Hi all. Today I have what I think are some very cool and somewhat unique pre wedding photos to show you, taken during an extended pre wedding photo session in the centre of London that turned out to be a whole heap of fun!
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The Millennium Bridge, a warm late afternoon sun and St Paul's Cathedral set the scene for this technically challenging but funky pre wedding shot!
Meet Tracey and Mike – a really fun Vietnamese couple who are getting married in February of next year: Mike contacted me to arrange a pre-wedding shoot recently, and was keen to do it quite soon because he and fiance Tracey are soon to set off back to Vietnam for their wedding day. Having lived in London for some time, they told me they wanted to include some of the iconic sites in their pre wedding shoot – as a memory of the time they’ve both spent here. We met up at London Bridge station, and set out to get some fun, funky and modern photos for them. Here are just a few of the results…
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Our couple enjoy a quiet moment together in the late September sunshine at Tower Bridge
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You wouldn't believe how busy it was outside St Paul's Cathedral when we actually took this shot... a bit of post-processing magic, and hey presto..!
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Tracey and Mike were a great couple to photograph and were very relaxed, as I think this photo shows
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A busy subway entrance provides a 'romantic' backdrop for our engaged couple... between commuters rushing by!
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A slow exposure, stunning background and a bit of help from a backlit flash for a unique perspective of the London Eye
Well there you have it: Tower Bridge, the embankment, The London Eye, Big Ben, Westminster, The Tower of London, The Millennium Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, phone boxes, security guards, long walks and taxi rides and more: all in an afternoon’s work. I love my job. 🙂
As you can see, we had a blast taking the photos for Tracey and Mike. A big thanks to Wayne for stepping in as assistant/lighting guy – and also to Michelle, who came along to video the shoot but ended up getting roped in as second lights assistant after the big security guy on the embankment said we couldn’t use our tripod (and so I needed Wayne to lean on)!
…but mostly, thanks to Tracey and Mike for being such a fun and willing couple, and happily going along with all my strange ideas in the name of art..! I think the results speak for themselves, so I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as i enjoyed making them. 🙂
And remember, if you’re looking for your own set of unique pre wedding or engagement photos – or even a post wedding photo shoot – all you need to do is to get in touch, and we can go play together too!
All the best for now then,
Rob.
Contemporary pre wedding photo shoots for fun and modern couples
Hi Rob
They are absolutely gorgeous. We can’t believe the picture on Millennium Bridge turns out really good despite lots of people were walking by. We think it will be even better if we have more space on the bridge and people were willing to walk close to the edge 😀
We specially love the picture in St Paul Cathedral and totally agree that it was magic that we were standing on square all alone.
Again, we had lots of fun and thank you and Wayne for such a lovely time and pictures of course. We can’t wait to see the rest. 😀
All the best.
Mike and Tracey
These photos are briliant. Tracey, you look stunning, much more than Mike 🙂 we should have another pint because of this. By the way, i still can see another leg between you two in the last one.
Oh! Well spotted Dave. Fixed that now. Rob. 🙂
Wonderful photos! We do pre-wedding photography here in Prague all of the time and looking at your work in London is very inspiring. Very inspiring indeed!
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Lovely set of shots Robert! Love some of your compositions and use of light. Keep up the great work.