Eden Exposed are engaged!

After a trip to the South of France at the end of May the two snappers behind Edenexposed Photography, Sacha Bloor and Jmayel El-Haj are engaged to be married!



My Lovely engagement ring :-)

Sitting a top a high vantage point overlooking the Gorge Du Verdon in Provence, with Eagles flying above and butterflies all around, Jmayel produced a one of a kind, custom made ring and popped the question to which of course, the answer was a big YES!



After 10 years together, Edenexposed photography will be, in a years time, run by a husband a wife team!
Wedding plans are in full force and we're both very happy!

Check us out on Facebook and stay up to date with all the goings on!

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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:


Wedding Packages Page:


Trash The Dress Page:


To view the real thing visit Edenexposed Weddings Website

Our original website is still up and running too, view it at Edenexposed Photography

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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!

To see more of Asim and Shahistas wedding photos or to stay up to date with EdenExposed, please visit our facebook page:
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or visit our website: www.edenexposed.com

Feel free to contact us for more information regarding weddings or portrait sessions. We will be happy to answer any questions or pass on our pricing/availability information.

Bye for now!

Eden Exposed Photography in Magazines!

As the title suggests - Eden Exposed Photography has had some of our images published in magazines!

Edenexposed image in Digital Camera Magazine, issue 96.



Following that we have just had 2 of our images published in Photography Monthly Magazine, issue 108.



Its very exciting seeing your work in print and we are always uploading images to magazines in the hope they will get published!

We are being featured in a bridal magazine in May, which is yet to be published, one of Edenexposed wedding images has been given the front cover which is great!
So watch this space to see our next magazine feature!

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Edenexposed Wedding images

Abstract Art

Recently Eden Exposed Photography has been dabbling in something a bit different to our usual Conceptual Photo Shoots and Dramatic Landscapes...

Abstract wall art was on the agenda one rainy and miserable Wednesday in March.

After watching a tutorial by Gavin Hoey online, I was on my way to capturing a splash of water!



I had the frame from my portable background stand set up over the table to which I attached a sandwich bag full of water.

I filled a tin full of water and placed it underneath the bag of water. (it took me a while to find a suitable water holder - I started with a big glass bowl, but when the flash went off you could see pyrex written on the bottom - not a good look! so I settled with a black square cake tin which worked a treat. Although I have since brought a big black paint tray which is what was used on the tutorial - unfortunately I didn't have one to hand at the time.)

I set the flash up pointing towards the card that I had placed at the back of the water tin. Pricked a hole in the water bag and the drops came out in a nice continuous flow.




With the camera on a tripod and set to manual focus (focused automatically once the drops started then switched to manual) it was just a case of timing as the drops fell into the water and pressing the shutter!

I used different colored pieces of card in the background to add a bit of drama into the water and was really pleased with the final images.

All of these water images have just come straight off the camera without needing any editing.

It was a very successful day and I must say, I'm looking forward to doing some more water images, I found it very addictive!

I will be uploading them to Stock as well, which as I mentioned in a previous blog, we have been building up our stock portfolio this year and its going well!

To see our Stock images visit our iStockphoto.

To view more of Eden Exposed Photography water images visit Edenexposed Facebook

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Eden Exposed "Easter Special"

With Easter just around the corner, Eden Exposed Photography is offering an Easter Special!

A 10% discount on all our Conceptual/Fantasy Portraiture Photo Shoot and Model portfolio Packages!

Contact us for more information via our Email: edenexposed@hotmail.co.uk
Or contact us though our Facebook Page: Edenexposed Facebook

Visit our website to view galleries of our work: Eden Exposed Photography

Just quote "Easter Special" when booking to receive your 10% discount!
Offer ends 30th April 2010.



Happy Easter!!

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!

To view more of our Landscape Photography visit our website:
www.edenexposed.com

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Bye for now x