beach wedding in the Seychelles storybook album design
Our main website is: http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk so after you have looked at these pics you might like to see more of my wedding photos…. ? More storybooks here – more wedding photos in the galleries and on Facebook in the albums there
xx Elaine
These Creole dancers performed in pitch black outside on the helipad by the sea at Lauren and Trevor’s Seychelles wedding reception. There was an official videographer there too (Michel T) , so this is just a basic clip I shot for myself (as the wedding photographer) on my Canon 5 D Mark II whilst also shooting photos.
Levana – aged 9 and a half – was my little assistant using one of my “big” cameras and two different “L” (top of the range) lenses during the first part of this wedding, up to the end of the beach ceremony, and several of her photos have been included by the bride and groom in this storybook wedding album. She has been coming with me on wedding shoots since she was three , so know what to do, though its only in the past two years she has been allowed to use one of my professional cameras to participate in the photography.
This wedding was also videoed by Michel – a professional cameraman in the Seychelles. He can be contacted on +2482510972 and his son Damien took over the assisting role once we arrived at the wedding reception venue. Some of his photos have also been included, so many thanks to both my young assistants. xx Elaine
The earlier pages of this Italian storybook, showing the bride and groom and their families getting ready for the wedding, and Lauren & Trevor’s beach wedding ceremony in the Seychelles can be found here.
Sometimes I feel that wedding photographers are frightened of colour and dull everything down to muted tones and plain black and white throughout. That might be appropriate for some weddings in the UK and for certain couple’s tastes, but when in an exotic or vibrant environment, its a shame to somehow avoid colour! Having lived in Greece for 8 years where I brought up my family, I soaked up the Mediterranean light which in turn formed my artistic vision through my oil paintings and line drawings of people, and photography too.
I doubt Kate and William had a better wedding than this, though they did honeymoon in the Seychelles too!
The little pictures show details of the personalised coconut-shell cups the welcome drinks were served in decorated by star fruit. the tropical leaves overlaid with white Frangipani flowers following the theme of green dresses for the bridesmaids, and banana crisps wrapped in funnels of banana leaves. Absolutely fantastic!
I originally designed these with the images of the bride and groom to the left and to the right in a slightly smaller size, as believe space surrounding the images is important to display the photos better, but always listen to bride and groom’s personal views and preferences so this is a revised version to suit their tastes.
Love the emotional hug from the groom for his sister after the flute performance while their Mum applauds and smiles with happiness too. All the bridesmaids had Frangipani flowers in their hair too, so overlaid this lovely image of Katherine onto a picture of the red flowers used.
Under the above photo here is of a sunlit dark green pool surrounded by palm tree fronds at the entrance to this Seychelles wedding venue at Cap Lazare in Mahe. I really wanted to photograph the bride lying on the smooth undulating rocks at the side of this pool but it had rained heavily during our drive from the beach wedding ceremony to the reception venue, so it wasn’t to be…
Trevor’s Dad Emmanuel loved the idea of a pic that showed the blue sky above palm trees here
See here to contact Elaine of Reel Life Photos about your wedding or visit http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk to see loads and loads more wedding photos! More storybooks here – more wedding photos in the galleries, and whole weddings in All Day Wedding Pictures
xx Elaine and Cuban videoman Jorge
See here to contact Elaine of Reel Life Photos about your wedding or visit http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk to see loads and loads more wedding photos! – in the galleries, All Day Wedding Pictures and storybook
xx Elaine and Cuban videoman Jorge
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June 20th, 2011 at 5:54 am
Such a beautiful album, really captures the magic of this wedding day.
June 20th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Oh thanks Julianne! They worked really hard planning it all so am thrilled their album represents their love and the beauty of it all. It also makes all the long hours involved so worthwhile when I get lovely feedback like this. I’d happily do it all again of course, if another lovely couple invited me to cover their dream wedding in the Seychelles – or anywhere else for that matter!
xx Elaine
September 25th, 2013 at 5:35 pm
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April 27th, 2015 at 11:35 am
Nice Photos, i really like them
April 28th, 2015 at 1:54 pm
Thanks Benjamin. The cards you are marketing are not bad either… xx Elaine