Introducing…Gothic Wedding Photography

Now with a name like Gothic Wedding Photography it’s not too much of a mystery what’s on offer here.

Gothic Wedding Photography is a sister project set up by Mr Mark Tierney, alongside his established wedding photography business, Tierney Photography.

I asked Mark what had made him want to set up a whole new business aimed at the gothic community.  “To be honest I’d just like to spread my wings a bit, rather than shooting regular weddings week after week.” he replied, “I’d love to find couples who were more adventurous when it comes to making use of the venue and surroundings as a backdrop to their wedding albums.  For example, I was shooting a wedding a while back, which was taking place at a beautiful venue with gorgeous gardens and the bride wouldn’t even set foot on the lawn.  That tends to limit what you can do for people.

“I have a passion for photographing atmospheric landscapes and also love architectural photography.  I have a great interest in shooting people within these settings.”

Make your dress stand out

Let mark's keen eye help you make the most of the architectural features of your wedding venue

Indeed, you only have to take a look at the Gothic Wedding Photography website, which is still a work in progress, to find strong examples of the atmospheric architectural and landscape photography that Mark refers to.  Images to whet your appetite include Whitby Abbey and those bleak Yorkshire moors.

Those wild and windy moors make for some memorable and unique shots

For a closer look at Mark’s wedding credentials take a look at his first website, tierneyphotography.co.uk.  Look under the Portraits tab at the ‘Rock my Dress’ and ‘Trash my Dress’  galleries, and under the Landscapes tab, the British Seascape gallery being my personal favourite.  I’m certain that the images will help you start visualising how you want your wedding album to look.  Mark assures me that he is open to any suggestions.

So don’t waste time.  If you like what you see of Mark’s work get in touch with him, he’d love to hear from you.  You may also be fortunate enough to take advantage the special offer that’s available right now – a free DVD slideshow of your wedding and all the photos on a DVD worth up to £250.

What are you waiting for?

Zikiya – Gothic/Dark Fusion Bellydancer

This one’s for the Hens.  Enjoy a goth belly dancing gathering with your hens.  Zikiya  has been dancing most of her life.  She dances to music such as Nox Arcana, Corvus Corax and Maduro and loves to hear from Gothic brides-to be.

(Avatar imagery by Myka Jelina)

Welcome to my blog, Gothic By Design

Thanks for dropping by to see what I’m about.

Presumably you are here because either you are somewhere along the way to planning a wedding of a gothic/alternative nature, or you are a wedding supplier or creative bod who is interested  in joining in the fun.

For those of you planning a wedding…..
Congratulations – both on your forthcoming nuptials and also on having the good fortune to stumble across this site.

This site has been put together to serve people like you, who are sick and tired of Googling “gothic wedding dresses” only to keep getting dragged back to the BHS website!!

If only there were enough hours in the day to do all the things you have to do anyway plus research your dream wedding.  Well, worry no longer because I’ve done all of that searching for you and have collected all that I have found here on one luvverly dark website.

Please take the time to browse through the directory.  Not all vendors are of the gothic persuasion themselves, and their websites might  not seem all that appealing to the gothic mind at first glance, but to be included in this directory they have all demonstrated to me, in one form or another, that they are more than capable of serving the goth/alternative community well.

The site is young yet and I have many more creative bods to contact for inclusion in the directory, so it should grow steadily over time.  Sign up for email updates if you want to be kept informed of new additions.

I have already posted a few articles covering the very dry subject of laws and regulations of getting married in the UK.  Take a look at the articles posted in the ‘Laws and Regulations’  category for these details and suggestions on where to go to learn more.

For those of you who want to learn more about publicising your wares…………..
I am keen to have anyone on here who can supply the UK market, with good quality, gothic goodness.

You don’t have to be of a gothy presuasion to be included; I just want you to be openminded, and keen to take on such commissions from goth/alternative clients with passion.

I am constantly on the look out for potential vendors and will contact anyone who I want to invite directly to ask permission to include them in the directory.  I am happy for people to contact me about being included in the directory, but please be aware that I aim to keep the content of the directory within a specific niche.  In order to achieve this I will have to be a bit of a control freak and, maybe from time to time, will have to let people know that their creations just don’t fit in.  Please do not be offended if this happens to you – it won’t mean that I think your wares are substandard, it will just mean that they aren’t right for my target audience.

If you have any questions about please contact me using the link above.

For anybody still reading this far………………….
Thank you for staying with me.
You can read more about me and the inspiration behind Gothic By Design in the ‘About’ link above.

Please feel free to comment or contact me directly with thoughts and opinions

I truly hope that together, we will enjoy the journey of Gothic By Design.

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