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Siobhan Craven-Robins & Kate Hughes Portrait

This is an image of wedding planner Siobhan Craven-Robins and make-up artist Kate Hughes

This is a portrait of wedding planner Siobhan Craven-Robins and make-up artist Kate Hughes. We met up recently as the pair had asked me to take a photograph of them for a joint project they are launching soon.

Siobhan must be the best known planner in the country, not just because of her long experience and her celebrity client list but also because of her regular appearances on TV and Radio.

Kate is also one of the best in her field and we have worked together on many weddings. You can see her wedding day make-up work at her wedding website. However,  she is also very much in demand for commercial and magazine assignments and you can view her excellent editorial site here.

May 14, 2012 | Categories: Wedding Industry | Leave A Comment »

Wedding Photography at Nonsuch Mansion Featured on the Vera Wang Blog

Photographs from a wedding I covered last year at Nonsuch Mansion have been featured this week on the Vera Wang blog. The wedding that has caught their eye was the celebration of Nicky and David which took place at the mansion last September.

 

Vera Wang's blog featuring photography by Lloyd Dobbie

I would like to think that it was the superb photography that persuaded the editorial team at Vera Wang to choose this particular wedding but I suspect the fact that Nicky wore a beautiful wedding dress designed by Vera was more of a factor.

May 08, 2012 | Categories: Weddings at Nonsuch Mansion | Leave A Comment »

The Scream at Sothebys

front of Sotheby's auction house

A regular journey for me is the one in which I jump off the 38 bus by the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, walk though the Burlington Arcade, dodge the taxis to cross to Cork Street and from there wend my way up to Sotheby’s in New Bond Street.

Earlier this week I made the journey to take a look at one of the art world’s most recognisable paintings, The Scream, painted by Edvard Munch in 1895. It is one of four versions made by Munch and the most colourful version of the quartet.

Unlike the normal ‘open house’ at the showroom this week saw airport style security as I had to walk through metal detectors, hand in my water bottle and pop my phone into a clear plastic bag before I could proceed into the main gallery where the painting is on display. It was worth all the hullabaloo as apart from the Scream there were also works by Magritte, Picasso and Chagall on display.

However the undoubted star of the show was Munch’s famous masterpiece and it was displayed away from the other pieces in a darkened room. The painting itself was lit by an array of spotlights whilst a number of security guards lurked in the shadows.

All the works form part of the Impressionist and Modern Art sale taking place at Sotheby’s New York on May 2nd and some observers are suggesting that The Scream may fetch as much as £50m!

 

The painting called the Scream by Munch

Apr 19, 2012 | Categories: Art | Leave A Comment »

Wedding Planning Excellence 2012 – part 2

Lloyd Dobbie speaking at WPE12

As I posted a few weeks ago, on March 3rd, I spoke at the Wedding Planning Excellence seminar which is organised by the United Kingdom Alliance of Wedding Planners (UKAWP). Hopefully the delegates learned something from listening to me chatter on for half an hour but, even if they didn’t, my fellow speakers that weekend were all very interesting.

I was asked by UKAWP to take photographs throughout the two day seminar but am indebted to Carms of Carmen Weddings who was kind enough to take the above photograph of me giving my talk.

I would just like to mention a few who I felt were especially informative:

Ray Hutchin of Cloud 9 speaking at WPE12

Ray Hutchin of Cloud 9 business coaches who spoke about the ‘art of negotiation and self discipline’

Tamsin Fox-Davies speaking at WPE12

Tamsin Fox-Davies who talked about some ‘practical marketing strategies’

Jules Cardoza-Marsh speaking at WPE12

And finally, Jules Cardozo-Marsh who gave an excellent make-up demonstration and explained why it’s ‘so important for wedding planners to look their best’!

 

Mar 15, 2012 | Categories: Wedding Industry | Leave A Comment »