andrew coulter photography

competition wins for Feb 2009

2009-03-23T10:21:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a long time since i've done any blogging, due to being extra busy with booking up the year ahead and into next year. So far we've only got availability for another three weddings this year, and next year is looking very promising too.

I've been pestered by my partner Katie to enter some more competitions again, so in February i did, and came away with two silver awards, and five bronze awards. Not a bad start to the year really!

This week sees the real start of the wedding season, with three weddings due later on this week, firstly at Hotel Endsleigh, then Bovey Castle (my favorite venue), and then Polhawn fort to finish the week off! The images should be available to view online within the next week.

Jan & Nigel's engagement shoot at Bovey Castle

2008-09-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of shooting Jan & Nigel's engagement at Bovey Castle last week, in preparation of their wedding next September. We had a great time, and i'm really looking forward to meeting up with them next time they're over from Malta. Please bring the sun with you again though!

recent portrait images from bovey castle

2008-09-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

Wedding images from Newnham park, plymouth

2008-09-25T09:04:00.000-07:00

Well Karen & Martyn had the only sun in August in the south west! Their wedding in lympton was on a glorious day, which is a good job as it's the first one i've shot in a marquee for some time. Karen was totally up for having loads of images and they've a fair few to choose from! The whole gallery can be found online in the recent weddings section.

recent wedding images

2008-08-04T08:47:00.000-07:00

in the past two weeks we have shot at the Horn Of plently in devon, and at the mount murray country club on the Isle Of Man. the selection of images are from these shoots. There was almost a gale blowing in the IOM Shots! it's just so worth putting up with the weather to get shots like these!

boringdon hall wedding photography

2008-08-04T08:41:00.000-07:00

boringdon hall was the host of a recent wedding for us, where i was photographing for Jo and Jamie. The weather was absolutely fabulous, and it was great to shoot in a new venue...

recent weddings from bovey caslte

2008-08-04T08:35:00.000-07:00

We have recently had the pleasure of photographing Dan &Amanda's wedding at bovey castle, which is one of my favourite locations, for both the location, and standard of service there. They have a great collection of images which can be viewed on the main website. A small selection of images are shown here to give you a flavour of the day...

the great barn (devon) wedding photography for Joel & Mia

2008-06-18T01:01:00.001-07:00

Last weekend, we were shooting at the Great Barn near Exeter. Everything about the venue is immaculate, and fitted in nicely with the couples requirements for the day. We had a great time and the musicians were certainly work their salt! Their gallery is certainly worth a look, and there are rather a lot of really great images in there. Many thanks go to Joel and Mia for making it easy for me to capture some cool stuff.

endsleigh house wedding photography for Nick and Kate

2008-06-18T00:54:00.000-07:00

Doesn't time fly! It's two weeks now since i shot at Endsleigh house. Nick and Kate's wedding was at Newbury Church in Dorset, where we had a great sunny day while it was pouring it down and flooding in Devon! after the service we had a two hour drive back to Endsleigh house for the reception. by the time we were back the sun had started to come out again, and the evening mist added to the atmosphere for the fireworks...

Competition Results... 1 gold, 6 silver & 1 bronze award!

2008-06-03T02:28:00.000-07:00

What a month May has been for the competitions! With the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers image competition i have this month won a gold award for Environmental Portraiture with an image of a fisherman mending nets in The Gambia, West Africa, along with 6 silver awards, including Wedding contemporary and Contemporary Portraiture. Just for good measure i also won a siver in the lanscape section! To Check out the awards go to www.swpp.co.uk

Gold: Awards will go forward to the annual judging and are deemed to be images of the highest standard and will be published in Professional Imagemaker

Silver: Above standard. These images will be reviewed every three months and have the potential of being reclassified as Gold.

Lewrenchard Manor Wedding Photography

2008-06-03T01:27:00.000-07:00

Firstly what a wet day! Despite the rain we had a great time as usual. It was a very small wedding whith just the couple and their six children, which was a total change to the usual 100-300 people wedding that we do, but certainly in a chilled out way. It was great to have the chance to spend some time with Matthew and Jan on their big day, and i was certainly made to feel welcome. I just look forward to working at Lewtrenchard manor on a sunny day!

Tina & David's wedding at Bovey Castle

2008-06-03T01:20:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago now i had the pleasure of photographing for Tina & David at their Wedding in Bovey Castle. As I'm sure anyone that is on my website regularly already knows, Bovey Castle is definitely my favorite spot to photograph at, and as usual we had great fun on the day. To be totally honest i don't know how we could have had a better day, as the couple were amazing to work with, and made my day a lot of fun. The full gallery is online at www.acoulter-photography.co.uk and i look forward to seeing them again soon.

Matt & Elin's Wedding at The Big House, Tonedale, Somerset

2008-05-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

This weekend has seen the start of the busy wedding season well under way. The Wedding was at The Big House, Tonedale (near Wellington) Somerset, and we had a fantastic day. The weather was roasting and the sun shone all day. The couple we a lot of fun to shoot with, and i know they had a great day. I'm sure they'll be having a lot of fun now too on their world tour! I look forward to seeing them when they're back later on in the summer.

Engagement shoot at Newnham Park, Plympton

2008-05-14T07:23:00.000-07:00

Last week i was shooting Karen and Martyn's pre wedding shoot at Newnham Park prior to their wedding in August this year.Here are a selection of images for the recent shoot

holidays again!

2008-04-24T03:27:00.000-07:00

another holiday, oh well i try to get them in while i can! there'll be no more now until Christmas, as the wedding season is now well under way. We've been off to see some active volcanoes, so any guesses where we've been?

engagent shoot at the the big house, tonedale, somerset

2008-04-24T03:24:00.001-07:00

We had a cracking time photographing with Elin & Matt at the big house in Tonedale. Their wedding is coming up shortly, and be had a lot of fun messing around and trying new things for their engagement shoot. The rest of the images are available to view on the main site, but here's a few to get you started...

Polhawn fort wedding photography with James & Kate

2008-04-24T03:20:00.000-07:00

This week we were back at another favorite venue. Polhawn fort as we all know is always a challenge to shoot at, though a lot of fun and there can be some fantastic images made due to the style of the place and the available lighting... It rained loads this day, so it's a good job we had a chance to get down to the beach for their engagement shoot back in february.

lake district images

2008-04-24T03:15:00.001-07:00

Finally time for a holiday in Ambleside. Just as a bonus it snowed.. lots!

Polhawn fort wedding photography

2008-03-03T07:59:00.000-08:00

What a busy week! A Wedding Fair at Boringdon Hall on Sunday (very busy and loads of enquiries!), off to Birmingham for the Focus on Imaging exhibition on Monday, and then a wedding on Wednesday at Polhawn Fort for Neil & Nikki. They really were great to work with and I'm personally really looking forward to showing them their wedding images when they return from honeymoon next week. Here are a few sample images to whet your appetite! There'll be a lot more on here soon as i've also shot another wedding on the isle of man this week, and two engagement shoots as well. I was hoping to get the day off today and get surfing (the surf is rubbish this week, and there's too much editing to do!) Andy

polhawn fort engagement shoot

2008-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

sample images from this week's engagement shoot at polhawn fort in cornwall, before the wedding at the end of march.

devon landscape photography- winter on datrtmoor

2008-02-06T06:57:00.000-08:00

wedding photography at the great barn

2008-01-21T07:35:00.000-08:00

This week i have been photographing an engagement shoot at The Great Barn near Exeter, prior to a client's wedding there in May. It's such a pleasant change to be out in t shirts at this time of year!

Dartmoor Landscape Photography

2008-01-11T02:38:00.000-08:00

With all the weather we've been having at the moment, there's not been much hope for any quality landscape photography, however there was a break in the grey this week, which was just enough to get out shooting some new landscapes on dartmoor. The flat light actually worked to my advantage this time to bring out the shadow details, and saturate the colour. I just can't wait until spring when the quality of light is better, though you do need to get up a lot earlier!

Bovey Castle Engagement shoot

2007-12-27T09:52:00.000-08:00

Back at Bovey Castle again! Today I've been photographing Tina & David before their wedding at Bovey castle in May. This time the light was much better, and a whole lot different to shooting here two weeks ago!

Bovey Castle Wedding Photography

2007-12-27T09:44:00.000-08:00

We have recently been photographing Rob & Donna's wedding at Bovey Castle on Dartmoor national park. This has to be one of the hardest shoots we have done all year due to lack of light!
The wedding started at 4pm, and we had a cracking time. The wedding gallery is online and the password is due to come off in early January, anyway, here's something to whet your appetite!