Engagement Photography in Suffolk and Essex. Most of my wedding packages include an engagement shoot and I’m often asked why I offer them. The majority of us aren’t models and can feel a bit uncomfortable in front of a camera. When couples like yourselves have a shoot with me before the wedding it gives them a chance to see what being photographed professionally is like. It also means that come their wedding day they are totally at ease with having me around. I like to work with emotions and those fleeting moments that create a wonderful wedding story. Having a couple at totally at ease with me means that those true emotions are able to shine through. The shoot normally… Read More →
Slideshow of Wedding Photography in Bury St Edmunds. [hana-flv-player video="http://www.alexkilbeephotography.co.uk/files/bury_st_edmunds_wedding_photography.flv" width="600" height="400" description="Bury St Edmunds Wedding Photography" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="false" /] Hope you all had a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Towards the end of 2011 I was fortunate enough be at The Angel Hotel to photograph Sadie and Jasons wedding on Armistice Day. Over the last half of 2011 my work started to focus more on capturing emotions, stories and narratives in my wedding photography. I’ve been a wedding photographer in Bury St Edmunds for a number of years now and my reputation for delivering beautifully sympathetic photography is growing far and wide. Sadie and Jason aren’t from Bury St Edmunds, but they had… Read More →
[hana-flv-player video="http://www.alexkilbeephotography.co.uk/files/newmarketweddingphotography.flv" width="600" height="400" description="Newmarket Wedding Photography" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="false" /] Lisa and Ben. I’ve been a little slack recently about putting up blogs of weddings I’ve been covering this summer. This is the wedding of Lisa and Ben, which took place in Newmarket (well, Exning and Moulton to be exact) during the summer. In typical British fashion we had all manner of weather during the day, from bright blazing sunshine to pouring rain – but through it all, Lisa and Ben had a great time. I hope you enjoy this little taster of their wedding photography. Alex Google+
[hana-flv-player video="http://www.alexkilbeephotography.co.uk/files/bildeston.flv" width="600" height="400" description="Claire and Simon Stowmarket registry office" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="false" /] Claire and Simon – The Bildeston Crown. At the end of August an e-mail dropped into my inbox. ‘We know it’s very short notice, but we’re hoping you’re available to photograph our wedding on the 3rd September..’ That was my introduction to Claire and Simon and their family wedding at The Bildeston Crown and Stowmarket registry office. As it turned out, I was free as I’d booked off the 3rd to recuperate after a hectic August – but the promise of an intimate wedding, a vintage racing Bentley and a great couple combined with the good weather we were having, made it too good… Read More →
[hana-flv-player video="http://www.alexkilbeephotography.co.uk/files/haughleyparkbarn.flv" width="600" height="400" description="Sally and Mark at Haughley Park Barn" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="false" /] Sally and Mark – Haughley Park Barn and Bardwell church. I first met Sally way back in January at a wedding fair we were both attending in Bury St Edmunds. Now I’ve written than I’m actually thinking, ‘hang on a mo, January wasn’t thaaaat long ago’. This year I’ve been so busy it just feels like it’s been going on forever. Oh and this kooky extended summer, delayed autumn is making the year feel longer. But enough about the weather and how long the year has felt – lets talk about a wedding, after all this is a wedding photography blog! So, I… Read More →
[hana-flv-player video="http://www.alexkilbeephotography.co.uk/files/harriet.flv" width="600" height="400" description="Harriet and Stavros wedding" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="false" /] This summer has been great, and in the middle of it all I had the pleasure of photographing Harriet and Stavros for their ‘Greeklish’ wedding. From the off, the excitement and all round joie de vivre of this wedding was plain to see. Harriet and Stavros live in Athens and decided to not only have a wedding in Greece, but also a wedding in the heart of the beautiful Suffolk contryside. Some things are so good, you’ve just gotta do them twice! So for the Greeklish wedding they flew over from Greece and got married again in front of all their English friends who couldn’t make… Read More →
A little while ago, when I was feeling quite wordy and articulate I commented in a forum that wedding suppliers are like musicians in an orchestra. Each one of us has a little role to play under the conductor – the bride and groom. When it all comes together it makes the most awesome symphony, but every so often one of the musicians decides to play their own tune. Result – a cacophony of noise. It pains me to say this, but quite often it’s the photographer who is the errant solo artist in the orchestra of your wedding. That person who can’t work to schedule, who takes far too long trying to set up a photograph which will impress… Read More →
Wedding photography at Belstead Brook, Ipswich. Ever have one of those days where the weather starts off grey and dreary and ends up super hot? Peter and Donna’s wedding at Belstead Brook in Ipswich was like that. When I left the house to go and photograph their day I thought we were in for a bit of a grey day, but the sun burned off all the clouds and we ended up with one of the hottest days of the year. Donna was getting ready at her mum’s house, so I started off there, photographing all the cool moments that make up the bridal party getting ready. For me this is my one of my favourite times during a wedding…. Read More →
Butley Priory Wedding Photography. A little while back I was thrilled to photograph Stuart and Chloë at the very cool Butley Priory in rural Suffolk. This quirky venue is, or actually was, just a gatehouse for the priory in years gone by, which, if the size of the gatehouse is anything to go by, must have been huge! Rather cunningly Stuart and Chloë had chosen a great day in May to get married. I’ve noticed in the last few years more and more couples getting married in May. Maybe the improved weather has something to do with it. About five years ago we were getting snow in April, and now it’s glorious sunshine, Pimms and general t-shirt wearingness all around… Read More →
