Wedding Fayre Weekend

What an amazing weekend!

Ruthin Castle is a true fairytale wedding venue, with its 13th Century history and authentic (ish!) mediaeval banquets.

So many excited brides planning their dream wedding day, it was really lovely to hear everyone's wedding plans for the next few years. We had several booking requests over the weekend and look forward to filling up that 2012 calendar!

I've also just been asked to present a wedding photography showcase at Craflwyn in Beddgelert, where a wedding fayre is being held on 21st March - can't wait for that one. It's a National Trust property and Beddgelert has some of the most stunning scenery in Snowdonia (and probably the world!)

It's a busy week ahead meeting with brides for 2011, sending out wedding photography brochures and a couple of lifestyle photo-shoots.

NEXT TIME: The next blog will show some images from a winter wedding (December 2009) and details of our new wedding photography services. Watch this space!

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

2009 was a remarkable year, bringing as it did such challenges, changes and innovations. It was also a year of making new friends and I am very much looking forward to working with them all in the year to come!

2010 has already hit the ground running, with preparations taking place for the 2-day wedding fayre extravaganza at Ruthin castle on the 23rd and 24th January - coinciding with the launch of a whole new service within our wedding photography range.

We are also gearing up for wedding fayres in Wrexham and Llangollen, and with the first wedding of many this year taking place in February, it looks like 2010 is going to be our busiest and most exciting year yet!

I also wanted to share this card which was sent to me by one of my 2009 brides this week; I was so pleased to read her comments and think it's important to tell the world when something nice happens, not keep it to myself, so here we are:

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Family and Children's Portraits

Anyone who follows my work on Facebook will probably have already seen these images, but I did say that I would post the photographs from a family photo-shoot and here they are!

Now I may be a little biased here, seeing as these beautiful children pictured are my own nephew and niece, but they did very well at the studio, enjoying their photo-shoot and generally having a great time.

My nephew Finley has been more than comfortable in front of the camera since he was less than a day old, and now appears equally at home behind the camera too, setting out his toys and "posing" them for his own photographs. I may have an heir in the making!

Maddison is no stranger to the lens either and at only 7 months old makes a wonderful subject to photograph with her big beaming smile.

Children's photographs are perhaps one of the most important (and enjoyable) types of work I create, in fact there's a whole section of the website devoted to it at http://www.sallymarie.co.uk/Portrait_Photography_Wales.asp?ID=7&Level1ID=2&Level2ID=3

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Ruthin Castle wedding fayre

I've just confirmed attendance at Ruthin Castle wedding fayre and fashion show, 23rd and 24th January 2010. I will be exhibiting lifestyle and wedding photography, of course, but there's always so much to see, not only amazing wedding photographs but flowers, cars, cakes, and dozens of beautiful dresses!

Based on previous years I've found this location to be an excellent venue for its wedding fayres and fashion shows, and am really looking forward to the new 2-day format! A whole weekend chatting to brides-to-be (and grooms, and mums etc!) about all things wedding - fantastic!

December is traditionally a very busy month for me, and it seems this December will be even more so, as I'll be busy refining exhibition materials and ordering fabulous new sample albums and display products - it's all so exciting, I can't wait!

My glamorous assistants and I at Ruthin 2007

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Siobhan and Charlie's Wedding at the Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth

Charlie and Siobhan, both artists from London, held their wedding at the Conrah Hotel, Aberystwyth last month.

The tone of the day was very much relaxed and informal, and the couple requested mostly candid, unposed shots capturing the guests expressions as they enjoyed the day. Featuring probably the most colourful wedding cake ever, it was a beautiful day and everyone had a fabulous time.

A few wedding photographs from Charlie and Siobhan's day:

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Wedding Thank Yous

I've just received a great note from the parents of a groom whose wedding I had the privilege of photographing in July. They enclosed this picture, which they took as I was setting up the big group shot:



Well, when you're a 5'0 photographer sometimes you have to improvise!

I love the thank you letters from my brides and grooms. Some of them go onto the website at http://www.sallymarie.co.uk/ as client testimonials, but some of them I just like to keep as a little reminder of how much my job means, not just to me but to so many other people's lives.

So this post is, in my own sentimental way, a quick "thank you for the thank yous" - that are a big part of the adventure that is being a photographer. It's awesome!

Another coffee beckons and then on with the image processing.

(I have a very special family shoot booked for this weekend, can't WAIT to see what it brings and will certainly be putting some favourites onto the blog afterwards, so watch this space!)

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My Week In Pictures

A few images from Tuesday's shoot with Brett Harkness. Just goes to show that rain doesn't necessarily have to stop play, it can be a perfect excuse to get really creative, especially at a wedding.

These were taken in a very industrial setting around a mill yard, and I'm pleased with the funky results. You really don't need jaw-dropping locations to create amazing, individual portraits. Just a little imagination and a clever eye.

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