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  • Welcome to my blog

    I'm Melanie, the founder of Melanie East Photography and babyME® Photography.

    I specialise in wedding and portrait photography throughout Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Central London.

    I'm a Wife, Mummy, Daughter, Sister, and Professional Photographer. I qualified with the prestigious Master Photographers' Association. I bake a great lemon drizzle cake, never load the dishwasher properly, and always take my coffee as a half a shot latte in a takeaway cup. I changed career from Lawyer to Photographer and I've never looked back.

    So you've found someone to love, and someone to love you back - now you just need someone to tell your story. That could be me... - I offer me, my creativity and my camera. Contact me 114,105,103,104,116,32,104,101,114,101ereh thgir and come to view my work and for coffee - I'll make sure yours isn't in a takeaway cup.

{Cuties} : Max and Jessica

It was great to see Jessica again, and this time she brought her new little brother Max with her – aged just 1!   I first photographed Jessica when she was a teeny baby, and again when she was three when I needed a little girl to model some ballet wear for me, so it was lovely to photograph her again and, of course, to get to photograph Max, who was just *so* cute!

 

Difficult to choose which images to blog, so I’ll choose one of my favourites of each ..

 

Love!

To have me photograph your children, please just shoot me an email right here. If you have a newborn or older baby you’d like photographed, then please check out my baby photography website which is babymephotography.co.uk

{Happy Letter} – Jamie 10 months

“Dear Mel

I just wanted to email to thank you ever so much for the fantastic photographs you took of Jamie.  I could not believe your seemingly never-ending patience while Jamie crawled all over your studio.  I didn’t think we would actually have any shots to choose from because he was so active, but when I saw the photographs I couldn’t believe how many you managed to capture and what amazing ones they are!  Thank you ever so much.

Maria.”

Maria Mason – Bath

 

 

 

{Weddings} : Why Choose Me?

So you’re getting married.  You’ve probably booked your ceremony venue and your reception venue – and the next step will be choosing your wedding photographer.

Why choose *Me* to photograph your wedding?    I could go on and on about how client satisfaction is top priority, how I shoot with great knowledge and understanding of light, how every detail is photographed, how my albums are beautifully designed…   but surely, really, the best people to tell you are my clients!  - So here is what they have to say:

 *****

“My husband and I researched wedding photographers in the Bath/Bristol area and were rather under whelmed by the whole experience, until I came across the Melanie East Photography Website. I instantly related to her wedding pictures and loved her romantic and feminine style. (Melanie’s blog was good fun to read too!)

I set up a meeting with Melanie, who was friendly and enthusiastic. She showed us some of her beautiful wedding portfolios and instantly I knew that Melanie was the photographer for us.

We organised a pre wedding photo shoot which was great fun, and when those photos came through we were really impressed, we loved them all!

All I could do now was hope that the wedding photos looked just as good and they were; they were amazing! James and I have some very beautiful and elegant portrait and candid shots of just the both of us, our wedding party and our families.

We received our pictures promptly after the wedding and I still can’t stop looking at them 3 months on!

Melanie was so professional and made us feel at ease having our photos taken, I wish I could put my dress back on and do the whole thing again it was so much fun!

Thank you Melanie, we have some very beautiful photos to treasure.

Kindest Regards

J&AM” (James and Anna-Mari Hobbs)

*****

“Dear Melanie,

Nick and I just wanted to say thank you so much for eveything you did in capturing the magic of our wedding day. We chose you after seeing your fabulous work at our friend’s wedding and it was one of the best descisions we’ve ever made! You worked with such professionalism yet constantly made us feel relaxed and at ease throughout the day. Our vintage picnic pre-wedding shoot was so also much fun! Your eye for detail is just incredible. Not only because you made sure that every single little part of our day was captured but also because of the beautiful editing of all our photos. It really shows how much time and effort you put into making each one look perfect. We’ll never forget that exciting moment when we first saw our photos! It really was worth every last penny and now we have the most amazing memories that we will cherish forever. x

Gabrielle and Nick Millard”

*****

Melanie,

Thank you for the absolutely beautiful photographs you took at our wedding.  We can’t stop looking at them.  The photographs are truly amazing and we are truly blessed to have chosen you as our wedding photographer.  It was such a daunting task trying to find the right person, but we knew right from our very first meeting that you were the one for us, not only because your work stood way above all other photographers’ work we had seen but also because you took the time to talk through exactly how we wanted our day to run.   I also really appreciated your agreement not to blog the photographs, given our difficulties,  and to respect our privacy.     On the day you really exceeded our expectations, you worked so incredibly hard, you were highly professional but fun at the same time, not to mention extremely patient with the guests during the group shots, and the end result was just breathtaking.    The album is beautifully designed with amazing attention to detail and the photographs themselves are absolutely stunning.    I would have no hesitation at all in recommending you (and indeed already have) to all my friends.

Best wishes,

Julian and Georgie Sykes”

To find out more about my wedding photography please call me on 01761 490412 or email me right here.

 

 

{Love This} : Happy Letters

“Dear Mel

We just want to say a MASSIVE thank you for taking the most AMAZING photos of our wedding.

I am absolutely blown away at how perfect they are.  Although I knew the pictures would be beautiful, you totally exceeded my expectations, and for that I am so grateful.  You worked so hard during the day and it was a pleasure to share the fun with you.

Keep in touch

S-J (aka Mrs McKerracher)”