Eastbourne Wedding Fair: Peter Prior Photography

PETER PRIOR PHOTOGRAPHY

One of the UK's leading wedding photographers, multi award winning Peter Prior will be attending the Eastbourne Wedding Fair for the second year running.

Peter is a creator of artistic and timeless wedding images with an international reputation for constantly exceeding his clients expectations, producing pictures that other photographers simply just don't see. This leaves couples with an exciting and dynamic life long memory of the most important and exciting day of their lives.



His work is more that a set of wedding photographs; Peter allows viewers into each wedding so that they feel as if they were actually there, even if the were not present. A storyteller, he reveals the atmosphere and emotions of the day and combined with his amazing use of light provides clients with unique stunning albums every time!



Peter has covered in excess of 700 weddings to date and is available to photograph anywhere in the world. In 2011 alone he has taken on weddings both locally and abroad, enjoying the diversity that each wedding brings. His vast experience as a full time professional wedding photographer really sets his work apart when compared with the multitude of newcomers to the world of wedding photography.

Peter's talent, amazing eye, attention to detail and exemplary customer service really provide his couples with an experience that is second to none.

He is also the a winner of over 60 industry awards, the current South East MPA Documentary and Classical Wedding Photographer of the Year. He also won the Documentary Wedding Photographer award in 2010 and the Classical award in 2009. He was also awarded two Awards of Excellence at the National MPA Awards in Newcastle in October 2011.



A sought after teacher and lecturer of wedding photography, Peter has been a mentor to countless aspiring and established
photographers and is passionate about promoting the highest possible standards of wedding photography.

At the two day show, Peter will personally be available to offer advice and answer questions to help couples attain the wedding photography they deserve. He will have all of of current sample albums, each showing complete weddings on show and is really looking forward to meeting as many people as possible.

To view Peter's wedding portfolio, please click here.

For all the latest weddings and news about Peter Prior Photography please follow his blog here.

Eastbourne Wedding Fair: Infusion Flowers

I am Charlotte Smith and my business is Infusion Flowers. I have been a florist for over 5 years and have helped couples with their flowers at various wedding venues all over Sussex. I am very passionate about wedding flowers and I work directly with every couple, developing designs and concepts to create the wedding or civil ceremony flowers they have always dreamed of.



Each wedding is unique and I take time with every customer. Whatever the scale and style, well chosen flowers can transform indoor and outdoor locations. To a dull room they add a beautiful scent and back drop, then with the bridal flowers they bring out the colour and detailing on bridal and bridesmaids dresses.

Flowers make the occasion extra special and have been used throughout history to empower the beauty of the moment. They are used for almost every occasion and as a vital part of wedding ceremonies all around the world since we can remember.

I also aim to use locally grown flowers where possible in the weddings I do. I have a local supplier and also grow some of the flowers and foliages I used for the weddings so you know how fresh the flowers I use are!



I look forward to meeting you at the wedding fair where you can see some of my work for yourself. You can also view my work at my website by clicking here and keep up to date with what I am doing on my facebook page linked on the website thank you.

Eastbourne Wedding Fair: Luxury Wedding Cars

Luxury Wedding Cars is based in East Sussex. We provide a premier luxury chauffeur driven wedding, limo and Limousine service for your perfect wedding day, prom night and other special occasion's.Our luxury wedding cars provide Chauffeured Services in Sussex, Kent, Surrey and surrounding areas.

Our wedding cars operate in South East England, specializing in East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire including Battle, Brighton, Burgess Hill, Chailey, Cooden, Crowborough, Eastbourne, East Dean, Forest Row, Hailsham, Hastings, Haywards Heath, Heathfield, Hove, Kingston, Lewes, Mayfield, Newick, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Pevensey, Saltdean, Seaford, Shoreham, Tunbridge Wells, Uckfield, Wadhurst, Worthing, and all surrounding areas.




Choose from our premium luxury range of elegant wedding cars for your special wedding day requirements, including, Audi A3, Bentley Arnage, BMW M5, 1952 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, Chrysler stretched limousine, Range Rover Sport and a Luxury Mercedes Benz S Class, so you can arrive in unrivalled style at your wedding ceremony.

Our premier luxury wedding packages include car transport for the wedding party to the wedding ceremony and for the couple to the wedding reception or chosen wedding venue.The wedding cars can be decorated to your reasonable requirements and you can supply a glass of bubbly for the happy couple after the wedding ceremony. In addition, we offer individual tailored packages for a complete wedding car service including taking the bride and groom from the reception to their wedding night hotel and to airports or ports before departure for your honeymoon in one of our luxury wedding cars.

We are able to offer luxury chauffeured limo and limousine services using our Private hire operator's licence - from airport runs to birthdays and wedding anniversaries to race days, prom nights and corporate events or arriving in style and luxury for the trip of a lifetime.We also offer luxury limousine services to businesses when you need to make an impression in either our Mercedes Benz, Chrysler Stretched Limousine,BMW M5, Bentley or our Classic 1952 Rolls Royce. All our Private Hire drivers are licensed and CRB checked for your safety and our cars are all fully insured for Private Hire and Chauffeur work.

Eastbourne Wedding Fair: First & Foremost Entertainment Ltd

Sussex Weddings: First & Foremost Entertainment Ltd can provide all your wedding entertainment needs.



Sussex based entertainment agency, First & Foremost Entertainment Ltd will be attending the Eastbourne Wedding Fair weekend at the Winter Garden, and I asked them to describe the service that they provide. This is what they told me:

If you are looking for a sensational act, dazzling performance or astonishing entertainment to enhance your wedding celebration or civil ceremony, then the experts at First & Foremost Entertainment Ltd. are entirely at your service to help make your dreams come true.

Our friendly team aim to solve your problems and make organising your entertainment needs as simple and stress free as possible. We are always on hand to offer advice and answer any questions you may have regarding the most suitable acts and how they can fit seamlessly into your special day.

The First & Foremost team have over 50 years experience of working within the entertainment industry and have the professional credentials to help you make an informed decision on the vast array of exceptional talent that we are able to offer.

We never charge for a consultation and all the advice given will be friendly, appropriate and bespoke.

All of our acts and performers have been personally handpicked for their outstanding talent and showmanship. We deal only in quality … never in quantity, and to that end, you will only find top class performers and artistes on our books.

Whether it’s traditional or more unusual entertainment that you desire, we can supply everything for you. Think of us as a “one stop shop” offering quality and diversity. In other words … The best of the best, not the best of the rest!

So come and visit us in Eastbourne for a no obligation chat, and allow us to enhance your big day with incredible entertainment that will be remembered for months and years to come.

We look forward to seeing you.

The First & Foremost Entertainment Team


First & Foremost Entertainment Ltd web site can be viewed by clicking here.

Email: info@FirstAndForemostEntertainment.com

Tel & SMS : 07505 56 56 35

Sussex Weddings: The Star at Alfriston

At the Eastbourne Wedding Show on 7th and 8th January there will be a number of venues exhibiting. The Star in Alfriston is a very special place to be married and the their team will be attending the show to offer advice and answer questions about what they can offer couples for their special day.

Enjoy a spectacular Wedding in beautiful Tudor village of Alfriston. Our combination of historical surroundings and modern style provides a timeless backdrop for romantic weddings. Add character venues, award-winning chefs and a team of experienced staff we will create a perfect experience for large celebrations of up to 120 guests or intimate occasions for 20.

The Star at Alfriston offers a very personalised wedding service, catering for all you requirements. We guarantee that you will be the only wedding on your chosen day and we are happy to offer you exclusive use of the venue if you wish. Our wedding planner will help you organise all your requirements and our trained staff will be on hand to help you enjoy your wedding day. Whatever your budget, we will put together arrangements to suit your needs and to ensure the day is personal and special to you.



£2012 Weekday Weddings.

Enjoy our fabulous Silver Package normally £2500 for a specially reduced rate of just £2012 from Tuesday to Thursday throughout 2012. For 50 people the price includes: * wedding coordinator services * venue hire * 3-course wedding breakfast * civil ceremony room hire * reception drink * evening finger buffet * a free feature suite.

Exclusive Use - The ultimate wedding experience
From just £7,000 you will have exclusive use of the venue, including 37 guest bedrooms with our Silver wedding package for up to 72 people.

To find out more information, please visit the Star's website by clicking here.

Susssex Weddings: Darren Charles Holloway Photography is Attending the Eastbourne Wedding Show

Wedding Photographer, Darren Charles Holloway has signed up to attend the Eastbourne Wedding Show and i asked him to write a few words about his business, what he offers and some advice about selecting the RIGHT wedding photographer.



Darren:

I am really looking forward to exhibiting at Eastbourne’s Wedding fair in January.

Wedding photography is one of the most important aspects of planning any wedding day. Getting the right photographer who will undoubtedly capture the day with images that will last the test of time is not an easy task. Wedding photography in general has become an over saturated market with many new photographers appearing on a weekly basis. So to some Bride and Groom’s the choice can be a daunting one. Choosing a good photographer should be an easy task if you stick to some simple guidelines:



Images that appear on photographer’s websites can often be made to look better than they actually are! I would suggest never choosing a photographer until you have actually seen their work in portfolio albums. Only in photographic printed from can you really judge the quality of their work and hopefully the result that you will end up with. I always insist that couples view my work so that they can see for themselves the high quality of albums and prints I produce.

Make sure the photographer is a true qualified professional photographer. My photography has been judged and assessed by two professional photography associations and I have passed qualification with the Master Photographers Association (MPA) and the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP). This means that you know my work is of a very high standard. A prerequisite to joining both the MPA & BIPP is that I have both public liability and professional indemnity insurance. Make sure if you are choosing a photographer that they are fully insured.

You cannot beat experience!! Asking a member of your family or a friend to photograph your wedding because they have a good “expensive” camera is no substitute for a truly talent professional photographer. They may only have the one camera, what happens if it malfunctions on the day? What would they do if the weather is bad or is an extremely sunny day? What happens if they are ill before your wedding? There are lots more scenarios I could use to justify why having a professional photographer is the correct thing to do. A true professional will put you at ease on your wedding day and will capture images you will treasure for the rest of your life. Throughout my wedding photography career I have received numerous compliments on my work and how I approach each and every wedding. One couple even said "it was like having an extra guest at our wedding".


My style of photography is a mixture of formal and causal with the emphasis on fun not fuss. Feel free to come and say hello at the Eastbourne wedding fair and view examples of my work and ask me more questions regarding my wedding photography.

I look forward to meeting you there.

Darren Charles Holloway



To see Darren's portfolio please click here.

Sussex Weddings: Cakes and Catering: Sylvia's Kitchen

Another exhibitor at the Eastbourne Wedding Fair is Elizabeth Chatfield of Sylvia's Kitchen and i asked her to write a few words about her business and what she can offer.



Hi, my name is Elizabeth Chatfield and I am the owner of Sylvia's Kitchen, Specialist Cakes & Catering in Hailsham, East Sussex. I started the company eighteen months ago and it is now growing well, covering local areas including Eastbourne, Uckfield, Lewes, Heathfield, Seaford, Brighton and even recently delivering as far as Guildford.

Sylvia's Kitchen is not only fulfilling orders for wedding cakes, but celebration cakes too. I am very passionate about wedding cakes, they are a beautiful and romantic statement and a wonderful centrepiece to the Wedding Reception.

The Eastbourne Wedding Fair will be my first Wedding Fair so I am really excited about meeting not only all the prospective brides and grooms, but all the other suppliers attending as well. It is going to be a great opportunity for me to showcase my work and offer delicious samples of the various cakes on offer.



If you would like to view any cakes made by me, please visit my website at http://www.sylviaskitchen.co.uk. If you would like to contact me for any details, please do not hesitate to contact me on http://Liz@sylviaskitchen.co.uk and I would be more than happy to help answer any questions you may have.

Please come and find me at The Winter Gardens on the 7 and 8 January when it will be a pleasure to meet you all.

Sussex Weddings: Looking for a Harpist for Your Wedding? Come and Meet Fiona Hosford

Fiona Hosford, harpist will be exhibiting at the Eastbourne Wedding Fair in January. Read all about her here.


A local professional Harpist, Fiona has played the Harp since she was six years old and has developed her own style and carved her own niche with prestigious Hotels and venues within the South East of the UK and beyond.

She plays for weddings, corporate events and private functions and is unusual as a Harpist in the fact that she specialises in playing outside the 'Harpbox of tunes' and welcomes particular requests!

This means that her flexible attitude with clients ensures that they can rely on her to listen to their specific musical needs and to play their requests. Such requests so far to date have been: The 'A' Team, Wizard of Oz, Star Wars, Match of the Day, Radiohead, Guns 'n' Roses and many others!

Her experience in playing means that she can cater to the clients' taste in music, whether it be classical, jazz or more modern and contemporary pieces and her full-sized statuesque gold Harp adds an air of refinement.

Her strong sense of humour and personality has served her well and she is affectionately known for her professional, yet down-to-earth style, not just amongst clientele but also with venues.
Having performed in the UK and abroad, she is the resident Harpist for many local Hotels and venues and she prides herself on providing a first-class service from start to finish.

Do contact her for further information and her demo CD is available:
PO Box 129
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 1ZE
01323 442935
07866 698566
www.Harpist.uk.com

Sussex Weddings: Why Hire a Toastmaster

WHY HIRE A TOASTMASTER?

We asked one of Sussex’s top Toastmasters Paul Smith for his thoughts on why to hire a Toastmaster.

He started by answering some of the questions/comments he gets when talking to couples at Wedding Fairs:-

The Bestman has a loud voice.-80% of what a Toastmaster does is not seen by the majority of attendees. However things like, organisational skills, management, stress relieve, good humour, tradition, organising and working with all other suppliers are all part and parcel of the Toastmasters role. Yes the Bestman can shout and organise photos but this is only a small part. A Toastmasters management of any day normally starts a minimum of one hour before any guests etc. arrive and is 100% focused on your day until the agreed time to leave. Can the Bestman really do that?

No my Dads going to do that- Again does Dad not want to relax and enjoy the day? If he is fulfilling the role properly then he will not be able to, as it means working closely with the Photographer, Kitchen Staff, Venue Staff, and Disco etc. not a 5 minute job.

No don’t want one of you that’s too formal- It mystifies me why organisation is seen as formal. Consider the role in modern terminology as an Event Manager, people don’t consider them formal. I have yet to come across a couple who have not put hours of planning into their big day, yet they lose site of the fact that on the day they are the centre of the attention and cannot be running it as well. I am often told by Brides that we couldn’t have done it without you.


We want a relaxed day, not formal - So does every Bride, however a fact of life is there is a lot to be fitted into your day and certain times have to be adhered to if you want your day to run as you planned. For example the time you agree with your caterers to sit down for your meal or the time your evening guests are arriving need to be adhered to unless you want a ruined meal or guests turning up half way through as you have run late.

Cor I can have a Chocolate fountain for that price - (Unlikely in this day and age). But a Toastmaster will be with you somewhere in the region of 6/8 hours, I doubt if a Chocolate Fountain will be there for that time or offer the Added Value a Toastmaster will.

So to round up, a Toastmaster should be seen as a Service Provider who pulls your day together and runs it the way YOU WANT IT adding value with dignity, experience and good humour. Remember a Toastmaster has seen many different functions and Weddings and has lots of tips on timings, way to-do things etc. but they are only ideas the Day is Yours.

Anyone who has worked with me will tell you that I am passionate about my job and always try to go that extra mile to ensure the Couple and the guest’s day is as perfect as it can be. Don’t just take my word for it have a look at my web site where live testimonials are posted and if you meet me I have lots of Customer Surveys you can review and even provide you with clients references points.

Well thank you for spending the time reading this and I hope in some small part I have helped your understanding of what a Toastmaster offers even if you decide it’s not for you in the end.

Paul G Smith
Professional Toastmaster

Click here to view Paul's website.

Sussex Weddings: How Do You Get Great Wedding Photos?

We asked Eastbourne's leading award winning wedding photographer Peter Prior for his thoughts and advice on how couples can ensure they get the very best wedding photos on their big day,


"What is my advice to couples wanting to get the very best wedding photographs they can? I get asked this all the time.

I have an idealistic vision that every couple would have amazing wedding photographs to look back on for the rest of their lives, but the reality is very different.

Of late there has been a lot of opinions and comments being spouted on so called "super blogs" giving tips on how to ensure you get the very best wedding photographs, how to pose and how to avoid being disappointed with the results.

Unfortunately, while there has been some positive and good posts, as with everything there is an awful lot of nonsense and misinformation being written. The apparent power of some of these "super blogs" means there is a real danger of damage being done to the wedding photography industry and there being some very upset and disappointed couples who may have elected to follow the advice of the misinformed.

Now i am not saying that all these blogs and bloggers are guilty of this and i know that many are a good place for tips and ideas as well as offering good entertainment for brides who have the enormous task of organising their wedding day. However, i have been alerted to posts on a number of these which are plainly more about personal egos and power trips than actually offering well educated advice to brides.

Let's face it, a wedding day is probably the most important day of that couple's lives and with all the planning and expense its only natural that they expect the photographs produced to be way beyond the very best images they have ever seen of themselves.

Even at the cheaper end of the market place, wedding photography is a big investment and as with most things you only get what you pay for. A good wedding photographer with a great reputation is generally in high demand and as such they usually command higher prices. However if great photographs are important, spending good money on photography is a sensible investment.

It still surprises me that some brides are happy to waste a few hundred pounds on inexperienced, poor photography when they wouldn't dream of skimping on unreliable cars, amateur catering and an ill fitting dress!

So, going back to my original question: what is my advice to couples wanting to get the very best wedding photographs they can?

Simply, having a quality photographer and feeling comfortable and relaxed with that photographer is the prime requisite for getting fabulous images.

I am passionate about my work and imagery and put all of my skill, experience together with my heart and soul into producing the very best i can for each and every couple."

You can see Peter's wedding portfolio of images taken at real weddings on his website by clicking here.

Keep up to speed with all his latest work by following my Blog.