped in there as ‘storage’ and stocking the fridge with snacks) ready for her first trip of the year. Lyde Court bebehhhh 🖤 It’s one of my all time favs and always worth the 7 hour round trip for. Here it is in some of the many ways I’ve seen the main barn set up over the years - I get so excited every time I walk in to see what magic has been created ✨ There’s a little campsite nearby I’ve become pals with, that I’ll stay at tomorrow ready for Fridays wedding. I’ve missed these little rituals this winter. You spend so much time alone when you’re a single person business, so it’s not about craving solitude, but about disconnecting from the rest of the world and reconnecting with nature. With myself. These last few years have been hard beyond belief. These moments of sleeping under the stars bring some comfort. I’ll likely spend the night with the sound of rain hitting the roof - natures white noise ☔️
Got a post scheduled with some *big opinions* but Got a post scheduled with some *big opinions* but before that I wanted to share the joy of my first wedding of the 2023 season. A gorgeously chilled day at a totally stunning venue. First outing with the new glass (Sony G’s in da house) and perfectly timed weather with it raining whenever we were inside and never when we were out. Jo and James - thanks for kicking it off which such a bang. How are we ever gonna top THAT DRESS?! Obsessed 🔥 Dress @sassgracebridal Flowers @monetsfloristry Decor @lovewithletters_ Band @alist_band Make-up @rubyoctobermakeup Hair @chloehollandhair Lights @lightinghire Venue @wasingweddings
⚡️ Guess who's back in the house? ⚡️ Heel ⚡️ Guess who's back in the house? ⚡️ Heels click-clackin' about Fine, fresh, feminine, style to eleven I'm divine, so heavenly…OK SOZ but that really is the best RuPaul song of all time. I’ve been off socials, offline, off-grid for a couple months essentially laying down. It’s been great. There have been big feelings, but most of all I am unbelievably pumped for todays wedding. First one back, first of a killer year, and so I’m returning to the grid with a gift…. 15% OFF CONFETTI YOU SAY? You know how much I rave about @flutterdarlings and now they’ve given me a secret password so that whenever I rave, you save. Head on over to Flutter Darlings and give them the (not so)secret password: ‘Mellon’ to get 15% off your order. Why Mellon? Speak, friend, and enter… Where ma Tolkien geeks at?! 2023, I know it’s almost April, but I’m finally ready to start. 💛💜🧡💛💜🧡

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