London Engagement Photographer – A Pre-Wedding Shoot with Naomi and Gareth near Waterloo
Gareth, Naomi and I met at the ExCel Wedding Fair in September 2014. I was really excited to be organising a London Pre Wedding Shoot with them, as Gareth had a lot of really exciting ideas for locations. We also had to arrange it for 6-8 weeks away, as Gareth hadn’t actually, officially proposed yet!!
Thursday 13th November rolled around, and I met Naomi after work at The Scooter Café in Waterloo, where we chatted in French (Naomi’s family are French, and I spent almost every weekend there for a number of years, so can pretty comfortably hold my own!) until Gareth arrived. Being 6pm, it was busy in the café, and for anyone that hasn’t visited before, the word ‘eclectic’ was made for this place. From the music played, to the décor, and the resident cat – it has a very cool, creative and relaxed vibe. We managed to get some amazing shots, despite the café becoming busier and busier, then ventured out to the next of Gareth’s requested locations, the Banksy Tunnel. Now this had me excited too – the tunnel, where grafitti artists are legally allowed to create their art is a riot of colour and is amazing to shoot in. The particular significance of the tunnel became clear when Gareth led us to a bear on the wall, holding out a diamond ring which Gareth had paid to have painted and used in his proposal to Naomi the week before. Obviously I had to get some really special images of that! The tunnel also inspired me to try something new with the edits of this shoot, merging a number of images together into one – I’d love to hear your comments on the result! Finally we moved to Waterloo Station, which again, was a place of significance for them.
I had amazing fun that night, and I’m so pleased that Gareth and Naomi chose to have their London Pre Wedding Shoot in these particular locations – the fact that they held significance for them made the emotions captured all the more special. Here’s a selection of photos taken that night – feel free to leave me a comment at the bottom. Enjoy!
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The creative edits are amazing – you’ve captured such a lot of fun in the images and I think the movement of your photos does justice to the amazing surrounding. Good work Mr E!
Many thanks for the kind words. I do love my job!
Love them John! Really cool how you’ve created the ones with Gareth running to her and dancing around her! Alexa
You know me…. If I’m not getting creative and pushing boundaries, trying new stuff….