Hi everyone!
Hope everyone is coping with the snowy weather at the moment! Although myself and Chris love the snow it disrupts things far too much, we did however manage to get some sledging in over the weekend! It has to be done!
I would like to share with you some photographs from a few of our past weddings. The wedding dress is one of the most important aspects to any weddings day – mainly the Brides most important thing! – and therefore we aim to capture the elegance and beauty of each one. We believe its so important to remember every little detail from your wedding, as often its taken 2 years to plan!
As I spend the morning of the wedding with the Bride and Chris with the Groom I have the amazing job of capturing the dress. This is often my favourite part of the day, I love the preparation shots, getting ready for the most important day of your life surely should be captured! Chris and I always look forward to going through each other’s morning shots when we get back. We get to see the wedding from the Bride and the Groom’s view – something you can only get with 2 photographers!
Chris and I have different backgrounds in photography and this really shows in the morning preparation photographs. I studied Art from a young age and then gained a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, so I love creating artistic and one off photographs, the atmosphere is something I always try to work with. Creating elegant and soft images to suit the Bride’s preparation photographs. Chris has a history with Live Music photography and gained a BA (Hons) in Film and Moving Image Production. Chris’s passion is film, he interperates the wedding day as a short film, making sure to capture every little detail. Capturing the groom’s preparations really suits Chris’s way of storytelling through photography.
Each dress has a different focal point or detail and its important to suit that to the photograph. I loved the hem of this wedding dress (above) and wanted to show the beautiful train. The lace detail is so elegant and timeless.
This dress was all about the detail. With a polka dot pattern on the lace of the dress to the diamonte sewn into the bodice, it was a very unique and contemporary dress.
This is the same dress as above, due to the shorter hem line I wanted to photograph it hung up. The room was decorated with a deep gold and red, this brought out the beauty in the lace work and contrasted with the pure white of the wedding dress.
I always think its important to capture the little things, sometimes the wedding dress bags have really interesting details, and it helps to tell the whole story of the day.
Bride’s to be normally place their engagement ring onto their other hand, I was so pleased to get this photograph. As we never pose ANY of our photographs we have the ability to know instinctively where we need to be and what will happen next, I love capturing moments that only last a second.
I always make sure to photograph the Bridesmaid dresses too, sometimes as much thought has gone into them as the wedding dress itself. They come in many colours and can make interesting compositions.
The Mother of the Bride doing up the dress is a traditional part of the morning preparations. This photograph is also one of my favourites to capture.
Don’t forget the little bridesmaids either! This dress was so pretty with hanging petals in the stitching of the dress and she looked so happy in it, what girl doesn’t like dressing up!
There are so many wedding options in general that it is sometimes hard to come to a decision on anything. Me and Chris always say as long as its something you love and enjoy then don’t worry about anyone else, its your special day and should reflect your personalities. Happy Wedding planning!
I wanted to share this website http://oldnewborrowedblue.photonet.org.uk/. The Photographers gallery are collectiong wedding images throughout the decades. They are asking people to submit one of their wedding photos to then be displayed in a public gallery. I think its such a unique idea, you can view all the ones that have already been submitted on their website, some date back to the 1820′s. Its so nice to look back at the happiest memories of someone’s life, well worth a look!
In the near future here at Sansom Photography will be launching a new website for our Portrait Photography. We both have a passion for capturing genuine expressions and are happy to offer unique photoshoots at a location of your choice. We are both really excited and will keep you updated on further events!
- Verity
Sansom Photography are Leeds Wedding Photographers covering Yorkshire, UK and beyond offering unique and reportage wedding photography. if you would like to contact us please go to our website www.sansomphotography.co.uk or e-mail us on chris@sansomphotography.co.uk.
