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Majken Kruse Wedding Photographer - Press Comment
Creative photographer, Majken Kruse, has won many awards and had her work published in many publications (see Awards and Publications). Reviews of her work by the press include the following article:
Two weeks later the photographs arrive in the post. The bride looks radiant, of course, but the groom is squinting at the sun and the best man is masked by a feather sprouting from a mother-in-law’s hat. One of the bridesmaids has disappeared up the bride’s gown and the pageboy is picking his nose. If this sounds familiar
then you obviously didn’t book photographer Majken Kruse for your big day. Majken, who lives in
Wells *, Although Majken’s
wedding photos are mostly for private clients, they wouldn’t look out of place
in any number of glossy bridal magazines. ”A
bride wants to feel like a model on her wedding day,” said Majken, who began
her own career as a model. “This is her chance to look the best she has ever
looked in her life. I think more and more brides-to-be are looking at the glossy
magazines and the glamorous celebrity wedding pictures for their inspiration.” The last word you could
use to describe Majken’s technique is ‘formulaic’.
”I like to do something different each time, to be more creative and
imaginative,” she said. Some of the prints are
pure sepia-coloured nostalgia and classic black-and-white Marilyn Monroe
glamour. Others relish in the vibrancy of crimson velvet, midnight blue satin,
bridal white through a window reflecting golden sunlight and summer leaves.
Majken’s pictures capture the romance of a wedding, particularly the
special bond that drew two people together long before they entered the church
or registry office. A couple shares a tender embrace behind the opaque privacy
of a bridal veil, a laughing bride stoops to rub noses with her beau who sits on
a garden wall reaching up to touch her cheek. A groom leans against a tree in a
park watching his beautiful bride approach, her skirts swirling around her. ”Some
photographers pay all the attention to the bride,” said Majken. “It’s
important to me that the groom looks great too, that he looks relaxed. It’s
the same with group shots; if people feel happy and natural they immediately
look better.” Originally from “It’s ironic really because my university careers advisory test showed that I should be a photographer or a journalist,” she said. “But I ignored the advice and became a model instead. For many years photography was just a hobby until my friends started to say ‘You know what? You’re pretty good at this.’ I’ve never looked back.”
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