Just a short note to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year ahead. It's been a wonderful year full of so many fantastic weddings, so I must give a very special thank you to all my previous wedding couples. Next year is looking like an amazing one too with weddings in Italy and Sweden to look forward to and of course all the wonderful home weddings too.
Enjoy the holiday season!
After getting ready at home the beautiful Anna and her bridesmaids made their way to The Holy Trinity Church in Cookham where Rob awaited. A lovely service was followed by the bride and groom and guests making their way to The Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor. The guests were taken courtesy of a red London bus. After spending time exploring and enjoying the rooms on offer the wedding party made their way to the gorgeous chapel room for the evening celebrations.
From one of the readings
Nicola and David were married at St James the Less church in Dorney Court with a reception at the gorgeous Hedsor House in Taplow. Nicola got ready at Hedsor before making her way to the church for the service and then it was all back to Hedsor House to enjoy the celebrations late in to the evening.
One of the bridesmaids gets ready in a room of mirrors
I was really pleased to receive news today that one of my pictures was a winner in the quarterly competition run by the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalists Association. My picture placed 13th in the children's category and is the fourth time now I've got an award in one of their competitions. The picture that won this time was one of my favourites from the recent wedding of Sherri & Wesley at Buxted Park and it is a lovely moment between Sherri and her flower girl.
To see the other winning images and learn more about the AGWPJA click here.
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Emma & Ben were married at St James Church in Weybridge followed by a reception held at the beautiful Great Fosters. Gorgeous couple, beautiful weather and a stunning venue all made for a wedding full of photographic opportunities. After a lovely ceremony and some time in the church grounds, Emma, Ben and their guests then made their way to Great Fosters and had time to explore the grounds before their wedding breakfast and party late into the night.
The Shoe line up
This wedding review is from the gorgeous wedding of Georgette and James that took place at St Martins Church in East Horsley followed by a reception at Gorse Hill in Woking. A beautiful day with colours galore graced our couples wedding celebration which included releasing lanterns into the night sky.
Georgette gets ready
On a typically cold wet November morning what could be better than a review of a bright sunny and very hot wedding day. The gorgeous Rachel and Stephen were married in Priston Mill in Bath. A unique location steeped in history and set in it's own beautiful grounds. After a lovely ceremony the couple and their guests were free to enjoy the sunshine and beautiful surrounds making for lots of photo opportunities.
Priston Mill
No not this up coming Saturday but the last one. Back in the weekend when summer was still hanging on and the warmth in the air was such a bonus for an October wedding. Although the sun struggled to enter the celebration, as a photographer I was pretty happy with the huge softbox of white clouds that hung low overhead. So the wedding was of the gorgeous Louise and Richard and took place at Tylney Hall in Hook. A beautiful venue to compliment a lovely wedding celebration. Surprises abounded with horse drawn carriages and fireworks being the obvious highlights.
For their preview shot I chose this one of the flower girl having her band adjusted before the ceremony.
As ever their full wedding story will follow.
The latest issue of Perfect Wedding is out and features the fabulous wedding of Helena & Hamish from last year. Their wedding was a beautiful French chateau wedding held in October so this a great anniversary surprise for them. I also manage to appear myself in the contributors page which is always a nice bonus. They really like the toned shot of Helena & Hamish and have used it to introduce the real life wedding section too.
If you want to see my review on Helena & Hamish's wedding which has more details and pictures just click here.
There is nothing better than receiving an email from one of my couples after they have received their pictures saying that they love them. So it was lovely to receive this one from Frances this morning.
"We cannot express how grateful we are to you for our amazing wedding photos ! We spent hrs looking at them yesterday evening, and really felt like we were reliving the whole day. You captured everything so beautifully that we were both quite emotional.
We were straight on the phone telling friends and family to see them, and have been inundated with messages from them saying how fantastic they all are.
I was wondering whether they would be as good as the ones on your website, but they most certainly match that standard".
What a great way to start my day.
I'm very happy to say that the October issue of Perfect Wedding magazine features the lovely wedding of the gorgeous Kat and Steven. They were married at Pembroke Lodge last year and with Kat being Swedish there were some lovely touches from both England (grooms side) and Sweden (brides side) entwined in this beautiful wedding. Kat has already had her wedding featured by the online wedding blog "Love my Dress" so this is a double celebration.
To see my review of their wedding just click here or to see the Love My Dress review click here.
I'm trying to post some complete wedding stories for you guys to have a look through but the weddings I'm shooting keep coming thick and fast. Hopefully I'll have some full wedding reviews up for you this week. Anyway back to the matter at hand which is the lovely wedding of Claire and Robert. They got married in The Winchester Hotel in (you've guessed it) Winchester. This was a really personal wedding with some beautiful touches and lovely feeling of happiness throughout the day. After the ceremony we took a little walk to an old ruined building and park for some pictures and then it was back to the hotel to continue the celebration.
The ceremony room had a lovely story embossed on the wall and I could not resist using it for the ring shot which I've chosen as their preview image.
As with all my wedding previews one is all you get but their full wedding story will follow shortly.
On Friday I travelled down to one of my favourite venues Buxted Park for the lovely wedding of the gorgeous Sherri and Wes. A lovely spot in the countryside with a beautiful building, spacious rooms for the guests to explore and grounds full of nice features. There was plenty to photograph at this wedding as the couple and their guests enjoyed the emotional service and fun reception to it's fulllest.
As a preview I chose this shot of the beautiful Sherri coming down the stairs to the ceremony. I'm a sucker for chandeliers too.
As usual their full wedding story will follow.
On Friday I had the pleasure of photographing the gorgeous Frances and James's wedding at Warbrook House in Eversley. A beautiful venue for a wedding celebration and with weather to match. Frances got ready at the venue in the conservatory room overlooking the gardens. A great venue for guests to enjoy inside and out and with a very happily married couple leading the party this was a brilliant wedding to photograph.
As the preview image I chose this one of Frances just before the ceremony as you can almost see her thinking about the upcoming moment.
Then on Saturday I made the short journey to another beautiful venue - The Four Seasons Hotel in Hook for the equally gorgeous wedding of Victoria and Chris. A beautiful outside ceremony in the walled garden was a real highlight and the couple and their guests made sure there were plenty of great photo opportunities throughout their memorable wedding.
For their preview shot I chose this one of Chris getting ready as I love the moment between him as his Mum as she helps him with his tie. She said she had not done this since when he first went to school.
As usual both couples full wedding stories with follow when I catch up with all of them :o)
This bank holiday weekend I spent an amazing three days in Munster, Germany. Regular readers may remember the shoot I did of Christina and Felix in London a few months back and now it was time for their wedding in Germany. Flying in on the Friday we were invited to a pre-wedding party celebration at the side of the lake in Munster.
The following day was the big day and what a day it turned out to be. In the lead up to the Saturday, Munster had experienced an incredible amount of rain in the space of a few hours so there were a few nerves about what Saturday would hold. They needn't have worried as the sun shone when it was supposed to and when it did rain, it was only for a few minutes and when everyone was inside anyway. Christina and Felix were married in a traditional church service in Munster, then all of the guests were invited to Felix's parents home for the first of two receptions. A beautiful home filled with amazing artwork and with it's own lake gave so many photo opportunities. After the first reception there was a short break and then it was off to the castle in Nordkirchen for the late afternoon and evening. An amazing venue to photograph and perfect ending to a beautiful wedding. Finally on the Sunday we were treated to a brunch and barbecue before the short trip to the airport.
Shooting weddings overseas is always a great experience but you become reliant on the people who have invited you over and are looking after you. So we have to thank immensely all the guests and especially the family of both Christina and Felix for their generous and wonderful hospitality and making our trip such a memorable experience. I look forward to sharing the full wedding story and more pictures with you all shortly but for now I have picked out a couple of images of the day.
Christina's walk to the church
A helping hand for the little one to have a bridal cuddle
The gorgeous couple complete with stunning castle backdrop
This Saturday the lovely Nikki and Jon were married at St Margaret's Church in Rottingdean, Brighton followed by a reception at The Ravenswood Hotel in Sharpthorne. As the weatherman predicted it was not the August sunshine we were all hoping for but it was warm and although some shower dodging was required the wedding day was a really wonderful celebration to remember. Here's a preview shot of one of the smaller bridesmaids having some fun with her dress.
Their full wedding story will follow shortly.
It's around that time of year again when some of my weddings from last year start to get featured in the magazine. I'm happy to say that this month we have two weddings featured in Perfect Wedding. They are the beautiful weddings of Hannah & John and Victoria and Elliot. Hannah's wedding runs under the village vintage headline and Victoria's wedding is the Modern London Wedding (this is the second bit of coverage Victoria has had as her wedding has also been featured earlier by Rock my Wedding too).
You can find my versions of their wedding stories by clicking Hannah's Wedding or Victoria's Wedding.
A really lovely coverage of both weddings - congratulations to you both.
This weekend I spent in the company of my family enjoying the wedding of my cousin Darrell and Sam. It was also my pleasure to be officially photographing their special day for them at The Sandbanks Hotel in Poole. A great venue right on the beach and although it rained in the morning it seemed that every time the schedule allowed for outside time, the rain cleared just for them. Great for me too as I could then get some shots of them and the guests on the beach. After the wedding we stayed the night at the hotel and then spent most of yesterday on the beach ourselves. Perfect.
As a preview here is the beautiful Sam taking a beach stroll in her lovely dress.
Congratulations to you both and their full wedding story will follow shortly.
Today is a very special day for us as this is our wedding anniversary and being a millennium wedding couple we are celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary today. I am more than happy to roll out the cliches of how quickly the time has flown as it still seems just a moment ago that I waited at the front of the ballroom in Frensham Heights for my beautiful future wife. It is a day I will never forget and alongside the birth of our two gorgeous kids the best of my life.
Now I am lucky enough to spend my working life in the presence of couples having the day of their lives and photographing the events that they will remember forever. It is something that I never take for granted and enjoy to the fullest.
This weekend see's the wedding of one of my cousin's and I have been asked to photograph their day for them, it's brilliant shooting your family's wedding but what will be really lovely is that we'll get to see the same people who were at our wedding all those years ago too. A great way to spend an anniversary celebration I think.
Ten wonderful years and counting...
A little later than usual here is my update on last weekends wedding. Jennifer and Des were married in Cambridge at the lovely Felix Hotel. The weather was so kind to us all that we were able to enjoy an outdoor ceremony and when the showers did come everyone was already tucking into their wedding breakfast. This wedding was a very personal and intimate occasion that was just a pleasure to photograph. As the preview shot I chose this one of the beautiful Jennifer and the gorgeous dress.
As usual their full wedding story will follow shortly.
You may be wondering if this is a new wedding venue and I guess in a way it sort of is. Lauren and Tom had looked around on where to hold their reception for ages and then had the inspired idea of holding it within Lightwater Arboretum. A secret haunt for the dog walkers this a beautiful hidden treasure complete with lakes and fake ruins (but good fake ruins I must add). So Lauren and Tom got permission, got a marquee and had the makings of a wonderfully unique wedding reception. Styling the reception along the lines of an English country picnic guests were greeted with scones, cake and tea and then an evening hog roast.
The sweet table for the kids and no doubt the odd adult too
I'm actually catching up rapidly on my wedding reviews. I'm up to April which does not sound too bad to me. This wedding was on Easter Sunday itself and had some very nice touches including an Easter egg hunt for all the guests. Hayley and Russell's wedding took place at the amazing Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales. A truly special venue for a wedding celebration and perfect for our lovely couple. After the service you get the run of the grounds for a couple of hours and then head off to your reception.
Yesterday was the beautiful wedding of Carla and Tom who were married at Christ Church in Shamley Green followed by a reception at Loseley Park. Gorgeous couple, great weather, lovely venue, kids everywhere and fun guests made this a wedding filled with great photo opportunities. I went with the ring shot as the preview just cause it took me ages to balance them on the globe and I think it looks really cool.
Their full wedding story will follow on soon.
This Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing the gorgeous wedding of Caroline and Craig at The Grove hotel. A beautiful venue to host a very special day for a lovely couple. There was a great atmosphere at this wedding with loads of kids running around and the adults too! It was a tough call on what to post as a preview image but with the kids asking to see the pictures straight away, I ended up with two. The reason being that as part of the evening entertainment the couples had organised some very special guests to entertain everyone. First up was the fun with Britain's got Talent finalists Stavros Flatley.
You'll probably never see a picture like that on this blog again. They were followed by the lovely Lucie Jones from X Factor fame who is now starring in Les Miserables who then sang beautifully for everyone.
A great way to end the evening and of course their full wedding story will follow shortly.
The lovely Taplow House hotel hosted the equally beautiful wedding of Donna and Chris (aka Des) on a cold day in February (yes I am slowly catching up with my wedding posts). Our beautiful bride got ready at the venue and after a lovely service the weather was kind enough to allow us some time outside in the hotel grounds. Singers entertained the guests during the wedding breakfast as well as party games and then it was on into the party for the rest of the night.
Here is a shot of the decorated fireplace in the ceremony room
In an attempt to make my blog load a little faster and to make it easier to follow my posts and if you desire add any comments I'm testing out the Read More after Jump feature for my new posts. This way you can just read the introduction and then click to read more about the featured wedding on it's own page.
I was delighted to receive this picture in my email box today as it signified the amazing success of one of my good friends in climbing to the highest point in Africa (the things guys do to get a good view of the world cup games!) Mike managed the climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and along with his 25 friends and colleagues raised over £100,000 for charity. Incredible. Well done mate and rumours are he is heading for Everest base camp next!
Pembroke Lodge hosted the wedding yesterday of the gorgeous Fiona and Craig. A great venue right in Richmond Park with fabulous views and a very intimate yet relaxed feel. This was a wedding full of fun and laughter so what better teaser picture than this one of Fiona outside the entrance of Pembroke Lodge.
Their full story will follow shortly.
Joanna and David were married on a wet, windy and cold January day but with their wedding held at the beautiful Great Fosters their family and friends were in for a real winter's treat. A lovely couple very much in love made sure that everyone's first wedding of the year was one to be remembered.
Everyone checks out the dress
Joanna's shoes
Her hair comes together
Great Fosters barn ready for the service
David gets ready
Some help with the button hole
The rings and entrance music
The bridesmaids await our beautiful bride in the rain
A keen guest
A very proud Father
The ring goes on
The couple leave and go to the Painted Hall
The famous bridge with ice on the water, yes it was that cold
But that didn't stop our gorgeous couple
Such a sweetie
I like the feel of the veil decoration around the table plan, very bridal
The room looked lovely with the candle light and fairy light decorations
Speeches get going
Joanna, a dark wood corridor (very common at Great Fosters) and some textural post production
The bridal suite
The party begins
One of the benefits of a winter wedding is the light goes early allowing for some interesting and beautiful night shots
