Peter & Renee’s RSC Tower Top Wedding

Peter & Renee’s RSC Tower Top Wedding

This is the lovely wedding of Peter and Renee, who married at the top of the tower at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon. I first met Renee last year when we discussed the details, and since then I had been itching for the wedding to come around. Now, I don’t have much of a head for heights, but luckily I had plenty to concentrate on whilst the ceremony was taking place!

I photographed Peter, Renee, their children and bridesmaids all getting ready at their house in Stratford and I could tell from the offset that this was going to be a day enjoyed by all. The flowers had been delivered by the time I got there. They were done by good friend Amanda Luther Flowers, which were (of course!) stunning! Once everyone was dressed, we made our way into town and to the RSC. Peter arrived first which gave us time to take some groomsmen shots outside and then the beautiful Renee arrived. Once the group photographs were taken care of, we went inside and whilst the couple were having their interview with the registrars, the guests and I went up to the 8th floor of the tower to take in the amazing views and wait. There isn’t a great deal of space up there, and that was one of my worries, how to take those key photographs whilst not being in everyones way. The guests were split half and half round the corner, and luckily I managed to find a space right at the front whilst still being fairly inconspicuous. There were a lot of tears which was so lovely and the ceremony was stunning with those views in the background.

After the formalities were taken care of, champagne and canapés were served up there so that everyone could have a laugh, a chat, a catch up and of course stare at the 360 degree views of Stratford and the river Avon.

Once we were done up there we went down to the front of the theatre to take the group photographs and throw the all important confetti, which (being a windy day!) just shot straight up in the air! After I had photographed Peter & Renee by the river in the shade of a willow tree, we had time to sit and wait for the boat that was taking them to their reception. I even had a chance for an ice cream, bonus! I left them all as the boat was sailing down the river and I wish them both the very happiest of marriages.

“Hello! Just LOVE the pics!! Thank you so so much!!!” “Thanks a million! I just loved having you around, still smiling when I think of what fun we had!! Love the photos and online sharing!” Renee 24th May 2015

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Tower Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Tower Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Tower Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Tower Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Tower Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Tower Wedding

Stratford Upon Avon RSC Wedding

2014 round-up of Commercial Photography Warwickshire

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography

Heck, it has been a long time since I last did a blog on this website, and I suppose that is testament to how busy I have been in 2014. I have done my usual mix of property photography, jewellery photography, portraits, head shots, product photography bump to baby shoots, photoshoots for companies and …. mixed with 20 weddings, all in and

around Warwickshire.

I have photographed at local events, most notably the Shipston Proms and The Shipston Food & Beer Festival. These are fantastic, as they raise my profile in the local area,

and I can have some fun with the photographs.

Please take a look back with me at what has been an amazing year for my commercial photography work.

Commercial Photography Warwickshire:

The Wild Oven

The Shipston Food Festival

The Shipston Proms

Amanda Luther Flowers

Christopher Poel Watches, Stratford Upon Avon

Silverstone Auctions

The Orchestra of the Swan

Bump to Baby Photoshoot Warwickshire

Beyond the Book

The Fuzzy Duck, Armscote

Talton Lodge

Pink Connect

Stand up to Cancer

Shipston Rugby Club

Bower Willis Kitchens

The Favourite Commercial Photographs of 2014

My favourite commercial shots of this year have got to be the below images, I think they show off my talent and the clients work/business or personality the best.

An interior photograph for Bower Willis Kitchens. Property Photography Warwickshire. Commercial Photography Warwickshire

Howard Jewellers Christmas Brochure 2014. Commercial Photography Warwickshire

The Wild Oven’s amazing steak slices. Commercial Photography Warwickshire

A bump to baby photoshoot in Warwickshire, 2014

Commercial photography Warwickshire, Commercial photography Stratford Upon Avon, Property Photography Warwickshire, Product Photography Warwickshire, Event photography Warwickshire, event photographer Warwickshire, Jewellery Photography

Product Photography Warwickshire

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire, Warwickshire Photography

Product Photography Warwickshire

Recently, Charlotte Wright Photography has undertaken an awful lot of product photography in Warwickshire. So busy in fact that I had two photographers working either in our photographic studio or out on location, both myself and my father, Chris Wright Photography and also my assistant (another Chris!) back in the office working up all the images. What a hive of activity! We each played to our strengths; Chris Wright is fantastic in the studio, so photographed the majority of the studio work whilst I was out on location taking the interior photography and portrait photography, and Chris, my assistant, was editing images as well as picking up and dropping off products to and from the clients.

The week of the 14th of October was when it all started, with myself meeting in Shipston on Stour with a lovely lady called Kate King who works at Ivy Heart for a list and a run down of the weeks jobs. I was to photograph products, interiors and head shots of 10 shops and their owners in Shipston on Stour for the Shipston Card‘s Christmas brochure. It was a very full on job, squeezing all that into just 3 days as well as the other jobs that could only be done that week!

We photographed for:

Ivy Heart, Shipston on Stour,

The Richard Harvey Collection, Shipston on Stour

Shipston on Stour Needlecraft

Rightons of Shipston

Lucy Walker Flowers, Shipston on Stour

North Cotswold Brewery, just outside of Shipston on Stour

Niche Clothing, Shipston on Stour

Sheldon’s Wine Cellars, Shipston on Stour

Taste of the Country in Shipston on Stour

Shipston on Stour Therapy Centre

In the early part of that same week, Chris was photographing the last few items for Howard Jewellers‘ Christmas Brochure and C.A.Rookes Wine Merchants in Stratford Upon Avon. The latter part of the week saw the next job on the Friday. It was more product photography was for an auction company called Silverstone Auctions. This job was to photograph watches from Christopher Poel Watches in Stratford Upon Avon and jewellery. This was all for a brochure for an upcoming auction at the NEC.

Chris and I shot around 290 images that week and all were processed and sent out by Monday 21st October. Not bad for a weeks work!

Below are just a few of the images…

Taste of the Country, Shipston on Stour

Shipston on Stour Therapy Centre

Richard Harvey, Product Photography Warwickshire

Shipston Needlecraft

Richard Harvey, Shipston on Stour

Rightons of Shipston

Howard Jewellers, Product Photography Warwickshire

North Cotswold Brewery, Product Photography Warwickshire

C.A.Rookes Wine Merchants, Stratford Upon Avon

C.A.Rookes Wine Merchants, Stratford Upon Avon, Product Photography Warwickshire

Ivy Heart, Shipston on Stour

Lucy Walker Flowers, Shipston on Stour

Niche Shipston on Stour

Niche, Product Photography Warwickshire

Sheldon’s Wine Cellars, Shipston on Stour

Silverstone Auctions, Product Photography Warwickshire

Taste of the Country, Shipston on Stour, Silverstone Auctions, Product Photography Warwickshire

Silverstone Auctions, Product Photography Warwickshire

Flowergirl dress photoshoot for Village Brides the Long Compton bridal shop, Warwickshire

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire Photography

Compton Verney Photoshoot for the Long Compton Bridal Shop, Village Brides

I was asked by Village Brides to take some photographs of their beautiful new range of flower girl dresses and page boy suits. We went on a lovely sunny day to the amazing Compton Verney House and photographed in the grounds. The children behaved so well. I had never done a photoshoot with children before, so I was slightly nervous, but the photographs came out really well. It was nice to have the run of the grounds at Compton Verney, I would love to shoot a wedding there!

Village Brides of Long Compton are a great bridal shop, I cannot recommend them enough! Please take a look at their website for further details – http://www.village-brides.co.uk

Flowergirl dress photoshoot for Village Brides the Long Compton bridal shop, Warwickshire

Flowergirl dress photoshoot for Village Brides the Long Compton, Warwickshire

It’s not all weddings! Property, Corporate and Portrait Photography Warwickshire

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Property, Corporate and Portrait Photography Warwickshire

So yes, it does just look like I have been photographing a million and one weddings this summer, but I have actually been busy doing a few other jobs too! The beauty of having had an assistant this Summer is that whilst I am out photographing, I know work is being done back in the office, so I have been able to take on nearly twice as much work.

To start with, I have been doing a fair bit of commercial work, corporate group photographs, product pictures and quite a few headshots. Below are just a few of these…

Property, Corporate and Portrait Photography Warwickshire

I did a lovely little job as well photographing the Stratford Upon Avon Concert band on location in Stratford, which was great fun and I was really pleased with the outcome.

I have been cracking on with my usual project of woodlands etc, and training up my assistant in the process. Also, I have been so busy I have actually had to recruit my Father, Chris Wright Photography, into doing some for me, even in the pouring rain!

I also had the AMAZING opportunity of going up in a helicopter to do some aeriel photography of a clients estate. Terrifying for someone who doesn’t like heights, but what an experience! I can’t upload many as it was of a private estate, but here are a couple of the young woods and the helichopper we went in.

Property, Corporate and Portrait Photography in Warwickshire

Charlotte Wright personal photos from Summer 2013

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Charlotte Wright personal piccies from Summer 2013

Whilst working what has seemed like every day of the summer, I have managed to actually get out there and have a bit of fun!

I have been to Wales twice, and gone along to a few local events around Stratford upon Avon and Shipston on Stour, plus I now have a new mode of transport! I have purposefully not taken my camera with me on any trips away, as I just know I would take a million photos, as besides, I was on holiday! So apologies for any quality issues, as some of these were taken on my phone.

Charlotte Wright personal photos from Summer 2013

Charlotte Wright, photos from Summer 2013

Charlotte Wright personal photographs Summer 2013

Bump to Baby Photography!

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire Photography

Bump to Baby Photography

Well there seems to have been a bit of a baby boom in Shipston on Stour this year, and just one of the lovely couples who were expecting were two good friends of mine Ema & Tom Wilson. Now I don’t normally do bump or baby photography, but I do know that I really should, as it is the next, natural progression after wedding piccies and as Ema is not someone you can easily be allowed to say no to, I thought I would use it as practise!

I photographed Ema about a week before she was to give birth, and she was rather reluctant to do the ‘twee’ photographs that I wanted to play with, but she was finally persuaded! We knew the baby was going to be a boy, hence the blue ribbon (it was originally orange though, good old Photoshop!), but the name was a big secret. Around a week after I took the photographs, little baby Bailey came into the world, what a cutie! Then around 2 weeks later we met back up for another photoshoot where I got to meet the little man, what an honour!

Ema knew she wanted a black and white photograph of Tom and Bailey together, without a shirt on, looking all ‘manly’. Tom wasn’t so keen on the idea, but I think (I hope!) that he was pleased with this photograph eventually!

I love this photograph! You can just see Ema and Tom in the background, and come one, babes feet and definitely the cutest!!

Zoe & Miles’ sunny wedding at the beautiful Ettington Park Hotel, Warwickshire

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire Photography

Ettington Park Hotel Wedding

The wonderful florist Lucy Walker Flowers based in Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire recommended me to Zoe & Miles to photograph their big day, and I am so happy she did. This was a glorious wedding on possibly one of the hottest days this year. It was a very relaxed day and the couple were a joy to photograph as they were at ease and full of smiles, apart from Miles who was rather nervous at the start!

The beautiful setting of Ettington Park Hotel nestled in the Warwickshire countryside was, and always is, the most beautiful setting for the photographs and as always the staff went to their upmost to make sure that the day ran well and smoothly. The dress was gorgeous, Lucy had done an amazing job with the flowers on such a hot day and the cake had been made by a friend of the bride and it was amazing!

This was the sort of wedding I wished didn’t have to end, it was a joy to be a part of.

“Hi Charlotte,
We’re still floating along on Cloud 9! Thank you so much for all your help on Saturday and for just fitting in and becoming one of the gang! I’m so looking forward to seeing the photos. It’s all fresh in our minds, but I’m sure seeing the pics will remind us of all the little things we may have missed! Anyway, thanks again for your part in making it all a very memorable and special occasion. Zoe and Miles xx”

“Hi Charlotte,
We are absolutely thrilled with our wedding album; it totally captures the very essence of the day. You have done a brilliant job. We really are delighted with the book.” Zoe Colegrave, 16th July 2013

Ettington Park Hotel Wedding. Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire

Ettington Park Wedding. Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire

Ettington Park Hotel Wedding, Warwickshire Wedding Photographer, Charlotte Wright

A Very Vintage Warwickshire Wedding. Vintage Wedding Photography Warwickshire

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire Photography

Vintage Wedding Photography Warwickshire

This was a wedding that I had been looking forward to for a VERY long time! It involved two lovely people, Nikki & Kevin, along with their nearest and dearest It was my very first Vintage Wedding, and my goodness it was a goodie. The bride wore a vintage 1940′s dress, not white, but with a beautiful floral pattern on it. She had meticulously bought and found vintage items to decorate the lovely Church and Village Hall, all of which are now available to rent out as she has started up a business!

The whole stunning wedding was set in one village, Halford, Warwickshire. The beautiful Bride, Nikki got ready at The Halford Bridge, the pub and hotel in the village, then we all walked down to Halford Church and then walked back up to the very quaint Village hall. They were all so much fun to photograph, the Groom and his men were brilliant in their shades at the reception! I could go on and on, but I shall let the photographs tell the story!

“Just a note to say thank you so much – the pictures are just fantastic!!!!! You made a pregnant woman cry last night……You captured the day so well and I am so impressed with the photo booth shots as the whole thing was looking slightly dodgy by the end of the night …but it looked really professional in your pictures and you got everyone! Thanks again – you did the most fantastic job, you are very talented!” Nikki, June 13th 2013

“ Just wanted to say what a fantastic job you have made with Nikki & Kev’s wedding photo’s. They are WONDERFUL! They capture exactly what they day was all about, informal, fun, and overall my beautiful girl on her special wedding day!! (Slushy I know, but I am allowed !!)” Val (Mother of the Bride), June 15th 2013

Vintage Wedding Photography Warwickshire

Vintage wedding in Halford, Warwickshire. Charlotte Wright Photography

Vintage Wedding Photography Warwickshire

Adam & Ruth at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon. RSC Wedding

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Admin under Charlotte Wright Photography, Warwickshire Photography

RSC Wedding, Stratford Upon Avon

On Thursday 2nd of May I recieved a phone call from Adam, he was after my services as a Wedding photographer at the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire. That’s brilliant I replied, I have wanted to photograph a wedding there for a long time! Adam told me the details, that he and Ruth were having a small ceremony in The Reading Room at the Swan Theatre, with just 13 close family members and friends and then a cruise on the River Avon on a Bancroft Cruise boat. I said it sounded beautiful, and asked “So when is the wedding?”

8 days later there we were!

Adam and Ruth and all their family were so much fun to photograph; skipping, dancing and laughing their way through the day. I had an absolute ball. The Theatre was beautiful setting for photographs, we got hijacked by tourists whilst outside, but that all added to the fun! The Cruise boat was just lovely, with Ruth doing her best Kate Winslet impression trough the lock! I hope you all enjoy looking at the photographs just as much as I enjoyed taking them.

I had never photographed an RSC wedding before, and I had really wanted too. It was a gorgeous day, so I really hope I get another!

“I must thank you again for taking such brilliant photos for us all day, you were so good at directing everyone and still keeping it fun, we had a great time! Needless to say if we know anyone getting married anywhere near you we will be wholeheartedly recommending your services.” Adam & Ruth, 24th May 2013