Just got back to Bristol and wanted to put this one up from Charlotte and Ryan’s wedding last weekend at the Fennes Estate. You might remember I was there last year with Kirstin and Rob in the rain. No such worries this time though absolutely gorgeous day both weather wise and in general.
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Just a quick post today since I’m a touch snowed under with weddings! Last week was hectic: photoshoot with the awesome Out of the Blue, engagement shoot with Claire and Dave, and two weddings, one of which I was best man for!
On Wednesday I took a trip down to London and met up with Claire and Dave in time for sunset. We spent a couple of hours strolling along South Bank towards their home and took some pictures along the way. Really great way to spend a summer’s evening, can’t wait for their wedding at Slaugham Place in a couple of months!
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Just a quick one from Becky and Olivers very cool wedding at Cooling Castle yesterday. Definitely my favorite wedding of the year so far 
Right well I best get back to it, madly trying to finish all the photos before I disappear on honeymoon!
More soon,
Alex
Just made it back to Bristol from Clearwell and I’m buzzing. Beautiful day, beautiful couple, beautiful venue. What more can I say? Here’s a quick one before I head to bed.
Congrats guys and thanks for trusting me and making it such a laid back, fun day,
More soon!
Alex 
I first met Joanna and David in Bristol just after I’d moved from Cambridge. They both popped up to the office for a quick chat, some drinks and to look through photos. They’d been browsing this blog and seen the pics of Rosie and Chris’ relaxed summer wedding when they got married in St Just last year. They wondered if I’d be willing to travel down to Cornwall again and I said “What the hell, why not!”.
I was already prepared for the picturesque beauty of St Just’s, but I hadn’t bargained for the grand, atmospheric gardens at Rosteague. My stalwart assistant Chris Beaumont and I travelled down the day before and decided to take a quick look around Rosteague before it got dark. As we drove through the gates and down the driveway the setting sun beamed through the trees, giving everything a golden shimmer. Chris and I turned to each other and I believe my exact words were “This’ll do then”. After a walk around the manicured grounds and through the grassy meadow down to the sea we headed back to the hotel praying that it would be sunny tomorrow and we’d be able to take full advantage of Rosteague’s beauty.
Church – St Just in Roseland
Receiption – Rosteague, Portscatho
Dress – Susanne Nevile supplied by The Mews in Clifton
Florest – Designer Wedding Flowers
Marquee – Coast2Coast
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Durham, well what can I say? It’s got to be one of my favorite cities in the world to photograph. Between the cloisters of the Cathedral (actually used as part of Hogwarts) and the narrow cobble streets, if you can’t get a good photo here it’s definitely time to hang up the camera. This one really did promise to be a mini adventure. On the drive up from Bristol we passed 5 car accidents before the guy behind me decided I was prime for number 6. No major damage done but we did have a mini heart attack until we’d checked all our cameras were still functioning a-ok).
Gemma and Matt tied the knot in St Chad’s college, where Gemma used to study – she even spent the morning of the wedding (and the night before) back in one of her old uni rooms. Very cool room on the 4th floor with a great view (not so good for carrying camera gear up though!). Very cool wedding and obviously with the pair both being officers there were uniforms aplenty. Gemma even had her own sword, how cool is that? (I really need to find an excuse to be able to wear a sword…)
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Anyway, contrary to the common convention I’m actually going to start at the end with this one of Gemma and Matt outside Durham Cathedral. After their first dance we decided to get some air and go for a wander. Seeing the magnificent cathedral lit up and casting amazing shadows over the nearby trees I just couldn’t resist.
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Wow, what can I say? Two firsts in one day: my first Greek wedding and my first Jehovah’s Witness wedding. Second time at <a href="http://www.alexbeckett.co.uk/2009/12/28/wedding-down-hall-country-house-alana-and-david/"Down Hall though after Alana and David's wedding at Christmas (actually that’s how Jon and Elaine found me – through Alana and David’s blog post here…). I must admit I was a touch daunted going into this one but my fear was misplaced. This was quite simply one of the most fun weddings I’ve ever photographed. Jon and Elaine are a really fab couple and I can’t thank them enough for supplying such a great set of photo opportunities and trusting me on the day – yes those Minis were doing about 30mph less then a couple of feet away! A truly epic wedding and an epic set of wedding photos to boot.
Not sure I can say much more than that. I think this is one of the most photo heavy posts I’ve ever made but I just couldn’t whittle them down. Somehow I ended up with 75% more selects than normal. So many fab shots are still waiting to see the light of day; I had to be really hard with the editing! Anyway without any further ado, I’ll say thanks to Chris Beaumont from Gryphon Photography for helping me out on the day and leave you all with the photos…
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.
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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