July 13, 2011
Monika & Jeff's engagement session took place in the desert. Their photographer Tom Fowler was keen to explore an outside/inside theme as well as showcase the couples personalities through the props they chose.Read more...
July 5, 2011
I don't share as many engagement shoots as many of the other wedding blogs. It's not that I don't love them (for the record I think every couple should do an engagement shoot - they're a great way to get to know your photographer and practice posing before your wedding day.) However it does take something extra special to make a couple shoot worth sharing on these pages, when you get sent as many awesome weddings as I do, usually these take priority for me. Yet I think Ryan & Lanie's shoot certainly fits that inspiring bill.Read more...
May 25, 2011
Alix & Zack...ahh what's not to love? I'm secretly still a bit of a closet goth at heart so anything gothic inspired really gets me excited...and cupcakes, cupcakes always make things 100 time better don't they? Alix wrote to me to tell me all about their engagement shoot with Rock n Roll Bride favourite Lisa Devlin. "So what do you say when the fabulous Lisa Devlin asks whether you'd like to shoot your forthcoming engagement shoot at, none other than, the Hasselblad Studio in Hoxton? How about "Hell Yeah!!!"Read more...
May 16, 2011
Liz & TJ's engagement session and silent movie inspired video are simply perfect. The couple met in a tattoo parlour and so getting a tattoo together as part of their engagement session is both appropriate and awesome. Plus The Exorcist is arguably the most controversial movie ever (or it was in it's day) and the second part of their shoot took place on those famous steps...Read more...
May 16, 2011
Shelby & Bliss wanted their engagement shoot to take place in a tattoo parlour because Bliss is tattoo mad! "The inspiration for the shoot came mostly from Bliss's amazing tattoos," Shelby told me. "The tattoo parlor we shot in is where he gets his tattoo's done. When I was in there with him we thought how cool it would be to do our engagment session in the parlor. We love the "Sailor Jerry" feel of the shop and decided to capture that between the two of us. Our photographer Jeremiah did an amazing job capturing it all! We love him and we love the pictures!"Read more...
May 10, 2011
Alice & Bruce's story is one of sweet sentiment and love. As Melbourne based photographer Harvard Wang explained, "Bruce is a motion graphic designer in Malaysia. Alice works in the admin department of Siemens. Bruce is very talkative; Alice is quiet. He’s hyperactive and out going; she’s the introvert and likes to stay home. One thing they have in common for sure is their love for food."Read more...
April 25, 2011
Stav & Danielle met she brought her car into her local garage to be fixed, where Sav happened to work. Needless to say the couple have their mutual love of cars to thank for their relationship! Being a mechanic, Stav has a passion for old cars and restoring them. Danielle adores all things retro and loves the aesthetic nature of vintage cars, so using them in their engagement shoot was a no-brainer really. For the shoot, the couple were lent a collection of vintage cars from some of Stav's clients including a classic Mercedes, a clasic Woody, a classic Corvette and a classic Ford truck.Read more...
April 11, 2011
When it came to shooting Rachael (from Maui) and Tim's (from Florida) engagement shoot, where else could be as perfect as on the beach? "These guys are all about the beach and rock the surf style," said photographer Wendy Laurel. "I mean who else wears their bikini on their engagement shoot? The shoot was at one of their favorite beaches on Maui, Ironwoods, and in the Honolua Valley (next to the famed Honolua Bay). Both places are on the upper west side of Maui where lots of good surf and a large surf community can be found."Read more...
March 30, 2011
I don't feature a whole load of engagement or couple shoots on the blog, preferring to share all the incredible real weddings I get sent instead. However sometimes, just sometimes, a session stands out so much that I'd be mad not to share it. Remember the bunny suit session I featured recently? Or the awesome wolf-head shoot? (also by Love Me Do Photography) Yeah, things like that are what rock my boat, not vintage picnics and balloons and cupcakes...not that they aren't cute as hell, but I just don't get very excited about shoots styled that way anymore. You see them everywhere and they've kind of been done to death huh? ...and really, let's be honest, what does a shoot like that really tell us about the couple as individuals? Diddly-squat that's what. Anyway mini-rant over (!) I was sent Kim & Matt's photo shoot by the fabulous Carina & Amanda of Love Me Do Photography and lets' be honest, any couple that are happy to dress up as fast food are freakin' awesome in my book. "We wanted to have fun with this," Carina told me. "Both of us felt like we've been seeing a lot of the same images show up in wedding photos; trends and whatnot. We know it's hard to look at other people's wedding photographs and not get influenced by them, but we really wanted to take things as far away from all of that and really go outside the box. We wanted to show that we can make a joke, be ironic, and still be artistic."Read more...
March 16, 2011
"We wanted to get pictures that captured our personalities," bride-to-be Tiffany told me. "We began calling around photographers in Orlando and almost all of the photographers that I loved were way over budget. I was very upset, and had to come up with a plan. Since I was a student photographer at one point of my life, I loved having models/couples/babies doing photos for my portfolio, and I usually didn’t charge as much as professionals. So, I posted advertisements at the local art schools and craigslist looking for a student photographer who would like to do our wedding. I received an email from Nick Suivski, student at the University of Central Florida and savior of my wedding."Read more...
March 7, 2011
Happy Monday you gorgeous people...are you ready for some magic? Well get a load of this! I kinda don't have any words for how rad Alexia & Nick's e-session is, but when the magical Noa of Feather Love Photography emailed me asking if I wanted to share this incredible session I couldn't say really say anything else but yes! yes! yes! "For the rainbow shots, a unicorn puked onto my lens - it was magical" explained Noa.Read more...
March 3, 2011
I don't feature a whole load of engagement shoots, preferring to share all the awesome Rock n Roll weddings I get sent. But sometimes, just sometimes, an e-session comes my way that's so rad I just have to share it! "In this engagement shoot I introduce you to my friends Candice & Dave, and take you on a little journey through their life," explains photographer Jacki Bruniquel. "Dave & Cands both play amazing music and are a part of the legendary band Hairlip which is a crazy eighties revival band. Dave also known as Dave McMillan, is well known as a wonderful guitarist, singer and songwriter is his own right. We themed their engagement shoot “A Saturday in the life of Candice & Dave” Starting at their flat where they often hang out and play music, then onto a coffee shop (how cute is this coffee shop?) and finally a local theatre where they often play. They wanted their engagement shoot to be s true representation of them as a couple as opposed to them as musicians so we really mixed it up a bit and had fun."Read more...
March 1, 2011
This month Rock n Roll Bride intern and columnist, Alice headed out with her fiance Graham for their very first photo shoot together - their engagement session with photographer Sassy of Assassynation. The engagement session can often be a bit of a nervous time for a soon-to-be-wed couple, as for the majority of people it's the first time they've had a processional photo shoot. So, this month I asked Alice to tell us all about her experiences and why, when you've got your perfect photographer on the job, there really is nothing to be afraid of! I am seriously chuffed to share Alice & Graham's engagement session with you today...seeing these is making me super excited to see their wedding photos too! Also...is is weird that I'm a little bit proud of my Alice when I see these? Awww love... ♥ ♥ ♥ A couple of weekends ago Graham and I ventured into the heart of the Cotswolds, for our engagement shoot. We drove to Sassy’s house, where she settled our nerves by cooking us bacon sandwiches with cups of tea! After Graham got to know her a bit (I had met her for the first time the day before at the Designer Wedding Show) we discussed possible ‘venues’ for the days shoot. Thankfully the weather was beautiful, and we decided that outside would be best, so we could make the most of the natural light. Sassy explained that the shoot would last around a couple of hours, and that what we did in that time was pretty much up to us. When she mentioned an abandoned RAF watchtower and runway a few miles from her house I was beyond excited: I am a bit of a War History buff so the thought of being able to include that element in our engagement shoot was amazing! We got in her car and drove to the tower.Read more...
February 11, 2011
The couple dressed up in their favourite vintage items for this shoot to celebrate their engagement. They shot in some of their favourite spots around the city. Although it rained all day, the couple were totally up for exploring and getting some amazing shots.Read more...
February 8, 2011
I've seen masks done before (this wedding was one of my favourites!) but I've never seen a couple dress as wolves before! This shoot by Rock n Roll Bride faves, Love me Do Photography made me stop in my tracks. There's something a little freaky about it...but I totally love it!Read more...
January 27, 2011
Hello rainbow hair! I'm actually having a bit of a rainbow tresses obsession at the moment, so as soon as I saw these shots of Ashleigh & Daniel's engagement session I was smit! Ashleigh's fab dress is from Hot Topic.Read more...
January 5, 2011
Today's feature is a bit of a double part-er. I was sent Chris & Jenn's wedding by their photographer's Encarnacion Photography, but when I saw their e-session I knew I had to share it first. How cute are these two?Read more...
December 20, 2010
Jenn & Mark's New York engagement sesh. is pure Rock n Roll. This couple are just way too cool and I know their wedding will be killer - I'm looking forward to seeing it already! Jenn's passion is photography and Mark's passion is music - the perfect Rock n Roll union. The shoot took place around High Line Park and the Lower East Side - arguable some of the coolest areas in the city. This shoot makes me pine for a trip to NYC really soon...just check out that light! I'm hoping to go in 2011 with some girlfriends.Read more...
December 10, 2010
Stand by for part two of the engagement session to end all engagement sessions. This is the ultimate cute and the kind of session I would have loved to have! You will adore this...Read more...
December 10, 2010
I've got an engagement session in two parts for you today, two parts because you have to view Elsie & Jeremy's adorable comic book strip bit in the way it was intended. Just like this:Read more...