Crondon Park Wedding

Edenexposed were off to Crondon Park in Stock, Essex for our second wedding of the summer.

Crondon Park Golf and Country Club, nestled away in the Essex countryside with its 17th century Baronial Hall makes a stunning location for a wedding.

We started off the day nice and early, arriving at the Grooms house for his getting ready images with the Best Men and Ushers.



Once having mastered the art of tying a cravat, suited, booted and raring to go, we took the guys on a short walk to the nearby railway bridge for some urban groomsmen shots.



A closed car garage metal shutter proved to be the perfect backdrop for some manly images!



Our next stop was the hotel where the beautiful bride was preparing for her big day with her Maid of Honer.
Edenexposed Photography let our blushing bride get ready as we picked off some shots.



Once the dress was on we spent some time with Sam the bride before heading to Crondon Park to await her arrival.



Front and Back details of the wedding dress.



Bride looking out of the window.

One of our favorite images below captures the dreamy beauty of the bride:



Once at Crondon Park, we caught the boys arriving in style in a Bentley:



As the day progressed, the bride arriving by Rolls Royce followed by a beautiful ceremony and drinks outside in the garden, we took the newly married couple away from their guests for a short while to take their first photographs as husband and wife.

We put the grounds of Crondon Park to full use for these couple shots...

Love reflected in the lake:



Glowing in the Trees:



Lifted up against the sky:



Against a black fence, I like this image as it really sets off the white wedding dress:



On our way back to the reception room we spotted a JCB in a corn field and the bride and groom were very excited about using it in some photos - this is one of our favorite images from the day:



After the couple shots, Edenexposed took a break whilst the bride and groom spent some time with the guests and enjoyed their wedding breakfast.
Once first dance time neared, Edenexposed were back in the game and captured the bouquet toss in style before the dancing began:



First Dance:



Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs James!

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Until next time...

Front Cover of a Magazine!

I mentioned in a previous blog that Edenexposed Photography were being featured in a wedding magazine, well, that came to life last month but with all the excitement of our engagement and our own wedding plans, I forgot to blog about it!

So here it is, Edenexposed Photography on the front cover of a magazine!



Front Cover of Brides Etc Magazine

As well as one of our images on the front cover, the magazine also wrote an article on the bridge and groom about their special day and used a number of our images throughout the feature...



Our wedding photography prices start from just £400

Book Edenexposed Photography for your wedding and you too could have your wedding featured in a magazine!

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New Website

Edenexposed Photography has launched a new website!

After all the interest in our wedding photography services we decided to create another website specifically dedicated to Edenexposed Weddings and our Wedding packages.

Below is a sneak peak at our brand new site:

Front Page:


About Us Page:


Contact Us Page:


Image Galleries:


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Trash The Dress Page:


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Colour, Glamour and Bling

Eden Exposed photographs an Asian Wedding...

Last month was a busy one for Edenexposed Photography, we were called upon to photograph an Asian wedding and i've published a little taster of the results below!







Shahista the gorgeous bride.

One of my favorite images from the day, shows the vibrant colors of an Asian Wedding, i felt quite drap in comparison in my black Edenexposed Polo Shirt and black trousers!






The differences between shooting a traditional English wedding compared with an Asian wedding are vast!

With an English wedding everything is very matter of fact, you know what is happening when, where everyone needs to be at what time and there seems to be a clear almost formal structure to the days events, whereas Asian weddings are loud, seemingly unstructured and not at all formal!

We had to be very much on the ball and go with the flow as the day unfolded - there was no time line, things happen when they happen!

A great system if you ask me!!



Asim the Groom

The wedding was shoot over two weekends at 2 different locations.

The images below were shoot on the 2nd weekend in the couples garden before we left for the venue.



The sun came out to play on both days, which is always a bonus when getting married in the UK with our rather unpredictable weather, especially in April!



Overall it was a great experience for Eden Exposed Photography and another job well done.
We look forward to shooting more Asian Weddings in the future!

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Bye for now!

Eden Exposed Photography Landscapes

Landscape photography is my first love in photography.

Its what inspired me to pick up a camera and give it a go - its what inspired me to start up Eden Exposed Photography

When I see a great landscape image it affects me and makes me want to go there and that is what I wanted to hopefully achieve with my images.
I want the feeling of a calming seascape or rolling waves to convey through the image and into the person looking at it.

I absolutely love the sea and one of my favorite locations for landscape photography is Horsey Beach in Norfolk.
We have been there numerous times, often before the sun rises so we can catch the pre dawn and the gorgeous sun coming over the horizon.
This image is from one of the best days we have had there:



Another great location we have been back to a few times is Durdle Door in Dorset.
Even in the summer the beach is only busy at one end, so if you stroll down to the end of the beach, you will more than likely have it to yourself (unless of course I am there!)



I love being able to create great landscape photos.
There's something amazing about being on the beach at dawn before anyone else you know is even awake.
Unfortunately for us, to get to a nice beach we have at least a 2 -3 hour drive so to catch a sunrise, depending on the time of year we have to be up and raring to go by 3am!

The image below was taken on Durdle Door beach, a slow shutter was used to create the milky waves spilling gracefully onto the shore.



Me and my partner love to travel, in fact it was after a round the world trip when we were 21 that my photography passion really began to show and since then, its all been about photography!

Unfortunately I didn't have a decent camera on the round the world trip, and I was only when we returned we realised how much beauty there is in the world.
Although, if i had have the camera equipment I have now, we would probably still be traveling and not yet come home!

It was when we were on a weekend break to Rome that we came up with Eden Exposed.
It was actually just after we were walking back to the hotel after taking this photo of the Vatican:



Sometimes simplicity is best when photographing landscapes.

Last year we went on holiday to America and this is one of my favorite images from the trip, taken at Death Valley in California.

The sparse landscape suddenly transforms into these huge sand dunes.



We tend to put photographing landscapes on the back burner as our conceptual portraits take up most of our time, However as soon as we have a spare day we jump in the car and head off somewhere to capture landscapes.
This is how we are planning to spend our Saturday this weekend :-)

Keep reading the blog to find out the result!

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Bye for now x

Location, Location, Location

When we plan a photo shoot, usually one of the first things we consider is the location of where the shoot will take place.

Living where we do in Essex, we are really lucky to have our home back right onto the forest.
So we have used this to our advantage and done quite a few conceptual photo shoots in the surrounding woodlands.

One of the first photo shoots we done when we first moved in:



The above image was inspired solely by the my little pony dress!

Last summer we were walking through the forest and we saw an area that had been coppiced and all that was left was the stumps of the trees that were once there.

As soon as I saw it I knew I had to do a photo shoot there!



One of the more recent photo shoots we have done in the forest was entitled 'forest fairies' quite self explanatory really!

Commissioned by a group of 5 girlfriends we transformed them into forest fairies which was a lot of fun to do.

One of the images from the day below:



One of my favorite photos shoots to date took place in the forest.
Done on a freezing cold day at the end of January, we took to the forest armed with our camera gear, flashes, a coat carrying/leaf throwing assistant and a willing model and this is the result:



We had lots of fun doing this photo shoot, braving the mud, most of the leaves landed where they should have done, apart from the stray few that ended up in the models mouth!



Being so close to home meant that we didn't have far to go to warm up from the brisk January weather with Hot Chocolates and freshly made carrot cake!

We're always on the lookout for new locations, we've found some great ones from deserted beaches to abandoned war shelters.
They all offer us something a bit different and special which transfers into our images!

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Derelict and Disused

Derelict and Disused = Photographers Playground!

On our never ending search for different locations that can be used for photo shoots we came across a great building in North Weald.
In its day it was built as a redoubt, to protect the soldiers outside the line of defense and to store ammunition.
Built at the end of the 19th century, it has now been left to ruin and with the lack of soldiers in the barracks it provides some great backdrops for a photographic shoot!



This photo shoot, although it may look nice and sunny outside was actually done on a freezing December afternoon, the previous day had brought us a blizzard which you will see in the next image!

The model in these images commissioned Edenexposed to do this conceptual photo shoot for her birthday and was extremely good with dealing with the cold weather.
It was fine for me wrapped up in my gloves and scarf but she had to de robe for each shot and reveal the lovely strapless prom dress in zero temperatures!



This image we named 'Baring the Blizzard' which is very apt!
The lack of a roof on the building meant the whole 'inside' was carpeted with fresh snow, so of course we had to make her sit in it!

Utilising the grounds around the building we took an electrical cable reel from down near the soldiers barracks which involves quite a steep incline up to the building plus all the snow and fallen leaves, it proved quite a challenge. Well i say we - it was my partners job to haul it up the hill! haha
A job well done though and this is the finished image from all the hard work:



And were not arsonists - the flames were added using photo shop!

We will be going back through the hole in the fence soon as we have planned another shoot at this location, this time bringing the building back to its original purpose and doing a soldier/captive type conceptual photo shoot.

So stay tuned for those images!

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Stock Mania

2010 for me is a year to make things happen, both personally and professionally.

Its started off well, we have a holiday booked to the South of France and 3 weeks ago we became the proud 'parents' of our little dog Eden the beautiful Cocker Spaniel/Mascot!

We had been wanting a dog for a long time but kept putting it off - there was always a reason not to get one - until one Sunday afternoon, I found her advertised and on the Monday she was snuggled up in our living room!

Just so you can see how cute she is:



Now whats all this got to do with Stock Photography?!

Well, last year we set up an iStock account and sporadically updated it and adding a few images on here and there, there was always something else to do and other things to work on and we didn't really bother with it - that is until 2010 came along, remember, the year to make things happen!

We've seen the earning potential in Stock Photography and I've been concentrating on it majorly the last couple of months, building up a decent portfolio so hopefully it will pick up and all the effort will pay off one day!

An example of our Stock Photography:

So far this year we have had 81 images accepted into our iStock Portfolio, which shows how serious i'm getting with it, for the whole of 2009 we only had 69 images accepted!

In Stock Photography terms this is quite a small quantity, but for now, were building it up nicely and hopefully in the months to come we will have more and more accepted!

Now I can see there is something to gain from Stock Photography the only way is up - and I'm getting a bit addicted to taking stock shots!

A couple of images from our iStock Portfolio:

So the moral of this blog...Don't put things off, make things happen for yourself, no one else will!

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