Cake World

Having been editing wedding photos all day yesterday and today, I realised just how many photos of cakes I take. This gave me two reasons to blog about them.

1) To rant a little about how venues often put your beautiful cake in some dingy corner of the reception, which makes it a challenge to take a great photo ..... (rant over).

2) To give you brides some ideas about what's hot & what's not in cake world.

Here are a few shots from weddings earlier this year, most pre-cutting!

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(Above) is a pretty impressive cake I must say. Very stylish and more than a generous slice for each guest!

Above is indeed a 'cheese cake'.

Now I had a slice of this one (above) and it was super good. Any bride wishing to please their photographer should offer them a slice of fine cake - it's the way to a man's heart!

Oliver & Holly's Wedding - 26th Aug '07 - Close Hotel, Tetbury

This super Ozzie couple must be used to fine weather and their wedding day was no exception. What a great venue the Close Hotel is with elegant rooms, a chapel on site and fine dining to finish. This was a well organised, medium sized wedding that ran effortlessly with photography to reflect it.

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I often really like a very simple shot and this is it from Holly & Olly's wedding. The clean composition using the addition of a third subject and the framed print in this scene really lift the photo from a standard shot of Holly's sister & mum doing some final makeup touches.

This was a great room to take photos in - loads of natural light and plenty of space. Beneath is the untouched bridal suite, left for my pure photographic pleasure!


Inspired by this cake positioning, I'll be posting a 'wedding cake' blog shortly as far too often venues tuck your beautiful cake away into a dingy corner. Thank you Close Hotel for giving this cake a great spot of it's own.

Ohh this photo. As you've probably seen Holly is a beautiful slim bride, yet dresses can be mighty difficult to button when it's 5 mins to go and 28 degrees!


Olly was a cool customer. A round of golf in the morning then zip along for his wedding in the afternoon.

The on site Chapel - small and quaint.


Olly is a big nanny's boy really.

As you'll see from these last few shots we got a lot out of the small venue with a great variety of bridal portraits. My personal fav being the one above.

Kelly, Andy, Cameron & Toby - Portrait Session 21st Aug '07

Kelly contacted me recently having had a referral from a previous client (thank you Victoria) and also being let down by another photographer. We arranged an evening appointment to suit their busy lifestyles and managed to squeeze in some great shots before the light faded and the boys had photo burn out!

Here's a few of my favs from the cracking set of photos produced.

If anyone is interested in a portrait session I charge a small sitting fee of £45, come to you for added convenience and leave you to select the prints you want - Kelly & Andy had 77 to choose from with a wide variety of shots.

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Clive & Sarah's Wedding - 19th Aug '07 - Rococo Gardens, Painswick

With all the rain we had on Saturday, I was expecting a dry day for this wedding, but yet again our British summer failed to deliver and.... it rained! Not perfect for an outdoor wedding at Rococo Gardens but all the guests kept their chin up and the bride & groom enjoyed this small intimate occasion non the less.

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Sarah loves her dog and a photo of the two of them together was a must have.








Clive & Sarah finished their day with some fine food at St. Michaels Restaurant in Painswick.