A short promotional video for MiaBelle Bridesmaids. Shot on location at the Regency Townhouse Brighton -November 2020.

Back in October 2020, I was creating this beautiful scene in the gallery at Somerley House (you may recognise it from The Crown, Bridgerton, The Royals)

Our gorgeous models stand motionless like sculptural installations in a short break between photographing the day. What a beautiful day and such a privellage to work amongst amazing creatives in these beautiful surroundings

So it’s official…I’m totally rubbish at keeping up with my blog posts.

Soz.

To get you up to date, last year was manic and now , its not. I’m sure that all Creatives and the Self Employed Creatives especially, are feeling this right now. What do you photograph when all your work is cancelled and you are only allowed out of your home to shop or exercise ?😬

Times are tuff for ALL of us so stay strong and stay home.

Credit cards, Mortgages and Rent payments will just have to wait, and they will, because we are all in the SAME BOAT. Please don’t forget that. Who knows how long it will take for this to end, but we will all come through it (all be it, probably still pulling our scarves over our mouths, when we go into a shop even after we get the all clear ..don’t say its just me feeling this?)

I’ve been struggling with my mental heath during this lockdown time, in all honesty…I’m pretty sure we all have, and I’ve got it easy. My heart goes out to all those families with no outside space and children locked down in your house! You must be feeling pushed to your limits , the media could be kinder to your plight I think.

I live in Brighton, its got a very large local community and most live in flats. So, if you see Brighton on the News and your are being told its flooded with people, (yes, some are obviously ‘Day Trippers’) , bust most of us actually live in this beautiful town and we all use the Promenade area to exercise. Please don’t judge us too harshly for loving where we live. Just everyone keep their distance and we’ll be fine.

I would like to end this monologue on a positive note, my work taken pre lock down (October’ish last year) is being published now and this has been a small delight to my day. I would like to share some images from Your Sussex Wedding @cwm_wedding taken at the end of last year and out now in their digital magazine available for FREE. This work was taken at the Hobbit House @oastbrook vineyard and featuring the gorgeous @nameherkatie .

They were taken on a slightly chilly and drizzly day but I don’t think you can tell...the pool was heated anyway 😉 xx

Take care and keep smiling everybody xx

Our beautiful styled photo shoot took place at the Hydro Hotel in Eastbourne, East Sussex on a gloriously hot early British Summer day in May. Our photo shoot venue has been a Hotel since 1895 and is more recently a Wedding venue. We took our inspiration and colour palette from its seafront setting and the wonderful coastal views down to the white chalk cliffs at Beachy Head. The light reflects up from from the sea and to the coastal Terrace creating a wonderfully atmospheric location for a couple to say their vows. Its elevated yet private gardens have direct sea views, and its Coastal Terrace where couples can say their vows, features a stunning custom-made dome with open sides in front of a stone tiled terrace and decorative plants, giving a wonderful, Mediterranean Wedding feel. (Available for weddings from April to October with a capacity for 80 guests).

Our shoot has captured the charismatic elegance of a mid Summer Wedding with the lucent feel of a Mediterranean style setting. Our floral designer Lydie dalton matched the location, venue and our stunning Bride beautifully. Creating her gorgeous and unique bouquet with seasonal cream peonies, perfect blush roses and harvested Hawthorn bush flowers in full blossom. Lydie uses petite Pewter topped French mini vases with individual sprigs of Hawthorn to create a really effective yet low cost table decoration for our Bride and Grooms Wedding cake table. Our magnificent ‘Lily may’ cake was created by Liz Chatfield from Sylvias Kitchen and has delicately sculpted white icing flowers to its top and as decoration on the sides. We used the soft blues of the Wedgewood Suite as a backdrop for our cake cutting and couple portraits- stylishly decorated by the amazing Sam from Mulberry Events. Sam used large blue sating ribbons tied around the chairs and pewter lanterns to decorate the room as a perfect wedding venue for us. The soft blues of our room’s walls and satin bows continuing our theme through to our interior set of images.

Our beautiful Bride Georgina wears a stunning beaded Ashley and Justin dress Kindly supplied by Fross Wedding collections of Uckfield and has delicately patterned beading covering its entirely down to its elegant mid length train. Josh our perfect husband for the day wears a Blue linen suit courtesy of Dickies Suit Hire of Eastbourne.

Our photoshoot was bought together and styled by the amazing Helen at Empirical events. Helen and her team create beautiful Wedding showcases and Wedding fairs all over the South of England.

Suppliers and Venue Details

Photography - Jacqulyn Hamilton www.jacqulynhamilton.co.uk @Jacqulynhamilton jacqulyn@jacqulynhamilton.com

Floral designer Lydie Dalton @daltonlydie www.lydiedaltonfloraldesign.co.uk

Venue: Hydro Hotel Eastbourne https://www.hydrohotel.com sales@hydrohotel.com

Venue Decoration - Mulberry Events info@mulberryevents.co.uk https://mulberry-events.co.uk

Event Planning- Empirical Events http://www.empiricalevents.co.uk @empiricalevents_ sales@empiricalevents.co.uk

Cake – Sylvia’s Kitchen ‘Lily May’ Cake http://sylviaskitchen.co.uk @sylviaskitchen liz@sylviaskitchen.co.uk

Car – Finest Wedding Cars http://finestweddingcars.co.uk enquiries@finestweddingcars.co.uk @finestweddingcars

Dress by Ashley and Justin , Kindly supplied by Fross Wedding Collections https://www.frossweddingcollections.co.uk @frossweddingcollections

Josh wears Dickies Suit Hire- Eastbourne http://www.dickieseastbourne.co.uk

MUA and hair - Emma Oliff

https://www.facebook.com/emmaolliffmakeup

@emmaoliffbeauty

Georgina Mills – Empirical Events Models

@g_mills

Josh Apps - Empirical events Models

@_joshaa._