Snowdrop Sunday | Hedingham Castle | Gavin Conlan Photography Ltd | Essex Portrait Photographer

March 3, 2014 Gavin Conlan

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting Hedingham Castle for the last snowdrop Sunday of this year.

“The Castle’s winter gardens are possibly the most romantic in the East of England, with at least 13 varieties of snowdrops covering the steep slopes of the motte and bailey and setting off the trees and lakes in front of the Georgian Mansion House” – Hedingham Castle

Hedingham Castle is a glorious Wedding and Events venue in Essex and I would recommend everyone to visit, you will not be disappointed.

“The 900 year old Norman keep of Hedingham Castle stands in 160 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland where the Lindsay family, descendants of the original owners, the De Veres, still live.

Hedingham Castle is not just one place. Romantic, beautiful, ancient, historic and wild, it is somewhere to set your imagination free. Privately owned, its character is unique, and its history is the heritage of us all” – Hedingham Castle

I really hope you love my selection of photographs.

All the best – Gavin.

Snowdrop walk at Hedingham Castle, photography by gavin conlan photography Ltd

London Engagement Session | David & Leighanne | gavin conlan photography Ltd | London Engagement Photographer

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

March 30, 2013 Gavin Conlan

"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

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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

The Wedding of Gemma & Steven | St Margarets Church & Three Rivers Golf & Country Club | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com

September 28, 2012 Gavin Conlan

Last Saturday was the wedding of Gemma and Steven - they held the ceremony at St Margarets Church in Stanford-le-Hope followed by the reception at Three Rivers Golf and Country Club in Purleigh, Essex.

Looking back at the weather for this past week they were so lucky as Saturday was glorious, Three Rivers in the sunshine is a beautiful venue with stunning views over looking the golf course.

I would recommend this venue to everyone because the staff made you feel so welcome and was always on hand to help. You'll see by some of the shots too that the interior has lots of mirrors and hopefully by now you'll know I love shooting reflections - I was totally in my element.

I was joking with Gemma the night before the wedding and she was trying to tell me how she wasn't looking forward to the posing and in her words "isn't very photogenic" I remember laughing at the time because I knew she would be great - I'm sure you'll agree with me that she looks beautiful in these images. Steven on the other hand I'm sure had been practising because he was straight into the pose needing very little direction, he even had the head tilt perfect. I had so much fun with both of them it just makes you want to be able to spend more time shooting together, it's a shame things like the wedding breakfast and speeches get in the way....

Gemma, Steven I hope you both absolutely love these images and I can't wait to show you more.

Your slideshow is now live and can be viewed at the bottom of this post - I hope you love it....

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Thank you again for giving me the honour of photographing your wedding.

Take care,

- Gavin