Feedback

It's always a great start to the week when you receive some lovely feedback from your most recent completed wedding:

Hi Elton

We just wanted to say a big thankyou - our photographs are absolutely beautiful. Everytime we look at them we love them more and more. Friends and family who have seen them so far are amazed with them. We loved your photographs from the first time we saw them in a magazine and are so happy you came all the way to Wales to photograph our day. It truly was the best day of our lives and we didn't stop smiling and laughing all day long. You captured all the details and helped keep the day stress free for us!
We will be recommending you to everyone.

Thank you again and best wishes for the future.
Hayley and Russ

You'll be able to see more pictures from Hayley and Russell's wedding in Bodelwyddan Castle very soon.

Amaleena and Chris at Loseley Park

Continuing my seemingly never ending catch up on late last years weddings here we have the little gem of a two ceremony wedding held at Loseley Park. Amaleena and Chris were married in the Great Hall in a civil service which was then followed by a Hindu blessing in a large marquee set up in Loseley's lovely grounds. As you can imagine this was a very colourful celebration and made for some great pictures throughout the day.

One of the bridesmaid dresses

Our gorgeous bride

A great viewpoint

Chris and his ushers await

A little help

Is that the time?

First look

A cute ring bearer

The great hall is a beautiful venue for a service

Nice detail on the brides dress

Some pictures in Loseley's gardens


Part two gets underway




There was some lovely light on this day

One of my favourites from the day, what a suit!

Gifts and emotions during the speeches

Everyone dance

Weekend's Weddings

On Friday I photographed a lovely wedding at St John the Baptist Church in Bisley followed by a marquee reception in a little hidden gem in Lightwater. The Arboretum in Lightwater is a popular favourite for walkers and hidden away with vast grounds it made for a fantastic reception venue for the equally fantastic Lauren and Tom. Here's a sneak preview from their wedding, this was caught during the service and is an instant favourite for me.

Then on Saturday I travelled to Bath to shoot the gorgeous wedding of Rachel and Steven at Priston Mill. A beautiful venue with lovely grounds and with a cloudless sky and very hot day the couple and their guests enjoyed the fantastic scenery and celebration bathed in sunshine all day long. This shot is taken from the getting ready as the dress went on.

Both full wedding stories will follow on shortly.

A lake, a waterfall, five dresses and one couple in Autumn

As Spring has finally arrived it's a great opportunity for me to remind you of Autumn. Yes I know, a bit strange but Mindy and Nicholas contacted me last Autumn to create a shoot for them that made use of the beautiful British autumnal seasonal colours. They are due to be married in a month or so's time but they are getting hitched in Singapore which I'm reliably informed has very little in the way of seasonal changes. Their idea was to bring a little bit of England to their wedding by displaying the pictures throughout their reception. A great idea and a really inspiring brief to get hold of and I'm reviewing it now as their wedding is just weeks away.

This shoot also gave me the opportunity to play about with a few post production textures too.

Yes I found a waterfall in Hampshire

A really beautiful one at that

Here's Mindy showing off one of the five dresses she brought with her!

Nature, sculpture and bridal, interesting mix

I really like the emotive feel of this one with the textural overlay

We found a beautiful mermaid on the shores of the lake

A glamorous couple, a fallen log and some lovely helpful passers by equals one great picture.

Some real Autumn colours and beautiful light



You've got to love those shoes

And finally the formal attire. A perfect combination of amazing dress and beautiful bridge creates an oriental feel in leafy Hampshire.

The motely crew get in on the act.

A great big thank you must go to Mindy and Nicholas for braving the cold winds (and they were really cold) to help create some amazing pictures that I hope will have a great impact in Singapore at their wedding. Also a huge thank you to Sally Riceman who looked after Mindy's hair and make up throughout the shoot and made the couple look amazing and laugh all the time. Finally I must not forget Kerry who was my assistant on the day and happily ran around after me helping with lighting and everything else camera wise.

Rock My Wedding

For those of you that have yet to discover it, Rock my Wedding started life as a bride to be's blog about all her wedding planning. After her wedding the blog had gathered such a following that it just continued on and has now become a real go to destination for all that is great in the wedding world. It was also recently voted as one of the 100 top wedding blogs to follow in 2010. So why am I promoting it? Well for one it's a great place for inspiration beyond the photography I cover here but mostly it's because they are featuring one of my weddings from last year!

Victoria & Elliott's to be precise, which was a gorgeous wedding held at Dulwich College in London last year. Part one of their coverage is posted today with a second part following tomorrow. Definitely worth checking out for all Victoria's ideas and inspiration. Victoria & Elliott on Rock my Wedding.

North Wales Wedding Weekend

I have just been lucky enough to spend the Easter weekend in the company of some wonderful people celebrating the wedding of Hayley and Russell. Their wedding was held in the magnificent Bodelwyddan Castle in Denbighshire and we were graced with lovely weather throughout. The castle is a photographers dream both inside and out and a mention should go out to Vicky the event organiser there who was absolutely fantastic throughout.

I was told it would be an emotional affair and the groom didn't let me down when he saw his bride for the first time.

As always their full wedding story will follow shortly.