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  • Welcome to the blog for Katy Lunsford Photography. You're probably here because you're getting married, love weddings, love photography, or all of the above. That's good, because they are my favourite things too - especially if you add gorgeous and vintage to the mix. I hope you'll stay a while, have a look around and feel free to comment or two :) If you’re a bride-to-be (or groom-to-be!), and you like what you see, let’s get together sometime for a glass of wine to chat a little more…

Sophie’s 2nd Birthday Party | Personal

May 11, 2012

My gorgeous little girl turned 2 last weekend. Where has the time gone?! We threw a little tea-party, sadly indoors due to the terrible English weather, but the pretty bunting made the church hall look the part. We had a bouncy castle for the little ones, Pimms for the big ones, and cake for everyone :)

A lovely time was had by all. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate and to my family for all their help setting up, tidying up and making tea!

(There were more than 2 children at the party but I don’t like to post pictures of people’s children without permission!)

Many thanks also to All Wrapped Up who supplied the bunting vintage tea-sets, and Kids Castles for the bouncy castle. Both companies come highly recommended! The bunting, possibly the prettiest I’ve seen, was made by Little Bundles. I think I might be ordering some for Sophie’s bedroom :)

Categories: Children | Personal

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D & G | An Elegant London Engagement

April 30, 2012

A few weeks ago, on one of those rainy days we’ve had too many of recently, I headed into London to shoot this gorgeous couple’s engagement session. They are having a pretty countryside wedding at the end of May, and so wanted to have a London engagement shoot in contrast. (Hopefully the weather will be contrasting too!) We met at their beautiful and stylish flat, which provided a wonderful backdrop for the first part of their shoot. And we got to stay dry for a little longer! After shooting in and around the flat, we headed to Inner Temple, hoping it would be a nice quiet location on a rainy Saturday, only to be met by a Da Vinci Code tour! After the crowds subsided we got some gorgeous shots under the arches, which reflected beautifully in the rain. Sometimes rain can be a blessing in disguise ;)

I have a slight obsession with beautiful chandeliers and gorgeous mirrors, so these stunning examples just had to be photographed! D & G, you have a very beautiful, stylish flat, and most excellent taste :)

I adore G’s dress!

What a gorgeous couple. I can’t imagine how amazing they are going to look on their wedding day!

D & G, thanks for a lovely morning, for making such an effort, and looking so fabulous, and for braving the rain to get these photographs. I can’t wait for your wedding!

Categories: Engagements

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May 1, 2012 - 9:39 am

Cat Hepple - What a chic and stylish shoot, and how beautiful is their home too.

A gorgeous set of images, can’t wait to see their wedding photographs.

Great job Katy.

Cat

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May 1, 2012 - 10:10 am

louise | b.loved - I LOVE photo’s taken in a couple’s home, so personal and intimate (and what a gorgeous home they have!) Beautiful, light and love-filled :) xo

May 1, 2012 - 10:22 am

Dasha - Lovely couple! Gosh, you worked that rain! So beautiful and elegant!

Wendy & Damion | Venice Engagement Shoot {Part 2}

April 28, 2012

This shoot was one of those moments where I had to pinch myself. I was in one of the most beautiful cities in the world and I had a gorgeous couple who weren’t just willing to be photographed, that was actually our purpose for being there. I got to do what I love the most, in one of my favourite places, I have the best clients ever and I love love LOVE my job!

Anyway, back to the point ;) We had spent most of Friday shooting around Venice, in the gorgeous misty light and amazing sunset. (See part 1 here). We probably had plenty of great pictures… But Saturday morning dawned bright and clear, the sun was shining, the colours were beautiful and I had an insatiable appetite to take more pictures. Wendy and Damion had really enjoyed the experience on the first day and we’d all commented on how quickly the day went. So we decided to meet up again for a few more hours to explore more canals, bridges, alleyways and arches on the other side of the Grand Canal. I’m so glad we did!

I adore the beautiful ironwork and amazing colours textures in Venice…

Damion is actually a photographer himself, so I love this shot of him photographing his beautiful fiancée.

We were SO blessed with amazing light on both days of the shoot…

Destination Engagement shoots are definitely the way forward!  So much fun and images that can’t fail to be beautiful. Shooting in Venice was one of the highlights of my photography career so far, and I’m keen to repeat the experience.  Anyone fancy Paris? Barcelona, maybe Rome? ;) I have yet to shoot a destination wedding, now that really would be a pinch-yourself moment, but I have the opportunity to assist an amazing wedding photographer on two weddings in Madrid later this year. I am pretty excited about that!

Last weekend we got together for some Italian food and a few glasses of prosecco, and to view the photos. It was wonderful to relive the experience and catch up on the exciting wedding plans.

Thank you Wendy and Damion for the most amazing few days, for being so lovely, so good with Sophie and so much fun to photograph and just spend time with. I can’t wait to see you two get married :)

Categories: Engagements | Italy

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April 29, 2012 - 3:18 pm

Hannah - Wow! Love both parts of this shoot Katy, gorgeous location and a stunning couple, what an amazing opportunity and beautiful images to top it all off!

April 30, 2012 - 12:47 pm

Holly - These are lovely. Really romantic images :)

April 30, 2012 - 1:44 pm

Wendy & Damion | Venice Engagement Shoot {Part 1} » Katy Lunsford Photography - [...] the sun was shining and the light completely different, we met up again for another go ;)   (see part 2!) Wendy and Damion are a super-lovely couple, so much fun to spend time with and I genuinely felt [...]

April 30, 2012 - 3:17 pm

Jonty - What a fab couple of posts Katy. I think the Golden Hour shots are most certainly my favourite. The light just highlights perfectly the architecture of the city but shines so brilliantly on the couple too.

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