The Good and the not so good news made good again!!

Great news!
Put the 18th of January in your diary!
Celynnen Photography are going to be at the Mollington Banastre Hotel in Chester!
Here is the adress:
Mollington Banatre Hotel & Spa, Parkgate Road
Chester, CH1 6NN

It's from 12:00 to 16:00 and we will have some special offers on-site! Come and see us!!

Not so good news is that unfortunately, we had to cancel our stand at the Holt Lodge wedding fair this month.
So, just in case you intended to some and see us, all wedding bookings done in September (i.e: booking fee paid) will get a FREE ENGAGEMENT SHOOT!

Engagement shoots are really good fun! It's a fantastic occasion for us to get to know each other a bit more as well as well as a time when we can give you a few extra "posing tricks" so that on your big day, your pictures will look even better!

Included is a large, mounted print you can use as a modern "guestbook" on your wedding day!

See you soon!

Ioan

Only a few days left!

Ever notice the couple on top of my contact's page?
That's Paul and Tanya! I took that picture at an event I attended earlier in the year!
The other day we did an engagement shoot with them around the beautiful city of Chester, in Cheshire, UK. (As opposed to the one in PA..) Well, if I can say so myself, we had a great time! I made sure we came in early enough to avoid the crowds and have the city centre to ourselves. Tanya and Paul came in looking very trendy I tought and we essentially spent the next few sunny hours taking pictures around places that were significant to them.

Engagement shoots are great for a few reasons. First, it allows us to get comfortable with each other and know what the couple likes and doesn't like. Also, we use it as a bit of a guiding session so that when we do the wedding day photography, they place themselves like pros!
One thing that we absolutely need to mention: the wedding venue!!
They are getting married in Portmeirion! How cool is that? So not only am I so lucky to be part of their "big day", but I also get to do it in one of my favorite places in the UK as well!

Thanks a lot guys and I can't wait till Sunday!

Families and Flowers..

The other day I went to one of my good client's house to show them the pictures I had recently taken of their children. I must say it was one of the most pleasant viewings I've had! Taking pictures of adults and showing them to the clients is one thing. But taking pictures of teens and showing them to the teens themselves is often a tricky thing as they don't always like seeing themselves in pictures. But, and I don't know if Marianne's flapjacks (from Riverside Organics) had anything to do with it, but they loved their pictures!


The thing that I essentially try to do with this age group is simply try and "capture their spirit". Take pictures of who they are and aspire to be rather than direct them into strict poses. I want them to have fun. And have fun we did!
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Besides that, I will be the official photographer for the Britain in Bloom Awards 2008! The event is being held at the Chester Racecourse as part of the Cheshire Year of Gardens Celebrations! I am a really keen gardener myself having a few roses, a wildflower meadow, herbs and all sorts of stuff.. I even have a hedgehog house and ladybird house! But I somehow had my doubts that I would be at the awards as a winner, so being a photographer was my only hope..
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Finally, we're on Facebook! You can find us on there by clicking on this link

I'm not sure quite how I'll use my presence there, but one thing that is sure is that it will involve deals! So check us out!
:)

Ioan

Pics of a special day and memories of a special weekend!

As some of you have noticed, I have not updated my pictures on my website for a while. Basically, we are thinking about a new look, new galleries etc. So keep looking and soon (hopefully) you might get a surprise!
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Until then, here are a few pictures from a very special day that I was able to capture recently.
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Besides that, I've just had the most wonderful weekend in a long time!!

First of all, my beloved wife Nickie came back from France where she was working for a week, which really raised my spirits. Her coming back, not going..
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Then, we went to a good friend of mine's for my BIRTHDAY PARTY!!
:)

Nothing crazy or exentric, just a lovely day in the countryside, with chickens and goats and carps, with lovely food and lovely wine. Then the next day, we went to The Groves, in Chester to surprise one of my ex-colleagues for her birthday!

A beautiful evening to the background of Salsa music which ended with the Chester Ghost Tour provided by Tom Jones! (No, not THAT one..)
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So yeah, a very social and exciting weekend for me!