A Look Back at 2009's Weddings | Chloe Browne : London Wedding Photographer

Well, what a beautiful year it has been. So many weddings, so many new friends, so many photos...

I've had the pleasure of photographing weddings all over London this year, in sun, rain and snow and I've loved them all. Here are a few, but by no means all, of my favourites:

2010 is going to be amazing with so many exciting weddings coming up from Covent Garden to the countryside, here and abroad. I cannot wait.

Thank you to all of you who let me share your day and to all of those who have listened to me going on about lenses and apertures and editing... in particular my ever-enduring husband who I couldn't love more. We got married too this year.

Wishing you all the very best until next year.

Meet Jake | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

My friends Debbie & Jared have the most beautiful little boy. His name is Jake and he has the biggest and cheekiest blue eyes. He's so gorgeous, I am not the only one to have picked up on it.

Debs & I went for a walk around Hyde Park last week; up by the fountains, along to the adventure playground and back home with a latte. I think we tired him out well enough but I will admit to being on the unfit side of exhausted too. 13 hours on your feet in heels with two heavy cameras at a wedding is nothing compared to half an hour in the park with this one:

If you are the type of person who loves photos of other peoples' beautiful children (I am); then have a look at photographer Jodie Chapman's most beautiful family too.

Laura loves Rob... | Chloe Browne: London Wedding photographer

Here are the last of Rob & Laura's portrait session along the Thames. It was clearly a beautiful day and by the end of our few hours walking around town, I think Rob had forgotten I was there.

On Sunday,  Laura told me this was one of her favourites and she even compared me to one of my favourite photographers. This was at the pub though, and I think she thought I was getting the next round...

We ended up back at theirs with Rob playing some guitar and teaching me not to be afraid of Garage Band. He's incredibly talented and possibly one of the sweetest men I have ever met. And that's why Laura loves Rob. 

If you're interested in spending a couple of hours outside with me chasing you around with my camera, don't hesitate to get in touch. Autumn couldn't be more beautiful for portraits. 

Chloe@caughtthelight.com

Annie Leibovitz at the NPG | Chloe Browne: London Wedding photographer

I went to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery last week, just a few days before it was due to close.



Doesn't she look like her dad?!

There is no doubt in my mind that she is a tremendous and accomplished photographer; just a google image search of her name alone brings up more than 80,000 results, having been commissioned to work with iconic celebrities from Angelina Jolie to the Queen Mother throughout her professional career.

I was enthralled to see so much of her work in the Vanity Fair exhibition held at the NPG last year, so I was expecting more of the same this time around; magical fairytale-esque portraits of Hollywood's hottest, seemingly candid portraits of the bold and the beautiful.

What I was surprised to be more drawn in by, was the family portraits on display from her personal annals.

Incredibly delicate captures of her mother and father in softening sunlight on a boat somewhere, her beautiful, picture-perfect daughter and the relaxed intimacy of her relationship with the inimitable Susan Sontag.

If you've missed the exhibition on its world tour, then you'll need to buy the book.