Albums & Discs: Chloe Browne | London Wedding Photographer

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I try to be a wedding photographer that I myself would hire. So, when I put together packages I take into consideration what creative brides may like and what they might like to organise themselves. I provide high-resolution images on disc to all of my couples, so they're able to print and share their photos as they wish, with the option to buy custom-designed albums if they would like them too. The majority of my clients prefer to organise their own albums, being artists, designers or just those who love a good rummage through Paperchase.

After much hunting and sampling, I finally came across a book company that I really liked. They allow me complete flexibility in album layout and design and provide a simple, matte, digitally-printed album on fine art paper, with a really beautiful texture.

Sanchia & Richard ~ Cape Town | Chloe Browne: Wedding Photographer in Cape Town

I met Sanchia three years ago, working as a hairdresser in Camden. She was the first hairdresser to tell me that my thick and unruly hair was actually beautiful and instantly, we were friends. Together, Sanchia & Richard are a truly fantastic couple; large-hearted, vivacious and very, very stylish, so I was priviledged to photograph their intimate garden ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa whilst there on holiday last month.

Here are all of my favourites, get ready for a gargantuan post:

Lia & Gerald | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

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I photographed Lia & Gerald's wedding exactly one month ago at the chic Haymarket Hotel in London, so it's about time really that I shared their full post.

Lia was so elegant in her sophisticated dress and vintage jewelery and was such a pleasure to photograph with those beautiful smiling eyes. Gerald's dapper suit perfectly matched his debonair swagger-he looked to me as if he had just wandered out of the Rat Pack.

I loved each and every one of the twelve hours I spent at this wedding-thank you for choosing me to share it with you. Here are a few of my favourites.

Leaving on a Jet Plane... Chloe Browne | London Wedding Photographer

I've had two brides this week ask about Super8 film and talk about lomography, so I thought it fitting to post some of my holiday Holga film. She's a tempremental beast of a plastic camera who loves to leak in light, but I love her. She was in fact, my wedding day gift, so here are a few from my honeymoon roll: Paris & Cuba. 

Lia & Gerald ~ A Sneak Peek: Chloe Browne | London Wedding Photographer

Just a quick sneak peek of Lia & Gerald's wedding on Saturday at the ever-so-London Haymarket Hotel. I had to steal them outside and away from the crowd for a couple of minutes, before they got hauled back inside for the party. 

Coffee at the Salusbury | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

When I lived in Queens Park, the Salusbury Deli was my favourite café. It had local photography on the walls, secret benches out the back and amazing melanzane alla parmigiana.

It had changed a bit since I last had breakfast there-sat with my husband the day before we left for our wedding last year. There are now cool lights, tables sprawled with newspapers and walls full of eclectic frames. 

Meet Tallulah | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

Usually, I'd gush about how much I loved photographing this little one, but I don't want to bore you. She's a real cute head and these are a few of my favourite photos of my friends' beautiful little girl, Miss Tallulah.

Bath and Abroad | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

Since my last wedding of 2009, I've had a little time on my hands to do things that get reserved for the quieter time of the year. I've visited family and photographed babies, sat in cafés all afternoon catching up with books and good friends and even managed to spend a night out of London.

I had never been all that bothered with a trip to Bath. It seemed to me that the Roman baths would be a little bit underwhelming, considering I spent eighteen months riding past the Colosseo twice a week in la cittá eterna, eating cacio e pepe and trying my hardest to learn Romanesco. But, when my husband suggested escaping London for a night at the end of last year, Bath seemed as good a place as any considering all the travel I would be doing this year.

Not only are the Roman baths absolutely amazing for their history and the story behind their rediscovery, but they actually still work to some extent, channeling hot water up from the earth to steam up your glasses if you lean too close.

We also came across this little gem tucked away from the high street. I can't claim to be a vintage vixen, but I sometimes think I was definitely born in the wrong era. 

Look at the shine on these! 

The next few weeks are relatively quiet ones for me; catching up on admin and meeting more summer brides, before I gear up for my first wedding of the year in March. There's time for a few days in South Africa before I'll be back to work in Denmark and then Italy the following month with a few English weddings to photograph in between. Then it's onwards to Switzerland for what I am sure is going to be a wedding full of amazing ambience, details and internationality in July.

I am so fortunate to have met so many destination couples this year; it's such an exciting one for travel. I really can't wait.

Katherine & Paul ~ engaged | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

I met Katherine & Paul at the Pavillion Cafe in Victoria Park, East London, on a bright and (still) frosty Sunday morning.

We sat down and spoke about how they met and what things they have planned for their April wedding.






Then when we were frozen, we headed for brunch over to one of my favourite streets, Columbia Road, for hot chocolate and some window shopping.









Katherine & Paul are such a lovely couple and I'm so glad to have had a few quick minutes outside with them on such a beautiful and fresh day. They're getting married in Cambridgeshire but unfortunately, I'm not covering their wedding as I'll be in Denmark photographing a tiny island wedding instead. It's a bitter-sweet life.





You remind me a little of Michelle Pfeiffer, Katherine-Paul's a very lucky man.
 

A little bit of blogland | Chloe Browne: London Wedding Photographer

I had both the lovely Emily at Once Wed and the incredibly cool Kat at RockNRollBride both write beautiful features on my most recent wedding. I will admit that I thought this would be a popular one when I spoke to Ella about Sam's suit and pried some details from her about that dress. I didn't know though, that she was going to look as amazing as she did, nor that there would be a surprise song during the wedding...

It's always excellent when I have my work featured, but to have a double post between the US and the UK was really exciting. I know a lot of my ideal brides look to Once Wed for inspiration, as do I as a photographer, so it's been great to organise meets with a whole new audience. I have an exceptionally busy next few weeks on my hands!

If you missed Ella & Sam's posts online, you can still catch up with Once Wed and RockNRoll Bride too.

Thank you both, for your beautiful posts.

http://bit.ly/OnceWed & http://bit.ly/RockNRollBride