Gorgeous girls, big white dresses, some pretty hot grooms and my lil' cousin's wedding

Hello there!

As many of you have let me know, I've not been keeping up with the blog terribly well lately! All I can say is that I've been so busy with so many fabulous weddings, I've not had time for anything else!

This includes planning my own big day - so to everyone who's told me how organised they are for their wedding next year - "you're making me nervous!" However, Mr Sam and I are now getting into planning mode in earnest. I will bore you... I mean fascinate you with all the news just as soon as I have some!

As for now, well wedding season is coming to an end but what a brilliant season it's been, we really have had some great weddings to photograph. As usual, you'll find lots of photographs of our recent brides and grooms in our "recent work" gallery. You'll see they're a bit of a gorgeous bunch so a "big thank you" and "m'wah" to everyone who invited us to be a part of their day. I hope you all had as much fun as I did!

Now of course all of our brides and grooms are special but there is one very special couple who aren't in the gallery just yet, so I thought I'd share some of their photos with you. Who are these stunning individuals? Why it's my own little cousin Anna-Louise and her new husband, Paddy!












We had such a wonderful weekend with them and it was just the best thing to see them get married. Especially as Paddy has felt like a part of the family for years, so it was nice to see it made official!

Nick and Clare - some beautiful pictures

Nick and Clare were married at Bury Court near Farnham in Hampshire.

Clare had seen one of our ads in You and Your Wedding Magazine and liked the natural style of photography and within a few days of speaking she had booked me to take their pictures - that was a year ago. The wedding was on Sunday 7th October. Clare and Nick were not too prescriptive in terms of their photographs, but they love black and white images and more informal pictures.

It was a bit of journey for me, from Nottinghamshire, but we cover weddings all over and I simply arranged to stay at a local hotel on the Sunday evening.

Bury Court is a delightful location. It was previously a nursery, so the gardens are more than wonderful - they are designer gardens, with beautiful long grasses. It made for some great pictures. There are a few below and you can see more at Recent weddings, under Online Albums.


Nick and Clare told me that they tend not to look good in pictures - I've told them to give up the day job with looks like these (above).


There was a cricket theme to the day, so they had a muster of cricket bats held high to walk under.


Clare just looked stunning, as you can see here.


Some of the grasses and gardens at Bury Court.


Such unusual flowers - which make the cake look fantastic.

Philippa and Mark

Philippa and Mark were married on a beautiful day in September, the 15th to be exact. Philippa had rang me in the January of this year, a few days after she had been engaged and asked if I could take her photographs. I was delighted to be asked, as I had taken her sister's wedding photographs last year, so I already knew the family and she already knew about our photography. I think the wedding date was partly chosen around my availability, which is very nice when it happens, as it is always a shame to be booked when someone you know calls.

They were married in Long Clawson, which is her home village and is in Leicestershire, with a marquee at her parent's home. We love village style weddings, they seem to have a special type of atmosphere.

I was joined on the day by Samantha, which was really helpful as Sam was able to stay at home with Philippa whilst I went off to find the boys in the local pub, before heading off to the church. They are a lovely couple and a lovely family, and we really enjoyed doing the photography.

Here are a few pictures:-


This is a shot by Sam of Philippa's dress, with a beautiful ribbon and bow.


Many of our pictures are candid, where the couple do not know we have taken the picture, like this in church.


This confetti shot, taken by Sam, is just great - what a moment.


We took some pictures of Philippa and Mark together. We like to just set the scene and then catch the moments, like this one.


Here are some of the flowers - the colours were really nice.