Essex Wedding Photographer

About Andy

Andy is an Award Winning Qualified Member of the Master Photographers Association (MPA), the British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP), and the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP). He is also a Graphistudio Recommended Photographer as well as being a Recommended Photographer at numerous prestigious wedding venues across the UK.

Based in Thaxted, Essex, Andy shoots all weddings personally, and will meet with you before the wedding to discuss your specific wishes. He will also carry out a pre-wedding shoot at your venue a few weeks before the wedding so that everyone is comfortable with what is happening on the day.

Andy is an Award Winning Qualified Wedding & portrait Photographer. He works closely with GraphiStudio to ensure his clients get the highest quality Italian Wedding Books. Andy has been using GraphiStudio products for several years and is one of their most recommended photographers. MPA Qualified Architectural Photographer Andy is also an experienced Corporate Photographer and has carried out work for such clients as Hamleys, GEC, Westbury Conservatories and Westbury Windows & Joinery. For all your Corporate and Architectural Photography needs in Essex, London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, Andy is happy to travel to you and carry out the preliminary shoot and also any follow up work. You will be provided with a High Resolution CD containing edited images of the shoot The GraphiStudio range of albums are storybook albums and look more like fashion magazines than wedding albums. The photos are part of the page, rather than the old fashioned type of album where the photographs are stuck on.

Andy is a wedding photojournalist specialising in capturing the moment to ensure you have a fantastic set of memories to treasure forever. As a documentary wedding photographer Andy will stay in the background looking for those important moments that only an experienced, Qualified wedding photographer will be able to capture.

Essex Wedding Photographer Andy is a wedding photographer based in Essex covering weddings & portraits throughout the South East, UK & Worldwide. Over half of our weddings are Jewish simchas usually shot in and around London. We are often the Jewish wedding photographer for The Landmark.

Specialising in both studio and location portraits, Andy’s unique style has earned him a reputation not only in his home town of Thaxted, Essex, but also in the surrounding villages of Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow, Braintree, Hedingham, Harlow, Cambridge and London. He has photographed numerous Jewish Weddings in the Best Hotels in Central London including the Landmark, the Mandarin Oriental, Plaisterers Hall, Ironmongers Hall, Quaglinos and Park Lane Hilton. Andy’s relaxed, contemporary style has helped him to achieve award winning status. Andy has also been the wedding photographer for Jewish weddings at the New West End Synagogue, The Western Marble Arch Synagogue, The David Ishag Synagogue and many ceremonies under the chuppa at various venues in London and Essex.

Before your wedding you are offered a free engagement shoot so that you have a professional photo shoot with your wedding photographer before your wedding day. This means everyone is more relaxed on the wedding day itself.

We have our own studios and can photograph you here at our studio using a variety of backdrops to ensure the highest quality contemporary portraits. Alternatively we can take contemporary modern lifestyle shots at your home. If you prefer an outdoor location, we can agree to meet at a location of your choice where you may be photographed on your own for an individual portrait, or with a family member, of with one of your pets.

Award Winning MPA Qualified Essex Photographer Andy Griffin is a wedding & portrait photographer based in Essex and he won 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in the Wedding Photographer of the Year 2008 category in the Licentiate section of the MPA Regional Awards in January 2009. He also won a further 4 merits in the Wedding Photographer of the Year 2008 (Licentiate) which meant he won ALL prizes in this category! Andy won 2nd place overall as Wedding Photographer of the Year 2008. In the portrait category, he won 4 merits in the Licentiate section.

Andy is a Qualified Award Winning Photographer with the MPA, BIPP and SWPP. He has recently won numerous awards including MPA/Kodak Wedding Photographer of the Year 2007 2nd place, Winner of Cosmopolitan Bride 2007 MPA Central Region, Winner of Wedding Photographer of the Year (Dennis Hylander) 2007 MPA Central Region, Award of Excellence Wedding Photographer of the Year (Dennis Hylander) 2007 MPA Central Region. Also winner of Highly Commended and 3 Merits Avant Garde Wedding Photographer of the Year 2007 MPA Central Region. Awards of Excellence in the Central Region Avant Garde Portrait Photogapher of the Year 2007. He is recommended photographer for Hedingham Castle, Woburn Abbey, Pinewood Studios, Waddesdon Manor, The Milden Hall Suffolk, Blake Hall and has current wedding bookings at The Fennes Estate, Parklands, Spains Hall, Leez Priory, Layer Marney Tower, Braxted Park, Down Hall and Ickworth House among many historic wedding venues in Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.