Wedding and Portrait Photogrpaher

Hey guys, David here from www.davidpurslow.com – I am a specialist wedding and portrait photographer based in West Wales however I do cover the whole of wales especially South Wales, Cardiff, Swansea and Bristol – I even travel to Scotland and Ireland– I specialize in relaxed, informal, modern, stylish photography with a touch of fashion and a lot of flair !

Today I had the GREAT pleasure of shooting one of the funnest weddings I have shot for a long time.  Lisa and Liam first came to visit me several months back and we just connected – I really like it when I have a connection with my clients as I know we are both thinking the same things and our joint goal is the couple getting some fantastic wedding photos.

This was a small intimate wedding and I only spent a few hours with the couple however in that time I feel I have managed to capture the real spirit of the day and the excitement and love the couple share for each other.

Okay lets start, this story is a little different to most, for starters I visited with Liam for a few pics of him getting ready, what made this fun was the fact that Liam was staying on one of St Davids magnificent caravan sites and was getting ready in a caravan – a first for me.  The light inside the caravan was fantastic from my point of view so I set about shooting a few pics.

as you can see from the following picture Liam was pretty chilled and I could tell from the clothes that this was going to be quite a laid back day but one that would make for nice light and airy photos.

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Hello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com I always start these by saying if you found this page via a search engine then why not visit my actual website at www.davidpurslow.com – I am a portrait and wedding photographer based in West Wales but I cover all of Wales and the UK

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If your a regular blog stalker you will know I try to focus on a different aspect of each wedding.  If you new to me and found this via the search engine, check out the rest of my weddings on the blog or visit my website to see what I mean.

Carrie and Alex’s wedding was from my point of view A TOTAL BLAST – These guys were my perfect clients and I think the photos really show it.  As you will know I am not a traditional type of photographer and I am at my best when my couples are looking for a more relaxed style to their wedding photos. – That means this blog entry will also be slightly different.  There are 50 photos in the blog entry to start off with and most of them take place either during the wedding or on the beach !

The wedding was taking place at the stunning Gellifawr Hotel in Pembrokeshire, Fred and his staff there really look after the couples but they also take great care of the photographers which make my day easier.  This was my second of my weddings at Gellifawr this year with a few more to come and I look forward to each and every one because I know the venue is great, the staff are great and all this lends itself to great wedding photos (which is what my clients want)

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A recent wedding at the Cleddau Bridge Hotel

Beach Wedding photos at Freshwater West

David Purslow is a national wedding photographer based in Worcestershire in the West Midlands, However David shoot around 15 weddings each year in his beloved Pembrokeshire in West Wales.  Originally from the Haverfordwest area of Pembrokeshire each time David gets a booking for Pembrokeshire its like returning home.

David has very strong ties to the local area and with lots of friends and family in the area it really is like David is a Pembrokeshire wedding photogarpher.

The photos below are the kind of work you can expect to receive when choosing David to photograph your wedding.

This wedding took place at the Beautiful Cleddau Bridge Hotel in Pembroke Dock in Pembrokeshire.

After a beer or two, the boys sat down for a nice big cooked breakfast

After a breakfast and a few photos I headed off to meet up with the bride (Emily)

The week before Emily had told me her wedding was an Ian Stuart, my favorite wedding dress designer. When I got to Emily’s mum’s house I had a good look around for the best place to photograph the dress however after hunting around I felt there was no where that did the dress justice, so I asked if she minded if I take it outside for a few photos, I have a penchant for beautiful wedding dress photos and I think Emily’s is one of my favorite of all time – Everything was perfect, the weather, the location, the placement of the sun and the perfect place to hang it from.

and here is the beautiful bride to be admiring her dress

While the girls were doing the makeup and so on, I concentrated on a few detail shots and also a few shots of the boys, Emily’s day and so on who also happened to be at the house getting ready.

Then it was time for Emily to get dresses, HALF joking (honest) I suggest she get dressed in the garden since we had already shot the dress shot there, I was bowled over when she said okay, so there we were in the garden, the girls holding this beautiful dress up in the air for Emily to climb into

From here we jump forward a little, there are so many great photos to share with you and not enough time so its right off to the wedding itself, well a couple of grab shots from the wedding at least.

During a break in the ceremony, just before a reading, I noticed that the bride and groom where holding hands and smiling at each other, I got ready because the hairs on the back of my neck (yes no hair on my head but a few on my neck) I just had a feeling something special was going to happen – then Nick just gave Emily a tender little kiss on her hand, I think this is a beautiful photo – I just love the intimacy of this picture, I think it captures the love these guys share with each other so much.

Helen my assistant was at the back of the room and while she was scanning for someone to grab, she saw this young man looking a little board and trying to watch her – Great capture and one of the reasons I love working with an assistant.

Then in the blink of an eye, the wedding was over and it was time for a quick few signing photos before we all headed outside.

Beach Wedding Photography

David is famous for his Beach wedding photos and often takes couples off for an hour to produce some amazing photos that most couples choose as dramatic wall art for their homes.

This session lasted less than 30 minutes but produced over 100 amazing wedding photos the couple fell in love with.

Then Emily decided it was play time !

and then Nick came back in, took Emily in his arms, gave her a big kiss and cuddle

Then before we knew it, it was time to leave the beach and head back, naturally I got a few more shots as the happy couple made their way back up the beach

I am actually going to mix up timings just a little here, because after the beach it was straight back to the Cleddau Bridge Hotel then they pretty much went right into the wedding breakfast and speeches followed by a few more photos outside, but I want to end at the Cleddau Bridge so lets start off with a few pics taken after dinner.

Everyone !

The Boys

Nick and his Mum

and here Emily is spending a little quality time with one of the younger guests on the day, Nick better watch out, Emily loves children and it was so evident in the care and attention she gave them all day – beautiful to see and I am sure in years to come these will be special photos for these youngsters.

And one final one before we head inside for the speeches photos

In a little break from tradition Emily gave a speech which had the bridesmaids in tears and the guests in fits of laughter, whilst this was going on, like a Ninja I crept around the room snapping away to capture some of the emotion and fun of the day.

and while Nick was giving his speach, Emily and his new Mother In Law keep a close eye on him

Then after the speeches it was time for the cutting of the cake, I held back as we had taken one earlier in the day, and I wanted to mix it up a little – with around 110 people gathered around its probably a good job

Once that was over, it was time for the night time to get into full swing, so the couple took to the dance floor for their first dance during which time I played with getting some different and unusual first dance photos – naturally I took the standard ones as well but I always like to try different things, to mix it up a little, and from time to time when you do you get a few shots like this……

Well at this stage we had been there for around 14 hours or so – we started to pack away our gear, Helen went to grab the car and when she came back in she mentioned it was a great sunset – I quickly dumped all the gear in the car and Helen ran off to find the bride and groom – we took them to over look the water so the sun would be behind them and managed to grab the last two photos of the day.

Congratulations to Emily and Nick on an amazing wedding day, we could easily have stayed all day it was one of those kinds of weddings – totally amazing !

Hope you have enjoed this look at the wedding of Emily and Nick.

Take care,

more soon

ciao

dp

David Purslow
Wedding Photographer
http://www.davidpurslow.com
Studio Line: 01299 253844
Cell Phone: 0759 007 6666

Hello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com I always start these by saying if you found this page via a search engine then why not visit my actual website at www.davidpurslow.com – I am a portrait and wedding photographer based in West Wales but I cover all of Wales and the UK

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Okay from the moment Phil and Orinda turned up a couple of weeks before the wedding I knew this was going to be different, just listening to Orinda speaking about the plans for her big day was fantastic. Immediately following the wedding there was going to be an old fashioned tea party !! yep the kind you would see a mad hatter and a giant rabbit at – fine china, lots of cakes etc – and if that was not good enough in itself the details just got better and better.

If your a bit of a blog stalker you will know I am not your traditional type of photographer, I like things that are just that little bit different so for 2 weeks I was all excited and could not wait.

I also knew from that meeting that attention to detail was very high on Phil & Orinda’s list of priorities – The hand drawn map Orinda had painstakingly drawn just highlighted it – so with all this in mind, I arrived at St Llawddog’s Church to be met by a beaming groom looking all excited to be getting married in around an hours time.

and soon after four of the cutest flower girls you ever did see arrived each looking like little princesses and all showing signs of being very excited.

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Hello there, David (dp)  here from www.davidpurslow.com – I always start these blog posts like this because so many of you find these via search engines and miss my website out ! – I am a wedding and portrait photographer based in Wales but am available for weddings anywhere in the UK.

A couple of weeks ago I had the great pleasure of photographing the wedding of Claire and Philip.  Until the day before the wedding I had not met the couple but I was invited to a BBQ at Slebech Park – The venue for the reception following the wedding.  The couple and guests had taken over Slebech Park as its a great destination for remote weddings down here in the West of Wales.

Claire and Philip booked me over the internet and following a few conversations on the phone.  Attention to detail was high on Clair’s listand they provided me with great information.  As I said before I would like to thank them both for the invite to the BBQ – apart from the great food, I got to meet lots of their friends which made the whole day go a lot smoother.

Okay onto the big day itself.  I arrived bright and early in the morning to get all the preparation shots.  I love bridal preparation shots as you will know if you are a blog stalker – I also love it when the groom is at the same location and I get to photograph the preparation of both parties, that way the groom does not feel left out.

Claire the bride (in the yellow top) was pretty cool all morning, I don’t think I have seen a bride so prepared and laid back (which her friends pointed out is not like Claire – with a smile on their face) – I don’t know about any of that but all I can say is she was totally chilled and a real pleasure to be around.

In this shot again from the bridal preparation you can see Claires dress in the background, I moved it to get a good shot of it as you will see in a second.

So not being able to get a decent shot of the dress where it was I ASKED if I could move it – I am not a photographer that likes to make things happen and I dont try to direct much of a wedding or orchestrate things to happen but when the need arises and its for something as important as a wedding dress photo, well you just have to bite the bullet sometimes and just do it.  Wall space was at a premium so the best location I could find was in a doorway – I locked the girls in their room and let them know NOT to come out or the dress would fall – these are all important little things because apart from the bride, groom and guests the dress is the next most precious thing on the day !

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Hello everyone, David here from www.davidpurslow.com – just a quick sneak peek tonight.

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Amazing Venue, Amazing Couple, AMAZING WEATHER, and an amazing time from the photographers point of view.

With any luck – The venue – Gwellifawr Hotel in Pembrokeshire great venue for weddings.

Carrie looking at her dress

Mum looking at Carrie

getting married

cake cutting

Down the beach!!!!!!!!!!

Carrie getting  brave

The happy couple !

Hope you like

ciao

dp

David Purslow
Photographer

http://www.davidpurlsow.com

01437 779412
0759 0076666

Hello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com

Okay, I managed to grab a mad 5 minutes to shoot a few photos of Soukie and Joshua today.  Over the weekend we had the kids summer party and I remember several people saying they had not seen any new pictures of the kids so while Nikki grabbed a quick bath I grabbed my camera and shot a few pictures.

I used a very high ISO 6400 (fast film speed that adds lots of grain and looks pretty arty) and just available window light

These are the first shots of the two of them together – start to finish was less than 4 minutes then all hell broke loose

Enjoy

dp

and last but not least, Joshua then started to join in with songs on the tv

Hi there, david here from www.davidpurslow.com

A couple of weeks back I posted the sneak peek at the wedding of Helen and John picked up a disk of all the images and I also put them up on my client proofing system for them to take a peek at.  I thought this would be a good time to share a few of my favorites with you.

The wedding took place at Mathry Village Church followed by the reception at The Beggars Reach Hotel, Burton in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.  This was a great day for many reasons and one of those being the fact I was shooting the wedding for a couple who are so deeply in love.  I struggled at points in the day to get a photo of the couple where they wernt kissing each other and it was great to see.  Helen & John really enjoyed their special day, their guests had a fantastic time and that meant that I had a fantastic time also – as you will see in in the pictures even the cows had a great time !

To save a little web realestate I have decided to do away with a huge running commentary on the photos and only give you a few key words to describe whats going on but I think the pictures will speak for themselves and tell the story of a GREAT day.

So without further adoo, here is the wedding of Helen and John as seen thru my camera. – Enjoy.

I arrived to be greated by the Gurad Cat – this cool little dude was wondering around looking like where have all these people come from.

This was one of the rare times when I turned up before the bride got home from the hairdressers.  I took the oppertunity to snap dad getting ready.

Then went out into the back garden and shot a few pictures of the boys and a couple of the bridesmaids.

and it was around this time that Helen come home, I know this because I was shooting the boys at the time and heard some screams (of delight) and generally the happy sounds you hear at weddings of the bride seeing her bridesmids all dressed up. – I turned around and shapped this.

Shortly after this I snuck upstairs (with permission naturally) and took a few shots of the dress, as I left the room where the dress was hanging I saw Helen looking into a mirror at the top of the stairs.

Shortly after this Helen’s mum came and helped her into her wedding dress

Then with all the formalities done and dusted, it was time to head off to the church.  In the following shot John is talking to the vicar before the wedding and was starting to look all nervous etc.

but he did not have to wait too long for Helens Dad walked her thru the doors of the amazing old church building and down the isle

Then my favorite part of the day to photograph, the service  itself.

and then I quickly sneaked outside to take a quick picture of Mathry Church just because it was magnificent

I waited outside after the wedding to get a good shot of the newly married happy couple leaving the church

and after the guests had left, we walked to the back of the church to take advantage of the ground and the lovely old building itself.

While we were doing this, the kids were playing james bond or war or something like that

Then we wend to the bottom of the path for the confetti shots

and one of my favorite photos of the day

The we popped back into the church while the guests left and shot a nice portrait inside the church

From here the happy couple made their way over to the Beggars Reach in style

Then at the Beggars I shot the formals quickly as possible as I wanted to concentrate on the couple having a great time.

and when your working on the formals it always helps to have one of the bridal party that knows eveyrone help you out, I was indeed helped byt his super cool dude who really shaved a good few minutes off te total shoot time by getting everyone ready for the next sots etc.

then I took the couple off to make great use of the simply stunning ground The Beggars has to offer.

Even the cows next door were watching this couple !

One of the things you have to do as a wedding photographer is keep your eyes open for little details etc and while I was taking my pictures just to my right there was a budding cameraman in the making.

then I quickly took the couple inside for the cake cutting photo

followed by just a ring shot

and just as we were leaving I noticed this young lad coluoring in at the head table.

Jus ta couple more photos, here is a family shot

and last but not least another of my favorite photos from the day.

It just leaves me to say a HUGE congratulations to Helen and John and to thank them for inviting me to be a part of the day – I hope they like the photos as much as I do, I was delighted with them.

Remember I am available for Weddings and Portraits throughout West and South Wales and the UK – just give me a bell if you have any questions.

Ciao for now

David Purslow
photogarpher
www.davidpurslow.com
0759 007 6666
01437 779412
david@davidpurslow.com