The Stunning Spring wedding of Chloe & Scott ~ The Essex Barn

The Stunning Spring wedding of Chloe & Scott ~ The Essex Barn

Hello There,

Thank-you for checking out my little ol' blog, today I am sharing this Bright and Sunny Spring wedding with you. The Knockout Bride {Chloe} and Super Cool Groom {Scott} ~ were married a month ago at The Essex Barn at Channels Golf Club in Essex.

We had beautiful weather to go along with their beautiful nuptials ~ and I am totally in love with their styling for the day. It all started when I saw their hand-drawn custom invites and stationary ~ aren't they so darn sweet! {Find the creators here}

The Bridesmaids looked lovely in their blush gowns and darling flower garlands, and Wowzers... The Bride Chloe looked absolutely Stunning ~ like a blonde bombshell! And Oh that lovely lace edged veil was a dream!

Can't forget the guys either ~ Scott rocked that Burgundy Suit, along with his bow tie clad lads look so damn cool! The whole look of the day was just so pretty ~ I couldn't stop snapping away! Hehe xx

I have to mention too Chloe's Bouquet & flowers were specially grown just for them! And beautifully put together by Karen at The Flower Mill, don't they look fantastic as well! {Find her here}

We were also joined by unbelievably Talented Costa Sisters {Find them here} who filmed the day with their amazing style, and I just cannot wait to see the result!

I hope you love these shots, I wish we could do it all over again, they were a dream to photograph!
Sibel xx

Women Photographers

A few years ago, if you met a girl at a Photography Trade Show, you would be safe in assuming that she was the Studio Receptionist and that THE PHOTOGRAPHER was the man next to her.

This years ‘WPPI photographers convention’ in Las Vegas, ‘Focus on Imaging’ in Birmingham and the ‘Pro Photo Show’ in Dublin has shown very strong evidence that the portrait & wedding photographer is no longer a middle aged man in a suit & tie.

Now these shows are attended by an overwhelming number of young Lady photographers and the sales pitch from the suppliers is clearly targeting that new female audience, (Canon wont have to work hard, we all know that’s a girls camera!).

Balding salesmen have been replaced by stunning ladies in fishnet tights selling elegant albums boxed in fancy ribbon & lace and portraits mounted in jewellery. Black studio seats are now covered in Polka Dots. Prettily designed backgrounds replace the old plain ones. Even many of the speakers are women as are most of the audience with their multi coloured camera straps matching their designer camera bags.

So where did it all go wrong? Clearly digital played a part because girls just couldn’t be trusted to load film! And teaching them to drive was another mistake!

Just kidding, actually it’s down to the fact that women are the ones who do most of the purchasing.

Women also tend to have a better understanding of children and are generally more emotional about photos of their family than men are.

We all know that Parent Albums are really for the Mammy and the Granny. And extra portraits of babies are ordered for the Godmother and Auntie Betty. The Dad, the Godfather or Uncle Tom rarely get a look-in.

Of course there have been plenty of female photographers all along from Julia Margaret Cameron who in 1865 held her 1st photo exhibition in Ireland.

Girls have been nibbling away at this sector for long enough, it’s about time they made their mark. So move over Gentlemen, time to don your Receptionist Hat, the Ladies have well and truly arrived and they are taking the photographs!