If you go to one wedding fair this year...

I only exhibit at one wedding fair each year and it is that time of year again when you'll be able to find me at Loseley Park (just off the B3000, Guildford, Surrey). Loseley is one of my favourite regular venues with just so many photographic opportunities. Also there are some wonderful people working there who really do help make every wedding at Loseley as perfect as possible.

On the day, you'll find a wide range of exhibitors to help make all your planning go smoothly whether your thinking of getting married at Loseley or not and there are fashion shows in the beautiful Great Hall throughout the day or you can just lose yourself in the lovely all year round gardens.

I hope to see you there.

Louisa & Craig at The Berystede

My first post of the new year and what better way to begin than with my last wedding of last year. Louisa and Craig were married at St John Baptist Church in West Byfleet with their reception held at The Berystede Hotel in Ascot.

It was one of those overcast grey winter days with very flat but soft light, always a challenge. After the service everyone had some time outside the church and then made their way across to the reception. Having warmed up in the hotel with drinks, good food and great speeches the guests were in for one last surprise as the whole wedding party invaded the couples first dance as zombies, yes zombies, and then all them including the bride and groom proceeded to complete the Michael Jackson Thriller routine...some first dance!

Louisa gets some help

Flowers arrive

One of my favourite captures of the day, she looks amazing

Craig helps out with the men getting ready

The bridesmaids and pageboy make their way to the service

Louisa arrives with her proud dad

Views of the service


Lovely shot of this little one

Craig's ready and a ok

The happy couple leave for the reception

Drinks at the Berystede

Not many options outside at the hotel especially in winter but the ornate frontage makes a beautiful background

Louisa looking very serene

A lovely moment during the line up

Every time I look at this I smile

Speeches underway


The pageboy was rewarded with a huge jar of lollies, he wasted no time!

A lovely moment

The Thriller routine in full swing

Then the party gets underway

Christmas Day

I can only end my countdown with my favourite shot of my kids this year soon to be adorning our living room wall.

So I wish you all a very Happy Christmas day and year ahead.

Christmas Eve

Well it's Christmas Eve and the kids are already asking to go to bed, the sacks are under the tree and a carrot and a glass of sherry await.

I thought I would choose as festive a wedding shot as I could find for today's entry and that's no easy task but I was fortunate enough to remember this one. It is still a talking point as to how this outfit found it's way into the wardrobe at an October wedding but it helped keep this little bridesmaid warm as the bride got ready in the morning.

2 days - Moggarthur Cup

Way back in 2000 when Katie and myself got married I set up a golf competition between my new Father-in-law and his family and friends and all of my family and friends. It's run like the Ryder Cup with five teams of pairs playing matchplay with the most points for the team winning the trophy.

For the last five years I've had to suffer losing this tournament and deal with the jibes of Father-in-law and Brother-in-law amongst others. But not this year, my team actually won it! The only problem is that I wasn't actually playing as I was injured, so now I have to deal with the constant reminder of being told I'd better drop myself from next years team etc. Anyway, I've consoled myself with winning as non playing captain and am looking forward to the tenth running of this event which we are hoping is going to be a two round overnight stay on a great hotel course. Could be messy but as always it's sure to be fun.

3 days - First Dances

This year had so many brilliant first dances, it was virtually impossible to choose just one to highlight here. I had a bride and groom do the Uma Thurman and John Travolta Pulp Fiction dance which went down to a rapturous audience and I even had an entire wedding party interupt the first dance in a zombie like fashion and proceed to dance Michael Jackson's Thriller routine, amazing stuff. But one of my favourites had to be from Gemma and James wedding reception that was held on a fantastically hot day in a marquee in their parents back garden. As the couple made their way to start the dancing no-one expected the party would start with such a thumping dance song. All hell broke lose and the bride and groom just went nuts. The song has been on my youtube playlist ever since. It's not Christmassy or even weddingy (if thats a word) but it sure gets people dancing.