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
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._
The beautiful Chloe Lloyd features on our patriotic front cover of Marry in the South East out now and available in Newsagents and to read online by clicking the link. This photograph was created to celebrate the Royal Wedding in May 2018. Chloe wears Novia D'Art Albina dress and carries a bouquet by the amazing Floral Designer Lydie Dalton
These are the four beautiful dresses from our 'La Belle Marguerite' photo shoot last Wednesday. These stunning vintage beauties were kindly donated by Hope and Harlequin of Sydney Street Brighton an are lovingly re created from original patterns. These are from their made to measure range... so if you are looking for a vintage inspired dress but in stunning modern silks , go and try some on- there are so many to choose from and they also have an amazing selection of Original Vintage if you prefer something more authentic!
Sneak peek of what actually goes on behind the scenes of our beautiful styled photoshoots! Featuring the talents of Jana at Mode Bridal, Lydie Dalton Floral Design, Nigel from Finest Wedding Cars, The Hydro Hotel in Eastbourne, Cara Macdaniel MUA, Chloe and Mat our stunning and very giggly 'Newlyweds', Liz Chatfield from Sylvias Kitchen and Sam from Mulberry Events... all bought together through the amazing organisational skills of Helen from Empirical Events.
We had so much fun and the joyous results of our day can be seen in the July publication of wedding Ideas Magazine! Enjoy
Christ's Hospital was the venue for Empirical Events inspirational Wedding show and Catwalk. I got to photograph beautiful girls (and one very happy guy ;) wearing beautiful designer dresses- you can see some of the after show portraits through the link below...
Check out our beautiful Styled shoot featured in this months Wedding Ideas Magazine- shot on location at the Bannatyne Hotel in Hastings last July (in 100 degree heat) and working with some of the best people in the UK Wedding industry!
