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pearlpictures — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:19:10 +0000

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Posted in Wedding

Stunning wedding at Orchardleigh, Somerset

pearlpictures — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:06:27 +0000

Early in October Pearl Pictures shot a wedding at the stunning location of Orchardleigh in Somerset. The bride and groom were Vicky and Gordon Duncan, who were accompanied by beautiful bridesmaids including their 1 year old little girl, Daisy. Vicky’s vintage dress was decorated in streams of beads and pearls, and styled in the 1940′s. The whole style of the day was very ‘vintage glamour’ with Orchardleigh being the perfect backdrop.

Posted in General news and buzz, Wedding Tagged: bride, celebrations, ceremony, church, event, groom, happy couple, Orchardleigh House, pearl pictures, photography, picturesque, reportage photography, wedding ceremony, wedding photography, wedding photos

Featured in ‘You and Your Wedding’ magazine

pearlpictures — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:33:29 +0000

The latest edition of ‘You and Your Wedding’ (Nov/Dec 09) magazine is featuring a wedding shot by Pearl Pictures earlier this summer. This was quite an unusual wedding, taking place in the gardens of a beautiful country house estate in Hertfordshire. To read more about this wedding scroll down this blog as it was are very first post!

The couple exchanged rings in an outdoor blessing

Vibrant yellow complemented the browns and greens of the unique countryside wedding.

The speeches were held in the gardens before dinner

Guests make their way to the tipis for dinner and dancing

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Posted in Wedding Tagged: blessing, bride, bridesmaids, brown, ceremony, chocolate, contemporary, country, feast, feature, flowers, gardens, gold, green, groom, happy couple, hertfordshire, ideas, magazine, natural, outdoor, outdoor ceremony, reportage photography, rings, soapbox speech, St Paul's Walden, teepee, tent, tipis, unique, wedding ceremony, wedding guests, wedding photography, yellow, You and Your Wedding

Lucy gets married!

pearlpictures — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:34:45 +0000

Our very own Director at Pearl Pictures, Lucy, got married to Matthew Barbour on 5th September this year with an English country garden wedding in Wiltshire. “We wanted a wedding that was truly personal, so chose to have a marquee in the garden where I grew up” says Lucy. “The idea was to start with a very english, country feel at the church and move the day through to a chic and contemporary styled marquee to reflect our life in London, where we have lived for the last 10 years.”. With guests transported to the quaint country church by a red London routemaster bus, Lucy and Matthew opted for a horse and carriage. Once back at “The Chestnuts” the champagne flowed and guests mingled in the garden to music by the “Stickey Bass Jazz Trio”. Once in the marquee the guests sat at tables named after trees in the garden and dined on cannon of lamb with summer vegetables, followed by lemon and passionfruit tart. At 9.30pm, one of the Ushers, Nick, played with his band “The Black Hats” and the guests danced the night away until carriages at 1am. Photography by Graham Morgan & Jemma Watts.

Guests arrived at church in a red London routemaster bus

The two bridesmaids wore chiffon gowns in taupe from Dessy

Lucy's lace gown was from Caroline Castigliano, while Matthew's suit was hired from R.Scott & Co in Cirencester, Glos.

Fresh rose petals where thrown as confetti

The guests mingled in the garden while listening to the Stickey Bass Jazz Trio

ivory, apricot and pale pinks were the colours for the church and garden flowers

The black vases and carpet set off the "city" look

The happy couple cut their wobbly cake!

Posted in Wedding Tagged: apricot, black table name stands, bride, caroline castigliano, celebrations, ceremony, champagne, church, city, confetti, contemporary, country, country church, dancing, event, flowers, fresh confetti petal, garden, gardens, groom, happy couple, horse & carriage, hydrangas, ivory, jazz band, lace, lace dress, marquee, marquee wedding, music, natural, pearl pictures, picturesque, pink, red London bus, red routemaster, reportage photography, roses, stylish, table name ideas, taupe, taupe bridesmaid dress, The Black Hats, wedding ceremony, wedding guests, wedding photography

Don’t forget the details

pearlpictures — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:09:08 +0000

When photographing a wedding, it is important to capture all the small details of the day. It is the details that complete the overall vision of the day’s event and can make such a difference. When Pearl Pictures photograph a wedding we always make sure we have gone around and photographed everything from important aspects such as the bouquet, table decorations, and wedding cake to smaller details such as the embroidery on the wedding dress, champagne bottles, the ladies’ hats and garden decorations. Once we even photographed the loo roll as it was printed with a wedding themed cartoon!

Posted in Wedding, Wedding detail ideas, Wedding theme and style ideas Tagged: cake, celebrations, champagne, contemporary, flowers, pearl pictures, reportage photography, wedding bouquet, wedding cake, wedding decorations, wedding photography, wedding photos

Wedding at the Haymarket Hotel

pearlpictures — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:53:23 +0000

Richard and Cassa were married in Notting Hill and held their reception at the beautiful Haymarket Hotel in London. The party was more like a stylish New York cocktail party that a wedding reception! It was a very glamorous affair, where fancy cocktails were poured and food was served as bite-sized portions in the sumptuously decorated rooms at the hotel. The wedding cake was a tower of cupcakes. Cassa runs a dance company so once the music started everyone was on the dancefloor, dancing their hearts out.

Richard & Cassa Bolton

Cassa Bolton with 'confetti' bubbles!

Wedding guest with 'confetti' bubble maker

London Bus for the wedding guests

Richard & Cassa Bolton - the bride and groom

Bride laughing with the wedding guests

Bride and groom with the wedding cake - a tower of cup cakes

Posted in Wedding Tagged: bride, celebrations, church, confetti, contemporary, event, groom, happy couple, London bus, London wedding, pearl pictures, reportage photography, The Haymarket Hotel, wedding guests, wedding photography, wedding photos

A hen weekend in Bruges

pearlpictures — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:10:42 +0000

Pearl Pictures is recommending Bruges as an original hen weekend hotspot. Standing out from the usual hen city breaks, Pearl recently photographed a hen weekend in this small and picturesque city. The girls took the Eurostar, via the champagne bar, from London’s St Pancras and arrived fresh and raring to go. Small enough to explore in a weekend, the girls activities included a cycle ride; a famous canal boat trip; sampling chocolate in the numerous chocolate shops and sitting alfresco in one of the many bustling squares with waffles and a raspberry beer. For the evening there are numerous restaurants to choose from, and the girls stumbled across a music festival in the main square which saw them dancing the night away!

Bruges is a charming city to explore

A cycle ride in Bruges

The best chocolate shop in Bruges

Fun and games in Bruges!

The conga in Bruges!

Big Pants!

Posted in Wedding Tagged: beer, Belgium, bike rides, Bruges, canal boat, champagne, charming, chocolate, dancing, destination, Eurostar, fun, girls, Hen Do, hen weekend, hotspot, music, mussels, original, picturesque, quaint, restaurants, St Pancras, waffles

Diana & Matt Driver, Hertfordshire

pearlpictures — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:50:21 +0000

Pearl Pictures very proudly shot their first wedding in July, in the fantastic setting of the unique gardens of St Paul’s Walden in Hertfordshire. Escaping the rain, the gardens took a key role in this “Midsummer Night’s Dream” style wedding. The guests took part in a procession throughout the day which took them from ceremony to readings, speeches and music ending up at the teepee tents for a feast and dancing.

A country style bridal bouquet in yellow

poles of country flowers mark the entrance to the outdoor ceremony

newly weds

the guests line up to shower the couple in confetti

Posted in Wedding Tagged: bride, celebrations, ceremony, confetti, country, event, feast, flowers, gardens, groom, happy couple, music, St Paul's Walden, teepee, tent, wedding bouquet, wedding ceremony, wedding guests, wedding photography, wedding photos, yellow

Welcome to our 1st Blog!

pearlpictures — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:40:27 +0000

This is our very first blog! Bear with us while we learn all the technical jargon and make it look super dooper…

First Dance at Orchardleigh, Somerset

Posted in General news and buzz Tagged: contemporary, natural, pearl pictures, reportage photography, wedding photography