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West Midlands wedding – Jury’s Inn hotel, Broad Street, Birmingham

Martyn — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:24:11 +0000

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I had the pleasure of photographing Jackie and Paul’s wedding a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham. The ceremony was held at Birmingham register office and the reception at Jury’s inn on Broad Street.

I met up with Paul and Jackie just before they left for the register office, they were both in great spirits and remained that way all day, even through the rain that came down, fortunately it eased off for the walk down to the ceremony, the group shots and the walk back.

One thing that really stood out were the speeches, Paul and Jackie invited guests to come up and say a few words and it is rare I hear so many heart felt words, everyone that stood up delivered a great speech which are a lot harder than they look!

I hope you enjoy the photographs.

Opening ceremony of the 2010 winter Olympics, Vancouver

Martyn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:24:11 +0000

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I’m sure your all aware that the 2010 winter Olympics are underway in Vancouver. You may or may not know that the opening and closing ceremonies of the olympics are the most watched events on TV.

The Boston Big Picture has some pretty amazing images of the ceremony on display here.

Lizzie & Paul – Warwick

Martyn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:41:12 +0000

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Last week I spent the afternoon shooting Lizzie & Paul’s wedding in Warwick. I started off covering Lizzie’s preparations at the Warwick Arms then moved down the road to the Lord Leycester Hospital, Its a fantastic old building dating back to the 15th Century.

We had hoped to spend a few hours in Warwick getting some great portraits of the newly married couple but unfortunately the great British weather didn’t oblige us although it stayed dry enough for us to get some shots down by the river at the foot of the castle.

For the reception we moved to a small central restaurant called 7 Square. The restaurant was beautifully decorated and a perfect size for the wedding. I often comment how much I enjoy winter weddings because of the soft, low light. Well this wedding was no different but it was really pushing the limits of what was possible without using flash. Throughout the whole day, apart from the portraits in front of the castle I was running at 3200ISO to avoid using flash but I think the extra effort was well worth it as the low natural light gives a 3D effect to the images.

I hope you enjoy the images.

Martyn