Jennifer & Andrew at Berystede Hotel

Two wedding updates in as many days, I'm on a roll. This one was the very last wedding of 2009 for me, yes 2009 you read right. A cold, wet and windy late December day greeted our lovely couple, but with umbrellas to hand and high in spirits this turned out to be a fantastic wedding celebration. After getting married in the All Saints Church in Wokingham, their reception was held in the Berystede Hotel in Ascot.

How cool are these shoes

Queue for the mirror

Father helps his son out

The dress is zipped up

I like the reflection in this one

A beautiful bride and dress

One of the glamorous guests

Bridesmaids arrive

Jennifer's veil caught beautifully in the wind

A lovely church

The happy couple listen to a reading

An arty capture as they head for the blessing

The Berystede fortunately had one part undercover outside

Romance on the stairs

A nice shot of them coming down the stairs to greet their guests

A bit of texture work on this portrait of the lovely Jennifer

Put your feet up it's been a long day

Well it made me laugh

Speeches are underway


And now we dance

and spin!!

Caroline & Andy at Pembroke Lodge

I'm not sure I'm ever going to catch up on my wedding updates (maybe I'll have to rethink my posting style) but in the continuing attempt to report back here is the lovely wedding of Caroline and Andy which was hosted by the beautiful Pembroke Lodge in Richmond. Caroline got ready at the venue with the help of Sally Riceman make up artist, a beautiful service followed and the very much in love couple and their family and friends enjoyed the great scenery and company to make for a wonderful wedding celebration.

Detail on Caroline's dress

Caroline gets ready

Andy gets some help too

Make up in progress

I think her Mum was more nervous than the bride

A good best man is always ready to make the groom laugh to break the tension

Andy awaits his bride

The service in full swing

A nice grabbed portrait of one of the bridesmaids looking out at the view over Richmond

They had an artist in for the reception who created paper portraits of all the guests which went down really well.

Detail from the wedding breakfast

Some time together



I know I don't look that good when I take my pictures

The speeches are underway

And now the party begins

An added bonus for guests was a photo booth with fancy dress so everyone could take a picture and paste it in the guest book. Was very popular after a few drinks for sure.

Saturday's Wedding

It was a lovely warm June day for Lisa and Gary's wedding at Tylney Hall this weekend. The beautiful bride spent the morning getting ready in one of the lovely rooms upstairs with her bridesmaids before making her way down the staircase for their wedding ceremony. Afterwards the couple and their guests enjoyed the amazing landscaped gardens before heading for the wedding breakfast and party.

As a preview here is a picture captured down by the lake as the couple spent some time together during the reception.

Their full wedding story will follow.

The Last Week

Firstly I'll apologise for the lack of posts last week but I was on holiday. It's not often a half term coincides with one weekend when I do not have a wedding so the family all jumped into the car and we spent the week down at the Witterings. To say we were lucky with the weather would be an understatement with the kids making a break for the beach virtually every day.

The weekend before I went was a busy one though, firstly I photographed the beautiful wedding of Anna & Rob who were married in Cookham with a reception held at a lovely venue in Old Windsor called the White House, part of the Beaumont Estate. We had to dodge a few Spring showers but the sun finally shined and the couple and their guests had a great celebration.

Here's one of my favourites from the day. Taken just before the service as Anna and her Father stood outside under the church arch way sheltering from the rain. Sometimes you do not need to see faces to feel emotion.


Then on Sunday I travelled into London to meet up with a lovely German couple, Christina & Felix who have booked me for their wedding in Munster, Germany in August. It was a great opportunity to get to know them and learn all about the up coming celebration in Germany and we took some pre-wedding pictures along the embankment too.

I now cannot wait to go out to Germany and photograph their wedding, it sounds like it will be an amazing experience.