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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

caroline — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:16:04 +0000

Well, as we near the end of the year I would like to wish all of my clients, past and present, as well as any other readers of my blog a very Merry Christmas. I know it’s cruel to dress up your children but it’s also very fun…and I have to say it was much easier getting Jacob to wear his elf costume than it ever was getting my dog to wear antlers or a santa hat!

2011 has been an odd year business wise for me because I only worked for 6 months and did half the number of weddings I normally do…because of being on maternity leave from January until July. But the weddings I did photograph this year have been with some absolutely lovely couples and it has been an absolute pleasure being a part of their specials days.

On a personal level 2011 has been the best year of my life…getting to meet my little boy and learning how to be a mummy. I can’t wait to celebrate his first Christmas and look forward to the fun and excitement that 2012 will bring (especially when he gets mobile!).

I hope you all have a wonderfully relaxing Christmas time and a fantastic 2012…especially those who are getting married next year!

Wedding of the Year – Please Vote for Jo & Martin!

caroline — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:14:29 +0000

I’m very excited to announce that one of my August wedding couples have been nominated for the Wedding of the Year competition run by Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding magazine. Jo and Martin’s fantastic detail-packed wedding was held at Tone Dale House in Wellington Somerset.

Please vote for them here but hurry…voting ends on 23rd December 2011. Thank you!

Devon Wedding Photography – Anna & Junior in Honiton

caroline — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:01:12 +0000

I know lots of couples like to pick specific dates for their wedding that either mean something to them or will be easy to remember…and this year’s date had to be 11.11.11. And what better time to get married at than 11am? Junior certainly will have no excuses for forgetting his anniversary!

Anna and Junior had rented a lovely cottage to host their wedding celebrations and this is where I headed in the morning to photograph the preparations. Junior and the boys were putting the final touches to the food…and braving the heat in the kitchen…whilst Anna was nervously getting ready next door.

The couple had wanted somewhere special for their wedding ceremony and the quaint Lady Margaret’s chapel in Honiton fit the bill perfectly. After a sweet ceremony there was just enough time for some pictures outside before everyone headed back to the cottage to enjoy a lovely feast!

The full gallery will go online in a few weeks time once Anna & Junior have had a chance to view the images first themselves, and if you’d like to be notified when the gallery is live please register your details here. In the meantime here are a few images from their day:

Somerset Wedding Photography at Ston Easton Park – Caroline & Ed

caroline — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:29:06 +0000

Saturday saw me heading up the A37 to Ston Easton Park for the wedding of Caroline and Ed. With Caroline being a photographer herself I’ll admit to feeling a certain amount of pressure to do an excellent job of covering her day, but I have to say that they were an fantastic couple to work with and Caroline was happy to let me do my thing!

I started my coverage as usual with Caroline and the final preparations and with everyone being at the one location I was able to pop in and photograph Ed getting ready too. The couple had done an amazing job with all the little details and the ceremony room looked fabulous with lots and lots of candles and petals all around.

We were incredibly fortunate with the weather on Saturday and managed to time our portrait session with some amazing light as the sun started to set across the fields. I love this time of year with it’s golden light and colourful trees and I was very pleased with the pictures I managed to take.

Soon it was time for everyone to head indoors and be seated before enjoying some great speeches and a delicious meal!

The full gallery will go online in a few weeks time once Caroline & Ed have had a chance to view the images first themselves, and if you’d like to be notified when the gallery is live please register your details here. In the meantime here are a few images from their day:

Bath Wedding Photography at the Guildhall – Tania & Gary

caroline — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:34:14 +0000

On Tuesday I had the pleasure of photographing Tania and Gary’s wedding in the beautiful city of Bath. Tania and Gary were adamant that they didn’t want any posed pictures at all…no formal groups or portraits…just documentary coverage of their ceremony at the Guildhall and afterwards the celebrations with their friends and family at a nearby restaurant. It was a real delight to get to photograph in this way as this is the style I most like to work in….taking unobtrusive pictures that tell the story of a couple’s day.

Tania works in fashion so it wasn’t a surprise that she had an amazing dress to get married in…a vintage 60′s dress that was worn at Studio 64 bought from Lily Allen’s store in Soho. What a gorgeous colour it was too!

The full gallery will go online in a few weeks time once Tania & Gary have had a chance to view the images first themselves, and if you’d like to be notified when the gallery is live please register your details here. In the meantime here are a few images from their day:

Wiltshire Wedding Photography at the Rectory Hotel

caroline — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:50:03 +0000

V & Andre held their wonderfully intimate wedding celebrations at the lovely Rectory Hotel in Crudwell Wiltshire and I was there to capture everything! V got ready upstairs at the hotel with the help of her bridesmaid before making her entrance into the conservatory, where the ceremony took place. Despite the restrictions the Wiltshire registrars place on photography during the service I am really pleased with the shots I was able to get, including V trying to get her engagement ring off in time for the exchange of wedding rings!

After the ceremony everyone enjoyed the autumnal sunshine outside on the lawns before heading inside for a wonderful bunch of speeches.

The full gallery will go online in a few weeks time once the couple have had a chance to view the images first themselves, and if you’d like to be notified when the gallery is live please register your details here. In the meantime here are a few images from their day:

Rachel & Joe’s Wedding Featured in Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding Magazine

caroline — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:32:14 +0000

How exciting! Another one of my weddings has been featured in a wedding magazine this month. Rachel & Joe’s Orchardleigh House wedding from last October is in the real life wedding section of Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding magazine starting on page 30 and the portrait I took of Rachel is on the front cover!

More information about the magazine can be found here: www.countyweddingmagazines.com

Dorset Wedding Photography – Rachael & Dan at Parley Manor

caroline — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:48:46 +0000

Saturday saw me heading down into Dorset for Rachael & Dan’s wedding in Ferndown, near Bournemouth. Due to me being on maternity leave and Rachael & Dan’s busy schedules in the run up to the wedding we hadn’t had a chance to meet up in person before their actual day…so it was lovely to finally meet them and put faces to names!

I started my coverage as usual with the bride’s preparations which were taking place at Rachael’s parents house. The mood was relaxed and everything was running to schedule so I was able to get some lovely pictures of Rachael having her hair and make-up done before it was time to put on the dress.

I then headed down the road to St Mary’s church, where the ceremony was to take place, to meet up with Dan and the boys. After a lovely service with readings from both of the couple’s mums it was time to head over to Parley Manor for the reception.

Parley Manor was a new venue for me so it was fun to explore somewhere different and I have to say, it was a gorgeous place with a fab marquee in it’s own private courtyard garden. I took the couple off for some romantic portraits of the two of them around the grounds and we managed to time it just right before the rain started.

I’m not sure if it’s because I spend the day staring at people’s faces through my camera lens but I often notice that people I photograph look like famous faces…and I like to think that this was my celeb wedding! I don’t know if you’ll agree but I was convinced that Rachael looked like the actress Kate Hudson whilst Dan looked the spitting image of Noel Wyle (Dr Carter from ER)!

Rachael and Dan’s full gallery will go online in a few weeks time once they’ve had a chance to view the images first themselves, and if you’d like to be notified when the gallery is live please register your details here. In the meantime here are a few images from their day:

Coming Soon! Rachael & Dan’s Wedding at Parley Manor

caroline — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:26:34 +0000

I expect to get the full blog post up sooner rather than later, but just to keep everyone ticking over…here is a picture from Rachael & Dan’s gorgeous wedding on Saturday in Dorset:

Devon Wedding Photography in Torquay – Emily & James

caroline — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:57:28 +0000

I have been doing a lot of Somerset weddings this year so it was a nice treat to head down to Devon last weekend for the wedding of Emily and James in Torquay. As I said in my “coming soon” post, I don’t often get to photograph at the seaside so I was really looking forward to the portrait session down at the beach that we had planned for after the church service.

The sea was a major feature of this wedding…Emily and James had met through their mutual love of sailing, the marquee was decorated with a nautical theme, and it even featured during the bridal preparations as part of the amazing view from Emily’s parents house!

After photographing Emily putting the final touches to her preparations I headed over to the church to meet up with James and capture the arrival of some of the guests and the bridesmaids. Before I knew it Emily had arrived! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bride arrive as early as she did (which apparently is quite unusual for her too!) so she must have very keen to marry James.

Afterwards everyone made their way across town to James’ parents house for the marquee reception whilst Emily, James and myself did their portrait session at a nearby beach – making the most of some fantastic props such as deckchairs and beach huts!

Emily & James’ full gallery will go online in a few weeks time and you can register your details here to be notified as soon as it does (well, once the couple have seen their pictures first!). In the meantime here are a few images from their day: