S E Photography

We are always receiving kind gift from our customers after the wedding who are so thankful of how far we go to help their wedding run smoothly as well as take ever lasting memories!

We recently received a home made chocolate fudge cake with the words Thank You spelt out in marshmallows which must have been the most touching gift especially as the groom had made it on his day off work.  We have also received many lovely bottles of wine champagne chocolates & plants such as orchids.

This week we received a lovely vintage photo album which was lovely and personal and we are very grateful for the lengths people go to be thankful to us.  We love our work and it cheers us up when we receive such lovely gifts and cards from our lovely clients.  Thank you go to all of your past and present for your kind gifts.  Its been our pleasure to be part of your day really xx

Heres a recent example of a thank you card received today from Laura & Chris Ramsay:

“We have been meaning to write for ages to say how much we just loved our album and all the pictures! It is just beautiful and we love looking at it! We have had lots of compliments on it from friends and family too! Our parents are also delighted with their smaller versions! Thank you also for all your help on the day and little tips. You were so great with our little bridesmaid & pageboy and your safety pins came in very handy in the evening when the hook pining up my dress broke! We had the most wonderful day and now the photographs help us remember all of it!” Laura & Chris Ramsay x

TIP: Laura’s Dress as many do broke as the hook was not strong enough to hold the dress up we also find this problem with the tied up dress’s very few survive the night. Ideally bring a needle and cotton or large nappy pins that you can fix in the evening so you can dance without getting your train trodden on.

We have set up a competition for February for “S E Photography Essex’s Wedding of the Year 2011” for Our Couples that have agreed to enter.  Simply by liking the image of the couple on our facebook Page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/S-E-Photography/262673463014

Or on our Private Facebook Page if you are friends with us.

We hope this lifts the spirits of our 2011 Weddings who maybe feeling a bit down after all the Wedding Plans are over & with the rain & cold weather may hope to cheer them up!

The Closing date is 29th February and the couple with the most likes over the 2 pages will win a DVD slideshow of their wedding Images and a Large Framed Portrait of the Winning Image, & not forgetting the Title of Wedding of The Year 2011 for S E Photography Essex.

So get onto our facebook page and get liking to place your vote.

We will plan to run a Wedding of the Year 2012 watch this space for more details of how to vote.

-Regards The S E Photography Team x

Each month the Essex Chonicle offers the chance for couples to have their wedding photo published into their I Do section of the paper! We enter all our brides that get married in Essex.  This month we are happy to find out that Hannah Nelson (Gething) has won Bride of the Month & will be featured in the next issue of the Essex Chonicles I Do section!

We are very happy for Hannah she made a beautiful Bride & well deserved!

Heres Hannah who married Steve at St Marys Church Great Baddow & Reception was held at Channels Golf Club.

Okay finally the result is in and we are proud and happy to say that Elise & James are the WINNERS of Wedding of the Year for An Essex Wedding Magazine!

We shot their wedding in the snow back in 2010 now.  Was a very snowy day & bad driving conditions on the days running up to their day. However the end result was a great set of snowy winter wonderland images! The Wedding was at a church in Wanstead & reception was held at Hylands House in Chelmsford.

Elise sadly lost her mum not long after their wedding so their wedding day was very special for them to have shared it with Elise’s mum and Elise says it was lovely to have some professional images taken with her mum on the wedding day.  Which must be priceless for Elise.

Elise & james have been in the running for This for a year now making it to be a finalist from the first vote for Wedding of the year back in 2011, & today were announced as the Winners.

They Win a 2 night break to Down Hall Country Hotel.

Congratulations to Elise & James xx

2011 gave us a few challenges and the hardest challenge is RAIN! trying to work around it especially when it comes in the summer as isn’t expected.  Yes rain isn’t the ideal weather for a wedding and no one wishes for it!

However your wedding day brings you what it brings! and it’s meant to be good luck to rain on your wedding day!  Maybe that was said by someone who had rain on their wedding day! lol

Well most venue’s have areas for photographs to be taken inside, if the mother nature decides to give you a rainy day.  Before booking a venue it maybe an idea to see the indoor area they would provide for photographs and bearing in the mind the amount of guests you are inviting along with the lighting in the area.  This certainly should be looked at if your planning a winter wedding as its more likely to be cold or wet.

Rain certainly adds time onto photographing a wedding as sometimes we have to move couples or guests around under umbrellas!

We as professional photographs do supply white umbrellas for your wedding day and some are ornate that they can be used in the photographs.

We have several times had to use our brollies in the rain but also in the sun as a parasol and they can look very elegant and make a feature to the photographs.  We have before taken some fun photographs in the rain that can cause a great natural smile from the couple.

The only thing you can do when it rains on your wedding day is smile and laugh!  If you get upset your day will be remembered as the wet rainy day rather than the day we got married.

We tell all our couples to expect the rain and if it turns out to be sunny or overcast (which is the best light anyway) then its a plus.  Its helpful if your wedding day stays dry between the end of the ceremony and the wedding breakfast so we can take your groups outside but sometimes we will have to return just after your meal if its summer time and do a few more photographs! We had to do this last August for Donna & Phil’s Wedding at Crondon Park.

It was dry in the morning but during the ceremony the heavens opened until they sat down for their wedding breakfast!  However by returning at the end of the meal meant we could take some lovely photographs out on the grass at Crondon Park when the sun was warm and low!

Heres an example of a photo at their wedding in the rain:

and then heres a photo taken later in the day:

Other Wedding days that rained were: Aysha & Neil in August at Boreham House however we managed to get some of Aysha & Neil outside before the rain came down the rain stayed until the wedding breakfast again but Boreham House has a great canopy over the steps at the front of the house so provided shelter for photographs to be taken on the steps which was ideal!  Heres Aysha below using one of our umbrellas as it just started to rain!

Here’s a group shot taken on the steps at Boreham House Chelmsford.

Here’s Hannah below using one of our parasols from venice in September at Channels Golf Club!

Below is an example where Claire used an umbrellas of ours on a July wedding in the sun at Mangapp Manor in Burnham.Hope this advice on Rainy Weddings has helped. x

WE are now Hiring Wedding Wishing Wells & soon we will be hiring wooden post boxes, these are available to hire for £25 per day for your guests to place their cards or gifts inside for the bride & groom.  This keeps all your cards together in a safe place ready for collection that night by the bride & Groom.

There is poems you can find online that can go inside your invitations regarding please place cards or gift vouchers in our wishing well.

Example: Because at first we lived in sin
We’ve got the sheets and a rubbish bin
A gift from you would be swell
But we’d prefer a donation to our Wishing Well!!

Our Wells come personalised with the bride & grooms name and Date on the front personalised with text colour & chiffon bows to compliment your colour scheme of the day.

Please call us to reserve you well for your date.

We are on the recommended suppliers list for Hylands House in Chelmsford Essex. We have worked at this venue many times over the years both in the summer & in the winter and all year round the venue allocates for all seasons, in the summer we take the bride & groom down to the gardens where theres a lake & pond and we can takes some stunning photographs that you can treasure forever!

To see further examples of our wedding shot at Hylands House then please contact us.  Heres an example of Stephanie & Andrews Wedding from july 2011.

We also Shot Louise & Ryan’s Wedding there is September of 2011, heres Wedding Photograph’s taken at Hylands House on the walk down to the gardens on their wedding day.

We are happy to be recommended by The Reid Rooms Wedding Venue in Margaret Roding in Essex.  We have worked with Mary & the team for many years now and feel we have built a very good working relationship with them.

Heres a Wedding Photo taken at The Reid Rooms on the wedding of  Steph & Gregg’s Wedding Held at The Reid Rooms in September 2011.

We hope to work them more & more x

Once again this year you can see us at the Heart Essex Wedding Show held at the Brentwood Centre on 18th & 19th of February 2011 between 10-4pm.

We once again are taking the official photographs on the weekend for Heart Fm which is a privilege, and a pleasure.

The Heart Essex Wedding Show is the biggest Wedding Fayre in Essex and is deffinately one NOT to miss if you are planning your wedding.  You will find everything you need under one roof!

Find us to the right side of the stage opposite Flowowers the florist.

Hope to see you there!

Our James & Elise of December 2010 have been in a year long competition for wedding of the year with An Essex Wedding Magazine, and they have battled their way down to final 4!  They need your help to become Wedding of The Year Winners!  Please vote for them using the following link:

http://www.anessexwedding.co.uk/woty_vote.cfm?GI_WOTY_ID=771