- 5 days ago
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Vintage Drama: Alternative Wedding Florals at Manchester's Deaf Institute

It's been a while since I shared images from a styled shoot, and hold on to your hats because these are some of the most stunning photographs from any I've done to date. And that's really saying something, especially as I've done so many lovely shoots this year! Michelle, the photographer, had her work cut out with quite a dark backdrop, which included a stage complete with spotlight and bright red curtain. She knocked it out of the park, and what initially seemed like quite a difficult place to shoot ended up creating some really cool and dramatic photographs.

A music venue based close to Manchester's universities, The Deaf Institute would be a quirky and alternative choice of venue for music lovers. We decided to go bold with the flowers, mixing deep red-purple scabious and hellebores with pale pink roses, frothy white lisianthus and paperwhites, as well as fresh and bleached dried ruscus. I also added a black trailing silk ribbon to finish the alternative styling of these wedding florals.

Emma's beautiful dress had a vintage 40's vibe, and we paired her make-up look to reflect the moody colour choice of the flowers. Michelle used the lighting to her advantage for many of the shots, and some of my favourite images have to be the black and white photographs taken against the stage spotlight - they required perfect timing but the result is pure vintage glamour.