Wedding photography demands a fine balance between getting the shots to capture the day, and not getting in the way. When we go out on an assignment we aim to  be as un-invasive as possible so that the wedding parties can just relax into their day and enjoy it. Without our couples and their guest feeling comfortable with us around it would be impossible to get some of the truly joyful images that we achieve. We enter into the spirit of the day and we get such a buzz when, at the end of our coverage, we get the bride, groom and even the parents giving us massive hugs of appreciation. Its important to us.

It wasn’t until I started doing wedding that I realised just how much a good photographer can contribute to the day. This isn’t just a turn up and point the camera job to us, its a way of life and we happily pitch in with the bridal party to help them enjoy a hassle free day.  We get to see lots of wedding in very intimate details and armed with this knowledge we can often help where others are floundering. A small example is Nat during bridal prep. She’s now become a bit of an expert at buttoning and lacing Wedding dresses whilst the attendants fingers and thumbs turn to jelly at the vital moment, or helping to re-pin that awkward bit of hair that keeps flopping down over the tiara…. all little things but all things that go to helping the day go smoothly. I think they call it customer care in management circles… that’s way too impersonal a term for us. We just want the very best for our brides and grooms because it’s their special day.. and they deserve the very best

Wedding confetti alert - Wedding Photographers in Cornwall

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Victoria,Carbis Bay Hotel’s wedding coordinator, oversees preparations for a civil wedding service in a conservatory at Carbis bay Hotel

As wedding photographers in Cornwall and on a personal basis, Iconik Photography have a long association with the Carbis Bay hotel near St Ives in Cornwall, so we were overjoyed to hear that they were voted the winners of the Westcountry Wedding Award’s best wedding venue in Cornwall. Victoria, Carbis Bay’s wedding co-ordinator, works tirelessly to ensure that the day goes exactly to plan for the Bride and Groom with an incredible attention to even the smallest detail. We count Victoria as a personal friend and she has a magical way of making everyone feel special. 

Carbis Bay Hotel is a family owned business and the high standard of service  and comfort insisted upon by the owner, Malcolm Baker and his son Stephen Baker are evident throughout. All of the staff at the Carbis Bay Hotel contribute enormously to the seamless running of events dealing with the large number of guests with a wonderfully courteous ease.

Champagne flutes set up on Carbis Bay Hotel's lawns overlooking the stunning golden sand and blue sea of Carbis Bay beach

As wedding photographers the Carbis Bay offers us many wonderful photo opportunities. Built in 1894 by the famous Cornish architect, Sylvanus Trevail it’s a wonderful building with manificent features from the elegant marble corridors, the beautifully decorated main dining room, the wonderful conservatories, award winning gardens and, of course, the stunning beach which is owned and maintained by the hotel. There aren’t many beaches in the UK  that can boast such a wonderful expanse of golden sand and truly blue sea.

As the next bay on from St Ives, Carbis Bay  shares the same magical light that has enchanted and attracted some of the world’s greatest artists and inspired authors like Virginia Wolf and Rosamunde Pilcher immortalised the hotel in her novels ‘The Shell Seekers’ and ‘Winter Solstice’.

Carbis bay Hotel is richly deserving of its accolade of Westcountry Wedding Awards best Cornwall Venue, and we look forward to maintaining our special relationship with them for many long years to come.

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One of the hardest parts is getting suppliers to be up front about their costs and to find out about the hidden extras that can often break the budget. It’s with this in mind that Nat and I decided we wanted to find a way to take the uncertainty out of a least one area of the planning – the wedding photography. We’ve tried various options like issuing price lists for fixed packages containing  photography and albums, but there is always that grey area where the packages didn’t quite match the budgets or other requirements.

Dissatisfied with this approach we decided to try and create a way where potential clients can mix and match services and products and get an instant price calculation. Well, after a lot of burning of the midnight oil and several grey hairs later.. I’ve finally managed to create what, I hope, is the perfect solution. The Iconik Photography Wedding Photography Price Calculator (was that a fanfare I heard??)… hmm..  might have to think of a catchier name for it though!

Iconik Photography's new Wedding package price calculator

With this brand new tool you can choose the type of photographic coverage you require, add albums and digital Storybooks from suppliers like Jorgensen, GraphiStudio and Flori, order extra DVD’s (all of or customers who choose one of our photographic coverage packages receive a free licensed, high resolution, printable DVD of their images) and get an instant calculation of the total cost.

If your wedding is in Cornwall or within a 100 mile mainland round trip of the County we don’t charge for any travel expenses.  If your wedding falls outside of this area, is overseas  or in the Ilse of Scilly, we’ll be more than happy to work out and agree the best price for travel and accomodation with you before the event so that you don’t get landed with any unexpected fees. There are no hidden “extras” added to the photography and albums package price; the price you see is what the  coverage and products will cost you and, if you choose to use our services, we’ll honour that quote for 30 days from the date you submit your enquiry, even if our suppliers raise their costs during that time.

If you want to have a look and try our new “gizmo” pop over to The Iconik Photography Wedding Photography Price Calculator and have a go.

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In the deep end... Laura wades out in her trash the dress shoot

Laura looks serene in the sea for her trash the dress shoot

deeper into the blue - Iconik-photography trash the dress

Laura doing her mermaid impression - trash the dress Cornwall

Etheral glow. An infrared style treatment adds a surreal element to Laura's trash the dress shoot

Laura - trash the dress Cornwall

Laura, Bardot style - Iconik Photography trash the dress Cornwall

Laura in a golden summer glow - trash the dress Devon and Cornwall

Laura in a golden summer glow - trash the dress Devon and Cornwall

A few more images from our trash the dress shoot with Laura.

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That said, I’m determined to get up to speed again and keep the world informed with all things Iconik Photography I’m also in the process of refreshing the images in our galleries. We’ve got a whole new season’s worth of images that we’re really excited about sharing with you… no rest for the wicked

Robb

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West Country Wedding Show 2009 - Plymouth Pavillions, Sunday 20th Sept 2009

…and win back the cost of your Iconik wedding photography package !

The West Country Wedding show at the Plymouth Pavillions on Sunday 20th Sept 2009, with nearly 100 exhibitors and 2 spectacular catwalk shows, is a must attend show for anyone involved with planning a wedding.

With exhibitors displaying designer bridal gowns, formal menswear, gorgeous occasion wear, lovely venues for civil ceremonies, wedding receptions and party nights, stunning flowers, stylish cars, romantic honeymoon destinations through to the extra touches of wedding jewellery, bespoke wedding stationary, fascinators and more, it represents an opportunity to experience first hand what’s on offer.

Iconik Photography will, of course, be there with Natalie and Robb in attendance to chat to you about all of your weddng photography requirements and to show you our latest, stunning wedding albums from Jorgensons and Graphistudio. Don’t forget to look out for us as we’ll be handing out special discount vouchers and  launching an amazing “Win the cost of your Iconik Photography Wedding Package back” promotion. All of our customers getting married in 2010 will be automatically included into the prize draw to be held early January 2011,  so don’t miss out – hurry along to the Iconik Photography stall and grab your chance to win this fabnastic prize worth up to £2,000!

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Matt and Vicki Barnett at Postbridge, Dartmoor, Devon

A small sample selection of some of traditional and reportage style wedding photographs by Iconik-Photography, Wedding Photographers in and around Devon, Cornwall and South West England.

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Superb Italian Wedding albums by Graphistudio

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site, Spicer Hallfield, the major supplier for wedding albums, has gone out of business. Most of our wedding albums came from Spicer so Nat and I have been looking for new suppliers.

Jorgensen’s are going to make our matted albums and they are luxurious to say the least, but a poular range that Spicer used to supply was their digital artbook. This differs from the matted albums in that the pages are created as a complete image without the need for mattes (frames), giving an extreme flexibility to the design process, as images can be placed in any shape size or orientation on the page. The result is a stunning, high quality graphical presentation of your images with a modern, contemporary edge.

To produce this type of album we’ll be using the internationally renowned Italian wedding album designers, Graphistudio. They have a superb range of high quality products that will act as the prfect showcase for your stunning wedding images provided by us at Iconik photography.

Our partnerships with Graphistudio and Jorgensen means we are  providing a combination of the very best and highest quality wedding album choices to our customers

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Previously, like a lot of  our fellow photographers, we’ve limited our payments methods to cheques and cash only. Although this suited some people, not everyone had the money up front to do this. In response to this we have now introduced a system where payment can be made using all major credit and debit cards,  Paypal and, in addition, we are working on offering  extra options for spreading the cost using monthly direct debit subscriptions. Obviously this will be dependent on the lead time before the wedding, but it will take substantial pressure of your cash flow immediately before the wedding.

Another option that we are offering is for friends and family to buy wedding gift certificates towards the cost of the wedding photography package. These can be used to either contribute towards your standard package fee or to enhance it by upgrading to the higher package, a more expensive wedding album or extra prints.

We understand all too well just how expensive a wedding can be, so we want to do everything we can to help you achieve the very best results without compromising. With these latest payment options we believe you can get the best of both worlds – a high quality wedding photography package with much more manageable payment options.

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