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Wedding: Woldingham Boarding School, Surrey – Ruth and David

Alex — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:07:05 +0000

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.

More after the jump…

More adventures (although perhaps not so many details) soon,
Alex

Wedding: Susannah and Tom Slideshow

Alex — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:04:25 +0000

So just before my weekend goes all manic I thought I’d put up this slideshow I put together from Susannah and Tom’s wedding earlier this year.

It’s a format I’m experimenting with so feel free to let me know what you think in the comments!

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More adventures to come!

Alex

Wedding: Woldingham, Surrey – Susannah and Tom

Alex — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:13:31 +0000

So normally when I go to a wedding I can be pretty darn sure I’ll have the most photography equipment out of everybody there. You can imagine my surprise then when getting close to the wedding venue I passed rows of paparazzi all with huge telephoto lenses at the ready. Fortunately for me it turns out they were actually camped outside Katie Price’s house, a stone’s throw from Susannah’s parents house in Woldingham!

I have to say it’s one of the most picturesque places I’ve had the pleasure to photograph. While Cambridge is undeniably beautiful, the rolling hills of Surrey certainly give it a run for it’s money! For once this year we even had the weather to match it. Stunning wedding, I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the fireworks at the end (yes I’m a pyromaniac at heart…). Thanks for having me along guys and have a great honeymoon!

The Riley Car! Tom and Susannah managed to snag a Riley for their wedding car, and, well I couldn’t resist a photo looking out over the rolling hills.

Hit the Jump to see more!

The Ceremony was held at St Paul’s in Woldingham. A comparatively modern church but never-the-less exceedingly pretty.

Unfortunately the Vicar was exceedingly strict with photography due to some bad experiences with previous photographers getting too close. I think most of my previous couples will attest to the fact that I’m actually pretty darn stealthy during a ceremony but alas he was not to be convinced. Real shame since it meant missing all the tears rolling down Tom’s face as the stunning Susannah walked down the aisle. Never deterred I did manage to snag this from the back though…

Then it was time for the walk home. Really nice to take a stroll home from the church. I know Emily and Nick had planned the same on their day but were thwarted by the weather, no such bad luck this time though!

Followed by Cake…

Speeches, Dancing…

And ending with a bit of fun on my part. I supplied the smoke, Tom the fireworks.

Thank you both so much for inviting me guys. I had a whale of a time. More to come.

Alex