Wedding Photographer of the Year 2016 Regional Finalist. Wow what a title thank you to all my clients who have voted for me for this award it is so great to have your support and really great to have your feedback.

These awards are like no other as they are voted for by you the Brides and Grooms of the UK.

The awards consist of 25 categories across 7 geographical regions of England and those who are involved are the very best of the best wedding suppliers in England. The awards closed on 23rd October 2015 and clients have been voting for there favourite wedding suppliers of which if successful will be shortlisted as Regional finalist for there speciality. The Best Wedding Photographer London and South East was judged this year by Damian Bailey, Ross Harvey and MV Photography Collective.

I am very proud to announce Kimberley Garrod Photography has been shorted listed as Best Wedding Photographer of the Year in London and South East region. We celebrated in style at Morden House in London in November along with bump and very stretchy black dress. A lovely evening surrounded by the very best wedding suppliers in the area. Also a huge thank you to the lovely Amy Richards for doing my make-up for the night really lovely treat.

We did not come away with bring regional winner overall but very proud to be a regional shortlisted for this award for Best Wedding Photographer of the Year in London and South East Region 2016.

A huge thank you to all my lovely clients who voted for me this year and for all the lovely feedback. It is a real pleasure to be apart of capturing so many lovely couples wedding days this year.

Credit

Thank you to Make-up artist -Amy Richards www.mdeupbrides.com

Wedding Flowers where do you start? Which colours to pick, styles, size etc very tricky job for a couple to pick. As some of you may know I have recently got married and I am a huge fan of real flowers and I feel that flowers make such a difference in wedding photography and to the atmosphere of the day. I decided to get married on the Isles of Scillys and it was proving hard to find a florist, so I thought I would give it a go myself.  I have seen many different ideas over the years of being a wedding photographer and knew what I wanted so I went to local florist shops to find a stock of flowers to take with me. So I ended up with some base flowers white roses and also some green bits to pack out button holes. The white roses traveled ok but some of the petals were damaged due to picking roses that were half closed it allowed me to pull the damaged petals off before going into the design.Then I went hunting on the Island and found a stock of the most amazing pinks which is a well know island flower, all different types and colours and built myself a hand tie and button holes for my wedding day. Sometimes keeping it simple can be best if you are creating your own wedding flowers. Pictures below for you to see what I got up to with creating my own wedding flowers.

So due to the fact I got married on Isles of Scillys I could not take everyone with me so there was a big party planned the following weekend which I needed even more flowers for. So this time I commissioned  the most amazing team from Luv Flowers in Botley. I have worked with them on many projects and happy to say I picked them for my wedding florist. I was very pleased to see there little van turn up full of the most amazing flowers for me. It is worth collecting images and ideas from magazine and the internet and going to florists with loose ideas as they can give you support and guide you, sometimes it is worth letting florists do there thing you will end up with the most amazing results.The theme I gave to my florists was garden party vintage style. I highly recommend this team of florists you will not be disappointed. Below are a few pictures of what they did for me.

The Wedding Industry Awards Regional Finalist 2014 London and South East Kimberley Garrod Photography.

Very pleased to be showing this off made the start of my year 2014.

Wedding Flowers well a tricky one what do you do? There are so many choices and ideas out there where do you begin? Luv flowers is a good start they are friendly and approachable they work with you to create the prefect flowers for your big day they have lots of photographs of work they have created before and books full of different flower types to help you pick your flowers. They are also keen to work on new styles and ideas to suit your wedding. I teamed up with Luv Flowers and team to photograph new ideas and designs. This company come highly recommended by me and there care and attention to detail is amazing, so amazing I have booked them for my wedding next year.

Below are a few amazing images to get your ideas following for your wedding flower ideas.

As a photographer I have a little black book full of amazing people I have worked with over the years in the wedding industry I would be more than happy to help you in your search for your perfect wedding suppliers. Feel free to get in touch if you need any help or support.

http://www.luvflowers.co.uk