London & Cornwall Wedding Photographer Marianne Taylor | Creative wedding, couple & family reportage photography covering Cornwall, London, UK and overseas

Creative wedding, couple & family reportage photography covering Cornwall, London, UK and overseas

Trinh & Alastair | Wedding

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Trinh and Alastair got married at The London Oratory, a beautiful Roman Catholic church, which is actually the second largest Catholic church in London. It was important for Trinh to get some beautiful portraits of herself and Alastair, so after the ceremony we got in their Rolls-Royce (seemingly driven by a moonlighting Tommy Lee Jones!) and drove to a few locations which were meaningful to Trinh and Alastair. I love it when there’s some proper time in the wedding day schedule for portraits – it always shows in the resulting pictures. After our shoot we headed to the reception at the Hotel Russell, where Susanna had already started capturing guests mingling. The rest of the day seemed to whiz by in a whirlwind of dining, speeches, a gloriously handsome cake and dancing. I should also give a shout out to Roger from Diamond Films, who was the videographer on the day, it really was a pleasure working with you!

Thank you so much Trinh and Alastair for letting us capture the beauty of your wedding day. I hope you’ll have a happy and long life together!

























































Magali & Jeff | Wedding

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I’d been looking forward to Magali & Jeff’s wedding for what seems like forever! It feels like ages ago when we did their engagement session on Hampstead Heath. Well the big day finally came at the start of September, and it certainly was worth waiting for! Magali & Jeff got married at St Marks Church, Hamilton Terrace and the reception was held at Burgh House in Hampstead (which by the way has a lovely cafe if you ever want to stop for a cuppa). There was, once again, a proper international vibe about this wedding, since Magali is Portuguese and her family came from pretty much all over the world to attend the wedding. Also, her Japanese heritage, and graphic designer background, definitely had an influence on the beautiful and quirky details of this wedding as well.

This is my first attempt at trying to make my blog entries a little bit shorter, as I think they can be a bit overwhelming. I must say it is absolutely killing me though! :D I find it quite hard showing pictures out of context and I think my work is at its strongest when the whole story is there. Alas, for various reasons I have decided to try a bit more restrained approach for now.



























Claire & Ben | Wedding

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Another wedding at The Garden Museum and another bride called Claire, what were the chances! :D Claire & Ben got married at Chelsea Town Hall early in the morning, and since their reception wasn’t until the evening, they hired us just for the party bit. It was kind of weird not being present at the ceremony, but it didn’t really take away from the joyous atmosphere of the wedding day. The last time we worked at The Garden Museum, was when we shot Claire & Hywel’s wedding at the start of the summer. Things looked somehow a little bit different now, more autumnal perhaps – and certainly the light was different, but the venue still had that magical quality I remembered from the first time around. It really is a gorgeous place for a wedding reception.

Thank you so much Claire & Ben for letting us be a part of your day, we had a blast capturing it! x



























































Carolyn & Marc – Reception | Wedding

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The reception of Carolyn & Marc’s wedding took place at the Lamb Tavern in Leadenhall Market in the City of London. The Market itself is absolutely beautiful, and I completely fell in love with the lovely pub with all its gorgeous details and wonderful atmosphere (not to mention the amazing food!). I will definitely be going back – hopefully to shoot lots more weddings. :D

I don’t usually plan the pictures I want to take at a wedding in advance, since I want to let my mind, and eyes, to be free to react to what ever is happening around me. But prior to this wedding, knowing where the reception would be taking place, the one picture I knew I really wanted to get was the bride and groom with the beautiful market as their backdrop. I managed to drag Carolyn & Marc away from the festivities just before our time came to an end, and finished the day with the picture I’d had in my head, the last one in this entry. It literally was the last frame I shot and I couldn’t be more pleased with it.

I had so much fun at this wedding and I want to thank Marc and Carolyn for putting their faith in me and trusting me to ‘do my thing’ on the day. I’m still gutted I couldn’t stay for the whole night and thus missed Marc performing with his band – until 4am I hear! What a great party, you guys, quite literally, rock.



















































Carolyn & Marc – Portraits | Wedding

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The best thing about having a photographer as a client, was the amount of time that was scheduled into the wedding day for photography with just the bride and groom. It was such a luxury to be able to spend some time alone with Carolyn and Marc, trying out a few different locations for some cool portraits. At most weddings I’m lucky if I get the bride and groom alone for 15 minutes! I do think the shots we did get prove what a difference it does make to add in some extra time for portraits into your schedule on the day.

Leaving the Townhall, our first stop was Carolyn & Marc’s hotel, The Rookery, tucked away in an alley behind Smithfields Market, which really was a real gem. If you are looking for a sumptuous weekend break in London, or indeed an atmospheric place to spend your wedding night, be sure to check this beautiful little hotel out! We found lots of interesting places within the hotel and it’s patio area to shoot in. On our way to the reception at Leadenhall Market, we stopped for some more shots with the City as a backdrop – I really love the way these turned out. Oh yes, and the shoes. While I’m usually all about the bride’s shoes, on this occasion I couldn’t very well ignore Marc’s cool footwear! :D




















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