It’s been a busy month for me. I was up bright and early last Saturday following the Oxford & Cambridge Club’s ball the previous night. After dragging ourselves out of bed, Holly and I hopped back on the underground before driving over to Oxford to meet Out of the Blue.
I’d been looking forward to this shoot for quite a while. For those of you who don’t know, Out of the Blue are an amazing a cappella group made up entirely of Oxford students and specialising in some rather unusual renditions. If you haven’t heard them, stop reading this right now and go check them out or youtube their Britain’s Got Talent semi-final performance.
Unfortunately as is often the way on this sort of thing, we ended up getting a little pushed for time and losing one of our locations. Nevertheless we made the most of what we had and started in Exeter College chapel before heading down to Holly’s old college, Oriel, for this one on the steps.
I had a great time and it was really awesome to hear the guys put on some impromptu little jam sessions while I set up all the lights. Beats my normal model shoots!
More soon,
Alex
Edit: I also shot some pretty cool individual shots…
Wow, what a day. Finally made it back to Bristol at 4:30am after a day of tears, laughter, squid, polaroids and a 40 odd piece samba band. Not taken quite so many photos in a long time!
Anyway here’s one to keep you going until I can get the rest up.
Let me know what you think in the comments!
More soon,
Alex 
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Just made it back to Bristol from the lovely Liz and Noel’s wedding in Stratford-Upon-Avon and couldn’t resist posting these. Autumn really is here and winter’s on the way!
Love the Autumn colours in the one, why can’t we have them all year around?
Just a quick one from Dil and Gigi’s wedding at Bristol Golf course. After the ceremony at Tyndale Baptist Church we took a brief detour via the SS Great Britain and caught this one along the way.
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If I were to do my own wedding differently to how we did it, this is what I’d pick. Sarah and Simon got married at the Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane in London 3 days after Holly and I tied the knot in Cambridge.
Normally I’d have run a mile at photographing a wedding so soon after my own (I should have been on a sunny beach!) but after meeting Sarah and Simon, hearing all their crazy plans and just getting on so well, I couldn’t say no.
The morning started with me photographing Sarah in her suite at the Dorchester (she even had her own butler) while Tom (my trusty second photographer) covered Simon at their house in Westminster. Before I get to that though, here’s one from later in the day on the balcony of the Penthouse and Pavilion at the Dorchester.
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Oh no, I’ve done it again. Another epic photo post.
Holly and Phil tied the knot a few weeks back in Swaffham Prior,Cambridge. Phil had contacted me last year having seen this very blog and decided I was the one for their wedding. I have to say I was honoured when they booked without even meeting me! Fast forward 9months and we all finally got the chance to meet for a drink at TheSnug while I was passing through Cambridge. I’m always a touch nervous meeting a couple for the first time, especially when they’ve already booked, but with Holly and Phil I really lucked out. We all got on like a house on fire and Phil filled me in on some of his cunning and devious plans for the day.
The day started with me photographing Holly getting ready at the Mead village (Phil’s Dad really has built an entire village in theCambridge countryside) and Tom (my trusty second photographer) covering Phil. I love covering the girls getting ready; there’s always so much going on and you can feel the excitement in the air. I was a bit sad last week when I wasn’t allowed to be with my own Holly getting ready for our wedding!
The venue itself was a real treat: Phil had really gone to town on the marquee. I haven’t seen quite so much work put into a marquee in a long time and it really paid off. From the amazing cupcake table through to the trees covered in candles it really was a beautiful wedding for a beautiful couple.
I guess it’s time for me to get on with the photos so I’ll start with this one.
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It’s 6am here and I’ve just made it back from Slaugham Place in West Sussex. The last wedding I will photograph as a single man. Wow, what a way to go out, I knew after Lydia and Gareth’s E-session that this was going to be fun and lets just say it lived up to expectations.
I’m not quite sure how I’m still awake (I think it might have had something to do with a redbull shot Lydia packed for me in a ‘wedding survival’ tin…) but I’m going to leave you with this one before I hit the sack. Enjoy!
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Here’s a quick video from Lydia and Matt’s wedding at Wokefield park. Awesomesauce…
Alex
I don’t quite know what to say about these. Sometimes the planets align just right and you get an absolutely amazing photoshoot. This was one of those times.
Steph and Nick flew in from Hong Kong for their engagement shoot. We’d chatted about it a bit in advance and I pitched the idea of taking them to an old abandoned RAF base. I’ve been there a few times before for various photoshoots, but never with a couple. Steph and Nick agreed to my crazy idea and I picked them up off the train on a sunny Sunday afternoon to begin the shoot…
Trust me, you really want to see the rest of the photos. Either click on the photo above or hit the link below to see them…
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Edit: Ok it’s not 5am this time around, only 4. Just putting the finishing touches to Ruth and David’s wedding at Woldingham Boarding School in Surrey.
Really great day, Ruth poured her heart and soul into the wedding with details to die for. Honestly I’ve never quite seen anything like it, if you’re getting married I highly recommend you try and convince Ruth to do the details for you. As a quick run down we had:
- Handmade confetti cones in baskets
- Handmade popcorn, sweets and cake instead of canapes
- Photographs of both Ruth and David’s parents and Grandparents on their wedding days
- Homemade, personalised cupcake favours
- Handmade personalised menus for each guest
- Fimo moustaches on sticks
- Personalised flip-flops for the girls
- Individual silk fans for the ladies
On top of that we had a vintage routemaster to take everybody from the church to the reception, a harpist and lawn games during the drinks and a sparkler exit.
I only hope I’ve done you justice Ruth, it was quite frankly amazing.
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