International Photography Awards 2009 - Honourable Mention

Tuesday 18 August 2009.
Congratulations. Your entry 'MaiKhanda' advanced through the second round and to the third and final round of the jurying process. Your entry is an official Honorable Mention of the 2009 International Photography Awards.





The set of 5 photographs from Malawi taken on StillVision Photography’s trip to Africa (click to see IPA winners gallery) made an official Honourable Mention of the 2009 International Photography Awards. It was nice to have photographs go through to the third and final stage of this international and highly professional competition and be in the running for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes! Next year perhaps...

The Wedding Of Alex & Kate

Congratulations to Alex and Kate who were married in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey on Saturday 15 August 2009. Woburn Abbey is a fantastic looking wedding venue both in general terms and where the wedding ceremony and wedding reception took place. The weather matched the location which was great for the wedding guests and a little more difficult for us as photographers (sun-tanned guests, squinty eye photographs)! We were booked to photograph the whole day so we were witness to some mild panic amongst team Kate when a hair 'kink' was spotted moments before walking down the isle! Team Alex was a little more relaxed but very sweaty in their wedding outfits. All in all it was a really lovely day to be a part of and our wedding photography highlights follow:

The Wedding of Chris & Rhiannon

Congratulations to Chris and Rhiannon who were married on Saturday 8th August 2009. Their wedding ceremony was held at the Catholic Church on Hills Road in Cambridge city. After a slightly nervy start for the wedding party due to some hiccups in the run up to the big day, everything actually went very smoothly and according to plan. After the wedding we headed out of Cambridge and to the Hotel Felix off Hunting Road for the wedding reception. We really have been so lucky with the weather this year (given that the summer has been a rubbish one yet again) and the wedding guests got to enjoy the gardens and plenty of Champaign was being drunk. We decided to shoot some bride and groom photography later in the evening but as with most weddings, time went into a world of its own so we ended up a little behind schedule! This actually meant we were able to be quite experimental with some late evening light, a flash which we attached to a bridesmaid (or 'flash girl' as she become known) and some fantastic fashion poses from Rhiannon - Vogue eat your heart out! Our wedding photography highlights follow:

International Photography Awards - Official Selection 2009

Monday 10th August 2009.
Congratulations. Your entry is now an Official Selection of the 2009 International Photography Awards. Congratulations once more.
Very Best,
International Photography Awards


Very pleased to say that a set of images of a Malawian maternity ward taken during the StillVision trip to Africa in February have made it through to the knock out stages of the International Photography Awards 2009. Fingers crossed for the next rounds!

The Wedding of Nathan & Rosie

Congratulations to Nathan and Rosie who were married on Wednesday 5th August 2009 (yes, a Wednesday wedding)! It was our second wedding at Jesus College, Cambridge in is as many days but we are such fans of Cambridge college weddings that we enjoyed the double! There were many differences between the two weddings. One was the humidity (it was really very hot and muggy today) and the other was that Nathan and Rosie were actually married in the chapel which was nice to see. We could have done with night vision photography equipment as it is very dark in the chapel but at least it was nice and cool! The Ushers were fantastic on the day and really helped things to run smoothly and were excellent people organisers for the formal group photography. They weren’t on hand to stop the groom from being attacked by a wasp or from stopping ants from invading the wedding dress however! Our wedding photography highlights follow:

The Weding of Alan & Deborah

Congratulations to Alan & Deborah who had a Cambridge wedding at Jesus College on Sunday 2nd August 2009. We were booked to photograph the whole day and started at Hotel du Vin in Cambridge city centre. We left the bridal preparations for Jesus College, Cambridge where the wedding ceremony and wedding reception were held. It’s always nice to have one wedding venue as it really helps create an atmosphere. The weather was absolutely lovely and very out of synch with the rest of the week! Our wedding booking dates have avoided the worst of the British summer so far (especially given that the weather is shaping up to be just like last year) so we feel quite lucky. Today’s wedding culminated in a fantastic best men’s speech (there were 2 best men) which involved an alternative version of Stealer’s Wheel’s ‘stuck in the middle with you’. Or should that be ‘stuck in this marriage with you’ – funny, touching and definitely wedding speech of the year! our wedding photography highlights follow: