Introducing Linus Moran Wedding Photography

There are so many brides and grooms who hate having their photograph taken! It must make the job of a wedding photographer seriously difficult - after all, the more relaxed a subject, the better they look. If you're awkward in front of the camera, then I recommend a reportage-style photographer like Linus Moran Photography. Linus is based in Dorset, and he's known for his natural, candid style. You'll hardly notice he's there, and that's how he gets the best shots of his subjects - when they least expect it! Equally, if you want the formal group photographs and detail pictures, he's just as skilled. Linus uses mostly natural light, to avoid those 'caught in the flashlight' moments, and his albums document the whole of your big day in all its beauty. I'm a massive fan, and I'm sure you will be too - just take a look at these gorgeous shots, and of course his blog. Linus' packages start from £995, and he's happy to travel across the UK and abroad.

 

 

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Introducing Beautiful Custom Muujee Wedding Albums

It's now been over a year since our wedding day and I still haven't created a wedding album of my favourite pictures. It's my biggest regret post-wedding, because it means we haven't got a solid reminder of our big day. As I was looking for possible album options, I stumbled upon these beautiful, hardback, Muujee wedding albums. They look fantastic, and they provide professional quality wedding albums which are perfect for brides and grooms who didn't choose an album in their wedding photography package - like us! It's a super-easy process - instead of having to design the wedding album and the position of the photographs {exhausting}, all you do is submit your images, and their graphic designers take care of the rest. They even provide color correction and retouching services {I'll be 20% more tanned then please!}. Muujee are even offering 15% off their 'Modern' and 'Magazine' album lines with the code 15OFF-BIGDAY {insert on the order form, expires August 31, 2012}. So if you've already had your engagement photographs taken, why not try out their albums? Test the service first by submitting a handful of your images, and they'll design some sample layouts based on their images. Right, I'm off to pick my favourite wedding shots!

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Introducing Jon Rouston Wedding Photography

Have you chosen your wedding photographer yet? As soon as you have picked your wedding date, pick up the phone to book your photographer. The best are always reserved at least a year in advance, and you'll be surprised how popular certain weekends are for weddings! Not booked yet? If you're getting married in the Nottingham area, or anywhere else in the UK, take a look at the fabulous Jon Rouston Photography. His wedding work is the perfect blend of unobtrusive reportage, combined with relaxed contemporary portraits. Jon Rouston's aim is to focus on the real story behind a wedding - the people. From the brides excited then nervous preparations, and the groom's anxious wait at the top of the aisle, to your crazy uncles dominating the dance floor. If you take a look at Jon Rouston's blog, you'll see picture after picture of laughing brides and grooms, a sure sign they're relaxed and happy in front of his camera. Jon's reasonable prices include a disc with all your pictures, and a beautiful album, but book him soon - he's already busy for 2013!

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Introducing Last Night of Freedom Stag Weekends & Hen Nights

Have you had your hen night yet? Have you dropped heavy hints about what you want to do? My maids of honour know that I'm a bit of a control freak, so they asked me what I wanted them to organise. My only insistance was no strippers! My maids said they found the planning quite stressful, and that's where a company like Last Night of Freedom can step in and take over. They put together the best hotels, activities and night-life options in over fifty of the best stag and hen party destinations in the world, and they sell all the accessories that you need to go with it. So if you're looking for decorations and forfeit games, plus personalised cardboard cutouts, and slightly creepy {but very funny} morph suits - you know where to go!

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Bright Wedding Flowers Inspiration

Flowers are the one thing that completely blew our French wedding budget. We spent a thousand pounds - three times more than I originally planned. But it was worth it - they looked amazing - thanks to our fantastic florist Stephan {in Puyricard}, and creative wedding planner, Kerry Bracken. We discovered there's a lovely tradition in France of giving flowers to the bride and groom at a wedding, and it's one that exists in India as well. If you're looking to send a wedding bouquet, Aryan Florist have a fantastic selection, with everything from roses to orchids. If I had my time again, I'd pick bright freesias and camellias. What flowers are you considering for your wedding?

{Photo Credits} Freesias by Pinecone Camp, Table Display by Rebecca Wood Photography via Style Me Pretty

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Introducing The Last Detail Wedding Accessories

Keep your wedding details picture-perfect thanks to The Last Detail. They've got all the wedding favours and party decorations you could want, in tonnes of colours and and styles, that are bound to fit with your wedding theme. They've just added a new range of wedding guest books, something I thoroughly recommend. We encouraged our guests to take polaroid pictures of themselves, and stick them in our wedding guest book with a message. They got every more hilarious as the wedding night progressed, and people got more drunk on champagne!

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Introducing Confetti Wedding Favours

Whether it's a Royal Wedding Street Party or your own fabulous big day, you're going to want to keep your eye on the little details. The wedding favours, the decorations, the table plan, the wedding stationery - it's all those little things that make a wedding stand out from the crowd. So don't miss the Confetti website - it's packed with ideas, and everything's organised by theme {so helpful!}.

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Introducing Azulsahara Stationery & Wedding Favours

Favours are a tricky subject for many brides. Some say that it's not a UK wedding tradition to give these mini-presents, but personally I'm all for them - not least because they're a fantastic opportunity to show your creative side. Whether you choose an edible option {chocolates are always appreciated}, or something more valuable, make sure you put yourself in the shoes of the guest - the last thing you want is discarded favours left on the table. Wedding stationery company Azulsahara help their brides with a fantastic selection of wedding favours, to match their invitations. This creates a fab 'together' look, where everything is the same pattern. Whatsmore, all their wedding favours are personalised with the names of the bride and groom, and the date of the wedding with no additional cost. Check out their gorgeous selection below, and on their website.

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Introducing Fine Art Wedding Photography

Choosing your wedding photographer has become pretty complicated these days. It used to be simple when all you expected were the formal shots. You'd pick a local photographer, who was good a ordering people around, and arranging people according to height, and snap-snap, you'd have your wedding album full of groups of guests. You'll probably still want a few of those formal, group shots, but nowadays wedding photographers have developed, and you'll hear a lot of talk of reportage-style and fine art photography. Reportage is a bit like the pictures taken by the paparazzi. They're unobtrusive shots of the bride and groom enjoying their day, or portraits of people laughing. It's a fun, modern style, that's very much in fashion at the moment. Fine art wedding photography is also growing in popularity. It's a huge trend in the States, and everything big there tends to make it's way to the UK. But what's the difference to reportage? Well with fine art wedding photography every shot is like a painting you'd hang on your wall, where the bride and groom are placed in their environment, or cleverly lit by an errant beam of sunlight. David Charlwood is a UK fine art wedding photographer - take a look at his work below, and you'll see the difference in style.

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Introducing ZankYou Wedding Lists

As if getting married wasn't present enough, some genius person {probably an engaged one}, came up with the idea that wedding guests should give the newlyweds a gift. And as someone who's just started receiving wedding presents, I can tell you, it feels like the most amazing treat. I got a diamond ring, a designer wedding dress, an amazing wedding day, and now I get presents?! We should do this getting married thing more often! Originally wedding presents were designed to furnish a new home with crockery, cutlery and linen, but what if you don't really need anything? Well that's where Zankyou comes along to help you out. This fab website lets you create the wedding list of your dreams, where you can include anything you like, from your honeymoon, all the way to that toaster it turns out you actually do need. Then your guests contribute whatever they want to spend, and all the funds get transfered direct to your bank account. The site also gives you a whole range of useful wedding tools, including a personal wedding website, electronic RSVP for your invitations and a guest list management feature that easily converts into a table planner tool {a life-saver!}.

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WOW! The Bridal Designer Sale

If you're finding that all the wedding dresses you love are too expensive, then you're going to love the London Bridal Designer Sale. With up to 70% off exquisite designer wedding gowns, you'll finally be able to afford leading international designers like Amanda Wakeley, Amy Michelson, Caroline Castigliano, Christina Sposa and many, many more… The sale starts on Saturday 19th March {this weekend!} and runs until Sunday 20th March at London's Marriott Hotel on Grosvenor Square. Tickets to the event are FREE but appointments are booking out fast! To avoid disappointment, book now and select your preferred date and time slot.

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Introducing Renira and Jane Photography

Your wedding is going to be one of the biggest days of your life, and you're going to want some seriously exceptional photographs to record those magical moments. Renira and Jane Photography have a unique approach to shooting a wedding and between the two of them they capture the whole story of the day from every angle, with personality and fun. With a combined seventeen years in professional portrait experience, you can trust them to take gorgeous photographs you'll treasure forever. Based in Oxfordshire, they're happy to travel, and their 2011 package includes an engagement shoot, so you can all get to know each other. By the time you reach your wedding day you'll be comfortable in-front of their cameras, and pose-perfect! Check out some of their work below, and keep checking back on Before the Big Day for more of their real weddings.

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