Paul Saxby Photography

Stunning Fine Art Wedding and Portrait photography by Award Winning Photographer Paul Saxby.

Paul creates sophisticated yet informal and highly imaginative portrait and wedding photography in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicstershire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire. Paul has worked all over the UK and has accepted commissions in Europe and the US.



Despite being constantly in demand, Paul limits himself to 14 wedding commissions each season and 16 portrait commissions each month.

Paul is also the official baby photographer for the Emma`s Diary baby program for the Newark, Mansfield and Grantham areas. Paul has a comfortable , family friendly studio within easy reach of Newark town centre. The studio offers extensive facilities including free refreshments and baby changing facilities as well as ample parking and ground floor access.

Paul is proud to offer a wide range of superb quality, high value, photographic products at an affordable price.

 

East Midlands MPA Portrait Photographer of the Year 2010

East Midlands MPA Pet Photographer of the Year 2009

East Midlands MPA Licentiate Wedding Photographer of the Year 2008


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fiona and Nigel marry at Prestwold Hall

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26 October 2009

Nigel and Fiona`s wedding at Prestwold Hall

I don`t know what it is about weddings this year, but just about all the weddings I have photographed have been incredibly laid back and relaxed. No more than Nigel and Fiona`s wedding at Prestwold Hall.

Whenever I photograph a wedding at Prestwold, I always find something new to use there as a feature or a prop to include in the photographs.  On this occasion I noticed the beautiful soft light that was falling over a sofa in the main gallery, so I used the sofa  as an ideal place to photograph Fiona, who I must say looked stunning.....



Prestwold also provides a rich variation of light. From soft panels of light that come in through the huge windows in the conservatory, to the shafts of light that stream in between the pillars of the gallery.

Here, Fiona and her Father are caught in a beam of light as they stroll toward the ceremony together.



Here Nigel is bathed in light from a large window in the main entrance to the hall. Using my 50mm f1.4 lens I was able to isolate him in the crowd by throwing everything else out of focus, yet I maintained a fairly natural perspective on the scene and not cropping too tightly on his face.



Despite a short burst of tears from the Groom, the wedding was full of joy and most of the photographs showed huge beaming smiles and laughter. Here Nigel and Fiona smile as they are announced as man and wife.



I try to take as few traditional group photographs as possible during a typical wedding, preferring to concentrate on watching the guests create their own....



Lastly the speech`s, what wedding would be complete without a few chosen words from the Best Man.....or Men as in this case.... Speech`s are always an ideal opportunity to gain some great photographs, in this case I again used my 50mm 1.4 almost wide open to get as much light into the lens as possible. I also popped a small amount of flash of the wall behind me to supplement what little I had to work with.....



Prestwold Hall is definitely one of my favourite wedding venues and long may I continue to work there....

 

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Gareth and Laura get married at Holme Pierrepont

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23 October 2009

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing Gareth and his beautiful Canadian Bride Laura when they married at Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham.

Over the years I have photographed some stunningly beautiful brides, but just recently I have been especially lucky. Laura was just one of these Brides, her skin radiated, her smile lit up a room and she reveled in the whole wedding experience.  She was a dream to photograph.


Most of the wedding I simply used available light, but for the car shot I used my old Vivatar 285HV pumped through a white umbrella.  I underexposed the ambient by about a stop which made the burgandy red paint work of the classic Jag pop nicely.  Post processing was simple,  I just ran the image through Doug Boutwells TRA Prettyizer action.








This wedding I mixed a little traditional wedding photography with a some contemporary lighting and followed it up with some documentary style image making and ended up with a nice selection of photographs that hopefully the Bride and Groom will be pleased with....



 

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Here come the Girls....

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24 September 2009

Brides and Bridesmaids - probably the best reason to be a wedding photographer...

A confident bride and her two Bridesmaid strike a pose

Sometimes girls just ooze attitude and confidence. Ask the right questions at the right moment and a half decent photographer can make a nice photo something a little more special.

This is probably why most prospective Brides choose a fully qualified professional photographer over a friend with a compact every time.  If you just want `some fotos` at your wedding, save your money and get a friend to take some snaps and give you a disc. 

If you want some high quality contemporary fashion based wedding photographs presented in a high quality album , choose a professional wedding photographer every time.
The photograph of Sally and the girls was taken at Woodborough Hall near Nottingham. It was mid afternoon and in brilliant sunshine. I handheld a Lumedyne Signature Series light mounted onto a monopod over the girls shooting almost directly down on them. The light was soften with a white shoot through umbrella held about 18 inches from the girls faces.

 

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