It was my pleasure to photograph Claire and Philip’s location-based portrait engagement session on Sunday, at a secret location near Cardiff in South Wales.

The reason for the secrecy is that the beautiful house and gardens which feature as the stunning backdrop for this e-session are privately owned and used as a school. Claire and Philip of course had been granted special permission to use the location for both their location-based engagement session, and for their bride and groom wedding photos, when they get married next month.

The house, which has been used as a secret filming location by many tv and film companies provided a fantastic backdrop to the session, providing complete beauty and peace and quiet, which allowed Claire and Philip to relax together as they were photographed.

After a quick tour of the grounds together, it was back to the car to pick up the cameras and equipment, and then off for a photographic tour of the location.

Almost 50% of our couples now include a location-based engagement portrait session in their wedding photography package, as it allows them to have a ‘dry run’ of the photography part of their big day. It allows each couple to receive lots of useful helps and tips which really do ensure that they look their best in the photos, not only at their e-session but perhaps more importantly on their big day.

An engagement session also helps couples to relax while being photographed by a professional photographer, again something which will certainly show on the later wedding images, and of course provides an opportunity for a couple to plan with their photographer where and how the photos will be taken on the wedding day, all invaluable preparation to ensure everything runs smoothly on the big day itself. To find out more about our popular location-based engagement portrait session, please click here.

We hope you have enjoyed the photos above from Claire and Philip’s engagement session, and if you know them would like to invite you to leave them a personal message below. If you know them and would like to see the complete set of images from this session, please click here to access the slide-shows.

My thanks must go to Claire and Philip who were great to photograph. Guys, I hope you enjoy viewing the photos as much as I did making them with you. I’m looking forward to photographing you again with your families and friends next month, as you celebrate your wedding day at the beautiful New House Hotel in Cardiff. Good luck with the last minute planning!

Nic