London Engagement Session | Jennifer and Bobby | gavin conlan photography Ltd | London Engagement Photographer

"An amazing couple with an amazing story who have the perfect love story"

For anyone who knows me or has worked with me in the past will know that I'm a little bit obsessed with movie style love stories - Jennifer & Bobby's love story is most definitely from the pages of a Hollywood movie.....

I had the absolute honour of photographing their Engagement Session in London last December.  I remember receiving this email enquiry from Jennifer who lives out in Chicago and my first thoughts were "wow my presence has made it all the way out to Chicago".  I've never been there but supporting the Chicago Bears as a kid it's always held a special place in my heart - so to say I was a little bit excited by this email was an understatement.

Over the months leading up to the shoot - myself, Jennifer & Bobby discussed logistics of the shoot, the locations they desired and their suitable outfits. As the shoot date was getting closer the weather wasn't really improving I knew we shouldn't of expected much for late December in England but I was hoping for one of those gorgeous crisp London blue skies instead we got wet dull London.  You know what London is beautiful in all weather conditions and due to the weather we had to slightly adjust our shoot schedule on the day but I would honestly say it worked out perfectly in the end.

We took advantage of one of my favourite spots on the River Thames (next to Westminster Bridge), followed by St Pancras International Rail Station - this station is an architectual masterpiece in my eyes.  

You may of seen a couple of these images on my

facebook photography page

 but I wanted to showcase more on here because there are so many images I love and wanted to share with you.

Jennifer & Bobby I wish you both an amazing wedding day and a life time absolute of happiness together and I feel honoured to have been able to shoot this session for you.

All the best,

Gavin

London Bridal shoot - My top 50 favourite images | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding and Portrait Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.facebook.com/gavinconlanphotography

In honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations I thought it would be the perfect time to showcase the amazing Bridal shoot I did a couple of months ago in our gorgeous Capital City.

We had the absolute honour to be able to shoot at the top of the iconic Gherkin building in London's Bishopsgate area, the stunning Leadenhall Market and the fantastic Millennium Bridge with St Paul's Cathedral making the perfect backdrop.

London is an amazing City and when you merge that with a beautiful model and a stunning wedding dress I was blessed with the opportunity of capturing an endless amount of beautiful images.  With this post I decided to showcase my top 50 favourites in no particular order - I hope you love them too.

All images were shot using a mixture of available/natural light, video lights and Nikon speedlights.  I am thinking about posting before and after images - if you think this is something you'd like to see and could possibly help you with your photography and editing in some way please leave a comment below....

If you are interested in booking a session with me you can get in touch via my website or on here.

I hope whatever your doing in honour of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations this weekend that you have amazing fun with your loved ones...

God Bless the Queen and thank you Her Majesty for our extended bank holiday ......

Fashion vs. Glamour | London photo shoot | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding & Portrait Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

Photography can be a lonely career at times, shooting alone, editing alone, working all hours of the day making sure your business runs smoothly while posting new imagery to your website, blog and social media sites.  At times you just need to stop everything and surround yourself with fellow professionals, it's the perfect way to talk through any issues you may have or worries and to recharge those creative juices.  

The London Speedlite Scene is just that for me it's a fantastic group of Photographers/Make Up Artists/Models all networking and working together I feel seriously blessed to have found this group and be apart of it - it's full of fantastic and extremely talented people who work the arses off to achieve fantastic imagery.

Glamour vs. Fashion was my 4th meet up with the LSS crew and it was another awesome shoot - this time we had free run of a Mansion House in Hampstead.  Seriously the efforts of the Make Up Artists can't be stressed enough on these shoots, the works of art they produce are mind blowing and really do make our jobs as photographers a hell of a lot easier.

All the models were provided by Elect Model Management and MUA's by Intense Make-up Artists both agencies were formed out of London Speedlite Scene - you should check out the links below.

http://www.intensemua.com/

http://www.elect-models.com/

http://www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk/

Also check out the fantastic video from the meet up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7E9YE6OOk0 this will give you a teaser into the world of a LSS meet up.

I use these shoots as personal challenges, to limit my lens choice and to try and produce images that are different - to work with the environment and showcase it in a different way while still shooting images that fit in with my current style.

As with my previous LSS meet ups I shoot every image with a mixture of natural available light and my daylight balanced video lights.

I hope you enjoy these images, you can view more by visiting my facebook photography page http://www.facebook.com/gavinconlanphotography - if you like the work I produce then please click on that like button to make my day.

Take care and speak soon.