Tanya Alexanda Photography

17/09/2024

It’s been a while! ♥️♥️

05/09/2024

I had the best time shooting Natalie Bishop and Tim's (I fondly called him Tom which he took in good humour). You'll see the vibe from these images - everybody up on chairs during the Singing Waiters!

Loved every single second.

Thanks so much for having me at your tables for dinner - was lovely to speak to your friends and family and to share such a lovely time with you all.

Love you guys!

06/08/2024

What a beautiful wedding at the weekend at St Andrew's Castle Civil Ceremonies which is a secret gem I was sceptical even existed as I've lived near Bury all my life!

Absolutely gorgeous! Loved shooting this wedding - the friends and family absolutely so wonderful to be around.

Zoe Smith and Ellis - I hope you love these as much as I do.

Big hugs the rest will be with you soon. xx

10/07/2024

As a creative, this video has me lit up. From the words, to the images, to the narrative.

Seeing a creative touching their images with such care and due diligence is totally aligned with who I am.

I look at images the same way - reading from top left to bottom right how we read - that’s our natural flow of how we view things.

This is beautiful.

Tanya Alexanda here's the link to share it

This is "Faye" by Matt Jacobs Narcosis Pictures on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

08/07/2024

5am club today. 100 days of lots of changes. Brooke is doing it with me too - just not the 5am club she’s still snoozing.

🎉🎉🎉.

Mastered the cold showers; over 3 months with slow adjustments I now can’t get the shower colder than it is. The perfect way to start the day… that and coffee!

29/06/2024

Sat contemplating the ‘new world’ of photography.

It’s a shame…

I look at a great image and I pixel peek to see if it’s AI.

Long gone are the days now I trust an image at face value - not sure it even matters.

I love my old school black and white film for all sorts of reasons but because I know the negative, for as long as my shutter is set for, shares literal space with the subject.

That’s enough for my heart ♥️ x

24/06/2024

Wivenhoe Pram Race pictures - help yourself to anything that you'd like.

You're welcome

25/05/2024

Off today to spend the day with these beauts!

I literally can't wait! On my way!

17/05/2024

My ‘why’ … that’s what’s on my mind. Why I shoot weddings?

I’ve been quietly researching the impact of AI on photography for a London submission to exhibit work with a narrative around AI.

And as I have, I’ve been hit face-to-face with my ‘why’?

Why do I love photography? What does it mean?

Literally, from ‘light painting’ to ‘sharing space’ and essays from the greatest photographers - it’s never about the imagery but about the narrative.

What’s my narrative? As I continue to shoot weddings for couples, my realisation deepens how much I’m not a photographer. Not in the bare bones sense.

I’m a story teller.

I prefer to stay on the side of authentic although I truly appreciate the work that others do to set up lights etc but I find light, you’ll find me with a canon flash and a Magmod sphere.

Oh maybe some ice lights.

Oh and a couple of profotos because frankly in a pinch I can set up a studio setting for group shots.

But I will lay in the grass, stand in the rain, I reach down into my very being and look quietly and ask… how can I be the best story teller for you in this moment?

As a storyteller I become part of the days narrative.

If I’m not entertainment then I’m not doing what my calling is.

As I sit contemplating my ‘why’, I know it’s not about me but what love and support I can bring in the moment.

My cameras are there to take then the magic of the day. Almost forgotten…. Almost.

My why? Is about your story and for a brief moment in time, on your special family time I get to share it with you and capture your legacy.

Your next chapter. All fresh and bright. Shiny. And I’ll be with you as your family changes, a reminder of the narrative of the day.

I will become part of your story, maybe.

Thank you xx

12/05/2024

Well after my app pinging me at 3am - I’m sat outside enjoying the sunrise, the dawn chorus and a gentle cleansing breeze.

Nose is cold but I’m sat on the curb (yep by a road) loving life.

Joy can be found in the smallest of moments and I may not have got the lights, but this is golden.