Retro Glamour | Rivoli Ballroom, London | Gavin Conlan London Fashion Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com | www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk

Back in June I attended the LSS meet up No.18 at the amazing Rivoli Ballroom in London, the location was fantastic filled with amazing interiors and beautiful pockets on natural light which really inspired me on the day.  As you'll see by the amount of images I've posted you get the idea that I had a blast on the day, these meet ups are perfect for photographers, models, make up artists and stylists so if you haven't checked out the LSS already I recommend you do so ASAP.

All the models and MUA's were provided by the London Speedlite Scene - you should check out the link below to their website.

http://www.londonspeedlitescene.co.uk/

Also check out this fantastic charity shoot for Breast Cancer Care organised by the LSS (click on the image below to find out more).

Now for my selection of images taken from the Retro Glamour shoot at the Ballroom, all images were lit with a mixture of available light and daylight balanced video lights.

I hope you enjoy them - Gavin...

Model: Tequila Gold - MUA: Tequila Gold

Model: Aoife O'Brien - MUA: Maxx Anderson

Model: Krystal Johns - MUA: Natalie Eldanasory

The Wedding of Gemma & Steven | St Margarets Church & Three Rivers Golf & Country Club | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com

Last Saturday was the wedding of Gemma and Steven - they held the ceremony at St Margarets Church in Stanford-le-Hope followed by the reception at Three Rivers Golf and Country Club in Purleigh, Essex.

Looking back at the weather for this past week they were so lucky as Saturday was glorious, Three Rivers in the sunshine is a beautiful venue with stunning views over looking the golf course.  

I would recommend this venue to everyone because the staff made you feel so welcome and was always on hand to help.  You'll see by some of the shots too that the interior has lots of mirrors and hopefully by now you'll know I love shooting reflections - I was totally in my element.

I was joking with Gemma the night before the wedding and she was trying to tell me how she wasn't looking forward to the posing and in her words "isn't very photogenic" I remember laughing at the time because I knew she would be great - I'm sure you'll agree with me that she looks beautiful in these images.  Steven on the other hand I'm sure had been practising because he was straight into the pose needing very little direction, he even had the head tilt perfect.  I had so much fun with both of them it just makes you want to be able to spend more time shooting together, it's a shame things like the wedding breakfast and speeches get in the way.... 

Gemma, Steven I hope you both absolutely love these images and I can't wait to show you more.  

Your slideshow is now live and can be viewed at the bottom of this post - I hope you love it....

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Thank you again for giving me the honour of photographing your wedding.

Take care,

- Gavin

The Wedding of Tilly & Jamie | Langtons House & Mount Avenue Banqueting Suite, Essex | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com

This past Friday was the wedding of my friend Jamie and his wife Tilly, I've know Jamie since our Odeon Cinema days back in the late 90's.

They had their ceremony at Langtons House in Hornchurch and their reception at the Mount Avenue Banqueting Suite in Shenfield.  I've never photographed at Langtons before but I knew I wanted to shoot something a bit different to what I've seen on the internet, the interior of the house has a beautiful staircase which I had to use and I also loved the space of the room with all it's natural light.  

As you'll see when you scroll down this post I've included a set of teaser images to keep you entertained and NOW THEIR ONLINE SLIDESHOW IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING - this can be found underneath their images at the bottom of this post.

Tilly, Jamie thank you for choosing me to photograph your wedding and I hope these images help to maintain your memories of your special day.  

I wish you a lifetime of happiness together.

- Gavin

The Wedding of Christine & Paul | High Rocks, Kent | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com

What an amazing weekend...

Combining the marriage of one of my best friends to his beautiful new wife Christine, all of us hanging out for a couple of nights and then the little post wedding shoot with my awesome team of helpers ( you know who you are!!).  

There were so many classic moments, belly aching laughs and the occasional slightest of little hangovers on my part which only seemed to come on every time I crouched down to get a shot.

Christine and Paul got married at the beautiful venue in Royal Tunbridge Wells called High Rocks, if you've never been there then you should because the rocks make for a great day out.

I wanted to post a small selection of teaser images of their amazing day.  

Their STUNNING online slideshow is NOW LIVE please scroll to the bottom of this post to view it.  

I am also going to include some classic behind the scenes shots from Sunday's session so you can see what actually goes into making a great image.......

Paul, Christine - thank you for giving me the honour of capturing your wedding day and I hope you love your photographs - have an amazing honeymoon and I'll see you soon.

- Gavin

The Wedding of Lorraine & Ricky | Ashwells, Brentwood | Gavin Conlan Essex Wedding Photographer | www.gavinconlan.com

Last Friday was a momentous day, one of my best friends got married to his soul mate the beautiful Lorraine.

For those that know me I have a real issue about get old and leading up to their wedding I had a bit of a wobble, in my mind we are all still 16 messing about without a care in the world but in reality we are adults doing adult things (well sort of !!)

It was an absolute honour to photograph their wedding day at the gorgeous Ashwells Sports and Country Club in Brentwood, I could not have relaxed watching someone else shoot their day.  Working surrounded by all my mates was a bit weird (in a good way) at first but it just made for a wicked day.

I really hope you love looking at these images, their online slideshow is NOW LIVE - you can view this underneath their images.  I hope you all love it as much as I do.

Rick, Lorraine I Love You both to bits..... I wish you nothing but a lifetime of happiness together !!!!

- Gavin