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8-bit wedding invitation

March 17th, 2010 in Inspiration by Nigel Hicks


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After a little wedding invitation inspiration?

From Mashable…

“Two German geeks/gamers just upped the ante when it comes to wedding invitations.

The pair programed two versions of a Mario-inspired 8-bit video game as their wedding invitations and sent them out to friends and family. Guests are challenged to beat the game should they wish to unlock the wedding details.

Their video game wedding invitations — dubbed Incredible Adventure — also included some custom packaging and two different versions of the game so would-be guests could play as either the bride or the groom.

You’ll get the gist from the video below.”

Cheers, Nigel

Click. Click. Done. Run (me)

March 11th, 2010 in Albums by Nigel Hicks


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When albums are delivered to photographer Larry McMahon, they get collected just as quickly, and are gone. Forever…

And when that happens he always asks himself , “Why didn’t I photograph it before it left?”

So when Abbie and Enda’s album arrived, he did. Which is great because we all get to share!

Here’s a few quick shots he took.

Click. Click. Done. Run (me)… Easy he says.

To check out more of Larry’s work click here.

Cheers, Nigel

Soo Photography

March 9th, 2010 in Albums by Nigel Hicks


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Christine and Ben chose Ahwahnee Hotel in the Yosemite National Park, California as the perfect setting for their engagement shoot with photographer Michael Soo.

When their engagement and guest albums arrived at Michael’s doorstep, he took a few quick snaps and emailed them to the couple. They replied within minutes saying, “We’re on our way!”

Here are Christine and Ben’s two albums, designed and photographed by Michael…

To check out more of Michael Soo’s work visit his blog here.

Cheers, Nigel

Own a Queensberry?

February 24th, 2010 in Albums by Nigel Hicks


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Then you’ll want to join the I own a Queensberry club.

Tell your friends and we’ll all catch up there.

Cheers, Nigel

Abby Rose

February 16th, 2010 in Albums by Nigel Hicks


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Lindsay and Bryden’s album is just one of several Queensberries we spied yesterday on Abby Rose’s blog. We thought it was lovely and asked her if we could share it with you…

Check out more photos of this and other albums on Abby’s blog here.

Cheers, Nigel

Aussie beach wedding

February 4th, 2010 in Albums by Nigel Hicks


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Caroline and Jamie’s beach wedding was shot by well known UK photographer Simon Whitten last summer.

Location: Scarborough Beach, Perth, Australia.

Check out several more of Simon’s albums featured here and here.

Cheers, Nigel

Completing the story

February 2nd, 2010 in Food for thought by Nigel Hicks


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Ian recently wrote about what makes certain photographs special. It depends on who’s looking at them.

Looking through our wedding photos, I was amazed at how much of the wedding I’d missed.

Seeing the girls getting ready beforehand, the shots of Kayla just before the ceremony, the expressions and emotion of the guests, how I looked as she walked down the aisle…

It was as though these images completed a puzzle in my mind, a puzzle I didn’t know wasn’t finished.

To me some of the most special photographs are of things I missed, or didn’t even know happened. They add more meaning to my memory of the day.

Cheers, Nigel

Wedding flowers

January 25th, 2010 in Food for thought by Nigel Hicks


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I would have just left (the shop)…


Enjoy

Cheers, Nigel

Will it rain? Indoor vs Outdoor

January 21st, 2010 in Stories by Nigel Hicks


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Thirteen months ago an outdoor wedding wasn’t even on the cards. We’d seen several friends’ weddings and engagement parties washed out by rain and we weren’t taking the risk.

Come December 12 though, and there we were getting married in a garden.

But we wouldn’t have done it without a rock solid, easy, indoor option at the same venue.

That way, if it rained there’d be little or no impact on anyone but the venue. And even then, it’d be minimal. There’d be no extra cost, no disruption or confusion for our guests, and most importantly, it meant we didn’t have to worry. Whatever the weather.

But as we’d quickly found out when we were making our plans, the fact a venue has a ‘wet option’ doesn’t mean you would want to, or could, get married in it.

Most venues we saw with an indoor and outdoor option had either or both of two problems:

1) The indoor option was much smaller than the outdoor setting and wouldn’t accommodate all our guests.

2) Or they were just plain ugly (compared to their outdoor counterpart).

As it happens we found a venue with two big, beautiful options.

And with a bleak outlook the morning of, we were glad we’d been a little more picky and realistic about the chances of rain. We could relax and know that, no matter what the weather that afternoon, we’d still be married in a beautiful setting.

Cheers, Nigel

You be the judge

January 15th, 2010 in Photography by Ian Baugh


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Your best wedding photos probably won’t make it to a magazine … or win any prizes … and the reason isn’t because you’re not Brangelina.

It’s because other people won’t be looking at the pictures through your eyes.

Nigel and Kayla invited Heather and I to their wedding, and I’ve just seen the photos.

What really struck me amongst the hundreds of images – and probably because I work with Nigel and know him so well – were a couple of shots that show the rush of emotion he felt when he saw Kayla walk down the aisle.

I reckon one day someone might look at those pics and think – or say, “Gee Grandad, you really loved her…”

Not every photographer understands that their job is to grab those moments, tell your story and pluck at your heart strings.

Cheers, Ian

PS No, I’m not going to show you!

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