Eleana & Alex’s Cyprus Wedding was at the Alion Beach Hotel in Ayia Napa. This is a very classy 5 star hotel which I believe caters for their wedding couples perfectly. What I liked about the way the Alion does their weddings is, as much as humanly possible, they keep everything separate from the other holidaymakers and they only do one per day. This give a real sense of privacy without cutting yourself off entirely. The wedding gazebo is almost hidden away behind a huge hedge but it still has the views to die for. The beach, the sea….stunning! They had the wedding champagne reception pitched just right also. The Alion sectioned off a whole balcony area over looking the bay, so the party remained intimate. It was lovely!
Eleana & Alex were a smashing couple. What I really liked about them was their obvious love and devotion to each other. Believe it or not, you don’t always see it. Alex really seemed to be into making Eleana’s day perfect. Right down to the smallest detail. I thought this was very sweet and thoughtful… A ladies ideal man so I hear. : )
In all seriousness, they were a pleasure to work with and they were at ease with being in front of the camera. They had an idea of what they wanted from their wedding photography and they got it. It was that easy!

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Another gorgeous Cyprus summer wedding! Gemma & Daniel’s wedding took place at the Elysium Hotel, Paphos. One of finer hotels on the island of Cyprus. For a professional wedding photographer, you will be hard pressed to find a lovelier venue to cover a wedding. The attention to detail in this hotel is outstanding. There are so many places around the grounds and within the hotel itself which cry out to be used for photography. I would love to shoot here more often, but I believe the hotel attempt to restrict third party photographers like myself from shooting there. There is normally a way around these situations, as I have photographed there a few times and I have loved it everytime. When you enter the hotel, first you are struck by it’s grandeur, then the classic styling, which set the tone for a perfect Cyprus Wedding. Gemma & Daniels wedding was not exception. From the start of the day with Gemma’s preparations through to finishing the day on the Ocean Flyer Yacht. It truly was a fantastic day. I must say the it was a joy a photograph the guest also as they made my job so much easier by, basically, ignoring me and getting on with enjoying themselves. This is just how I like it!! If people know I am looking at them, they act differently and it becomes difficult to work. When they are relaxed and caught up in the moment, this is where I thrive…

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What a fantastic day and what a great couple!! We had a lovely time at this wedding. The Athena Beach Hotel in Paphos was it’s normal fantastic… There is something about his hotel that is just right for my style of photography. I like it a lot!
The Wedding Gazebo faces out on to a lovely beach and a sparkling sea. They have got the gazebo situated so it is out the way of the main part of the hotel so there is a certain degree of privacy. However you do get the odd passer by stopping for a nose, but we just ignore them. They are kept at arms length anyway. : ) Once the ceremony was complete we did the normal groups shots, followed by some romantic photography with just the two of them. We didn’t spend too long doing this because it was so HOT! So we decided to head up to the wedding champagne reception area. For me, this is the part of the day I am in my element. The wedding champagne reception area is laid out in such a way where I am able to hide a little easier and therefore capture the guests unaware. My main focus normally would be photographing people deep in conversation…laughing, or just a look of concentration. Something along these lines. I love this hotel for this!
One thing I really enjoyed about this day was the guests. They were so friendly and easy going. Just my kind of people! Also, there wasn’t any fear of being photographed. Everyone was happy for me to be pointing my camera at them. This makes my job so much easier and in the end it makes for a much nicer photo album if people are ok with me being there.
The sunset photography from this day was lovely. Paphos is one of the best places in Cyprus for sunsets! Depending on the time of year, the sunsets over the sea. (not on this day) This makes for some extremely romantic scenery and stunning photography. This is why people come to Cyprus to get married. Take a look at the photos below for the proof…

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This was a great day with a lovely couple getting married, great weather and brilliant guests. There was a fantastic also, which I think comes across in the photographs I supplied them. This was the first wedding I practiced a new technique for sunset photography. The new technique allows me to carry on shooting after the sun has gone down. So this day was a learning curve for me also, but despite not having the technique mastered, the photographs still worked really well and we were all happy. The mark of a great photographer…. Ha ha!

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What can I say about Irene & Anton? Let’s start by saying they were fantastic!! They were a Russian couple but only Irene spoke English, so I was a little apprehensive as I was thinking about how it was all going to work…but they couldn’t have been nicer. What I thought was lovely about them was you really got a sense of the happiness they both had for each other and their young daughter. Also you could feel their excitement of being married in such a lovely location. It was nice to be part of that…definitely.

Their wedding ceremony was at the small church at the Adams Beach Hotel in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. They were both Russian Orthodox but the ceremony was Greek Orthodox. Basically the same thing….but the actual service was in Greek but it was also translated into Russian as they went along. Suffice it to say, I hadn’t got a clue what was going on!! I just pointed my camera when something happened and we won through in the end.  After the service, I took them to a place just outside of Ayia Napa…a lovley little beach called Ayia Thekla.
This was a couple that were completely comfortable in front of he camera. Irene told me she was once a model…and this shone through once we started with the posed photography. It was a case of giving her a couple of instructions and off she went. I have never had it so easy! We have kept in regular contact since their wedding and I cannot speak highly enough about them.  Simply a lovely couple!

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