Lena Larsson Bröllopsfotograf

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2011-03-13T13:51:00.001+01:00

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Amelia Brud & Bröllop 2011

2011-01-28T11:22:00.005+01:00

Så var det dags för Amelias årliga brud & bröllop special och jag har lyckats få med ett bröllop - Irini & Stavros helt fantastiska dagi Paliouri, Grekland. Nedan är de bilder som redaktionen har valt från bröllopet

Sen har jag plåtat lite brudmode i samma nummer. Stylisten Josefine har verkligen lyckats med helt suveräna klädval, superkul med något som inte känns så himla traditionellt. Allt plåtades på Rosendahls Trädgård ute på Djurgården, ett superfint ställe där man även kan gifta sej. Jag ska plåta bröllop där i Juli, något som jag ser fram emot så klart. Njoy!

Vi ses på bröllopsmässorna i Stockholm i helgen och i Malmö helgen efter!

Priser 2011

2011-01-06T14:55:00.006+01:00

Så var det dags för lite prisuppgifter igen... I år har jag beslutat att göra det enkelt för alla med ett enda baspaket som sedan kan skräddarsys efter behov:

5 timmars foto SEK 17 500 inkl moms. Detta inkluderar alla bilder genomarbetade och förberedda för tryck, en coffee table book med alla bilderna från ert bröllop och en USB sticka med samtliga bilder.

Sedan kan man lägga på timmar om man vill. Det kostar SEK 2500/timma för den tiden jag fotograferar. För all extra tid där jag inte fotograferar kostar detta SEK 500/timma (när ni tex äter)

Sedan tillkommer ju så klart mina handbundna fantastiska album från
SEK 10 000 och uppåt. Måste ses!

Jag ställer ut på Allt Om Bröllops 2 mässor i Stockholm (sista helegen i Januari) och Malmö (första helgen i Februari). Kika gärna förbi o ta en närmare titt!

Lorna & Giuseppe

2010-12-07T22:06:00.003+01:00

Scotland 6th December 2010 - I've never seen so much snow in the UK ever!

I set out at 8 am in the morning with the aim to reach St Andrews for 10:30 at the very latest. With the wedding starting at 1:30 I thought that would leave me plenty of time to get to know the for me unknown venue - The Old Course Hotel. At 10:30 I've not even made it out on the Edinburgh City Bypass and a feeling of dread was setting in quite nicely. Despite getting phone calls from all sorts of people telling me to turn around I thought I'd try to push through for wee bit longer. Eventually after crossing the bridge into Fife the traffic eased up a little and I was able to drive as fast as I dared on the icy snow covered Scottish roads. My driving adventure resulted in a couple of near accidents and a close to 6 hour drive to St Andrews, a journey that normally takes just over an hour. This is the first time in my career I've been late for a wedding and as I sneaked into the church at 1:45 I was hoping my pounding heart was only audible to me... Anyway show must go on, so with trembling hands I started snapping away at what was left of the church ceremony. It is not easy shooting at low light at the best of times so I really had to fight a peculiar urge to run away and perhaps phone my mother...

After having calmed down a little the picture making went quite smoothly, and the wedding party itself was the complete opposite of the freezing cold outside - warm, happy and full of Italians (didn't see any of those on my way up) Lorna's vail was particularly amazing and after having worn it as a vail for the first part of the day she turned it into a shawl towards the evening, more couture than wedding in fairness - It was stunning. Lorna's parents also made me feel incredibly welcome and they got me room for the night in the hotel since there was no hope of me making it back that night. Their warmth and hospitality will definitely stay with me for a while.

In this wedding I broke one of my number 1 rules about photography - I shot a large number of pics with the camera tilted to a wee bit of an angle. Normally I think that is the ultimate tacky tackling of having no compositional angles, (when in doubt lean camera type of thing), but due to the chandeliers in the ceiling I thought it framed the pictures quite nicely. All images are shot on a 5d and a 1ds, lenses 50mm 1.2 & 85mm 1.2. I shot one or two on my 24-70 2.8, but it really wasn't a lot.

Below are a few of my favourites from the day. Njoy!

It's fashion darling...again

2010-10-19T18:10:00.004+02:00

Igår var det dags för vårmodefotografering (!) för Amelias bröllopsspecial som kommer i januari. Vårmode i höstvädret är ingen lätt sak, men vi tog oss igenom det, nätt och jämnt bör tilläggas, men allt går med lite is i magen och i det här fallet var vi stelfrusna in i våra själar och med diverse värkande kroppsdelar när det hela var över...:0)

Den sköna Arwen som var dagens modell var fantastiskt bra på att låtsas som att allt var toppen o inte allt snorkallt, så guldstjärna till henne så klart.

Fotograferingen skedde i Rosendals trädgård på Djurgården i Stockholm och den fantastiska Paul Raeburn var fotoassistent.

Jag plåtade hela baletten med Canon 1Ds MK3 och objektiven EOS 85mm 1.2 & EOS 50mm 1.2 som är bästa objektiven Canon har, i alla fall av de jag provat, vilket med största sannolikhet är de flesta. Var tvungen att använda min gamla trotjänare EOS 70-200 2.8 till ett par bilder för att få rätt perspektiv, vilket är OK, men man blir ju inte lika tänd av bildkvalitén som man får av den.

Nedan är några hipstamatic bilder från fotograferingen, (måste vara världens bästa app) vill ni se mer är det bara att köpa Amelia i januari. Lätt värt det för Josefine (stylisten) har gjort ett galet snyggt upplägg med klänningar som man aldrig sett förut - alltid bra för brudklänningar kan kännas lite likadana från år till år.... That's all folks!

ANDERS JACOBSSON

2010-10-12T16:41:00.003+02:00

Igår plåtade jag Anders Jacobsson som tillsammans med Sören Olsson skrivit böckerna om Sune och Bert. Bilderna ska användas till lanseringen av Anders första vuxenroman "Alla mina andetag bär ditt namn" som jag fick en kopia av dessutom. Anders är en väldigt öppen och avväpnande man och fotograferingen var superkul att göra, så fick man något att läsa framöver - bonus! Men först ska jag kolla på när Sverige spöar Holland i fotboll så finkulturen får vänta. :0)

Sofia Paldanius

2010-10-04T12:52:00.006+02:00

Jag är inte bara bröllopsfotograf, jag fotar annat också... :0)

Det har gått nästan 2 år sedan jag plåtade Sofia Paldanius. En svensk kanotist som har fixat det mesta i medaljväg bla ett brons i VM i år. Listan över alla hennes framgångar kan göras lång och hon är minst sagt en mycket inspirerande kvinna. Jag tog kontakt med Sofia för att höra om hon vill vara med i mitt nya projekt som jag tänker hålla på med ett tag framöver, och hon och hennes kanotist partner Josefine Nordlöw (de tog VM brons tillsammans förra året) var med på noterna direkt. Projektet ska porträttera starka idrottskvinnor och kommer förhoppningsvis kan leda till en utställning framöver. Känns i alla fall jättespännande att göra något för mej själv snarare än en kund av något slag. Det är skönt att vara ego ibland...

Lägger ut lite bilder nedan från 2 år sedan (fotoassistent Anton Thorstensson). Kommer med uppdateringar när nästa session är avslutad. Watch this space...

Laura & Kenny

2010-09-05T06:31:00.005+02:00

Back working with the Wilkins, this time around Laura the eldest sister got hitched at the Edinburgh George Hotel. I have previously worked with Laura's younger sister so it was good fun to get back into it again, and it's always easier to work with people you know a little.

The George Hotel however, is a bit of a nightmare to shoot in due to its total lack of windows, or any other type of directional light. I couldn't do anything but crank up the ISO in my camera and shoot a few more frames than usual. I think it worked well, although many of the pics suit being black and white rather than colour.

Below is a wee selection of my favourite snaps from the day. Njoy!

GILLIAN & HAMISH

2010-08-21T14:25:00.003+02:00

Back at Glenalmond Chapel - a lovely wedding venue situated on the grounds of a boarding school up in Perthshire. The place makes me think of Hogwarts. Magic wee spot!

The wedding was a wee 4 hour number so no pics of the bride getting ready. Even though I really like doing those kind of shots because it's such a personal part of the day, I couldn't help enjoying having some more time prior to the wedding. Less stress is always a bonus I suppose... Anyways, the party was held at the ever so imposing Doubletree Dunblane Hydro Hotel I'd imagine one can get lost for days in that place.

Below are a few nice ones of the day. Njoy!

Louisa & Kevin's garden party in the rain

2010-08-09T17:27:00.005+02:00

On the rainiest summers day of the year (or quite possibly even the past decade) Kevin & Louisa tied the knot at Kildrummy Castle Gardens just south of Aberdeen, Scotland. The plan was to have a relaxed garden party, complete with giant jenga, skipping ropes, picnic sets and candle lit lanterns- all prepared, gathered and organised by the ever so fabulous Rebecca at Rebecca Barnett Wedding Design. If you ever need a hand planning a wedding she's a relentless source of inspiration. check her out, it's definitely worth it!

The weather Gods however had other plans for the wedding day and the rainfall eliminated most grass related games :0) The atmosphere however was fantastic (wet, but brilliant) with plenty fun still going on.

Below are some of my favourite shots of the day.

Willemijn & Colin

2010-08-03T21:22:00.002+02:00

Willemijn & Colin got married at Dalhousie Castle on one of those typical four-seasons-in-an-hour Scottish summer days.

I am pleased that I'm winning my self declared flash gun war. At this wedding I didn't even bother attaching them onto my cameras. All thanks to some top quality Canon lenses and some guts to see the plan through. Relying on the flash when the light is fading is so much easier and I suppose safer than not using one, but the result one can get without makes it really worth the extra effort. On top of that nobody knows you're there which always leaves scoop for better pictures...:0)

Below are some of my favorite pictures of the wedding day.

Portobello Beach

2010-08-03T01:14:00.002+02:00

I was walking along the Porty Beach in Edinburgh the other day and came across a rather marvellous looking installation made out of old arcade games. Luckily my long suffering assistant Jess was around to pose it out for us. She is a darling so she is... Good times!

Mez & Minnie Wonder

2010-08-02T20:02:00.003+02:00

Whilst in London shooting an array of commercial jobs I caught up with the ever so fabulous Mez Lowni and her wee daughter Minnie Wonder. I don't normally do family pictures, although I'm more than willing if you'd like me to ;0). Those were taken at The Big Chill Bar just off Brick Lane - one of my favourite watering holes in the big smoke... Njoy!

Irini & Stavros Big Fat Greek Wedding

2010-07-14T16:00:00.004+02:00

After having survived my first ever big fat greek wedding the next dilemma is to pick a small amount of favourites of the day. Anyway the ones below are my favourites just now and I shall leave it at that since I keep on changing my mind every 5 seconds...

The wedding was held in Paliouri, a couple of hours drive from Thessaloniki on the Greek coast. The party was held in Akritas with lots and lots of food, wine and dancing, exactly like the film but better...

140th Jubilee

2010-06-19T14:14:00.013+02:00

Back in the picture postcard setting of Dylta Bruk, this time for a party to be reckoned with. Squire Carl-Gustaf Åkerhielm and wife Viveka hosted the jubilee of 250 guests and the day was filled with high class entertainment, a steam train ride, a 4 course dinner and an abundance of fine wines courtesy of Dr Franz Werner Michel of Dom De Chant Werner & Cathrine Reichenberg of Villa Monte Rico.

I really like working with events at Dylta Bruk. The banquet wing is not the easiest of venues to shoot in but when the light is right the results are generally quite stunning. Below are some of my favourites from the proceedings, please keep an eye out for a full online gallery which will follow shortly.

Steam train driver of Nora Jernväg. A slice of Swedish History. (bottom left)

Carl Jan Grankvist, legendary restaurateur and TV profile. (bottom left)

Host Carl- Gustaf Åkerhielm (bottom left) and colonel Einar Leith who performed a much appreciated monologue as Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (bottom right)

Hostess Viveka Åkerhielm (bottom right)

Stefan Dahlberg, tenor at the Swedish Royal Opera - Kungliga Operan. (bottom left)

ANNIKA & STUART

2010-06-07T22:53:00.003+02:00

Annika & Stuart's wedding was a fun and upbeat affair with the party located at Duntreath Castle on the Scottish West Coast. As per usual last summer I wasn't allowed to take any pictures during the ceremony. It is always a good idea to speak to your minister in advance if you wish to have pictures taken during the service. For some reason some of them don't allow photography and I have seen my fair share of disappointed couples last summer. It may be worth asking...

NICOLA & GILLES

2010-06-02T19:34:00.007+02:00

Nicola & Gilles got married on one of those rare sunny days in Scotland. Enough said :0)

Ny medlem i Bröllopsfotografer.com

2010-05-24T10:40:00.004+02:00

Jag är numera ny medlem i Bröllopsfotografer en trevlig sajt med en lista på kompetenta fotografer runtom i landet. Kul att jag får vara med. Undrar om det finns någon annan trevlig grupp man kan hitta därute?

New member to the WPJA

2010-05-18T18:22:00.004+02:00

I became a member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association the other week. It's a great site to use if you're looking for a wedding photographer equipped with the skill set to deliver those unforeseen moments on your wedding day. The WPJA carefully looks at your portfolio and site before they grant you a membership, so it's not for everyone. I passed the test however, good times!

Its' Fashion Darling

2010-05-18T18:02:00.009+02:00

Shot on a rainy day in the back garden of the Swedish kings quaint wee house, also known as Drottningholms Palace, one of many pretty castles in Sweden.

It was literally pouring down with rain and I never had time to finish the set, but the model was fantastic. I'll definitely use her again.

RACHEL & JOHN

2010-05-01T16:47:00.017+02:00

In the idyllic setting of Kinloch Ranoch - Scottish Highlands (www.dunalastair.co.uk), Rachel and John got hitched on a sunny Saturday in October 2009. I had the help of Paul Raeburn at this wedding (www.rhweddings.com) which is always fun. I have worked with Paul on several occasions over the years and I think he is definitely one of the most capable photographers working in Scotland.

The advantage of being 2 on the job is that it makes it possible to be a little arty on a sunny day like Rachel & John's wedding day. The last published pic in this blog is shot straight into the sunset with the flash off the camera which isn't very practical to do on your own. On top of that you get more pictures.

JANE & ALI

2010-04-30T23:22:00.011+02:00

Whilst waiting for the wedding season 2010 to fully kick off I thought I'd post a wedding or two from last year just to keep things moving. Jane & Ali got married at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh in June last year. The proceedings on the day was as smooth running as one would expect with the Heritage Portfolio taking care of the catering side.

I think Jane was the epitome of elegance and grace on the day and I absolutely love the fascinator she wore with the vail. Trés chic in deed...

Anyway. The Queen Street Gardens is always a wee treat for taking portrait photos at an Edinburgh City Centre wedding. It is very quiet and relaxing even though you're just a stone throw away from Princes Street. Good times!

ALINE & ANDERS

2010-02-07T22:57:00.012+01:00

Within the picture postcard setting of Dylta Bruk in Närkes län Aline and Anders tied the knot on February 6th 2010. The ceremony was conducted in Axbergs Kyrka just around the corner from the historical building (which by the way is the parental home of the groom), and the party continued until the small hours of this morning...

I was thrilled to premier my new 50mm f1.2 lens from Canon - my New Years resolution is to shoot only using fixed lenses and available light to make the most of the prime lenses low light capabilities to better capture the atmosphere of wedding venues. Thanks to the quality of these new lenses, flash-light as a necessary evil will become a thing of the past except in the darkest of situations. I think this new approach has produced some excellent, atmospheric results, even in candle light where previously it just wasn't possible to shoot without a flash.

Anyway, one step closer to flash liberation. Happy days...

DOUGLAS & SUSAN

2010-01-25T10:46:00.008+01:00

Novemberbröllop i Skottland. Mörkt, regnigt och stearinljusbelyst. Susan gjorde sej redo för bröllopet på Harvey Nichols och efter en snabb borgerlig vigsel forsatte festligheterna på
The Caves i Edinburgh. Ganska mysigt faktiskt...

Bröllopsmässor

2010-01-25T10:13:00.008+01:00

Efter en första mässhelg på Grand Hotel håller jag på att ladda batterierna inför mässan i Nacka Factory 30-31 Januari (kolla gärna in vilka andra som ställer ut på www.alltombrollop.com). Jag har under helgen fått många frågor om mina album som verkar ha varit en hit hos besökarna. Albumen som jag egenhändigt designar från "scratch" blir sedan tryckta på fotopapper och därefter handbundna. Det finns inga hinder att låta en bild lägga sej över 2 sidor vilket ger plats för förstoringar.

Nedan finns några sidor från ett av mina album. Varje bild nedan är ett uppslag av 2 sidor så de 5 bilderna representerar egentligen 10 sidor.

För er som missade mej på Grand kom gärna och träffa mej på mässan Nacka factory i helgen.

Spain

2009-12-31T11:45:00.001+01:00

Sunrise in Spain... Fancied a wee session so my wee bro and sis had to act models. Kinda cute I think...

Jason och Lisa

2009-12-26T20:15:00.007+01:00

När inredningsdesignern Lisa Gordon fick sin Jason var bröllopsdagen präglad av solsken och inte helt otippat, ett grymt snyggt upplägg på allt från klänning och festdukning. Allt signerat Lisa så klart.