Shropshire Petal Fields will be open to the public between 4th & 13th August this year.
I will be there on Sunday 6th August and Wednesday 9th August with limited slots available for family photo shoots amongst the beautiful flowers.
These mini-shoots will last for 30mins and include a lovely mix of family and individual portraits, some photos will be staged and others captured candidly. After the shoot, your photos will be displayed in a private family digital gallery on my website and you will be able to download the full collection of photos to keep. Photos will be high resolution and carry no watermarks, so perfect for printing yourself and displaying around your home. You will also have the option to purchase professional photos from my photo lab via your gallery, should you wish.
To book a shoot, you will need to contact me first to check date and time slot availability. I will provisionally book you in the diary for the shoot and you will then need to book family/ individual tickets for Shropshire Petal Fields. You can book your tickets here.
The cost of my mini flower field shoots is £150, including the shoot and all edited photos as above. A £50 deposit will be required on booking with me and the balance by the day of the shoot. If it rains we will still plan to go ahead, wellies and brollies always work well in family photos but if you'd prefer to postpone the shoot your deposit may be transferred to another family shoot at a later date (we will agree another beautiful location to work from).
To enquire or book, email me [email protected].
See you amongst the flowers!
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Honestly, I would hate to be planning a wedding right now! The ever changing rules, the financial uncertainties both personally and also with wedding suppliers, not to mention the health of all those around us who ultimately we just want to protect. The latest rules on numbers at weddings means a maximum of 15 people in England will now be allowed to attend a wedding ceremony and sit-down reception in a Covid safe environment; with the new rules lasting potentially for another 6 months.
But what if you really have your heart set on getting married this year? Let's look at the positives.....
- There's likely to be more late availability at some fantastic venues.
- From a photography point of view, there will be more time to focus on some great couple shots at your chosen venue/ location.
- Suppliers are quite honestly desperate for your business right now, the wedding industry is on its knees!
- Small weddings are intimate, romantic and it's kinda special that only your closest loved ones will be there.
- You get to plan another party (and wear the dress again :o) ) at some point in the future, and what a party that will be!
- You get to see out 2020 as a married couple as hoped and intended, and you can look back at this year with some of your best memories ever!
The coming together of two people who love each other is always a cause for celebration and the 'party' element of the wedding day and the celebrations with our friends and family can still happen at a later date. If you decide to go ahead with a wedding over the next few months, I'm offering a small and intimate wedding package (for upto 15 people) which includes;
- Bridal party getting ready shots (subject to Covid group restrictions)
- Ceremony Shots - we can work together to decide how you want these to be photographed, dependent upon your numbers
- Family/ Friends Shots - family groups, individual shots, candid and formal
- Bridal Couple Shots
- Reception venue photographs to the beginning of your meal (I'm flexible on speeches too if these happen at the beginning of the wedding breakfast meal!)
- All done within Covid guidelines
- All photos supplied via download, edited and high resolution jpegs, with full print release.
If you would like to find out more information or to discuss availability and booking, please get in touch with me here.
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Pre Wedding Shoot with Ellie & Tom
At the beginning of March 2020 we met with Ellie and Tom to run through the details for their big day, we also used this meeting to do a pre-wedding shoot so that Ellie and Tom could get used to the lens before the wedding that was due to take place at the beginning of April. Little did we know all plans were about to be thrown up in the air as we went into lockdown less than two weeks before the big day. Nevertheless, we got some cracking pre-wedding shots at both Claverley Church and their reception venue, The Old Vicarage Hotel at Worfield.
The Old Vicarage Hotel Worfield is a warm, intimate and homely kind of venue. I first shot a wedding here back in 2015 and by the end of the wedding day, Chris and I had booked our own celebration at the venue for our upcoming 10th wedding anniversary, we just fell in love with it.
Here are a few photos from Ellie and Tom's pre-wedding shoot, I'm sure you'll see why we love the venue so much. Also shout out to the gorgeous Ellie and Tom, I can only imagine how frustrating this year has been for you as dates have now been rearranged twice and your wedding put back almost a whole year. In a year that has been full of uncertainties, one thing I know for sure is that when we finally make it to your wedding day in March 2021, its going to be one hell of a party!!!!
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Wedding of David & Rachel
As a wedding photographer, Covid-19 lockdown has brought me the precious gift of time. So, I've been over some of my less recent weddings, picked out some of my most memorable and decided to write a little blog about them.
Rachel and David's wedding stands out for so many reasons. For starters we had a fabulous pre-wedding shoot that gave us the opportunity to get to know each other better, to work out the best spots for photos on the day and to leave Rachel and Dave with some engagement photo memories. We chose to do the shoot at their wedding venue, the stunning Delbury Hall near Ludlow, Shropshire.
A couple of weeks later was the big day. An early June wedding that started with the bridal preps at Ridge Barn, a holiday cottage just a few miles away from Delbury Hall. This place was stunning, a converted barn with floor to ceiling windows that filled the place with fabulous light, perfect for those make up and hair shots. The girls had stayed here the night before so everyone was settled in and the prosecco was flowing when I arrived in the morning.
The barn gave the most beautiful backdrop with space and light, perfect for moving around the girls for natural shots and setting up those posed wedding photography detail shots of the dress hanging etc.
Rachel and Dave had an outdoor ceremony at Delbury Hall, one of the prettiest outdoor venues in Shropshire. I love the ability to work with natural light so easily at a venue like this and the scope to move around unobtrusively for different angles works really well.
Straight into the drinks reception and plenty of time for some chilled out natural and group shots.
The grounds at Delbury Hall are so versatile, every corner of this venue lends itself to beautiful wedding photography. From the hall itself, the lake, the stunning trees, adjacent fields, secret garden, old stone walls, and the well tended beautiful gardens, we could literally spend all day creating amazing photographs here.
And then it was on to the Wedding Breakfast.....
And there was even time for a few more couple shots after the meal.....
The rain can make the best shots sometimes.............
Love a good bouquet toss, always get the girls on there feet!
And to round off Rachel and Dave's day we took them outside with their close friends and got creative with the sparklers!!
One of my all time favourite weddings!
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Just a £25 Booking Fee to secure your session, click here to book.
We may only be in July, but that means we are just three months away from starting our
Searching for Santa Christmas shoots 2020.
Shoots will run from the beginning of October through to the first weekend in December.
Sessions will last 30mins and will include a variety of window scene shots.
On average you can expect around 10 different photos to be presented to you on a private gallery.
To book, a £25 booking fee will be required and the balance of £100 to be paid on the day of the shoot. Your photos will then be presented to you on a private gallery and you will be able to download ALL digitals from the gallery to keep. Digitals will be high resolution and watermark free.
You will also receive a £25 voucher code which can be used when ordering prints from your gallery.
Book now to ensure you capture some magical shots of your little ones this Christmas.
To book your slot, please contact me here.
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- Outdoor socially distanced location shoot of around 90-120mins
- Lots of natural fun group shots
- Individual child portraits - natural and posed
- Maximum of 5 children per shoot (with me that makes a group of 6). I expect a parent (or more) may want to chaperone so will have to ask you to keep a short distance so we are not in one big group and to respect social distancing rules.
- All photos available to download from a private gallery, fully edited in colour and black and white with no watermarks
- A £25 voucher code provided to each parent which can be used to order a combination of prints (my prints start at £5 for a 6x4in)
- Cost per child £60
- Cost for a group of 5 children £250
To book, please contact me here.
Whilst Lockdown has been a time of change and adaptation, of uncertainty and difficulty, the one thing it has brought to our household is time together and an appreciation for a more simple way of life.
I've been thinking ahead (hard to plan and think about at the moment I know) but when all of this is over, and it will be hopefully in the coming months, there will be a real sense of gratitude and appreciation for our freedom.
With this in mind, why not book that family photography session that you've thought about booking but not got round to. Go wild in the woods, have fun in the forest, run together, play, hug and celebrate our family and freedom. It would be fabulous to get grandparents and other family members involved too to celebrate being back together again or maybe best friends you've not seen for months! I'd love to photograph a reunion shoot or just a lovely family walk together with some fun thrown in.
With freedom and good times in mind, I'm offering a reduced rate on my family photography sessions in Shropshire. Instead of the usual £150, I'm reducing this to £100, with ALL digital images thrown in. To claim this offer, you will need to purchase a voucher from me for a 'Freedom Shoot', pay just £50 now and the remaining £50 after your shoot to release all of your digital images for download. Vouchers will be valid until the end of 2021. Shoots will last approx 1hour and will need to take place at a mutually agreed outdoor location within Shropshire.
Take a look at my Family Photography Sessions page here to give you an idea of my sessions and more examples of my Family Photography work.
Contact me here to enquire and purchase your voucher.
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As a 'Thank You' to our NHS staff who are working tirelessly and bravely to save the lives of others, I'm giving away a wedding photography package worth nearly £1000 to an NHS Key Worker!
The prize of a full day's Wedding Photography will be valid through to the end of 2022 and will include the following:
Coverage from 2 hours prior to the Ceremony upto the First Dance
2nd Photographer included
Private online gallery for you and your wedding guests (Print purchasing also available via your gallery)
Your wedding day photographs on USB (in high resolution jpeg format). You will receive a minimum of 600 individual edited images and every image in colour and also in black & white.
Print Release - to use and print your images for your own personal use.
A pre-wedding meeting at the venue (normally a month or so prior to the wedding date) to discuss final timings and locations for your group and couple shots.
Option of adding an album at a later date (no time frame to return for your album).
To enter you must:
Work within the NHS (any role eligible)
Like & Follow my Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/joedwardsphotography/
Share the Competition post on Facebook (posted 30/04/20)
Email me your competition entry via the Contact Form on my website, please complete all fields so that I can contact the winner.
Be getting married within Shropshire or the West Midlands
T&C's
Competition will be open until 5pm on Wednesday 27th May 2020. Winner will be selected at random and announced on my Facebook Page on Thursday 28th May.
Applicants must work within the NHS and will be asked to provide proof of employment.
Wedding must be within Shropshire, West Midlands or within a reasonable travelling distance of 30 miles from Telford, TF1 6GQ.
Offer not open to clients with existing wedding bookings with Jo Edwards Photography.
The prize is non transferable to a cash alternative.
All entrants will be contacted after the winner is announced and will be offered a discount to our normal package prices as a thank you for entering.
Prize will be subject to date availability. Should I already be booked for your chosen wedding date, a family/ couple shoot will be offered in lieu of the wedding photography prize.
Wedding of David & Kellie
Kellie is an old work colleague and friend of mine, so when she asked me to photograph her wedding at Madeley Court Hotel, I was ecstatic to be part of her big day, its always nice to know you're going to hit it off with your couples from the outset. I went over to Kellie and Dave's new pad and we caught up over a cuppa and a few albums! It's been a while since we've seen each other, we worked together nearly twenty years ago, back in the days when we were young, free and living for the weekends (which probably started on a Thursday!) They were the days before real-life responsibilities, when our weekends were more about hot pants and house music, than homework and housework, and our Sundays consisted of lazy lie-ins rather than kids football and preppin' for the week ahead! They were the best of times!
So on the morning of the wedding, photographing the bridal preps with Kellie and her two bridesmaids was just like catching up with friends. The morning was relaxed, I even had a cheeky prosecco myself, not something I normally partake in when I'm working, but Kellie you're a bad influence!! :o) Kellie was in her dress an hour before the wedding so we had plenty of time for some lovely portraits. One of my favourite moments was the big reveal to Kellie's step-dad, his face was a picture, see below!
Those of you that know Kellie, will understand when I say that Kellie is an inspirational lady and walking down the aisle to meet her gorgeous, besotted and very tearful beau David, was a very emotional moment for everyone. Kellie you looked stunning and how you held it together so well when David was crying his little heart out, I'll never know. Such a beautiful ceremony with truly heartfelt words from the lovely registrar.
The whole day was wonderfully relaxed, we squeezed some couple shots in pre-Wedding breakfast and then got outside once the sun had gone down to showcase the couple in the grounds of the beautifully lit Madeley Court Hotel by night.
I always say its the people that really make a wedding and this one will go down as one of my all-time favourites! Looking forward to catching up with you soon Mr & Mrs Dickens, want to hear all about the honeymoon! xxx
Don't miss our magical 'Searching for Santa' photo, available throughout October, November and early December 2019. This is a special photo opportunity for you to capture a memory of your little one at Christmas time.
The 'Searching for Santa' digital package costs £60 or £75 for 2 siblings together. This includes the session at my home (30mins time allocation) and 3 digital high resolution downloads of the final images from a private gallery within 7 days of the shoot.
Why not have a photo printed on Canvas to hang on your wall at Christmas time? We also offer a Digital and Canvas package for £120 which includes the session at my home (30mins time allocation), 3 digital high resolution downloads of the final images, plus a 24x16in canvas.
Discounts available for weekday or group bookings, please enquire for more info.
A deposit of £25 is payable on booking and the balance due on or before the session date.
Dates are now limited so please enquire here for availability.
Wedding of Amy & Joe
I first met Amy when she was Bridesmaid at a wedding I shot in 2018, she told me there and then she wanted to book me for her wedding and 14 months later, as if in the blink of an eye, Amy & Joe's big day had arrived.
It was lovely to see some familiar faces from the previous wedding and working with Amy & Joe was like photographing for friends. Joe especially was nervous about having his photos taken, so at the pre-wedding meeting we talked through how we could keep the photos as natural and as easy as possible and we took some practice shots so that Amy and Joe could get a feel for the types of shots we would do on the day. I've worked at The Park House before, but doing a pre-wedding/ engagement shoot at the venue helps me to formulate a plan for the day and definitely helps my couples to relax about the idea of the wedding photos.
Amy and Joe compliment each other so perfectly, they have an ability to centre each other when needed (like when Joe was nervously jumping up and down on the spot at the altar and Amy took his hands and calmed him) and they were both such fun loving people, they made each other laugh and smile all day long, that connection just can't be posed or faked and it just shone through in their photos. They had a wonderful bunch of family and friends who were all there to have a good time and the day was topped off with a fab Four Seasons tribute act who had everyone up on their feet dancing the night away.
Here's just some of their best bits........
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Wedding of Daniel & Olivia
This was our first wedding at Pendrell Hall and all I can say is 'wow, what a beautiful venue'! From the spacious, plush and well considered dressing and bedrooms to the six acres of stunning gardens, this is a gem of a wedding venue. As its exclusive use too, you're guaranteed privacy for you and your guests.
My day began with Olivia and her bridesmaids, getting ready in the 'Love is Enough' Dressing Room and 'Strawberry Thief' bridal suite. This was such a relaxed environment for getting ready in. Olivia had five Bridesmaids and with mum's, make-up artists, hairdressers and me, there was still plenty of room for moving between rooms for some great shots of everyone enjoying the wedding prep. Whilst I spent time with the girls, Chris was just across the landing in the Pimpernel Suite, photographing with the boys.
The ceremony took place in The Morning Room, a gorgeous and ornate timber-panelled room with two huge bay windows overlooking the lawns and once the 'I Do's' were done we headed out front for some confetti shots. Drinks were then served in the Drawing Room which spilled out on to the terrace as the sun made its appearance just in time for photos!
We covered a 'half day' plus bridal prep with Daniel and Olivia and as they chose to do the speeches at the beginning of their wedding breakfast, we stayed to cover those too. I'm so pleased we got to hear the speeches, some lovely stories from Olivia's father, fun and cheekiness from Olivia's brother and some heartfelt words from Dan to Olivia. As Dan's best man was his dad, there were no embarrassing cringy stories but there was definitely a lot of love and pride in the room.
Daniel & Olivia's gorgeous Pendrell Hall wedding story.......
St Andrews Church, Great Ness, Shrewsbury
Packwood Haugh School, Ruyton X1 Towns, Nr Shrewbury
August Bank Holiday weekend and not a cloud in the sky......this wedding had everything you could wish for from a summertime festival feel wedding.......blue skies, picturesque village church where the Bride's mum and dad had married, a beautiful white Yurt set amidst the rolling Shropshire hills, food and drink flowing, fire pits and hay bale benches, night-time twinkle lights and a rocking party that went on in to the early hours of the morning.
When we met with Alice and Chris prior to the wedding, it was clear that this wedding would be very unique, much planning had gone into their day, however they also wanted it to be relaxed and completely informal. Guests were invited to attend with no ties, there were no formal group shots needed, just a go with the flow, documentary style record of the day was just what they were looking for. And so this wedding was jam packed with opportunity to capture tons of candid natural shots of family and friends enjoying every moment.
'Thank you so so much for these, they’re amazing and better than Chris and I could have hoped for. You really captured the day and we so enjoyed looking through them last night! Thank you and Chris so much, they’re perfect! ~ Alice
Credits:
Ceremony Venue: St Andrews Church, Great Ness, Shrewsbury
Reception Venue: Packwood Haugh School
Yurt Hire: http://yurtmaker.co.uk/weddingyurts.html
Catering: Great Berwick Organics https://www.longhornbeef.co.uk
Delicious Graze Pizza https://www.deliciousgraze.co.uk/
Flowers: Homemade by family & friends
For today only, purchase a Portrait Session gift voucher for £60, saving over 50% on the usual session price (Normal Price £125). The Gift Voucher can be used at any point during 2019 and can be used by yourself or would make a great Christmas gift for family or friends.
Our portrait sessions are done in the great outdoors, making the most of natural lighting and beautiful locations. Working on location also gives us flexibility and creative freedom to create personal and unique images for you. I can certainly offer some advice on shoot locations but also happy to be guided by your favourite spots too!
What's Included?........
- A 1 hour Family Photo Session at an outdoor location (to be mutually agreed)
- Valid for families of up to 5 people
- Typically around 50 individual images (also produced in black and white) presented on a private online gallery.
- 5 Prints (10x8in) of your choice included
- Online print and product ordering (prints starting from £5)
- Option to purchase the individual digitals (from £5) or the full collection of digitals (£150)
Gift vouchers are non transferable and not redeemable for cash. To arrange a Photoshoot, the recipient of the Gift Voucher will need to contact Jo Edwards Photography to arrange a mutually convenient time slot. Gift Vouchers can be used at any point during 2019, subject to availability around weddings and other event bookings.
To purchase a Black Friday Gift Voucher for just £60, click HERE
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Book your session today with just a £10 deposit and secure a date at some point during 2018 for your family shoot.
Terms:
- Weekend and Weekday Dates available throughout 2018, subject to availability around existing bookings.
- Offer valid for families of up to 5 people.
- £10 deposit secures the date and is non-refundable, dates are however transferable
- Balance payable on or before the day of the shoot. Balances can be paid via the website, see link below.
- £50 includes a 1.5hour shoot at an outdoor location of your choice (mutually agreed within Shropshire/ Midlands)
- Also includes a private gallery and 5 free prints of your choice (sized upto 10x8in)
- Digitals, prints and other products available to purchase afterwards via your gallery
So, if you've been thinking of booking a family session during 2018, this is your opportunity to get that family session in the diary or maybe give a random act of kindness to a loved one in the form of a beautiful family or couple shoot. Don't miss out on this great offer, book with just a £10 deposit here.
This year marks a decade since I shot my first wedding and to celebrate we've added some offers to both Wedding and Portrait packages. Offers will change throughout the year so check back regularly for the latest packages and price offers.
Wedding Offers:
For 2019 Weddings we have added a new package called 'The Full Package', this package includes everything you could want including full resolution digital images (in colour and black and white), a Storybook Album, 2 parent albums and we've also thrown in 10 FREE 10x8in prints (worth £120). For more info click here
Quote code 'BIG10' and receive a free 20x16in canvas with any 2019 wedding booking (must be quoted at the time of booking)
Spring Portrait Session offer
£10 off the usual price and 10 FREE 10X8in Prints (worth £120). For more info, click here
Prints
10% off any print order throughout 2018. Enter code 'BIG10' at checkout. Applies to any gallery (Wedding or Portrait, existing and new galleries throughout 2018)
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Book your Autumnal 2017 Family outdoor portrait session before 8th October 2017 and receive a free 20x16in canvas with your shoot. Session to be held before 25/11/17 and a deposit is payable on booking of £25 to secure your date.
The cost of a family portrait session is £125 (for upto a family of 5). This includes;
- 1.5 hour photo session at an outdoor location of your choice (location in and around Shropshire to be mutually agreed),
- Typically around 200 individual images (also produced in black and white),
- A private online gallery to view your images
- Online print & product ordering (prints starting from £5)
- Three 10x8in prints of your choice with matching digitals.
- Autumn 2017 Offer only - 20x16in canvas, image of your choice
- Weekend and weekdays available (please contact me to check availability).
Digital downloads can be purchased afterwards via my online shop. These are available in a high resolution format for creating your own prints/canvasses etc (£5 per digital or £200 for the full collection) or for the Social Media savvy you can choose a slightly lower resolution download suitable for social media uploads only (£2 per digital, not suitable for printing).
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http://www.joedwardsphotography.co.uk/packages---weddings
For any bookings taken before the 30th April 2017, we will also be throwing in a free 20x16in canvas!
For more information, to check date availability or to arrange a visit to view sample albums and discuss your big day in more detail, please complete our Contact Form and we will get back to you asap.
http://www.joedwardsphotography.co.uk/contact.html
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This was our first time at the barns and it instantly struck me as a warm, intimate venue, a lovely mixture of old and new in a fabulous rural setting. We shot Jen's sister's wedding back in 2012 and when I looked back to that day there are so many things that stood out for me, such as the hints to the Bride's Scottish roots and the brilliantly warm and funny speeches. So with a fabulous venue and a host of familiar faces, we just knew we were in for a great day!
Jen continued with the family tradition of the Scottish theme; tartan ribbons adorned the flowers and favours, there were beautiful blue thistles in the brides bouquet and the gents from the brides side wore their Scottish finest, I do love a kilt at a wedding!
We captured some beautiful shots around the grounds with Jen & Ian, the weather was so kind to us considering it was the end of November! These two were just too cute....
And this one just rounds off the day perfectly for me. When the party was in full swing and their guests danced and celebrated the night away, Ian and Jen had this moment, I get the feeling that they'd forgotten for just a few seconds about everyone else around them as they embraced, a perfect moment in time!
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Also, for all you newly engaged couples looking for a wedding photographer for 2015, I'm offering 10% off any wedding package just for liking my Facebook page!!
All you have to do is go to my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/joedwardsphotography2008 hit the Like button :o) xxx
NB: Family/ Baby Portrait Sessions to take place in the Shropshire area. Weddings covered across Shropshire, West Midlands and Staffordshire areas, travel beyond these areas will be considered, please enquire.
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September's edition is a special wedding edition packed with some fab photo's from local photographers and some great ideas for your big day.
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After a beautiful service in the Dobson Suite, guests moved outdoors to congratulate the happy couple. Whilst it was dry, it was a little chilly, so thank you to all the guests for being so sporting and allowing us to get all the group shots done outdoors in the gardens of the magnificient Park House.
Whilst the newlyweds are busy soaking up the sunshine on honeymoon in the Maldives, I'm just putting the finishing touches to their photos, hoping they will arrive just in time for their return....
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