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Photo Booth at Wedding Fair

Marten — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:57 +0000

We took the Photo Booth Experience to our first ever wedding fair at Kingsley Village Cornwall yesterday. Organised by ‘Cornish Brides’ it was a busy day talking to lots of people and taking pictures of the prospective brides and making them into a unique personalised calling cards. We had lots of interest from future brides, and their mums, and everyone enjoyed exploring the prop box for things to dress up in. The Photo Booth Experience is a fairly new concept in Cornwall so it was an exercise in creating market interest. Success will ultimately be measured by whether the interest turns into bookings!

There’s a picture below of the Photo Booth Experience in situ at the show. It was a good day, although very tiring. I think I’ve used up my word and smile limit for the week! If you know someone who is organising a Cornish wedding, they can see the photo booth in action again in Tregenna Castle, St Ives on March 11th.

Photo Booth Experience in Falmouth

Marten — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:37:53 +0000

Another great weekend for The Photo Booth Experience at the Falmouth Beach Hotel. Here’s just a selection of the photos from last weekend.

Photo Booth Experience at Wedding Fair

Marten — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:42:44 +0000

This Sunday the photo booth will be at the Cornish Brides Wedding Fair at Kingsley Village. We’ll be setting up the pop-up studio and will be taking photos and printing them off on the spot complete with our contact details. Why not come along and say hello – and even get your photo taken!

Photo Booth Experience at wedding fair

Photo Booth Experience at Falmouth Beach Hotel Party Night 21st January

Marten — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:49:24 +0000

It was a real joy to take the Photo Booth Experience to the Falmouth Beach Hotel Party Night again. The evening certainly lived up to it’s name with a real party atmosphere and lots of groups coming to have their photos taken for the office wall. The prop box was well and truly raided as people dressed up for some fun and funky photos – here’s just a few of the photographs from the evening.

Photo Booth Experience

Marten — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:40:46 +0000

The Photo Booth Experience has seen lots of action at the Falmouth Beach Hotel’s party nights – here’s a few photographs to let you in on the party. We’ve now finished for this year and are looking forward to the upcoming festivities. We’ll back again for the alternative New Year parties.

I’d like to take the opportunity of wishing you a Merry Christmas. 2011 has been a good year for Duchy Photography, I trust next year will be even better and look forward to taking some great photos and making new friends.

Mid-week at the Falmouth Beach Party Night

Marten — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:33:54 +0000

Mid week, mid recession, but a good nights celebrations at the Falmouth Beach Hotel party night. Once again guests enjoyed the fun and frolics to be had picking props and posing for the camera as part of the Photo Booth Experience.

The amazing balloon models provided by the hotels resident entertainer Cornwall’s very own “Mr Bamboozle.”

Falmouth Beach Party Night

Marten — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:56:07 +0000

Saturday was the first of the seasons party nights at the Falmouth Beach Hotel and the first seasonal outing for The Photo Booth Experience. Duchy Photography are the resident photographers this year with our pop up studio and funky prop box. We’re looking forward to taking some great photos and make new friends too.

Richard and Alexis wedding part 1 – The Eden Project

Marten — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:28:51 +0000

The Eden Project is one of my favourite wedding venues – not only does it shelter everyone from the weather, but it is such a romantic venue with so many photo opportunities. Richard and Alexis were married in the Rainforest Biome which, although not too hot today, was very dark for a late afternoon winter wedding. Of course what a photographer sees as ‘dark’ is romantic and atmospheric for everyone else.

After an intimate service the newlyweds and their guests moved to the Mediterranean Biome for canapes and drinks before being treated to a surprise (obviously not a surprise for the bride and groom) firework display set off from the bridge. Eden installs an ice skating rink at this time of year and it was still open to the public who also enjoyed the fireworks. The guests then walked to ‘The Core’ where they continued the day’s celebrations.

Richard and Alexis were both lovely, as were all their family and guests. It was a beautiful wedding in beautiful surroundings and it was a privilege to be chosen as your wedding photographers.

Richard and Alexis part 2 – “Trash the Dress”

Marten — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:44:26 +0000

“Trash the Dress” is such a silly title really as it is simply another chance for the bride to wear her wedding dress again and get some more photographs in a relaxed setting and without such tight time constraints. Richard and Alexis, along with many of their guests, stayed in “The Cornwall” on the night of their wedding and invited me to meet them at this prestigious hotel to take some photos there before going off to nearby Pentewan beach for more photos. Winter can be a great time to get married in Cornwall for many reasons – prices are often cheaper, accommodation is cheaper not so heavily booked, the roads and towns are less crowded and the beaches are virtually empty. The temperature is often very mild too.

We spent the best part of two hours taking photographs both inside and outside “The Cornwall,” which has some excellent features for photos, and posing in and around the beach which we had virtually to ourselves. We got some great photos and I really can’t understand why more couples don’t opt for a “Trash the Dress” photo shoot after their wedding!

Holly

Marten — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:20:55 +0000

Here we are back on my photography blog after a couple of weeks absence whilst my computer was away being fixed. I can’t believe that we’re almost at the end of the first term at college and whilst I’ve been shooting away on my social documentary project looking at the changing societal attitudes towards people with tattoos, I still have a long way to go! I have quite a few shoots backed up waiting to be properly processed but thought I would put some photos up from my latest shoot.

I met Holly when she booked me to photograph her wedding in July. Spotting her tattoo, I asked if I could photograph her for my project so I was delighted when she asked if I wanted to go and meet her at the tattoo parlour when she had a new one on her leg. Here’s a few images of her getting inked, plus my favourite photograph of Holly just before heading off home.