Saturday's Wedding

Emma & Jean-Phillipe were married at the lovely Ufton Court in Berkshire on a warm if a little wet July day. Fortunately the rain managed to hold off until everyone was happily tucking into their hog roast, so the happy couple and their guests were able to enjoy the grounds and the games that had been laid on before the umbrellas were needed. This was a beautiful English French wedding with part two of the celebration taking place in France in August.

Their full wedding story will follow but for now here's a look at their cake with our lovely bride's dress in the background.

The London Paper

Last Friday one of my couples weddings was featured in the London Paper. This is the free paper they give out at train and tube stops throughout the capital. Rebecca and Mathew are due a full story blog update in the next day or so but before then one of my London based friends managed to get an iphone snap of the page, so here it is.

Saturday's Wedding in Winchester

On Saturday I photographed the lovely wedding of Shella & Matt at St Stephens Church in Sparsholt, Winchester, with their reception held in a nearby farmer's field. A big marquee was set up for the event and half the guests camped the night, even the bride and groom had a bridal suite tent set up for them. As ever their full wedding story will follow shortly but for now you can sit back and enjoy their first dance courtesy of YouTube and a guests camcorder.

Kerry & Alex wed in Dartmouth

The Royal Castle Hotel in Dartmouth hosted the fabulous wedding of Alex and Kerry on a stunning Summers day. Kerry got ready at the hotel and Alex made the short walk from the Dart Marina along the seafront to the service.

After a beautiful service the couple and their guests enjoyed some drinks and time outside in the Royal Avenue Gardens for photos and to take in the sunshine and views. Food and speeches followed with impromptu band accompaniment and then it was the short walk across the road to board the boat. We sailed down the river whilst everyone enjoyed the late evening sunshine and the band struck up the party. A wonderful wedding full of fun, sunshine, great guests and venue and above all a very much in love couple.


View across the harbour to the Royal Castle Hotel

Kerry starts the getting ready with make up

Her gorgeous dress awaits

A very relaxed bride reads to take her mind off any nerves

Alex makes the short walk to the hotel

Kerry's bridesmaids help her with the dress

The beautiful bride

A lovely staircase leads down to the ceremony room

Alex and Kerry tie the knot

Nice details on the flower stems

Now outside for some pictures in the gardens

Enjoying some fun together

This one still makes me laugh now, totally oblivious to it all, a man with ice cream wanders through the bride and grooms picture. A perfect moment.

I love the play of light in this one

Alex doesn't look too impressed with the polaroid capture

Reception and speeches get underway

An emotional time for Kerry

Just time for a couple of pictures in the evening sunlight along the front


A corridor of confetti leading to the boat

Alex leads his bride down the steps to the boat

Everyone on board, me too

Relaxing and enjoying the views


And now the party begins

Saturday's Wedding

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Carolyn and Martin's beautiful wedding at Barnett Hill in Wonersh, Surrey. A stunning day of emotion, fun, family and friends basking in the perfect late June sunshine. A mix of Norwegian, English and Scottish celebrated the love of the gorgeous couple which even had the registrar in tears during the emotional service.

As ever the couple's full wedding story will follow shortly but here is a picture of the rings. They say never work with animals or children but I'll add ice to that as it took ages to get the rings to stand nicely in the ice cube with only seconds to spare before it melted or slid off out of frame, still I think it was worth the effort.

Poetry

In the spirit of blogging about more than just my work I was going through my bookshelf last night and found a series of books I had made when just a wee bit younger (well quite a bit if I'm honest). Yes, I have to confess I wrote poetry as I grew up and to an extent still do, I've always loved writing which is why I like this blog so much and why I'm enjoying writing articles for Perfect Wedding now too. As I flicked through the poetry books I wrote, I found a couple of titles that I thought I would share with you, specifically as they are about weddings (maybe I was always destined to work in the wedding industry). I wrote this first one before my sisters wedding nearly twelve years ago.

When is the Wedding

When the sun rises on that morning
And the birdsong awakens the natural dawning
When your heart fills with more than just life
And your love makes you man and wife
When the people you've shared your life with
Come to you and blessings give
When you declare in a moment in time
That you are each others for all time
When you exchange rings and look in the eye
The reason for life, the reason why
When your heart is theirs and theirs is yours
And together you open the future's doors
When nothing can ever tear you apart
With love always healing the broken heart
When the dusk sets on this day
With you together always to stay
When the day is gone
But the memory and love lives on
When you've come together
And remain that way forever.

If I don't get too slated for posting some romantic verse I'll follow up with the other wedding one and who knows maybe some more too.