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Welcome to my Blog!

Welcome to the blog of Polly Alexandre Photography. Thanks for coming to visit...

I am a London & Ibiza based photographer specialising in beautiful and artistic wedding photography. I work all over the UK & abroad producing stylish & special photography that is joyful, emotional and natural.

I am passionate about natural light and film photography and love to create truly beautiful photographs for my clients. When not behind the lens I enjoy food, fashion, and my fat cat Basil, hanging out with Lolo and spending time in Italy, India and Ibiza.

I am also just married myself after marrying my own true love on 3rd April 2012 in the Californian desert. It was amazing!

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Much Love,

Polly

phone: 0207 193 9413 or 07734 442107  I  email: polly@alexandreweddings.com

Estaban

Mike & Kate got married last year and I shot their beautiful French wedding. It wasn’t long before they welcomed their first ‘baby’ into the world.

This little pup has a wardrobe of cashmere to rival any dog about town….even Lolo hasn’t got cashmere in his closet…..

So lovely to meet you Estaban Anderson!

 

A Hertfordshire Wedding

 

Dress by Monique Lhuillier, Shoes by Louboutin, Hair & Make Up by Dina Catchpole, Venue: St Mary’s Church, Standon & Marquee at Groom’s Family Home, Flowers by Elegant Stems

 

Just Married

“When you and I first met, the meeting was over very shortly, it was
nothing. Now it is growing into something as we remember it. But still
we know very little about it. What it will be when I remember it as I
lie down to die, what it makes in me all my days till then–that is the
real meeting. The other is only the beginning of it.”

C.S. Lewis

As read by our celebrant during our wedding ceremony.

 

When I walked through the desert to the ceremony to the sounds of the beautiful voice of Laura Kuebel singing the Elvis song ‘I can’t help falling in love with you’ acoustically, against a backdrop of sunshine, mountains and sand, it was one of the most powerful moments of my life.

I don’t think I have ever felt as filled with love as when I saw my man stood there and walked through the desert to join him to join in marriage.

My wedding day was emotional, magical, precious, intimate and filled with love….. thank you to everyone that helped make it that way, and especially my amazing new husband

Photograph by Jose Villa

Sign by Paul Antonio

 

Sarah & Oli – Wedding Photography at Claridges Hotel, London

Oh my. What a utterly stylish and wonderful wedding this was….To be the photographer for a wedding at Claridges is always lovely, but I especially love working for creative clients like this bride. Shortly before her wedding, Sarah had just taken the plunge and left her job as a magazine designer to start up her own stationary company, Brown Paper Design, with her close friend & cousin Juliette, so she brought that creative talent and eye for beauty to the styling of her wedding day. But this was a day that was not just beautiful to the eye, but also beautiful for the warmth and joy of sharing it with their families, to whom the couple are very close. In the Jewish faith, family is very important and Sarah planned the wedding closely with her parents, especially her mother, who herself has a great eye and interest in art and design.

Sarah met Oli as a friend of her brother, and then friendship blossomed into romance over time and it became obvious the couple were the perfect match. On the wedding day we started at Sarah’s parents home where her mum so sweetly covered the outside of their home with little teddy bears wearing customised ribbon neckties. Sarah’s father accompanied her to the synagogue in her uncle’s beautiful vintage car, and in Jewish tradition he walked her down the aisle to the huppah, decorated in white roses. I love shooting Jewish weddings for their sense of celebration and joy in the ceremony itself, not the mention the vigorous dancing…and all before you’ve even sat down to eat. Sarah & Oli’s friends ensured this was particularly lively! (I think the grooms friends were mainly responsible for the wild celebratory chaos at this point & definitely for the hoisting up on the couple on chairs in the air, despite the bride’s reservations!). Sarah designed beautiful notecard sets as favour/placenames, with each guest’s name printed at the top. She also made gorgeous escort cards in a chic grey stripe and the most beautiful gold foil embossed invitations. I highly recommend checking out her new website.

Sarah loved both the grainy black and white look of my documentary work and the soft palette of my colour photography so I combined the two by capturing the details and portraits in natural light in colour film, and the evening’s events in my trademark grainy black and white film. My goal was to create a portrait of the wedding that was at once elegant, natural and beautiful.

Wishing Mr & Mr S both many sweet years together, and perhaps even a lovely family of their own one day…..

Ceremony Venue: Western Marble Arch Synagogue.  Reception Venue & Catering: Claridges Hotel, London. Bride’s Dress: Peter Langner from Browns Bride. Bride’s Shoes: Rupert Sanderson. Jewellery: Tiffany. Hair & Make Up: Daniel Galvin. Bridesmaid’s Dress: Gucci. Grooms Suit: Nick Tentis. Stationary by the Bride’s Company, Brown Paper Design Flowers: Paul Thomas Cake: Peggy Porschen. Super 8 Film: Mariage a la Mode. Wedding Cars: Sarah’s Uncle.

Thank you to Kate Rossin from Depict for some second shooting (not shown here)

 

Ibiza Skies

I am just back from my wedding & honeymoon – which was magical – and will resume blogging soon – with a beautiful London wedding. In the meantime I love this image shot a few weeks ago – from dark to lightness, it seems to represent new beginnings…and reminds me of an oil painting….