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English Wedding Blog features Alex & James

Beautiful Life — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:27:23 +0000

It was exciting to see the first part of Alex and James’s wedding at Harlaxton Manor featured yesterday on English Wedding Blog. When I found out the wedding was going to be on the blog Alex kindly agreed to write a few words for the post. Shaun forwarded alex’s email straight to Claire at English Wedding so when I looked at the post yesterday I really enjoyed reading it with all the personal details from the brides perspective. Alex and James were such a lovely, fun couple and it was a real privilege to photograph their day. The wedding was very busy but amazingly relaxed, definitely down to great planning. I was so impressed with all the little personal touches on the day, Alex’s Dad wrote a lot of the music used in the ceremony and her mum arranged most of the flowers many of which came from their garden. James’s mum made the wedding cake. Alex and James made the table plan and the table name cards. Alex and James had chosen countries they had traveled to for their table names, they had even photocopied the correct stamp for each country from their parents stamp collections! The top table’s name was kept a secret from Alex until they entered the dining room as the table name was the destination for the honeymoon! Alex’s dress was stunning, the venue was incredible and all the details were finished beautifully but the thing that really stood out was the love that these two shared, not just with each other although that was awesome and James’s speech moved the whole room to tears! but the love from their families and friends also. Part of the reason James and Alex chose me for their wedding photography was because they wanted someone to capture the day as it naturally unfolded as their priority was to have a great time with friends and family. Claire has posted the 2nd part of the wedding this morning so head over to English Wedding Blog and take a look especially if you are in the middle of planning your big day. There are lots of inspirational articles and tips to help you be creative and wedding savvy. Big thanks Claire for featuring our work, it is a privilege as I know you get lots of lovely weddings to choose from.

You can view them here: (English Wedding Blog Part One) and (English Wedding Blog Part Two)

Christmas Wedding | Mary and Ed

Beautiful Life — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:28:17 +0000

A flying visit back to Harlaxton Manor in Lincolnshire to capture some images of Ed and Mary’s Christmas Wedding. I was only there for the ceremony and photographs afterwards (I did sneak up to get a few pictures of the bride getting ready!) so a short day for me but just as lovely all the same. The great Hall looked awesome with the fire lit and a huge christmas tree centre stage. The christmassy theme was continued later as the guests were served mulled wine and hot mince pies, the smell was fantastic! Ed was hoping for a sprinkling of snow but it wasn’t to be. Mary and Ed left the guests gathered around the fire and braved the cold for a few shots of them outside, Ed carrying Mary over the mud!, so romantic!

Ed’s ring was a little reluctant to go on!

Delyth and Mark | Pre-Wedding Shoot

Beautiful Life — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:06:02 +0000

Mark and Delyth were on a flying visit back to the Uk from Switzerland just for the weekend, they came straight from the airport to meet me at Tamworth Castle for a quick pre-wedding shoot. Mark and Delyth are getting married at Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury at the end of this month so we’re really looking forward to filming and photographing their wedding. Here are a few of their pre-wedding photos.

Featured on OMG I’m Getting Married

Beautiful Life — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:31:53 +0000

Was really chuffed to hear Sunita and Ravi’s engagement shoot has been featured by Alexis on her lovely blog ‘OMG I’m getting married‘. I am a big fan of wedding blogs and OMG is packed with loads of great stuff so if you’re in need of a little inspiration why not check it out.

Ruth and Josh | Wedding Photography

Beautiful Life — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:30:27 +0000

You may remember Josh and Ruth from their engagement shoot a few weeks ago. They got married at the end of March at Brooksby Hall in Leicestershire. It was the week of beautiful sunshine and although the weather man said it was going to be cold and windy on Saturday when it was still like summer on Friday evening I just couldn’t believe it but he was right, saturday morning came and the clouds rolled in and it was freezing! It was a crazy day, three hundred guests half french, half english, lots of singing, dancing and the funniest speeches I’ve ever heard (and I’ve heard plenty as you can imagine!)

With 300 people to photograph it was great to have Megan with me for part of the day. She took some great shots including this one of Josh transporting Ruth around the gardens in style!

As part of the celebrations Josh and Ruth’s friends sang, danced and set challenges for the bride and groom, loads of fun! Josh had to sing the french national anthem and Ruth had to say “Tally Ho! thats a spiffing pair of dungerees”! in her best english accent. The meal was followed by Josh’s little brother giving a belter of a speech that had Josh hiding under the table with shame!

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Aisha and Akif ❘ Christ Church Spitalfields

Beautiful Life — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:31:20 +0000

We had a great day down in London over Easter photographing and filming Aisha and Akif’s wedding. The reception was held at Christ Church in Spitalfields an amazing landmark building recently reopened and launched as a venue for events after undergoing a restoration project taking over a quarter of a century! We were made to feel so welcome and were really well looked after by everyone, it was a pleasure to be part of such a beautiful and happy day. Many congratulations Aisha and Akif and all the best for the future!

I’ve never been to a brides house on the morning of the wedding where it was so calm and relaxed. It was lovely, time for a cup of tea and everything!

The rings were delivered so quickly I almost missed it!

love this shot!

Awesome desserts, yes they tasted as good as they look

Competition Finalist!

Beautiful Life — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:51:19 +0000

How funny, I found out tonight that Shaun sneakily entered one of my photo’s in a competition when I received an email to say I am a finalist in the ‘Uk Wedding Photo of the Year’ competition run by Uk Wedding Belles.

Heres the photo and the link http://www.ukweddingbelles.com/weddingphotoyear have a look and vote for your favourite, (number 6 of course!!!)

Image of the Month

Beautiful Life — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:24:37 +0000

My chosen Image of the month for January. There are some quick, might work, might not work images you take at a wedding as the day rushes by and every now and again when you are working through the photographs afterwards there is a nice surprise and this is one of those shots. I love the light and the colours.

Bridal Preparations

Beautiful Life — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:41:16 +0000

Bridal preparations are one of my favourite events to photograph. The calm before the storm, a chance to capture all the details as the picture builds. The flowers arrive, the jewellery is carefully unwrapped and close friends and family gather to help the bride dress and prepare for her big day. There’s a whole spectrum of emotions and special moments. If you’re getting married I’d urge you to have preparations as part of you’re photography package, after all no story is complete without the introduction.

Olid’s Mehendi Ceremony

Beautiful Life — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:40:21 +0000

As promised a few pics from Olids Mehendi ceremony. Wedding day Photos coming soon.