Happy Monday Dotties! Hot cups of tea at the ready, because this week we’ve got plenty of sartorial style to get underway!

Celebrating all things suits this month – as we see changes in suits for not just the groom , which are both fabulous and colourful, changes in attire for the brides and bridesmaids to jumpsuits and suits – come celebrate with us! Visit our Polka Dot Directory to find the vendors who resonate with your style. We have Styling and Hire, we have Flowers, we have Menswear and Photography – we even have Mobile Bars & Drinks Catering and Hair & Beauty!

Check out the Polka Dot Directory for wedding vendors who will love your wedding as much as you!

It’s one thing to snap a picture, but it’s another to be able to capture the spirit and soul of a wedding  – and that is exactly what characterises Sophie Baker Photography’s style. Every wedding is unique with all the unique stories that happen throughout the day, and it is this magic that Sophie is so clever at capturing – with the essence of the day shining out at you from the images. Imagining the sort of day it was – from the weather to the interactions between people, to the love between the couple – it’s all there in its raw beauty.

We asked Sophie from Sophie Baker Photography five questions in five minutes:

What is the most important piece of advice you can give to engaged couples?
As you start to plan your wedding, remember, do it how you want to do it! There are so many things about a wedding that people still do simply because they think they have to. Other than the legal part of your ceremony, literally everything else is free-game! Want to walk down the aisle together? Go for it! Don’t want to wear shoes? Ditch ’em. Gathering a bridal party together a bit overwhelming? Roll as a duo. Write down what you value and what you want out of the day, and go from there. It’s amazing what you might discover you don’t need, or what you discover you want to add in that isn’t considered as standard. I’ve had the pleasure of having so many of my couples do their weddings ‘differently’ and it’s so special!

Tell us about a hidden talent you have?
Give me a pair of tap shoes and I can tap out a mean time-step, I was a tap dancer in a former life.

As a vendor, what excites you about the wedding day?
I’m in a really unique position on a wedding day in the sense that I get to have a front row seat for the whole day, no other vendor has this. Every little step of the day excites me, I know what’s coming up next and each time we transition into the next part of the day I get a sense of “oh, here it comes!” And then, at the end of it all, when I collapse into my car after a mammoth day, I usually have a little highlight reel of the day playback through my mind and I smile and think “who could’ve known all that magic was going to happen today.” Every single wedding is different – the format might be the same: prep then ceremony then photos then reception, but within that are so many little stories and moments that are all so unique to each couple. Everything excites me, they’re huge days and it’s so hard to single out one part.

What are you known for?
In my photography, I’m known for candid emotions and documentary storytelling, and in my personal life, I’m known for being clumsy (yes, I know, I was a dancer, it’s completely ironic) and having a good laugh at myself.

If you could choose a song to play for the rest of your life what would it be?
I am that person that plays a song on repeat until I hate it and then I never play it again (go hard or go home, right? haha). One song that always gets me in the feels and I’m not sick of yet is Come Thou Fount by Kings – it’s a reworking of an old hymn and they’ve produced it so well, it’s just so good to listen to and builds emotion so well. I guess I appreciate music for the same reasons I appreciate photography – when it’s done well, it’ll make you feel something, it’ll evoke things out of you and that’s a pretty spectacular thing to be able to create.

 

Visit Sophie Baker Photography’s page to find out more about our Vendor Of The Week. Sophie Baker Photography is a member of the Polka Dot Directory.