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I can’t actually believe that it’s seven months since Lottie and Charlie got married! I’m currently looking out of the window on a wet and cold February afternoon and, despite the fact that their hot July wedding seems only very recent, in terms of the temperature and weather it’s light years away!

“The photos are incredible, thank you so much for all of them. They are exactly what we wanted and really show the day well. I particularly love the way you captured my Dad. 
Thank you also for putting up with the heat!” – Lottie

This picture is one of my absolute favourites from the day. I love how there is something to look at the front and also the back of the picture and that both elements tell part of the story of the day. There’s a lovely symmetry and balance as your eye weaves it’s way from the bridesmaid at the front to Lottie at the back. I love looking for interesting reflections in mirrors and this one works perfectly! I seem to remember having to manoeuvre myself rather uncomfortably in a doorway to get the right angle but it was well worth the effort! I was trying to get a reflection of Lotties face in her mirror as well but sadly I didn’t quite have space. That really would have been the icing on the cake!

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Dogs! Again I really like the way that your eye travels through the picture from the dogs at the front through to the guests at the back. there is a rather nice shape and symmetry to this one!

Just a lovely moment and hopefully one that Lottie and Charlie will always remember. I love the expression on the vicars face and also the happy onlooker framed rather nicely by the rood screen.

Confetti!

I’m not sure that the older lady was that keen but it makes a nice cross generational moment!
I love looking for secret moments like this – very romantic as Lottie and Charlie steal a quick static kiss amid the whilrlwind of dancing guests around them.

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Winter weddings can be beautiful, atmospheric and great fun  to photograph. They can also be a bit of a challenge in terms of lighting and logistics! – I remember photographing a wedding just before Christmas a few years ago when we were deep in snow and  as I was leaving it occured to me that I might not actually make it home. I had one of the most hair raising car journeys I have ever had and at one point was driving sideways up a hill, the snow on the M11 was so bad that it was fairly much impassable and I know that a large number of  the wedding guests stayed in temporary accommodation that night as they couldn’t get home!

There were no such dramas at Paul and Cat’s wedding apart from the bitingly cold wind and, yet again, a period of time when I somehow managed to find myself outside just in my shirt sleeves shivering waiting for the bride to arrive! I took lots of photographs of Christmas decorations, bridal preparations, people hugging and kissing and of course the ceremony itself but I have included just a few of my favourites below.

“Thank you ever so much for getting back to us so quickly. The photos are brilliant, we really love them!” Paul and Cat

The first two pictures are very much about moments – neither are particularly technically perfect, but both for me are visually strong and tell a bit of the story. I took the first from the back of the church during the prayers – there was this lovely moment where the man put his arm around his partner, have her a hug and leaned his head on her shoulder – I second later and they were sitting apart again but I thought that the gesture, particularly in the context of the rather solemn and personal moment in the marriage service was rather touching!

I love the immediacy of this second picture – it’s almost as if you are there and you can hear the laughter and what’s going on. It would have been an OK picture without the echo on the left hand side (both bridesmaids putting in their earings) but is much better and more satisfying from my point of view with that double story going on. If I had been a genius I would have cut myself out of the mirror and framed the people’s reflection as well!

Brides in veils……….always very photogenic!

This group of friends had spent quite a long time fetching and carrying things in the morning – it was wet underfoot and in the last few moments before Cat arrived at the ceremony they rushed up all flustered and in muddy trainers before engineering a quick change of footwear and continuing into church in serene calm!

A table quiz in the evening – children and grandfather working together as a team – what a beard!

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Emma and Jamie’s wedding started with me photographing preparations at Emma’s parent’s house in Burnham on Crouch before heading off to Creaksea Church and then a reception at Creaksea Place. I can’t actually say the word “Creaksea” without making a creaking noise (even to myself in my head)  – very juvenile! It’s such a wonderful place name and very evocative of this beautiful but tiny place nestled close to the sea in the Essex countryside.

“Thank-you for putting our photos online so promptly, we LOVE them, they’re exactly what we were hoping for!” Emma and Jamie

This is one of my favourite photos and I took it quite late on in the evening after the meal and speeches. By this time of day everyone is generally having a great time and is very relaxed and they don’t really notice me photographing any more as I’ve just sort of become part of the furniture!

Emma was showing her wedding ring to one of her friends and I just really like the light and the expression and the fact that you can see the marquee and guests in the background to give the moment a bit of context. Also the position and gesture of Emma’s hands just really works well. For me it was a sort of instinctive reaction as well – I had to take it extremely quickly and make sure that the lighting was right, so for me its a technically satisfying picture too! Most importantly it just tells an important bit of the story of the day. I have just noticed that the bride and groom figures on top of the cake look like they are looking on approvingly!

Back to earlier on in the day below. Camper vans are very popular wedding transport and this one seems to add another face to the picture! The informality of Emma’s bridesmaids getting everything ready for her to enter the church make this feel like an image of a real “behind the scenes” moment.

At this point I am always looking for a great look between the bride and groom as they see each other for the first time. In this picture there is the added bonus of a lovely sideways glance from a very proud Dad.

I just love the way that Jamie and Emma are clearly just so over joyed to be actually finally there! This was during the first hymn singing – moments before they were finally married.

And finally, grandparents watching a slideshow of photographs of Emma and Jamie from birth up until the present day whilst the bride and groom were signing the register.

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