I have a lot of family photo sessions during the year. Gran Canaria is one of Europe´s biggest holiday destination. There are small families or big groups who want to have some photos when on holiday at Gran Canaria. I am also one of the promoted photographers from the Gran Canaria Tourist board. Many of the family session I do, is typically a birthday celebration. Maybe mum, grandfather has a big celebration and finally all are gathered here...

24th of November is my birthday and also my husbands Geir´s birthday. It is also the day that Siren and Thomas got married.  This wedding was full of laughter, humor, kids and happy people. See more photos at my facebook page: Siren and Thomas´s wedding on Mette Brandt Photography Facebook Enjoy!  ...

Finally, I am working on my blog again. I am so busy that my blog have had no priority lately, even I know I should update it more often. I have had so many weddings lately, that it is impossible for me to keep up putting so many photos from each wedding on the blog, so from the next blog update and so on, I will have to put less, but update more often.  Ann-Jeanette and Morten got married actually last year, so it was on time finally to put...

Kari Hilde and Leif Sindre Wedding We found Mette´s name and website through the Norwegian Church on Gran Canaria, and contacted her in good time. She had a quick, tidy and constructive dialogue with us by email. We agreed to meet with her the day before the wedding, where we went through the photo location and it was a very nice meeting. She got us to relax and think that the most important thing was to be ourselves and enjoy the time during...

Lisbeth and Roar Wedding Mette Brandt was our photographer during our wedding on Gran Canaria. Mette is a nice collaborator, she emerges as a professional and was a good advisor. She had the ability to combine the serious and solemn, with untraditional and exciting scenery. The result was many photos we are very pleased with. Lisbeth & Roar,...

Johanne and Arnt Helge have been a couple for years and finally decided to get married. The chose to come to Gran Canaria and and the Norwegian Church in Arguineguin. After the ceremony in the church, we went to a little park and then to Amadores Beach Club to take their photos. Congratulation to you both, and Geir and I want to wish you all the best for the future....

Alexandra and Samuel chose to have their wedding at 5 star Lopesan Villa del Conde, an exclusive spa and resort in Meloneras.  The resort is so beautiful, it have architectural elements of the most beautiful villages in the Canary Islands. It has a a central square, the neoclassical church with a spectacular reception and rooms strategically located throughout the complex as villas. Lopesan Villa del Conde also has its own venue space. What a...

Finally comes the photos from Lisbeth and Sverre´s wedding in the Norwegian Church on Gran Canaria. They got married this autumn in Arguineguin and I was lucky to be their photographer. Sverre himself is a very enthusiastic photographer so we had a lot to talk about during the photo shoot. After the ceremony in the Church, the priest Torbjørn Brøske, invited the couple, Lisbeths son and his friend, to have coffee and typical Norwegian waffels...

Janne and Jon Arve from Norway, got married in the Norwegian Church in Arguineguin. It was a wonderful and sunny day as usual at Gran Canaria. We went to Anfi del Mar with their Best Man and Maid of Honor after the ceremony. We had a great and fun time with all of them. We wish you all the luck and best for the future. Geir and I want to thank you for letting us be a part of your wonderful wedding....

Kevin and Lauren went to Gran Canaria from UK to get married. Specially Lauren and had a long story on going at holiday to Gran Canaria with her family, so they new it had to be this wonderful island with the great beaches and always sunny weather to get married on. They chose Amadores Beach Club, a wonderful place with its own garden to hold the ceremony. The club is a modern chill out beach club just beside Amadores beach. The view to the...

Monica and Tor chose to have their wedding in beautiful surroundings at H10 Playa Meloneras Palace at Gran Canaria. At this wedding, I also had the pleasure of work together with the great team from The Perfect Wedding Company and FRDK Hair and Makeup. For an event like this, these teams are highly recommended. They are very experienced and know how to make the wedding day to an unforgettable memory. Everything was just so well organized by...

I had the joy of doing a photo session with Stacey, her son and brother and her parents this autumn. I get a lot of requests for family photography, and there are so many reasons for doing a shoot while spending your vacation on Gran Canaria. We have wonderful nature and beaches, and almost always good weather. So good conditions for a great session.  If you are planning a family photo session with me, please book in time, I unfortunately have...

Cecilia and Alan Anniversary “My husband and I have asked Mette to do our 1st Anniversary shoot and it was amazing!! We loved Mette’s easy going direction on poses, has a fantastic sense of framing and selecting scenery. She had some very interesting ideas that worked very well when we saw the results. She has also been very open to our ideas and suggestions too as we have been on a couple of photoshoots before. We received the...

On a very warm day in August 2015, Rachel and Warren got married on Gran Canaria. The ceremony was at the heart shaped island at Anfi del Mar, and their family and friends where there with them. It was a wonderful ceremony, organized by the great team at The Perfect Wedding Planner, a company I (proudly) work a lot with.  This wedding was also published in the wedding magazine Brides Abroad, have a look at page 48 to 51. Before the ceremony, I...

From time to time, I do doble weddings. Lisbeth and Dag Bjørn, Sonja and Geir, is two couples who are very good friends, and decided to have a doble wedding at Gran Canaria. They did not bring any of their other friends or family, but they were surprised in the church by Dag Bjørn´s son, who came all the way from Norway only to play trumpet during the ceremony, without anyone know.  After the ceremony, we went to Anfi del Mar for their photo...

24th of March 2015, was the big day for Charlotte and Nils. They went to Gran Canaria to celebrate the day, together with their families and friends. They had a beautiful ceremony at the Norwegian church in Arguineguin. Sven Tysdal, the priest at the «Sjømannskirken», did the beautiful ceremony. Charlotte and her maid of honor, are both hairdressers, and to do their makeup and hair, they chose wedding styler Frederick Cleverly at FRDK hair...

Kjersti and Torgny got married at the Norwegian Church at Gran Canaria. They had gathered their wonderful family and had very beautiful wedding. A was little bit cold afternoon, and it seems it could come some rain. But thanks, we managed to have all photos taken without the weather refuse us to. Thank you so much, Kjersti and Torgny, for a wonderful time we had with you. We wish you all the best....

Beverly and Colin, from Scotland, went to Gran Canaria for celebrating their silver anniversary. They went to wonderful Puerto Mogan. Luckily for me, they contacted me for some photos from their big day. We spent some wonderful and very fun time with them in the harbour of this small and beautiful little village. Thank you so much for a wonderful time, Beverly and Colin, and Happy Anniversary!...

On a little bit cloudy and cold day, Hege and Sigve got married in the Norwegian Church in Arguineguin. The couple comes from near Tromsø in Norway, up north in Norway. The brought their two cute little girls and family and friends to Gran Canaria for their wedding. We want to thank you so much for letting us be a part of your wonderful day, and we wish you all the luck and best wishes for the future. Enjoy!  ...

Finally, here comes the photos from Siv and Jimmys wedding. Siv and Jimmy lives in Sweden, but Siv is Norwegian. They got married in the Norwegian Church at Gran Canaria, and it was a wonderful day, sunny and warm as usual. Before the wedding, Frederick Cleverly did the hair and makeup for Siv, and she looked absolutely stunning.  We wish you all the best for the future, and thank you so much for letting us be a part of your wonderful wedding....