Portraits | Polly Alexandre Photography

Family Portrait Shoot in Ibiza

June 29, 2015

I’ve known Lauren and Duccio for a while now ever since I shot their incredible wild, infamous 3 day wedding in Ibiza back in 2010. If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s the one and only wild 3 day big party of a wedding celebration…… with a 1920’s themed attire for one day, a hippy chic theme for another and yes, topless tasselled dancers on daybeds greeting guests as they arrived at the drinks reception and soul legend Barbara Tucker singing their first dance live overlooking the Mediterranean sea. There may even have been a pole on the dance floor……

See their wedding here and here blog. Any excuse to go back and revisit this one!! Love it!

So fast forward 4 years and the Duranti couple have become a fully fledged family. Avid Ibiza fans, they now have a home here too, and it was only fitting that Ibiza would be the location for their family portraits, with Lyla and her baby brother joining the shoot this time around, along with his godparents.

Now babies dictate the time you shoot, so there was no sunset shooting here. Shooting at midday poses it’s own challenges but a beautiful all white modern apartment provided the cool and shade and stylish backdrop, and then we all headed to the beautiful Sa Caleta beach, one of my natural favourites, with it’s red rocky cliffs and crashing waves. I think we had all of 90 seconds before the kids called it a day, but we just managed to get that quintessential shot of everyone on the rocks.

Lauren and Duccio, it’s such a pleasure to document your growing family and I look forward to seeing you again in Ibiza soon! Hasta Luego!

Personal Brand Photo Shoots

March 22, 2015

Gorgeous head shots for women business owners in London and Ibiza Women at work profile shots in London and Ibiza

Looking for some beautiful personal branding photos for your business?

I’ve been a full time professional photographer for over 10 years now and in 2014 was names one of the Worlds Top Photographers by Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine, one of only 3 in Europe to receive this honour.

Over the last 10 years I have been running a successful business shooting beautiful and amazing weddings all over the world, and I have also shot portraits for top magazine editors and been published widely over the last 20 years in many magazines. I now also coach other photographers to up level their lives and businesses.

I always see the best in people and my own work as a coach helps me to connect with and understand the women I photograph. I’m a whizz at creating flattering and joyful images that exude happiness and style.

After doing shoots with a few amazing women lately, including the gorgeous entrepreneurs Jia Ni & Jess pictured here, I’ve been inspired to offer 2 half day shoots each in Paris (May), LA (August) & Florence (October). The shoots are £1500 for a 3 hour shoot which includes an hour’s Skype consultation to plan your shoot beforehand & a questionnaire to understand your brand and what you desire to communicate so we can plan your shoot to truly reflect you. I can also help arrange hair and make up, and give you advice on what to wear or connect you with a stylist.

Want to know even more? I also have a degree in Psychology, and previously worked in fashion as assisting fashion stylists (including at Marie Claire Magazine) and in advertising at a top London advertising agency working on brands and marketing. I bring this beautiful mix of experience to how I will approach your shoot and create your images.

Modern head shots for creative business women in London

Creative portraits of women working in London and Ibiza

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What’s included in my shoot?

3 Hours of Photography (typically 3 locations depending on travel)
Detailed questionnaire to understand your brand and what you want
1 Hour Pre Shoot Planning Sessions via Skype
Around 75 Hi Res Produced Images on Disc (digital images)
Your favourite 5 images with cosmetic retouching (i.e. softening of lines, blemishes, under eye bags, stray hair, arm slipping, strap removing etc)
Images delivered 2-3 weeks after your shoot by Dropbox (timing depends on location/time of year)
Additional Retouching available on request

Upgrade Option

Upgrade to a Full Day Shoot – 6 Hours with Hair and Make Up included. + £1000 (Total £2500). This will include 10 images with cosmetic retouching and around 120 images from your day.

Sounds Great! How do I Book?

If this sounds like something you would love, book a time to chat about if I am the right photographer for you here.

If you are ready to book, and secure one of these very limited opportunities, please email me directly at polly@alexandreweddings.com. I will send over a electronic contract and invoice. For destination intensives full payment is due at time of booking and payment can be made by card or bank transfer.

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Dates Available

Paris – Thursday May 14th; Monday May 18th; Tuesday May 19th

LA – Tuesday 4th August; Monday 10th August 2015

Florence – TBC

London – on request (I have a beautiful apartment here so we can shoot rain or shine!!)

Ibiza – on request (see details on super special offer below. The ultimate photoshoot experience!)

Luxury Branding Shoot Experience in Ibiza

I split my time between London and Ibiza, with homes in both places. I spend as much time as possible in my favourite place in the world: Ibiza. It’s been my mission to share this beautiful island with as many people as possible and it has a unique healing energy and natural beauty. Ibiza is a very spiritual island and an incredible place to recharge and rest.

Because of my love for this amazing place, I am launching a very special 2 day Luxury Shoot Experience on this beautiful island with hair, make up and a stylist included, a beautiful Ibiza sunshine filled lunch, as well as coaching and a pre-shoot crystal healing session. A gorgeous package to give you the most beautiful shoot experience.

The rate for this is £3500, please enquire for more details.

Sample Itinerary

Day One – Sunshine filled Lunch with Polly followed by a 3 Hour Coaching Session. Your session will finish with a beautiful healing and rebalancing crystal healing session ready for your shoot the next day. You will depart feeling amazing and at peace for a beautiful night’s sleep.

Day Two – Full Day Shoot Experience. Meeting with your personal stylist to finalise outfits for your shoot, followed by manicure, hair and make up by my trusted and wonderful team here in Ibiza. Photo Shoot with me across some of Ibiza’s most magical locations that best fit your brand. Celebratory post shoot drink!

Katy & James Pre Wedding Shoot

February 2, 2015

On our shoot I learnt that Katy used to be a yellow, but is now a red-yellow.

James however is a mix of green and blue.

Whilst this Katy explained during our shoot, actually relates to the personality tests given to job candidates, and is a way of categorizing people by their character and personality traits. I think it is actually rather a nice way of explaining how Katy & James complement each other.

Katy of course knew this from the beginning and from almost the moment she set eyes on James at university in Cambridge, knew that he was her perfect match. And nothing was going to stand in her way. Not being the pushy type, however, Katy used her intelligence and skill to engineer opportunities to meet James and spend time with him….. volunteering to be secretary the cricket club? Sure, sign me up….!

Slowly but surely, her plan was working….a friendship turned into romance, the relationship blossomed and by the time Katy & James finished university they were a couple.

Fast forward 6 years and having already bought a house together, James decided to propose at their favourite restaurant in Edinburgh…..

Katy has a smile that lights up rooms – like a ray of yellow sunshine – and James is like her pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Katy cries a lot – at everything – and James smiles quietly. James is considered and measured, stable and grounded. Katy is fast, funny, lively and expressive. Together they make a beautiful whole.

It was the sweetest sunny afternoon spent wandering Regents Park with the two of them and sharing their own sunshine.

Hilary & Ben in Ibiza

January 19, 2015

You might recognise this couple from my blog, just once or twice before! I worked with the couple to document their love story and their amazing relationship on several occasions….Hilary & Ben’s wedding at Claridge’s was featured in You & Your Wedding Magazine, and we also did a pre wedding engagement shoot in Oxford, where the couple both attended university, although these star crossed lovers only met some years later working in the same department at City Bank.

Hilary brought with her to Ibiza, a plethora of gorgeous gowns and Part 1 of this shoot involved a chic, crimson red dress which we shot in and around Ibiza town….you can see that part of the shoot here: Ibiza Engagement Shoot

It is a Chinese tradition to have pre-wedding photographs in your wedding dress. This shoot was done before the big day and what transpired were beautiful sun kissed images that are worlds apart from their elegant chic London wedding photographs.

Hilary & Ben, it was an absolute pleasure it was for me to be on this journey with you both, from all our engagement shoots to the actual wedding day itself!

Summer is here….

August 14, 2013

So summer is well and truly here. I’m talking golden rays of sunshine, beautiful sunsets, lazy balmy afternoons, ice cold drinks and hot hot sunshine. In London as well as Ibiza this summer: yay! We’ve been blessed with beautiful sunshine at almost all of my weddings this year and for that I am truly grateful.

I’ve been super busy of late photographing lots of lovely weddings & engagement shoots, and hence the blog has gone a little quiet. Until things quieten down, I’ll be posting an image each day on my Facebook Page instead, so hop over and follow me at Polly Alexandre Photography on Facebook. I’ve also got some beautiful new branding launching very soon which I am very excited about sharing.

Here’s a sneek peek of Katy & James’ Pre Wedding Shoot in London (yes, that English sunshine again!). I photographed James’s sister Hannah’s wedding last year, and its an absolute delight to be back with the family again this year for their own wedding. They are the sweetest couple and I can’t wait to watch them become husband and wife. Just a few weeks to go guys!