Daniel Speller Photography

There’s always something special about photos of couples on the beach especially in the summer when it’s nice and warm and i’m able to make use of the beautiful early evening light.

Emma and Chris were great fun, very easy to get along with and game for trying things out including leaning against pillars under Boscombe Pier dodging the water as the waves came sweeping in to the shore.

Emma and Chris under the pier

I witnessed this first hand last year whilst photographing an outdoor wedding at the Miramar. The ceremony finished at 2pm just as the planes started revving up their engines and suddenly the conversations ground to a halt as people realised there was no point competing with engine noise!!

I had a great time recently capturing some pre wedding photos of Craig and Karen in the New Forest. Conditions were perfect light winds with plenty of cloud to diffuse the sunlight. As with most couples this was the first time Craig and Karen had experienced a proper photo shoot but they responded superbly and were able to give me lots of natural expressions as well as interact really well with each other. Can’t wait for the wedding now!

nice interaction

 

When you go down to the woods today....

Natural Smile

Kierean and Estelle enjoyed some fantastic weather when i met them at the beach recently for their pre wedding photos. The light was amazing, winds were low and they both seemed so relaxed. Although the photos looked great in colour I thought they would look good in black and white. I hope you agree

Last Saturday I was up at the Town Hall for a civil ceremony between Graham and Sharon who had travelled back to Bournemouth from Taiwan where they live. Family and friends gathered for a pleasant informal service followed by photos on the steps of the Town Hall and in the Gardens opposite which looked surprisingly full of colour. Graham specifically asked for some shots showing the gardens off and i hope he is happy with the results.

Everybody loves a confetti shot and this is one of my favourites taken last Saturday. Quite often the confetti shot can be a bit of a disappointment either due to lack of space the vicar asking people not to throw confetti in the church grounds but at this particular wedding at St.Katharines Church in Southbourne, there were no such problems.

Gavin and Charlotte had a great day i know and the grounds at the Chine Hotel, Bournemouth lent themselves to some lovely photos. The weather was amazing and the happy couple even had enough time for an ice cream down at the beach!!

Gavin and Charlotte

Every few months (should probably be weeks)  I upload a new set of photos onto my wedding gallery as I just get bored of looking at the same images and probably anybody looking at my gallery would get bored too. The best thing about selecting images is looking through recent weddings and seeing what ideas I’ve had and how they’ve suited the particular venues I’ve been shooting at. I certainly don’t like churning out the same images at every wedding so it’s really important for me to have a good look round a venue before a wedding as it fills me with new ideas.

One of my favourite photos of last year was taken at Compton Acres (in Poole) in the Japanese Gardens when they were in full bloom and the colours so varied. Compton Acres by the way is one of my favourite venues as there are so many great places to take photos including the Italian Gardens which are just amazing. This got me thinking as to whether i take better pictures at venues I love and am inspired by and I think the answer is probably ‘yes’

You might like to have a look at my newly updated gallery here http://www.danielspeller.com/gallery-weddings.html

Marie and Simon,Compton Acres

Just got a call from the company who produce my acrylic pictures and they want to exhibit one of my pictures at Focus (the biggest trade show in the photographic industry) at the NEC next week so that was nice.

It was a photo taken at Rhinefield House, one of my favourite venues which is in the New Forest. Here’s the picture which the bride bought as a Christmas present for her hubby last year.

Steph and Pete,Rhinefield House

Angry pony chases bride away!

Well it didn’t feel like a winter wedding! The sun was out, it was dry and most of the photography took place out on the lawns of the Balmer Lawn (Brockenhurst). Maybe the bride was just brave! Braver than me that’s for sure particularly when a rather determined pony got it in his head that i was being out of order taking photos on his patch! On top of this said pony then decided to pursue Rachel the bride which totally put her off having any more photos taken-you can’t blame her really!!

Garry and Rachel were a fantastic couple to work with and I know both families had a great day in the lovely New Forest setting.

Yesterday i photographed the wedding of Becci and Marshall a young couple from Lincoln. There was a big contingent from Glasgow there so when it came to outdoor photos i thought this will be no problem with the Scottish crowd used to the cold!  However it wasn’t long before i could see people huddled up together which prompted a request from me for everybody to spread out a bit. Then Marshall the Groom said ‘we’re all cold! Soon enough everybody went inside for some more photos.

The wedding was at the Forest Lodge Hotel in Lyndhurst quite a nice venue for a smaller wedding with a lovely room there for civil ceremonies.

Becci’s daughter Amy was a bridesmaid and seemed a really natural poser which made my work a lot easier!

Amy the confident bridesmaid

Time seemed to fly and then it was time for the wedding breakfast. I needed one last shot so before the light faded Becci and Marshall agreed to brave the cold one last time!

Becci and Marshall