Well what can I say? One of the most chilled out, fun, relaxed and loving weddings I’ve been to in a long time. It’s clear to see that both Rosie and Chris are in love, from the tears during rehearsals as it dawned upon them to the truly moving after dinner speeches you really couldn’t ask for more. I’m not entirely sure how she does it but Rosie also has an ability to just lift a room with her smile and she quite literally brought sunshine to the day.
Anyway, enough of all that, on with the photos. Here’s one from outside the water tower at Trelissick, if you want to see more from the day just click on the photo.
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So October is proving to be a very busy month for me! I’ve got meetings with new couples coming out of my ears, engagement sessions and this weekend is Cambridge Lindy Exchange! Phew! No sleep for me. Standing out head and shoulders above the rest though was my first Girl, Girl wedding last weekend at the George in Rye. And wow what a wedding it was; Kerry and Sue. Sue’s a very fine photographer of her own and as such it was a real pleasure to photograph her wedding. Sue also invited along another photographer friend, Chris Beaumont, to cover the day. Now for those of you who don’t know Chris and I, we both have two things in common, we’re a *touch* competitive and a *touch* fond of a good single malt. As such and with Sue’s blessing we decided to put a slight wager on: a bottle of single malt to the best photo of the day. Chris, the shot below is my entry, where is yours? 
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Edit: Kate and Paul’s wedding website now online! Check it out here.
So, sheep, sheep and more sheep. That’s how I always envision Wales. This time however the only sheep were fakes ones in the grounds of Llyndir Hall for Kate and Paul’s wedding. I’m not going to say anything about whether it’s the most tasteful thing to have in your lovely lawns or whether it’s a good thing to prolong the Welsh stereotype but hey, they were kinda cool.
Anyway, I’d driven up to Llyndir near Wrecsam that morning with the ever gorgeous Holly in order to photograph the (also) ever gorgeous Kate marrying Mr Paul Sinclair. We spent the entire day there following Kate in her journey into married life, starting with her prep in the morning all the way through to the dancing at night. I had a really awesome time, thanks for having me along guys!
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Edit: I’ve just put up Cat and Matt’s wedding website. Check it out here.
So hands up who remembers Cat and Matt’s engagement session? Well if you don’t go check it out. These guys are hilarious and on Saturday I had the privilege of shooting their wedding at Cooling Castle Barn in Kent. Awesome venue, hell it even has a castle in the grounds, could anybody ask for a more photogenic location?
Anyway there’s far too many great photos to share them all so here’s part of the story. I began the morning with Cat and the girls getting ready at Smudge’s hair dressers in Sidcup…
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So, another weekend, another wedding. This time it was the turn of the lovely Emily and Chris. What a great couple they make, the English Rose and the Aussie… well Aussie. It’s really nice to see just how in love Emily and Chris are, we even had two kisses at the altar, how controversial is that?!?
Anyway, onto the photos: Selwyn is a really gorgeous Cambridge college, wish we had a little more time in order to get more fun portraits but, as is the way with weddings, we were on a tight schedule (Emily and Chris had to get to a different location for the reception). Still, with their help I think we nailed it.
This one was a candid just after the ceremony. Really couldn’t ask for a more laid back, in love couple.
I spotted this location on the way in, I just love the symmetry of the Master’s Lodge. Emily and Chris really set the image off. Lighting here is from an SB900 flash just to the left of camera.
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So the bank holiday was another mammoth photo weekend for me. It all kicked off this time on the Saturday with the wedding of Betsy and Freddie in Great Sampford, Saffron Waldon. This was one of the few weddings that I’ve shot where I didn’t stay for the whole day. The main reason was that Betsy and Freddie were only after a small amount of coverage, and since it was my birthday and arranged at the last moment I caved. I had a great time, got some fab candids and even made it back in time for a birthday dinner.
As you might be able to tell I went with a slightly more grungy look with these, it seemed to really gel with the couple. Feel free to let me know what you think in the comments and as always more photographs after the jump!
So it was a weekend full of photographs for me. In total I pressed the shutter button 1608 times. Wow. It all started on Saturday in great style with the wedding of Louise and Mark at Trinity College. I actually shot it with another local wedding photographer, Jean-Luc Benazet. Check out his blog post on the wedding. Anyway, Trinity is an absolutely fantastic venue, it’s almost impossible to get a bad shot in the chapel. That said, it’s a bit of a cavern and there isn’t much light in there so you better have a modern camera with good high ISO performance!
So Saturday saw my first E-Session of the season, the lovely Matthew and Catherine. The premise of the shoot was the fact that they’re really big kids at heart, so where do kids head? The park of course! These guys are real jokers, I spent the entirety of the first part of the session desperately trying to hold back laughter and hold the camera straight. After lots of fun we headed into Cambridge for something a bit more serious and finished off on the Bridge of Sighs (well Matt and Cat on the bridge, me on an adjacent one) at St Johns college.
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