Category: ‘Frock-On’ photography

Post-wedding shoot | Katie & her horse Preacher

When Katie asked if she could do a photo session with her horse Preacher, in her wedding dress, it took me all of 2 seconds to agree.

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Tracey’s bridal fashion shoot

Some of you may know Tracey. She’s the owner of Edward and Emma and creator of all things gorgeous. If you’re looking for beautiful wedding stationery, either from a collection or designed just for you, she’s your girl.

Not only is Tracey an amazing designer but she’s an all-round lovely person too. We only met recently but have since made up for lost time and decided to head out to the woods of Delapre Abbey for a post-wedding fashion shoot. Tracey was so excited to wear her dress again, I thought she might actually burst!

I asked Toni to create a couture fashion look for Tracey. I wanted something strong to suit the gritty backgrounds and fashion editorial style photos I had in mind. So she whipped up a very glam mohican. Love it!

Dress: Style 11095 by Ellis Bridals from Shop for Brides
Location: Delapre Abbey, Northampton
Hair & Make-Up: Toni Creative


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Amy’s bridal fashion shoot on the beach

Amy and I had such an exciting time creating these fashion style photos on the beach.

We did the shoot just a week after her honeymoon so that she would have a lovely tan for the day and to make the most of the last few days of mild weather. As it turned out we were blessed with the most beautiful sunny day. The light was all-out gorgeous with the sun soft, golden and low in the sky (sorry, geeky photographer moment over!). It couldn’t have been more beautiful.

There’s lots of space at Holkham beach and we were able to find some quiet spots away from the tourists and dog walkers. We shot from mid afternoon until sunset, when we had to do a quick run to avoid being stranded on a sand dune by the tide coming in!

I kept the backgrounds quite simple, just using the long grasses and sand dunes for texture, so that all the attention was on Amy and her dress. I think she looks fierce!

Dress: ‘Palma‘ by San Patrick
Location: Holkham in north Norfolk
Hair & Make-Up: Toni Creative


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‘Frock-On’ fashion shoot at a ruined country house

Wendy had a REALLY rainy day for her wedding last June and the powers that be must have been having a right laugh at the torrential rain on the morning of her post-wedding ‘Frock-On’ fashion shoot. The rain battered the car all the way to my secret location. We decided to have lunch early to see if the skies cleared up, which of course was entertaining in itself since Wendy was in a pub having lunch in her wedding dress, as you do! Somebody must have taken pity because by the time we’d had lunch the rain had stopped and the sun was out, hoorah!

Toni worked her magic with Wendy’s hair and make-up. We wanted to go for a completely different look to the wedding day and decided on a loose up-do that was full of glamour.

The great thing about a post-wedding shoot is that it’s all about being creative. The pace is much slower than a wedding or portrait session and it’s more akin to a big production fashion shoot with attentive styling, hair and make-up adjustments throughout. Styling and posing is very fashion influenced and whilst some of the poses are fairly uncompromising, they look simply fabulous. It takes some trust in your photographer to climb high up on a wall in your wedding dress but the end results are totally worth it!


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More fun on the farm

How much fun did I have with two farm shoots in one week?!

This particular one was a bridal fashion shoot at Cripwell Farm in Leicestershire. Abbie was an awesome model (mainly because she was so patient with some of my crazier ideas; like climbing several hay bales high where the light was just so, and waiting patiently for what seemed like hours for the perfect gust of wind/veil movement LOL) and I was blown away that this was her first time modelling. Abbie – you were a star!

We had four seasons in one shoot – pouring rain, bright sunshine, cloudy skies and blustery winds, so made creative use of all that and I was truly spoilt with the barns, corrugated metal backgrounds, peeling paint and wide open fields.

Here are some favourites. You can see the rest on facebook.


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