Summer in the City and time for Wedding. I love how M knows how to choose the good things in life. And as Coco Chanel herself would say “The best things in life are free, the second best things are very expensive!” Just look at her dress, her ring, bouquet, hair done by Bjorn Axen, the setting of the table and all the details and the view from the outdoor ceremony at Alvik, Stockholm. I love how they flew away in a helicopter and flew all over the city of Stockholm and arrived to the reception and dinner by it! It was a beautiful summer swedish wedding with delicious food, champagne and company. Many nice and funny speeches and instead of the valse M and S disco danced and showed us some hot moves. I believe I am the luckiest wedding photographer to have couples just like M and S.
Stockholm Wedding at Djursholm
This amazing couple lives in Dubai. Seth is English but proposed to Christina in Swedish on the very day of Midsummer in Stockholm. Prior to that he had asked Christina’s father for permission- a bit old-fashioned and traditional. How romantic is that?! Preparations were in Djursholm were Christina was brought up and also at Villa Pauli. The ceremony was held in the beautiful chapel of Djursholm by the Archbishop Anders Wejryd. Friends and family began to celebrate the big day together with the bride and groom on a boat in the archipelago of Stockholm. The dinner was held at Strandvägen 7a. Christina is an incredibly beautiful bride and a wonderful human being I am happy to have met her. On her wedding day Christina is wearing her mother’s grandmother’s shoes from 1918, and a beautiful veil that women from four different generations have worn on their weddings. The tiara comes from Christina’s grandmother who got it from her mom. The dress was tailored in Dubai by Christina’s own designs. Hair was done by friend and hairdresser Maria Svensson and makeup of Mikas. Seth won a little bit of my Swedish heart when he held a long speech in Swedish to his beautiful Christina. Thanks for letting me share your big day with you .
Stockholm Trash the dress
Trash the dress can be very dangerous and even mortal we have learnt from television and from the internet. But this is also a great oppurtunity to get nice and different photos because you shoot on a day which is not your wedding day. You can go to places that were not possible to go on the big day. You don´t have to worry about getting your wedding dress dirty. And you really don´t have to stick to time scedules and get stressed and hurry. Most wedding portraits are shot during noon-time which in fact is the most horrible time to shoot photos if it is sunny. The most preferable time when to shoot is during the evening and using the very soft and warmer light and you can play with pale colours and tonescales. I am still not sure whether to call these sessions trash- sessions or not, and you know I am a big sucker for romance and like to stay that way when photographing weddings so perhaps it is not a good word for this kind of photography. Perhaps I should call these sessions after the wedding sessions. Have you other suggestions how to call these sessions? Please let me know! Mariah and Stefan who got married in Stockholm and in the very beginning of July had a second session with me at Sandhamn outside Stockholm. I loved to seeing them again and we spent a nice evening in the beautiful swedish archipelago.
Tudor style,Tjoloholms slott, Gothenburg
Dreaming of a wedding at Tjoloholms castle? It can be for real! I am totally blown away and overwhelmed by the castle in Tudor style with arts and crafts decor outside Gothenburgh in Sweden. I have visited Tjoloholms castle a few times and met the charming and lovely Mary Forsell Six who is the manager and discussed wedding photography. You can guess that I want to shoot a wedding here! I can also recommend to spend one or two nights at one of the cottages in allmogebyn. You will make a time travel for sure. The first time I saw Tjoloholms castle was in Lars von Trier’s movie Melancholia which Kirsten Dunst and Alexander Skarsgard, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Keifer Sutherland. I do not recommend my future wedding couples to see this particular movie, but a wedding at Tjolöholm can only be magical so please contact me immediately if you are looking for a wedding photographer! Another favorite I have is the musician Håkan Hellström, who recorded the music video ” A Midsummer Night’s Dream ” at Tjoloholms castle. Why is there a red wine glass? If you want to find out or want to ask me other things about the castle please contact me!