Monthly round-up | January 2012
Our blog is really quite busy with lots of you popping in to read the latest news (thank you!). With several new posts a week now it’s a hive of activity and we have exciting plans ahead for more feature like content too. So to make it easy to see what’s been happening and catch up on posts you might have missed the monthly round-ups are going to change a little.
There will be quick links to all that month’s blog posts in one place. And a little list of things that have made me smile this month; because, well, life can be hard sometimes and it’s good to remember that there’s lots to be grateful for.
So, off we go with January…
Things you might have missed:
Mike & Suzanne’s wedding at Fawsley Hall
A lovely testimonial from Gavin & Michelle and another from Ian & Kristy
Paul & Karen’s winter wedding at Luton Hoo
Tim & Vicky’s vintage wedding at Kelmarsh Hall
A bridal fashion shoot at Holdenby House
A preview of Lee & Lucy’s wedding at Stoke Rochford Hall
Featured on Sarah Haywood’s ‘Ultimate Wedding Planning App’
Northampton wedding band DFunk
A hair collection photo shoot for Toni Creative
Things that made me smile:
My birthday ♥ Presents ♥ Birthday cake ♥ Family Sunday dinners ♥ Making new friends ♥ New ballet classes ♥ A blissful facial ♥ Burning candles ♥ Dreaming of a new kitchen ♥ Making lots of lists for the year ahead ♥ Long phone chats with Mum ♥ Heather getting engaged in Eastenders ♥ The girls at Courtyard Bridal Boutique on BBC2′s The Fixer ♥ Costa Coffee Flat White & Tiffin ♥ Central heating ♥ My cosy bed ♥ Getting someone in to clean the oven (best. move. ever.) ♥ Not having to defrost the car to get to work ♥ Being treated to Yo Sushi ♥ Shopping with hubs ♥ My Union Jack Irregular Choice shoes ♥ Tulips ♥ The new facebook timeline (ooh controversial!) ♥
Share your thoughts:
We love to hear from our readers so do feel free to leave a comment below. I’d especially love to know what your favourite blog posts were this month. Then we can plan more posts that we know you’ll enjoy. And more importantly, what made you smile?
à bientôt x
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Toni Creative hair collection shoot
Toni Creative is the hair and make-up talent behind our bridal fashion shoots and we work together on weddings too. So it was really interesting to work on a brief from Toni for some of her own work – a hair collection for entry into Colour Zoom 2011, a major global competition run by hair product company Goldwell. The photos were under wraps until the judging had taken place and the winners announced, and then things got really busy here in the peak of summer wedding season, so we’re only just able to share.
The 2011 theme for the competition was ‘Play Strong’. We had to work to a very strict creative brief and within very specific competition guidelines but had lots of fun. We created a set of equestrian inspired images and Toni chose the one above for us to retouch to the highest standards. That meant every stray hair being removed, curves smoothed, eye shadow blended, lipstick built up, eyebrows tidied etc etc… it took hours. And after what seemed like an eternity we heard she won UK Finalist in the Partner category. Go Toni!
We shot a variety of images using different outfits and props. The finished image had to be all about the hair but there’s no reason you can’t have a bit of fun time when all the work is done! Here’s a couple of other favourites processed with a slightly different look (but not to within an inch of their life!) …
We’re busy planning with Toni now for her 2012 entry. The theme is ‘fascinature’ – think surreal shapes and vibrant colours that clash naturally in the wild. Wish us luck!
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Sarah loves | Northampton wedding band DFunk
This blog post (and it’s writer’s awesome chair dancing) is sponsored by ‘Car Wash’, streaming as I write via DFunk’s website.
We do all sorts of photography here at Sarah Vivienne. Weddings are our speciality (how we love them so) but we like to do other things too. I don’t normally share much of that work here but I thought this might be particularly interesting for those of you planning weddings. But mostly because I love the splash of colour.
One question we get asked a lot by our clients is whether we know of any good bands. Now, we’re quite hard to impress here, it has to be said! But DFUnk cut the mustard for us. They’re true professionals and know how to rock a party. You don’t have to pay them extra to sing in tune either! I had the pleasure of photographing them at a corporate dinner we were asked to photograph ‘behind the scenes’ style for catering company Wyatt James and would definitely recommend you get in touch with them.
Some photos of them in action. You might need your sunglasses …
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Featured on Sarah Haywood’s ‘Ultimate Wedding Planning App’
It’s fair to say that we’re twitter addicts here at Sarah Vivienne Photography. We may have used it to procrastinate rather too much but we’ve made some great contacts and it’s opened a whole new world of opportunities. One late night of twittering through mind numbing TV led to us having our wedding photography used for Sarah Haywood Wedding Design’s ‘Ultimate Wedding Planning App’.
Sarah Haywood is one of the world’s top wedding planners and best-selling author of The Wedding Bible. Sarah put a call out on twitter asking for high quality photos of ‘glamorous details’ at weddings. Photos of shoes, cakes, flowers and such like. There’s no shortage of those here so we got in touch and after sifting through lots of submissions Sarah chose some of our work to feature in the app. Happy days.
The app has incredible functionality. You can plan, manage amd keep track of everything for your wedding with it. My favourite feature is being able to create a guest list, manage RSVPs and organise the table plan – directly with your phone contact list.
Some of the pages our wedding photography features on…
You can download the app from iTunes. Just search for Sarah Haywood. I wish it (and iPhones) had been available when hubs and I planned our wedding. It would have saved me from the ‘folder of fun’!
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Pretty preview | Lee & Lucy’s wedding at Stoke Rochford Hall
A sneak peek at Lee and Lucy’s Christmas wedding at Stoke Rochford Hall; our last of 2011. A day which oozed elegance and winter glamour.
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