30.08.2010

Prepare for a feast of summer sunshine and complete gorgeousness. Sam and Sam (see it’s so cute already) were married at Braxted Park in Essex a week gone Friday. The rain had poured down all week and we had all been praying for it to stop. We woke up on the morning of the wedding to brilliant blue skies, a gentle breeze and sunshine – hooray!

I knew it was going to be beautiful as Sam is one of the prettiest brides ever and I knew that the colour theme was going to be yellow but the whole thing really blew my socks off. For those of you who don’t know Si and I are dog mad and Sam and Sam’s puppy even made an appearance to top the whole thing off. I just loved it. Pretty, pretty, pretty bridesmaids, pretty pretty pretty details, brilliant guests and an amazing venue = the perfect wedding!  Part Two Tomorrow……..

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11.08.2010

So the marriage was sealed in a beautiful, moving ceremony in the most gorgeous of places. It was time for them to celebrate and have a fabulous time with their guests. Oh and what a time they had, they laughed, ate ice cream, sipped champagne and enjoyed every single moment. Secure in the knowledge they were going to do it all over again in a week’s time. Watch this space! 

Once again huge thanks to the fabulous Gill Maheu for her hard work and enormous talent. 

 

 

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08.08.2010

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A couple of weeks ago we had the very great pleasure of photographing the fabulous wedding of Maxine and Neil. Every detail was to die for. Maxine was so, so pretty in her stunning Paloma Blanca dress. The flowers were perfectly executed by the very talented Sarah at Flowers For Laura and Whirlowbrook Hall had never looked so pretty, styled by the oh so talented Julia at Go Glorious.   

 I have been dying for these guys to get back from honeymoon to post this! I just loved everything about it, Maxine and Neil were a joy to work with and the whole thing was simply beautiful. Congratulations guys, you were amazing!

 

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31.07.2010

I love rainy wedding days! Now this might sound a bit odd but I prefer them to really bright sunny days. Most photographers prefer the flat grey light that rain brings to bright sunshine which means horrid shadows on faces and squinty brides and grooms! We have many conversations with couples about how worried they are that it may rain on their wedding day and we say the same thing to all of them. All the worrying in the world won’t stop it raining and if it does it really doesn’t matter, you will take it in your stride and if anything it will make your day even more memorable.

Of course a great venue with lovely interiors always helps so when we woke up to rain on the morning of Cath & Rich’s wedding we knew everything was going to be just fine….. Ranmoor Church and The Maynard Arms in Grindleford, Derbyshire – the perfect combination.  Cath looked amazing in her fabulous ivory satin dress, the bridesmaids were knock out glamorous in the deepest purple and they had the cutest of flowergirls. The happy couple’s beautiful baby girl was a complete poppet and totally stole the show!

Loved it!





25.07.2010

Well, the wedding day of one of my favorite families arrived and I was incredibly excited about it. I expected relaxed glamour and I got it in bucket loads. Honestly this family are just so COOOL ! Melissa is a superwoman and is the only bride I have ever known who found the time to prepare lunch for 25 as well as play a piece on the piano amidst all the preparations!

All of the family prepared together at their amazing home and then travelled to the gorgeous venue – Staunton Harold Hall – on their very own bus (yes they have a bus!) to spend time with their guests before they married.

The civil ceremony was both moving and hilarious in turn, with the children reading and the best man presenting the rings to Andy still wrapped up in bags and boxes! They followed with a blessing in the beautiful church on the Estate.

Then it was time to celebrate, the champagne flowed, and I mean REALLY flowed, the atmosphere was fabulous and everyone laughed and ate and drank and danced and it was just ….. well, just perfection!

We were joined in the morning by the extremely talented portrait photographer Jennifer Clare who introduced us to Melissa and Andy and without whom we wouldn’t have got to photograph this amazing day so thank you Jen!

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