So I have an awesome announcement to make!   Let’s pop open the Champagne….    

You may have guessed by reading the title here… I’ve moved Claire Morris Photography to a new base….  which is the wonderful, amazing and of course, the most romantic city in the world….Paris! WOOO! 

I have been living here a month now and I’m enjoying every moment.  I will be frequently flying to the UK to photograph the many amazing wedding bookings I have already booked in for 2013, 2014 and 2015.  I am still taking lots more bookings for the UK and of course France now too. 

I’ve set up my desk and am editing all my lovely weddings here in Paris,  inspired by the beauty that surrounds me. 

So, now that I’ve moved to Paris… I have been making myself familiar with all the best places for Romantic Portrait Photographs. So if you are planning to come to Paris for your Wedding Anniversary, your Engagement,  your Proposal or whatever your reason… and would love some romantic photographs to document your celebration… I look forward to hearing from you. 

To celebrate me moving over… I’m offering the first 3 couples that book their Wedding Photography in Paris or anywhere in France or who books a Portrait session in Paris with me – a 20% discount off the normal price list.   WOW!!!   Let’s celebrate  

I look forward to seeing you in Paris. x    

Claire Morris Photography | Wedding Photographer in Paris

Photograph by: Claire Morris Photography

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Wedding and Portrait Photographer Based in Paris

International Photographer covering the UK, France and the rest of Europe. 

Selina & Anthony – Portrait Photographs in Paris

SELINA & ANTONY - PORTRAITS  TAKEN IN PARIS , THE CITY OF ROMANCE. 

Selina and Anthony decided after a being a couple for 2 years and living in separate countries that Selina was to move to Paris. They wanted to commemorate the day with some photographs taken around the romantic city, including around the Eiffel Tower & The Louvre. Here are some of my favourite photographs  of the sweetest couple. 

Selina left a review about the session on my photography Facebook Page here is what she said ….

”Me and Anthony decided after a being a couple for 2 years and living in separate countries that I was to move to Paris, so we wanted to commemorate the day by booking a photographer for a few hours for some fun portrait shots. After seeing Claire’s natural documentary style in her portfolio we decided that she was the one. Claire did a great job and with her direction after a few minutes we felt confident, her ideas and direction were great she really knew what we wanted and put us straight at ease. The photos came out really beautiful, we are so pleased with the photos and the day, thanks Claire.

Portrait Photographs in Paris | Photography in Paris

Portrait Photography in Paris

by Claire Morris Photography

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 The Gibbon Bridge Hotel

It is a military affair today then folks….

Peter and Nikki married at The Gibbon Bridge Hotel on a very sunny spring afternoon in Lancashire.

They currently live in Germany where Peter is in the Army and somehow they have managed to plan all this with only a couple of trips to England.

It’s not very often we have the chance to photograph an outdoor wedding here in England… so prior to Peter & Nikki’s big day we were crossing fingers, legs, toes and praying for good weather so that it could happen outdoors.

The Gibbon Bridge Hotel offers the opportunity of having a wedding on bandstand in a garden that overlooks the most beautiful and dramatic rural landscapes of the Ribble Valley in Lancashire.

They both had some great ideas of what they wanted from their wedding photographs.  Nikki had contacted me secretly before their wedding day to inform me about her Audrey Hepburn styled look and that she had wanted to create some images that reflected Hepburn’s style. 

Here’s a few of my favourite photographs from their Wedding.

Wedding Photography by Claire Morris Photography

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Portraits in Paris, The City of Romance

Paris has a reputation for being one of the most romantic and cultural cities in the world. There are lessons for any traveler in the art of love and life on the streets of Paris. 

It’s hard to imagine anything more romantic than standing on the steps of The Sacre-Coeur on the summit of Montmartre, looking down at the city with the Eiffel Tower looking back up at you.

Luis and Ana flew from Portugal to celebrate their first wedding anniversary together in Paris. 

I was there to take some romantic photographs of the sweetest couple around Montmartre…. and it started to rain.  

Here are some of my favourite photographs. 

Wedding Anniversary Photography in Paris

Portrait Photography in Paris

by Claire Morris Photography

www.clairemorrisphotography.co.uk

claire@clairemorrisphotography.co.uk

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Rob & Suzi’s Magical Engagement Photo-Shoot in Blue Bell Wood

Ahhhhh Have you ever seen such a scene in the UK? When Suzi and Rob brought me to the Blue Bell Wood my mouth dropped wide open. 

It was beautiful… I could of photographed the couple there all day. 

Suzi and Rob currently live in New Zealand and flew over to the UK only 1 week ago for their wedding that is taking place in 2 days on Rob’s parents farm.

Our contact so far has been all via email, so it was lovely to meet them in person finally.

They both had some great ideas of what they wanted from their photographs, including the photographs in Blue Bell Wood.

The couple were fabulous to photograph… and even though all the shots were set on a farm or in woods… Suzi wore a gorgeous pair of red heels the whole time.  What a great sport! 

Here’s a few of my favourite photographs from the Engagement Photo-Shoot. 

Engagement Photography by Claire Morris Photography

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Beautiful children, stunning location and a little bit of fairy dust.

 Family Portrait Photography by Claire Morris Photography
Location family portrait photography in Yorkshire.

We travelled out to a location near York, very early on a beautiful sunny morning to take location children’s portraits. 

I find kiddies are much happier on locations for photographs compared to being closed in, inside a studio for those white background portraits. They can play and run around, whilst I capture your children in a natural environment being themselves. The photographs also look like works of art on the wall against a setting can be somewhere special and means something to you and your family. This location in particular, I had drove past a couple of times and thought how wonderful it would look for a portrait photography shoot. When the mummy of Izzie and Will didn’t have a clue about where she would like portraits, I immediately convinced her that, this would be the place. Together we couldn’t of imagined that the portraits would work so beautifully in the location – even much better than I had envisaged. The children loved every moment of their photo-shoot and of course as usual, right at the end a little sweetie bribe worked ‘a treat’  

Kids Portrait Photography | Family Portrait Photography
Location family portrait photography in Yorkshire.

By Claire Morris Photography

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claire@clairemorrisphotography.co.uk

Natasha & Laurie’s Wedding 

at Dunston Hall, Norwich 

When Natasha & Laurie booked me for their wedding in Norwich, Norfolk, they explained their reasons to me for chosing Norfolk. Apart from Natasha’s family living there, Norfolk is known as the driest county in the UK. Therefore if they have their wedding there, they have more of a chance of having a dry wedding day.

Now remembering what they had said, the run up their wedding day which was the 6th of April had been awful. In fact 2 weekends earlier we had had that heavy snow. So I was preparing for an April of rainy, cold weddings.

We drove down to Norwich the night before to stay in a near by hotel and visit their wedding venue’s ready for the wedding day. When we arrived we were met by blue skies and a gorgeous sunset casting a beautiful orange warm light through the trees and on to Dunston Hall.  That blue sky stayed with us for the whole of their wedding day. The weather was unbelievably lovely and the start of a succession of sunny Saturday weddings

Laurie & Natasha had wrote down their reasons why they love each other, and the vicar read them out in church. This was such a beautiful idea and was lovely to hear the most sweetest and funny reasons. One of Laurie’s reasons was ‘Cos she’s fit’, this had Natasha and the guests creasing up in fits of giggles. I can honestly say I’ve never heard a vicar say ‘she’s fit’ before.

There was so much happiness and laughter at this wedding…see for yourselves.

 Wedding Photography by Claire Morris Photography 

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Photography by Wedding Photographers Claire Morris & Agne Zubyte.

The gorgeously photogenic couple Umar & Amba were married on a beautiful sunny winters day at Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire.

They chose to have Bride and Groom wedding portraits in the morning of their wedding before their ceremony. This is becoming more and more popular amongst couples wanting “First Look Photographs”. 

Here is a selection of my favourite photographs from their special day.

Amba had the most amazing wedding shoes I have ever seen!!!  She had her and her husband’s name painted on to the back of them. 

And Umar had his wife to be’s name painted on to his palm in henna. So sweet.

Amba & Umar’s Wedding Day Itinerary was planned to be packed full with 2 Ceremonies, speeches, food, a change of outfits, group shots, the live band and fireworks. We discussed in advance when to do Bride & Groom portraits. Without much available time to spare after the ceremony and before the early sunset… we decided to have them before the guests arrived and before the ceremony. 

We had lots of time together to create some beautiful relaxed photographs with no distractions. It was lovely for them to share their ‘first look’ alone before the ceremony too. And the gorgeous low morning sun was perfect for romantic photographs. 

I love how all the Bridesmaids are wearing different coloured dresses they work together beautifully. 

The Nikah Ceremony  

Amba & Umar chose Monopoly Board Game themed tables with colour coded flowers.  

And the Civil Ceremony 

And then for a change of clothing…

Amba & Umar braving the cold for a few more photographs.

Amba loves Umar …  in fire…   What a lovely backdrop to the fireworks. 

The Fireworks at the Wedding went down tremendously, such a great send off for the newly weds.

Wedding Photography at Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire. 

Wedding Photography – Claire Morris

2nd Photographer/ Assistant – Agne Zubyte 

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Photography by Leeds Wedding Photographers Claire Morris & Agne Zubyte

Natasha and Pete were married at Craiglands Hotel in beautiful Ilkley.

I’ve known Natasha & Pete since their eldest boy was only a few months and I photographed him in my old studio dressed up as a little sailor. hehe.  How time flys!!  So I was thrilled when they asked me to photograph their wedding in Ilkley, Yorkshire.

Natasha and her girls having some champagne before the big day.

And here come the boys! All the girls on their tippy toes checking out the lads and the huge Hummer Limo they rode in on.

Pete and his boys had a great laugh posing on the stairs. I’m sure it’s easy feeling like James Bond when you rock up to your wedding in a Hummer Limo!

Stunning Natasha in her dress, like a true princess bride.

Bless, Pete and Natasha both got so emotional during the ceremony we all had a little laugh about it afterwards!

Had huge giggles with Natasha and Pete at their wedding image viewing. Especially remembering the chaos caused by their little boys… and tears everywhere…
Natasha’s advice… “Get married before you have kiddies” haha…
We loved this photo… Memorable in funniest way.

Another funny moment when walking back down the aisle Natasha missed her exit to the right and carried on walking straight. It’s good she had her husband there to nudge her down the right path

Married and on top of the world!

We took Pete and Natasha to the beautiful Ilkley Moors for some portraits. It was very windy up there, and we were all jealous of Natasha’s furry little white coat! A great idea for weddings in the colder season for brides to have something like that to keep them warm outside. That way it’s so much easier to smile!

Strike a pose!

The table names at the wedding breakfast were fantastic. Each table was names after famous couples. There was Brad & Angelina, Fiona & Shrek, Romeo & Juliet, Ozzy & Sharon, and of course, the main table – William and Kate.

Natasha and Pete had a photo booth set up after the wedding breakfast, and that worked like a charm! It was so much fun to see all the guests suddenly walking around with bright colourful wigs, gigantic glasses, feathered boas and silly hats! Even Agne and I got a chance to put on some silly props and get our picture taken.

 Craiglands Hotel Weddings

Photography by Leeds Wedding Photographers Claire Morris & Agne Zubyte.

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Emma & Pete’s Vintage Christmas Wedding in Leeds

Their wedding took place at Leeds Town Hall Registry Office & The Manor in Farsley. 

Emma & Pete had a gorgeous Vintage Christmas Wedding. 

Here is a small selection of the many beautiful vintage styled photographs from their big day.  

I LOVE EMMA’S  ROYAL WAVE!!!!!! Looking very 50′s vintage and beautiful. She must have misplaced her crown.  

The Boys looking as if they’ve walked straight off the set of Bugsy Malone. The hats are an amazing finish to awesome vintage groomsmen attire! 

What year is it?   Emma + Pete asked if the majority of photos could be edited vintage black and white to match the vintage theme. 

We had time for a few posed photographs before we rushed in. 

I can’t get the ring on!   Such a funny moment.  Emma mentioned later on that he had put her ring on upside down too… oops! 

I love this shot of Emma & Pete looking like they are on a movie set.  

The photo was taken outside the Leeds Town Hall in front of The Leeds Christmas lights. 

I love how couples seam to find a creative power they never knew they had and make everything for their wedding. 

Emma and Pete had a great idea of having Tea & Cake (wedding cake). No wedding breakfast as it was a 3.45pm late wedding. 

Straight in the reception … cut the cake and serve it up with tea. After the speeches a huge buffet was served. 

Wedding Photography by Claire Morris Photography 

This wedding was a 4 hour wedding photography package.

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