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Ciara and Sinead’s 18th – Bar Vic, Southend on Sea.
Jul 13th
I photographed Ciara and Sineads 18th on Saturday 10th July at Bar Vic in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Its a venue I have photographed at many times before, and I had a great night there once again! There was a range of music throughout the night which meant their was something for everyone. Here are just a few of the selection of the shots a took during the night:
To view the whole gallery from the night, click here.
Southend Event, Party, Wedding and Portrait photographer, Essex and Kent.
Southend, Essex and Kent Wedding photographer – Prices
Jul 5th
I now have a new pricing structure for my wedding photography allowing me to offer more services to my clients and making their wedding day memories, even more special.
Packages start from just £349 and will be individually tailored to meet your own requirements.
I can offer a range of services, including prints, albums, storybooks and CD packages.
To discuss your requirements with Gary, please go to the contact page and choose one of the options.
Here is just a sample of some of my latest work, from weddings all over Essex, including Southend, Hornchurch, Chelmsford and Rochford.
Basildon, Chelmsford and Romford Wedding photographer covering the whole of Essex.
Dave and Debs Tripp – Wedding. Southend, Essex
Jun 23rd
Dave and Debs were an extremly laid back couple to work with which made our day together so easy! I went along to their house before the wedding to get some shots of the preperation. We then moved onto Southend Registry office for the wedding itself. Unfortunatly photographs during the ceremony are not allowed their 
which was a real shame but I still got some brilliant shots through out the day. Here are a few of my favourites:
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Since they recieved there prints I actually got sent this brilliant testimonial 
“Gary made our wedding day so special..he let us just go with the flow and snapped away all day..the resulting photos way exceeded our expectations..we were thrilled with the service Gary provided before, during and since the wedding..we would highly recommend this very talented young man..thanks again Gary for everything.”
Dave and Debs Tripp, Southend, Essex.
Southend, Essex and London Wedding photographer
Editing your pictures.
Mar 9th
Hey Guys.
I haven’t made a post for a few days so I thought it was time to do one. Tonight I’m going to go through my usual editing process from taking the pictures at your wedding, to you receiving the final product printed at the end. I take great care and time on my pictures, hence there is a editing time before you even see your pictures from your wedding day ( Please note this is only usually about a week ). Below I have 3 of my steps from my editing process. If you click on any of the 3 pictures they will show a larger version.
1. Straight from the camera
This is a image from a wedding I done a while ago at St Mary’s Church in Southend-on-Sea. I purposely chose a shot that wasn’t a well exposed and “correct” shot to show the way my editing works.
2. The proof
This is how the proof will look that is uploaded onto your own private gallery on the website. I will make sure the picture is correctly exposed, curves, levels, fill light, saturation, vibrance and contrast. If you click on the larger image, you will notice that on the proof picture I haven’t done any work on the skin (blemishes). This is only done to the pictures that you choose. The reason being is it can take a lot of time and my aim is to get the pictures back to you as soon as possible!
3. The final product.
Once you have chosen the photos you would like to order, they are then completely re-edited. This means that I can spend a serious amount of time to get the photo to my high standards. Just a few of the things I will spend time on include: Skin blemishes, whiten eyes, teeth, smooth skin etc etc. As you can imagine, if you are ordering a lot of photos this can take quite a while. But I usually give an average turn around time of around 2 weeks until you get your photographs presented back.
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So that is a basic explanation of my editing process. I actually find it exciting improving the photographs and seeing the beautiful shots I end up with.
Some of you may be keen on shots that are black and white, sepia or have some colour selection in them, so where do they come in? I only change pictures into one of these colour tones if I think it improves it. Although now and then I am not sure which I prefer so there may be a chance that I just upload both for you to choose yourself.
Southend wedding photographer – Testimonials.
Feb 12th
Hi Guys,
A couple of weeks ago I made a post about Mike and Mandy’s wedding, at St Jame’s the less church in Hadleigh, Essex. Since then I have received a lovely note from them so I thought I would share their kind words with you.
Thank you so much for making such a wonderful job of our wedding photos, under very difficult conditions, freezing weather, poor light, and makeshift photo area! All of which you dealt with very professionally. You helped to make our day go smoothly, and give us a fantastic record of our wedding. I am sure they will be admired for years to come, and help to keep our memories vivid.
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Mike and Mandy Jopson, Hadleigh, Essex.
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I always enjoy getting good feedback from customers, and if any of you would like to see more you can find them on the Testimonials page, here.
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Also just a quick note. Don’t forget about the valentines day special offer studio shoot I am running at the moment. Here are the details from the previous post:
Struggling for idea’s of what to get your partner for Valentines day? I am offering a special offer for a photoshoot with 2 FREE MOUNTED PRINTS, one for you and one for them.
This offer is just £40.00 with the two photo’s of your choice from your own private gallery professionally printed, 10″x8″ and mounted.
Click here for my contact details.
All bookings must be made by 14th Feb 2010 and shoot must take place by the end of Feb for this offer to count.
The veiw across the bridge
Feb 8th
Here is another shot from the latest wedding shoot I done at Prested Hall, Colchester on the 5th Feb.
It is quite a common picture at a wedding, so I have added a bit of a twist to make it different! I hope you like it.
Southend wedding photographer covering most of Essex and East London.
Wedding shoot Colchester, Essex.
Feb 6th
On Friday the 6th February, I photographed a wedding shoot with 2 models at Prested Hall, in Colchester. This was a shoot to add to my current portfolio and I got some great shots during the day!
The weather was cold, and Nez the female model did a great job to last in the dress outside as long as she did, but at least the rain had stopped!
It was a really enjoyable session, and I hope that you like the results!
Here are some of the images I took during the day, I hope you enjoy them.
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Mike and Mandy
Feb 2nd
Here are a few shots from Mike and Mandy’s wedding at St James the less, in Hadleigh. The wedding took place on 2nd January so lighting was a problem, but Mike and Mandy were so easy to work with it all went smoothly. Its a lovely looking church, and I managed to get some great shots during the day.
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How will I see the photo’s you took?
Jan 28th
This is a question I get asked a lot, so I thought I would post it here for you all to see.
After your wedding or studio session, all the photos will go through a “quick” edit. Meaning their all properly exposed, cropped and you get the pictures back ASAP. These photos will be uploaded into your own personal gallery found on my clients page. This will be password protected, and the details will only be given to the bride and groom. But feel free to give these to whoever you wish.
Wedding venues so far
Jan 27th
Here are just a few of the venues I have photographed weddings at so far:
- The Lawns, Rochford
- Orsett Hall, Orsett
- Langtons House, Hornchurch
- St Mary’s church, Southend-on-Sea
- St James the Less, Hadleigh
- Southchurch Hall, Southend-on-Sea
- Earls Hall, Southend-on-Sea
- Prested Hall, Colchester
- St Mary’s church, Corringham
- Maison Renouf, Rochford
- The Saltings, Hullbridge
- The Arlington Rooms, Leigh on Sea