Long weekend Wedding in Munster, Germany

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

Saturday's Wedding

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.

Perfect Wedding September 2010

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.

Saturday's Wedding

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.

The glorious 12th

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...

Saturday's Wedding

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.

Lauren & Tom at The Aboretum

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

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