I feel like I have a hangover. Finally made it back to Bristol at 4:30am after a really great day at Anstey Hall in Cambridge. Katie and Matthew’s wedding was totally awesome, weather held out and the sun shone as they stepped out of St Mary’s Church in Saffron Walden.
Beautiful day, beautiful couple, here’s one before I knuckle down to editing and email! Feel free to let me know what you think below…
UPDATE: Just added a little video montage of the day. Hit the link to see it!
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Wow what a wedding. Back in Bristol now recovering from the epic rainyness which was Nat and Gez’s wedding. Going to take a slightly different tak this week. Holly (my wife) was actually maid of honour so I’m going to hand over the reins to her…
I’ll admit it, I tend to be a sobber at weddings – even when I’ve assisted Alex on the weddings of people I’ve never met before, I find myself welling up. So you can imagine how much I cried at the wedding of two of my closest and dearest friends. From the beautiful reading (about two dinosaurs!), to the fantastic speeches and finally the first dance to the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, where Gez surprised Natalie by breaking out some lindy hop moves he’d been learning in secret for the past 6 months. Yep, I was a wreck.
We may not have had the best weather, but that didn’t spoil the day one bit. South Farm is a beautiful venue and the couple had put so much thought into the little details that made the wedding very ‘them’. There was an Easter egg hunt, a fun questionnaire to answer at dinner, and beautiful hand made favours (bird seed feeders in the shape of hearts).
There are so many happy memories I’m going to take away from Nat and Gez’s wedding – it was a day of pure joy. And (although I admit I’m biased) I reckon Alex has managed to capture that feeling in his photos!
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The wedding I swore I’d never shoot.
I’ve known Katherine for over 6 years now. One spring night I turned up on her doorstep to take a closer look at the room they had for rent. A small box room in an unassuming part of Cambridge. The room wasn’t all that great, I’d seen 3 better ones previously, but I stayed for a quick cup of tea and began a friendship which would span houses, relationships, careers and countries.
We always jokingly swore that I’d never shoot her wedding if she ever got married. She wanted me to be partying rather than working and I thought she was probably right. Times change though and when Graham mark III proposed both ‘Frin and I had changed our minds; I somehow couldn’t imagine her having any other photographer. It’s strange to say this but somehow being so involved in photographing somebody’s wedding (especially a close friend’s) gives me the warm and fuzzies.
Anyway enough of that, time to get on with the photos!
More from a seriously sunny day in Cambridge after the jump…
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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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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.
More after the jump!
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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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Just popping my head out of the Bristol editing cave to put this one up of Laura and James’ wedding last Friday.
The weather threatened us all day long but Laura did a good job of sucking up to the weather gods. Luckily it cleared up enough for Laura and James to be able to tie the knot outside in glorious sunshine; only after the first kiss did the heavens decide it was time to make us a little damp. It soon passed by though and we were all able to have drinks and canapes followed by coffee and fudge outside at sunset.
Turns out Laura and James had actually booked the same caterers as my wedding the weekend before in Fen Ditton. The guys from the Crown and Punch Bowl did a really fab job yet again and left me wanting more!
Just after dinner as the sun was setting and everybody else was tucking into some fudge, but Laura, James, Tom and I went for a quick wander into a neighbouring corn field. I caught this one of the pair of them just as the sun set over the horizon.
Right back to the cave for me. Thanks for letting me be part of your day guys and I promise I’ll put some more up soon.
More adventures to come,
Alex
Update: Well here goes an awful lot more photos!
Many thanks to everybody at the wedding for making it such an awesome day. Jen, you really were a fab bride, thank you so much for going with it. Special thanks go out to Victoria at the Jockey Club rooms for inciting the madness in getting Jen on Hyperion. I’m really glad we did it, I love that shot!
Quick teaser from yesterday’s wedding. Jen meets Hyperion…
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Quick post from Emma and Michael’s wedding at Hotel Felix.
Some wedding details for all you potential brides out there:
Venue – Hotel Felix, Cambridge
Dress – Amore by Suzanne Neville from The Bride, St Albans
Make-up – Beauty by Elisa
Hair – Michelle Goode
Flowers – The Flower Boutique, Linton
Right on with the photos!
Lots more photos after the jump!
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[Update] Here we go, some more photos from Karina and Robbie’s wedding. Great to be back at Anstey Hall with yet another amazing couple. So much love went into this one from the get go. The dresses were all hand made by Karina, the music hand picked by Robbie and some of the most amazing food being served up all day long by Dave and his team from Guerilla Gourmet. (Seriously if you’re looking for some wedding caterers check those guys out, they’re new to the scene but god damn are they good and do they put a lot of love into it. I’ve eaten a heck of a lot of wedding food in the past but I think this was the best I’ve ever had from a portable kitchen.)
[Update2] Find facebook photos here
Anyway, without further ado, on with some more photos, watch out for the crazybooth on this one, it was epic.
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So I’m a little behind with blog posts at the moment due to a last minute rush with wedding season. Should all calm down after this weekend’s wedding though and I hope to resume normal service soon. In the mean time, to please the crowds that have been asking, here’s one from last Friday’s wedding at Anstey Hall. I’ll update this post again soon with a lot more photos!
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