Why I Love This Photo Series. 1.1

Why I Love this Photo 1.1

So I thought it would be a nice exercise to pick out some of my favourite photos over the past year and explain why I love them, which brought about the Why I Love This Photo Series.

Details

I thought I’d start with details, as a lot of the time that’s how I’ll start my day photographing a wedding. I’ll often photograph the exterior of the place I’m about to enter and then usually the first few pictures I will take will be of details the couple have requested or things of interest around the room that I think add context to the story, this gives me some great photos to help me put together the story of your day for the couple, it also gives the people around that morning a little bit of time to relax and get used to having a photographer around before I start taking photographs of them.

Why Wedding Shoes?

Today’s photograph is maybe a strange one to start with… I am a documentary photographer yet the photo might not so obviously be in that style.

You’ve probably seen a photo like this a million times before. Detail shots are done in windows a lot because of the quality of light, it’s an easy go to shot, it looks nice, but it’s nothing ground breaking so why choose this photo?

The reason I love this photo is that it shows the brides beautiful shoes and the setting off, but it also adds some context to the day. You can see the delicate rain drops on the thin paned glass of the windows, a hint of the beautiful gardens of Middlethorpe Hall in the back ground and that’s why I love this shot. It isn’t just a shot of Donna’s lovely shoes it adds to the story of the day Donna and Kev got married by reminding them of those extra little details of the morning that otherwise would be long forgotten.

When shooting detail shots, I’ll always look around for different ways I can add context to the photograph, sometimes the best way to shoot these items is to photograph them where you find them, other times it can be nice to find somewhere that helps add another layer to the story.

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Katie Dervin is a Documentary Wedding Photographer based in Manchester.

Hindu - Irish Fusion Wedding - Kilhey Court - Vicki and Ravi

Vicki and Ravi met at University and on their first date Vicki took her sister Emma with them! Although Ravi thought it was a bit weird, he still had a nice time and they ended up on going on many more adventures together, music festivals, travelling the world and generally having loads of fun and making each other laugh a lot.

It was on a trip to New York when Ravi popped the question in Central Park, and of course Vicki said yes… Which leads here, to this Epic Wedding Day at Kilhey Court Hotel in Wigan. A love so spectacular that they didn’t just marry each other once! But they went and did it twice in one day! A beautiful classic white wedding ceremony with a string quartet, readings and music performed by Vicki’s family members followed by wonderful colourful Hindu ceremony, where Ravi arrived smiling nervously on a finely dressed white horse, before entering the venue with his family and the rest of the guests as they danced into Kilhey court to the beat the of procession music. Greeted by the UK’s first Female Hindu Priest and a room bursting with all the colours of nature, ready to being joined together again with a spectacular Hindu Ceremony.

This wedding was so much fun to photograph, also I must take this opportunity to shout out to my Awesome Second Shooter Katy Mutch who is always amazing and did an epic job as always.

The rest of the team that worked so hard to make this day as awesome as it was were…

Hindu Priest: www.kersi.co.uk

Floral Design by: www.verdure.co.uk

Make Up by: www.jodiemakeup.co.uk

Videography by: http://mcgillsisterfilms.com/

Live Music by: www.rylandsstringquartet.com

DJ: www.andymurphy.co.uk

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Katie Dervin is a Documentary Wedding Photographer based in Manchester.

Islington Mill Wedding Manchester - Erica and Liam

Click play on the image above to Watch Erica and Liam's Islington Mill Wedding photo trailer. 

Islington Mill Epic Wedding.

When I first met Erica and Liam and heard that their wedding was going to be at Islington Mill in Manchester, I was instantly excited! Islington Mill isn’t very photographer’s dream venue as it’s pretty dark inside, but for what the venue lacks in natural light it makes up for in character. You know when you are shooting a wedding at Islington Mill you are going to be in for one hell of a wedding! That is what we had, there were delays that held the ceremony back over an hour (luckily Erica and Liam had done the legal bit the day before) but when the ceremony finally happened it was perfect and it was completely Erica and Liam, chilled out and fun. As the evening drew in wedding guests helped themselves to hand made Pizza’s and amazing Vegetarian and Vegan food from Liverpool Restaurant Maray’s Food truck! Check out that Cauliflower! (I had some and it was amazing) Guests also helped themselves to truck loads of cake, cheese and wine from the white room inside the Mill. After some beautiful heartfelt and hilarious speeches from Liam and Erica’s Dad Jim, it was smash bang into the party which started off with an amazing brass brand. EPIC, EPIC Wedding. Click on the link below to watch the slide show and see for yourself. ;)

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Katie Dervin is a Documentary Photographer based in Manchester.

Middlethorpe Hall Wedding - York - Donna and Kev.

Donna and Kev got engaged on a hillside in the pissing down rain somewhere in Lancashire. After Kev dragged Donna out of their lovely warm and dry Bed and Breakfast and then up and down many hills, as the wind and rain lashed on their cold and sodden faces. Donna didn’t have a clue what was coming… and let’s be honest, she was probably feeling a little bit fed up at this point. But then Kev stopped held Donna gently by the hand and pointed her in the direction of a very familiar scene… Her favourite scene. The scene from her most treasured painting, that had held prize positioning in her home for many years. Donna had no idea that the painting was even of a real place, but some how Kev had not only figured it out, but gone and found the place and the exact spot (more or less) that the painting was painted from!  Donna was gob smacked! And if that wasn’t enough, when she turns to look at Kev. The kind of “How the hell have you done this” look, she sometimes gives him… Kev is only down one knee and asking Donna to marry him!!! She said yes, of course, or this would be a weird story, they drank a bottle of Champagne that Kev had secretly stashed in his rucksack and made their way back to the B&B, warmer, happier and ready to spend the rest of their lives together!

As engagements go, this one was a corker and the wedding at Middlethorpe Hall was just as beautiful. Thank you for having me Donna and Kev, it was an absolute pleasure to spend the day with you.

P.S. Carno Kevin my Venus flytrap, is safe and well and keeping me company every day sitting on the windowsill by my desk and protecting me from flies. He says “Hi”. 

If you are getting married and looking for a Documentary photographer to capture your day in a natural unobtrusive manner drop me a message or check out my online portfolio. 

Katie Dervin is a Documentary Photographer based in Manchester.