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Botanical Wedding Theme

Botanical Wedding Theme

Botanical wedding theme

A botanical wedding theme works so well within the context of fine art weddings. A couple of years back, Pantone named Greenery as their colour of the year, cementing an already burgeoning trend.

Never out of fashion

It’s not hard to see why foliage and botanicals will never really go out of style. It’s a well-known fact that the colour green has a relaxing, pacifying effect. No doubt due to it being the chief colour in nature’s own beautiful palette. Of course it’s also an elegant palette due to its clean simplicity.

Laid-back & natural

If you’re considering a botanical wedding theme for your wedding, read on! You’re in the right place to view my curated selection of images from over the years, and follow the links to the specific galleries. There’s a varied approach to the style here. But the common thread running through is a laid-back, natural look. Just as if you scooped up some wild, exotic leaves and fruit and scattered them across your scene.

Go green

Olive leaves bring elegance wherever they are used. Succulents work all over the place, even in addition to/in place of centrepieces. These are foliages with those dusky blue/grey undertones which speak of warmer climates. Closer to home Rosemary grows abundantly in the UK and carries its own delicious scent, working well alongside/instead of eucalyptus. Consider other foraged greenery on arches, tables and chair-backs. Trailing ivy on window sills is always an English stunner in my book.  And how about asking your florist to create a statement wall or area of floor?

It’s all in the details

Olive leaves & ferns in tablescapes and stationery bring flavour from further afield, as do figs and fig leaves, grapes and other fruits. When it comes to botanical wedding themed stationery you’ll be spoilt for choice. And with the right photographer you can look forward to some beautifully styled photography of your details (think, rings, invitations, perfumes etc). It will be completely in step with your botanical wedding theme, just make sure you keep her up to date with all your design plans as they unfold!

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London Wedding in a Library

London Wedding in a Library

Winter London  Wedding

In a Library on Pall Mall

 

This winter wedding was rich with berry red, gold and green tones. The style was kept simple and classic, allowing the vibrancy of the venue and the couple’s style and personalities to shine.

I love to indulge my passion for architecture and interiors. History is full of fascination for me, be it through paintings, sculpture or buildings – perfect for me as a London wedding photographer.

This London wedding beautifully referenced the careers of the bride and groom with its setting of a private library. Both being university professors there was no better place to celebrate their union than an antique library stocked to the rafters with leather-bound books.

Portraits were shot in the garden of the Pall Mall Club, overlooked by iconic Georgian London townhouses. Afternoon golden hour afforded a few extra shots on the balcony.

 

 Fashion, Film & Fine Art Wedding Photographer

Somerset, UK & Europe

Lace Wedding Dresses for the Fine Art Bride

Lace Wedding Dresses for the Fine Art Bride

Lace wedding dresses are as in vogue today as they were a hundred years ago. Today I just want to share my passion for all things lace when it comes to bridal dress design!

Lace is the epitome of timeless style. It transcends the traditional and redefines the modern.

Dresses can be designed so many ways, and lace works like a dream with other elegant fabrics such as silk and tulle. You can choose just a touch of lace, or go all-out for all-over lace! Strapless, backless, cap-sleeved, full-sleeved… Lace wedding dresses are surely here to stay. (Phew! that’s a relief for the lace-aholics and me.)

Have a scroll through this selection of stunning lace wedding dresses that I’ve had the privilege to photograph recently and see if I’m right. 😉 Then I encourage you to head over to Wedding Sparrow to get some catwalk lace inspiration from New York Bridal Fashion Week.  Expect to see these unique and creative ideas from designers such as Galia Lahav and Berta filtering through to bridal designers over the coming months.

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Poldark Wedding Inspiration

Poldark Wedding Inspiration

Demelza
Poldark

The Spirited West Country Bride

 

Poldark wedding inspiration with excerpts from Winston Graham’s novels…

Ross Poldark is not a novel which ends with a wedding, like Jane Austen. It’s the first of twelve novels about a marriage, which lasts the rest of their lives. The sudden, shocking, unconventional marriage of Ross and Demelza is at the heart of this magnificent, beautifully written series of books.”  Tim Vicary

 

“And Ross again knew himself to be happy

– in a new and less ephemeral way than before. Someone — a Latin poet — had defined eternity as no more than this: to hold and possess the whole fullness of life in one moment, here and now, past and present and to come. He thought: if we could only stop here. Not when we get home, not leaving Trenwith, but here, here reaching the top of the hill out of Sawle, dusk wiping out the edges of the land and Demelza walking and humming at my side.” 

 

 

“I want her, not any other,

not the most beautiful eighteen-year-old damsel born out of a sea-shell, not the most seductive houri of any sultan’s harem; I want her with her familiar gestures and her shining smile and her scarred knees, and I know she wants me in just the same way, and if there’s any happiness more complete than this I don’t know it and am not sure I even want it.”

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“Blemishes

on the beauty of a person one loves are like grace notes adding something to a piece of music.”

 

“The past is over, gone.

What is to come doesn’t exist yet. That’s tomorrow! It’s only now that can ever be, at any moment. And at this moment, now, we are alive–and together. We can’t ask more. There isn’t any more to ask.”

 

 

 

“Not for the first time

he was conscious of emotional lights and shades in his wife that could not be categorised, could not be named as sensuous or emotional as such, perhaps derived from each and gave to each but in essence grew out of a deeper fund of temperament that he still could not altogether apprehend. The simple miner’s daughter was not simple in character at all.”

 

“Did I behave myself tonight, Ross?’

she asked.
‘Did I behave as Mrs Poldark should behave?’
‘You misbehaved monstrously,’ he said, ‘and were a triumph.”

Midelney Manor Somerset Wedding Photographer | Liz Baker Photography

poldark-wedding

Concept, Direction & Photography: Liz Baker Photography  |  Floral Designer: Grace Alexander Flowers  |  Dress Designer: Lily and Louie Bespoke  |  Accessories: Victoria Fergusson Accessories  |  Venue: Midelney Manor  |  Stationery: De Winton Paper Co.  |  Styling for publication: The Luxe Design Company  |  Cake: Love Cakes & Sweet Treats  |  Hair & Make-up Artist: Charlotte Tillyer HMUA  |  Veils: Rebecca Anne Designs  |  Ring: Sarie Joynes Bespoke  |  Ring box: La Petit Box  |  Hand-dyed silks and ribbons: Bruton Silks  |  Shoes: Rachel Simpson  |  Video: Lux Films   |  Film Lab: Exposure Film Lab

 Fashion, Film & Fine Art Wedding Photographer

Somerset, UK & Europe

Fine Art Wedding Bouquet Workshop

Fine Art Wedding Bouquet Workshop

The DIY fine art wedding bouquet

Are you a modern bride in need of a fine art wedding bouquet? If so, it is certainly a wonderful idea to consider the DIY route for this special aspect of your day.

By getting along to a one-day workshop, perhaps with your mum or bridesmaids, you’ll learn how to create your own fine art wedding bouquet.

These courses offer fantastic value for money for the fine art bride. It’s one of the recommendations in my guide How to Plan Your Fine Art Wedding which I send out to all my clients when they enquire.

The real cut flower garden

It’s always such a pleasure to hang out with Charlie and her team at The Real Cut Flower Garden. Charlie’s home and garden is a true gem in the heart of rural West Dorset.

A journalist and passionate gardener for 25 years plus, Charlie traded the pen for the trowel and began The Real Cut Flower Garden in 2004.  They were the first company in the UK to send out bouquets of entirely home grown flowers nationwide. Four years ago expert Charlie launched her Flower School, and every year she and her team add to the courses on offer.

Real flowers for real brides

I was lucky enough to get along to the bouquet workshop in June – perhaps the UK’s most beautiful month, flower-wise. Here are some photos from the workshop, including the bouquets which I created with Charlie’s beautiful flowers. (How stunning do they look tied up with hand-died silk ribbons from Kate Cullen?)

Of course, if you are totally not the green-fingered type, don’t panic! Charlie can supply all your wedding flowers, home-grown and cut fresh from her garden.

P.S. Don’t forget to request your personalised quote today in order to get more tips and keys to planning a fine art wedding.

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