Prewedding / Engagement

Prewedding / Engagement

Relaxed shoots before the big day, in London, Manchester, Hong Kong, Paris, Turkey and beyond.

Couple in white sitting in a wooden rowing boat on a turquoise mountain lake in the Dolomites

Icy & Derek

Adrift on turquoise water, with the mountains keeping watch.

Couple in white reading newspapers by the Seine with the Eiffel Tower behind, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

Morning papers by the Seine, and the Eiffel Tower reading over their shoulders.

Couple embracing by the Seine at dusk, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

Dusk settles on the Seine, and they hold on to the last of the light.

Bride with a long train on a carved wooden staircase in a manor house

Phyllis & Brenden

Her train cascades down the carved stairs like a quiet waterfall of silk.

Black and white photo of a couple on an escalator, Hong Kong prewedding

Jenny & Caron

On the moving stairs of the city, they are the still point.

Couple kissing in front of red-brick gates in Hong Kong

Hedy & David

Before the red-brick gates, a kiss as timeless as the walls.

Couple seated on a lit grand staircase, bride in a sequinned gown

Hedy & David

Seated on the glowing staircase, she sparkles brighter than the lights.

Black and white photo of a groom looking down a stairwell at his bride

Hedy & David

He looks down the spiral of the stairwell and finds only her.

Couple on a stone balustrade beside a grand building

Karolina & Simon

On the balustrade, the grand old building fades behind their laughter.

Bride in a strapless gown and veil reclining on a leather sofa, studio bridal portrait

Luisa

Veil and leather, softness resting on shadow.

Couple on a Hong Kong street at night under neon signs and buses

Natalie & Kevin

Neon signs and passing buses, and they are the city’s brightest story.

Couple by a red door at the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand, Old Trafford prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

A red door at Old Trafford, where two loves meet in one frame.

Couple kissing in front of a red-brick wall with arched windows, Greenwich prewedding

Clara & Boris

Red brick and arched windows, and a kiss that warms the whole wall.

Bride in an off-shoulder lace gown sitting on a stone window seat, bridal portrait

Karolina

On the stone window seat, she rests in the hush of the afternoon.

Bride in a blush gown beneath pink cherry blossom outside a white London townhouse

Nicole

Pink blossom spills over the white townhouse to greet her.

Close bridal portrait with white roses against a soft background

Nicole

White roses and soft light, a portrait as gentle as a whisper.

Bride holding up her silver bridal shoes on a vintage sofa

Sara

She holds up her silver shoes, ready to dance into a new life.

Bride twirling her embroidered bridal outfit beneath concrete columns

Tatiana

She twirls, and the embroidered silk becomes a flower opening.

Bride in a ruffled gown under the iron columns of the Bir-Hakeim bridge, Paris

Sophie

Under the iron columns of Bir-Hakeim, she is the softest thing in Paris.

Bride in a vintage white dress leaning on a leather chesterfield among dried flowers

Wing Ho

Against the old chesterfield, a vintage dress among dried flowers.

Bride in a high-neck lace gown painting at an easel

Vera Lena

At the easel, she paints the day before it arrives.

Close portrait of a bride beside a sheer white curtain

Antonia

Beside the sheer curtain, light and bride become one.

Bride in a lace and tulle gown seated by white curtains

Cynthia

Lace and tulle in the hush of white curtains, soft as a held breath.

Couple on a wooden jetty over a turquoise lake beneath the Dolomites

Icy & Derek

At the end of the jetty, the whole lake holds its breath for them.

Couple under the Bir-Hakeim bridge with the Eiffel Tower in view, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

Beneath the iron arches, Paris frames them in its oldest lines.

Couple in evening wear in front of the lit Louvre pyramid at night, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

The Louvre glows behind them like a jewel lit just for tonight.

Bride seated on a white horse with the groom beside her on green moorland

Phyllis & Brenden

Across the open moor, a bride on a white horse and her knight beside her.

Couple in wedding outfits by a lamppost on a Hong Kong street, prewedding

Jenny & Caron

Under a Hong Kong lamppost, the city slows down to watch them.

Couple embracing on steps beside a Chinese tea house sign, bride in a red qipao

Hedy & David

Red qipao on the tea house steps, an old Hong Kong love story told anew.

Bride in a sequinned gown leaning on a stone column at night

Hedy & David

Sequins catch the night as she leans on the old stone column.

Stylish couple leaning against a stone column

Karolina & Simon

Effortless style against the stone, as if the city were their runway.

Bride in a white gown sitting on the arm of a leather chair beside the groom, studio bridal portrait

Luisa

Perched beside him in the studio’s soft dark, she is the light in the room.

Couple in a vintage study, bride in a black floral qipao

Natalie & Kevin

A black floral qipao among old books, a love letter to another era.

Bride and groom in the gothic reading room of the John Rylands Library, Manchester prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

Gothic arches rise above them like a cathedral built for one vow.

Couple seen from above at the foot of an ornate spiral staircase, Manchester prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

From above, the spiral stairs unfurl around them like a shell.

Bride and groom walking hand in hand along a sunlit colonnade in Greenwich, London prewedding

Clara & Boris

Sunlight runs along the colonnade as they walk hand in hand.

Bride in a lace gown standing between tall stone columns

Karolina

Between the tall columns, lace and stillness stand like a statue come to life.

Bride in a lace-sleeved gown gazing up at cherry blossom

Nicole

Lace sleeves lifted, she looks up into a sky of petals.

Bride in a ruffled gown with a purple sash holding white roses on a staircase

Nicole

Ruffles and a purple sash on the stairs, a bouquet of white roses in hand.

Bride reclining on a window seat in a tulle gown and silver heels

Sara

Reclining on the window seat, tulle and silver catch the daylight.

Bride holding out a sheer lace veil in an embroidered bridal outfit

Tatiana

A lace veil held out like a promise caught in the air.

Bride in a ruffled gown in the courtyard of the Louvre, Paris

Sophie

Ruffles in the Louvre courtyard, a masterpiece outside the museum.

Bride in a white vintage dress seated among dried flowers by a lace-curtained window

Wing Ho

Lace curtains and dried flowers, a room that remembers every season.

Bride in a lace gown seated beside an easel and flowers

Vera Lena

Lace and canvas, flowers and paint, a bride who is her own masterpiece.

Black and white photo of a bride standing in an open doorway with flowing curtains

Antonia

Curtains drift in the open doorway as she steps into the light.

Bride in a backless lace gown raising her arms towards a bright window

Cynthia

Arms lifted to the window, she reaches for a light that is already hers.

Couple in white walking on green slopes below the jagged Seceda peaks, Dolomites prewedding

Icy & Derek

Green slopes and jagged peaks, and two figures walking towards forever.

Couple in white holding hands outside a flower-covered Paris café

Icy & Derek

Flowers spill from the café walls as their hands find each other.

Couple kissing in front of the glowing Louvre pyramid, Paris prewedding at night

Icy & Derek

A kiss beside the shining pyramid, sealed by the Paris night.

Bride in a ballgown and groom in a grey suit by a window in a wood-panelled manor house

Phyllis & Brenden

Window light pours into the old manor as if it had waited centuries for them.

Couple outside the Arts + People Fringe Club sign in Hong Kong, prewedding

Jenny & Caron

Outside the Fringe Club, love takes a bow on the old red bricks.

Couple beside a blue vintage jeep in front of a colourful mural

Hedy & David

A vintage jeep, a painted wall, and a love in full colour.

Couple in evening wear against a dark tiled wall, cinematic light

Hedy & David

Dark tiles and cinematic light, a film still from their own love story.

Couple cuddling at a café table, bride in a red beret

Karolina & Simon

A red beret, a café table, and the warmest kind of morning.

Groom in a dark suit seated in a leather armchair, moody studio portrait

Luisa

In the leather armchair, he waits for the moment she walks in.

Couple at an old-fashioned desk in a retro Hong Kong office

Natalie & Kevin

At the old desk, they write a new chapter in a retro Hong Kong office.

Bride and groom by a stained-glass window in a wood-panelled library, Manchester prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

Stained glass paints the library in colour as they stand close.

Couple dancing beneath a stone archway at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich prewedding

Clara & Boris

Under the stone archway, they dance to music only they can hear.

Bride in a lace gown seated on a marble floor between columns, bridal portrait

Karolina

Lace pools across the marble as she waits between the columns.

Bride resting on a white balustrade under cherry blossom

Nicole

Resting on the white balustrade, she lets the cherry blossom fall around her.

Bridal beauty portrait holding white flowers

Nicole

White flowers held close, and a gaze as calm as morning.

Bride in a strapless gown with a purple sash in soft window light

Sara

Soft window light falls across her purple sash like a ribbon of dusk.

Bride in an embroidered South Asian bridal outfit and dupatta in moody light

Tatiana

Embroidery glows in the moody light, every thread a blessing.

Bride looking back along a stone arcade in Paris

Sophie

She glances back along the arcade, as if Paris had called her name.

Bride in a white dress seated at a piano with dried flowers

Wing Ho

Fingers resting on the piano, she waits for the first note of forever.

Bride in a vintage lace gown smiling on an ornate white sofa

Vera Lena

On the ornate sofa, her smile is the brightest detail.

Bride in a tulle gown seated in a rattan peacock chair

Antonia

Enthroned in the peacock chair, tulle spreading like a cloud.

Bride in a flowing tulle gown on a cane daybed in a white room

Cynthia

On the cane daybed, her gown flows like morning mist through a white room.

Couple in white sitting in a wooden rowing boat on a turquoise mountain lake in the Dolomites

Icy & Derek

Adrift on turquoise water, with the mountains keeping watch.

Couple on a wooden jetty over a turquoise lake beneath the Dolomites

Icy & Derek

At the end of the jetty, the whole lake holds its breath for them.

Couple in white walking on green slopes below the jagged Seceda peaks, Dolomites prewedding

Icy & Derek

Green slopes and jagged peaks, and two figures walking towards forever.

Couple in white reading newspapers by the Seine with the Eiffel Tower behind, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

Morning papers by the Seine, and the Eiffel Tower reading over their shoulders.

Couple under the Bir-Hakeim bridge with the Eiffel Tower in view, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

Beneath the iron arches, Paris frames them in its oldest lines.

Couple in white holding hands outside a flower-covered Paris café

Icy & Derek

Flowers spill from the café walls as their hands find each other.

Couple in evening wear in front of the lit Louvre pyramid at night, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

The Louvre glows behind them like a jewel lit just for tonight.

Couple embracing by the Seine at dusk, Paris prewedding

Icy & Derek

Dusk settles on the Seine, and they hold on to the last of the light.

Couple kissing in front of the glowing Louvre pyramid, Paris prewedding at night

Icy & Derek

A kiss beside the shining pyramid, sealed by the Paris night.

Bride in a ballgown and groom in a grey suit by a window in a wood-panelled manor house

Phyllis & Brenden

Window light pours into the old manor as if it had waited centuries for them.

Bride with a long train on a carved wooden staircase in a manor house

Phyllis & Brenden

Her train cascades down the carved stairs like a quiet waterfall of silk.

Bride seated on a white horse with the groom beside her on green moorland

Phyllis & Brenden

Across the open moor, a bride on a white horse and her knight beside her.

Couple in wedding outfits by a lamppost on a Hong Kong street, prewedding

Jenny & Caron

Under a Hong Kong lamppost, the city slows down to watch them.

Couple outside the Arts + People Fringe Club sign in Hong Kong, prewedding

Jenny & Caron

Outside the Fringe Club, love takes a bow on the old red bricks.

Black and white photo of a couple on an escalator, Hong Kong prewedding

Jenny & Caron

On the moving stairs of the city, they are the still point.

Couple embracing on steps beside a Chinese tea house sign, bride in a red qipao

Hedy & David

Red qipao on the tea house steps, an old Hong Kong love story told anew.

Couple kissing in front of red-brick gates in Hong Kong

Hedy & David

Before the red-brick gates, a kiss as timeless as the walls.

Couple beside a blue vintage jeep in front of a colourful mural

Hedy & David

A vintage jeep, a painted wall, and a love in full colour.

Couple seated on a lit grand staircase, bride in a sequinned gown

Hedy & David

Seated on the glowing staircase, she sparkles brighter than the lights.

Couple in evening wear against a dark tiled wall, cinematic light

Hedy & David

Dark tiles and cinematic light, a film still from their own love story.

Black and white photo of a groom looking down a stairwell at his bride

Hedy & David

He looks down the spiral of the stairwell and finds only her.

Bride in a sequinned gown leaning on a stone column at night

Hedy & David

Sequins catch the night as she leans on the old stone column.

Stylish couple leaning against a stone column

Karolina & Simon

Effortless style against the stone, as if the city were their runway.

Couple cuddling at a café table, bride in a red beret

Karolina & Simon

A red beret, a café table, and the warmest kind of morning.

Couple on a stone balustrade beside a grand building

Karolina & Simon

On the balustrade, the grand old building fades behind their laughter.

Bride in a white gown sitting on the arm of a leather chair beside the groom, studio bridal portrait

Luisa

Perched beside him in the studio’s soft dark, she is the light in the room.

Groom in a dark suit seated in a leather armchair, moody studio portrait

Luisa

In the leather armchair, he waits for the moment she walks in.

Bride in a strapless gown and veil reclining on a leather sofa, studio bridal portrait

Luisa

Veil and leather, softness resting on shadow.

Couple in a vintage study, bride in a black floral qipao

Natalie & Kevin

A black floral qipao among old books, a love letter to another era.

Couple on a Hong Kong street at night under neon signs and buses

Natalie & Kevin

Neon signs and passing buses, and they are the city’s brightest story.

Bride and groom in the gothic reading room of the John Rylands Library, Manchester prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

Gothic arches rise above them like a cathedral built for one vow.

Couple seen from above at the foot of an ornate spiral staircase, Manchester prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

From above, the spiral stairs unfurl around them like a shell.

Couple at an old-fashioned desk in a retro Hong Kong office

Natalie & Kevin

At the old desk, they write a new chapter in a retro Hong Kong office.

Bride and groom by a stained-glass window in a wood-panelled library, Manchester prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

Stained glass paints the library in colour as they stand close.

Couple by a red door at the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand, Old Trafford prewedding

Yanmei & Andy

A red door at Old Trafford, where two loves meet in one frame.

Couple kissing in front of a red-brick wall with arched windows, Greenwich prewedding

Clara & Boris

Red brick and arched windows, and a kiss that warms the whole wall.

Bride and groom walking hand in hand along a sunlit colonnade in Greenwich, London prewedding

Clara & Boris

Sunlight runs along the colonnade as they walk hand in hand.

Couple dancing beneath a stone archway at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich prewedding

Clara & Boris

Under the stone archway, they dance to music only they can hear.

Bride in a lace gown standing between tall stone columns

Karolina

Between the tall columns, lace and stillness stand like a statue come to life.

Bride in an off-shoulder lace gown sitting on a stone window seat, bridal portrait

Karolina

On the stone window seat, she rests in the hush of the afternoon.

Bride in a lace gown seated on a marble floor between columns, bridal portrait

Karolina

Lace pools across the marble as she waits between the columns.

Bride in a blush gown beneath pink cherry blossom outside a white London townhouse

Nicole

Pink blossom spills over the white townhouse to greet her.

Bride resting on a white balustrade under cherry blossom

Nicole

Resting on the white balustrade, she lets the cherry blossom fall around her.

Bride in a lace-sleeved gown gazing up at cherry blossom

Nicole

Lace sleeves lifted, she looks up into a sky of petals.

Bridal beauty portrait holding white flowers

Nicole

White flowers held close, and a gaze as calm as morning.

Close bridal portrait with white roses against a soft background

Nicole

White roses and soft light, a portrait as gentle as a whisper.

Bride in a ruffled gown with a purple sash holding white roses on a staircase

Nicole

Ruffles and a purple sash on the stairs, a bouquet of white roses in hand.

Bride in a strapless gown with a purple sash in soft window light

Sara

Soft window light falls across her purple sash like a ribbon of dusk.

Bride in an embroidered South Asian bridal outfit and dupatta in moody light

Tatiana

Embroidery glows in the moody light, every thread a blessing.

Bride holding up her silver bridal shoes on a vintage sofa

Sara

She holds up her silver shoes, ready to dance into a new life.

Bride twirling her embroidered bridal outfit beneath concrete columns

Tatiana

She twirls, and the embroidered silk becomes a flower opening.

Bride reclining on a window seat in a tulle gown and silver heels

Sara

Reclining on the window seat, tulle and silver catch the daylight.

Bride holding out a sheer lace veil in an embroidered bridal outfit

Tatiana

A lace veil held out like a promise caught in the air.

Bride in a ruffled gown in the courtyard of the Louvre, Paris

Sophie

Ruffles in the Louvre courtyard, a masterpiece outside the museum.

Bride in a ruffled gown under the iron columns of the Bir-Hakeim bridge, Paris

Sophie

Under the iron columns of Bir-Hakeim, she is the softest thing in Paris.

Bride looking back along a stone arcade in Paris

Sophie

She glances back along the arcade, as if Paris had called her name.

Bride in a vintage white dress leaning on a leather chesterfield among dried flowers

Wing Ho

Against the old chesterfield, a vintage dress among dried flowers.

Bride in a high-neck lace gown painting at an easel

Vera Lena

At the easel, she paints the day before it arrives.

Bride in a white vintage dress seated among dried flowers by a lace-curtained window

Wing Ho

Lace curtains and dried flowers, a room that remembers every season.

Bride in a white dress seated at a piano with dried flowers

Wing Ho

Fingers resting on the piano, she waits for the first note of forever.

Close portrait of a bride beside a sheer white curtain

Antonia

Beside the sheer curtain, light and bride become one.

Bride in a lace gown seated beside an easel and flowers

Vera Lena

Lace and canvas, flowers and paint, a bride who is her own masterpiece.

Bride in a vintage lace gown smiling on an ornate white sofa

Vera Lena

On the ornate sofa, her smile is the brightest detail.

Black and white photo of a bride standing in an open doorway with flowing curtains

Antonia

Curtains drift in the open doorway as she steps into the light.

Bride in a backless lace gown raising her arms towards a bright window

Cynthia

Arms lifted to the window, she reaches for a light that is already hers.

Bride in a lace and tulle gown seated by white curtains

Cynthia

Lace and tulle in the hush of white curtains, soft as a held breath.

Bride in a tulle gown seated in a rattan peacock chair

Antonia

Enthroned in the peacock chair, tulle spreading like a cloud.

Bride in a flowing tulle gown on a cane daybed in a white room

Cynthia

On the cane daybed, her gown flows like morning mist through a white room.