Welcome Photography by Louise

Written by: louise

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2014

Morning lovelies! I'm so pleased to introduce you to another of our lovely sponsors today! Louise Bjorling is a fab London based photographer and a great believer in telling your wedding day story. So if she sounds like your kind of girl, read on...

Tell us about Photography By Louise I shot my first ever wedding in 2008 after 4 years of studying photography. I had just graduated from University of Westminster in London where I had been focusing on studies in Fashion Photography and Photojournalism, when I was asked to shoot a wedding together with a friend from the course. And I was absolutely hooked! A wedding day is just super heightened with so much to capture and proved to be the perfect way for me to combine photojournalism photography, with influences from the field of editorial fashion photography. Describe your style, who or what inspires you? I photograph weddings in a way that feels true to each individual client. My focus is to capture images that tell a story, in a modern style that is influenced from fashion photography, art and documentary. In my spare time, I constantly get inspiration for my photography... Sometimes, just walking down the street and spotting a certain way something is lit, or seeing the composition in a location inspires me, and I get a lot of ideas from cinematic styles for how to tell a story with an image. And of course, there are some really exciting and influential wedding photographers from around the globe who's work I follow, photographers who are amazingly good at telling a story in an interesting shooting style. Trend setter or trend follower? Trends are quite important in photography, and my style is constantly evolving! However, I don't jump on trendy band wagons "just because". I pick up, try out and incorporate new things which fits with my existing style and where I want to go with my photography. A recent trend that I really noticed this wedding season is a move towards more "outdoorsiness" in the UK - couples have been challenging the British weather with really nice outdoor ceremonies in the fresh air and chilled, cozy barbecue buffets. I definitely want the trends of the cozy aspect, as well as segments of entertainment for guests and surprise elements at weddings, to keep being trends - it's just great when everybody really enjoys the day and the day becomes a really memorable experience. How do you work with your couples - do you have a set process? For me, the wedding day is always about the couple - it's their day. And therefore, my preparation process is really important. A booking with me, usually starts with a meeting, a good and long chat about the wedding. I want to know about little surprise moments that I need to be aware of, important relations in their family, etc. Most couples that come to me, are after an unobtrusive style that captures moments and tell a story - with a shooting style that is creative and influenced by fashion and photojournalism, and they want their portraits to feel natural or editorial, rather than stiffly posed. What's your favourite wedding moment? I have so many great moments from weddings! How can you not, the day is just completely filled with moments. But actually the funniest moment at a wedding must have been a best man speech about 4 years ago! Suddenly in the middle of his speech a 'transvestite' - actually the groom's father dressed as a women - came running in to re- enact a funny scene about the groom! It was hands down, absolutely hilarious. What's your next challenge? I've recently started to experiment more with creative lighting for the dance floor/evening party, and this is something I'm really looking to do more of for weddings to come. The best part of being a wedding photographer must be that I'm lucky to do something I really enjoy doing, something that has me feeling anticipation and excitement - and that I'm trusted to capture one of the most important days in people's life, creating a piece of that family's history. To see more of Louise's work and find out how about her wedding photography packages and rates visit www.louisebjorling.com

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