Vicky and Jack's Farm Wedding

It was an absolute PLEASURE to photography Vicky and Jack’s farm wedding!! I will never forget one of my pre wedding meetings with Vicky. It’s not often that a bride tells you she hadn’t got round to levelling her field for the marquee yet : )

Morning prep with Vicky was a flurry of activity with lots of family around, and we made sure we had enough time for Vicky to have some photos with her beautiful horses before she was whipped up to the Church by her Dad in one of the family tractors! The service at St Mary’s Church in Beenham Church was classic and elegant, with lots of laughter. Vicky and Jack were then taken back to Vicky’s farm by horse and carriage, before she rode up to the reception, with an enormous gateway of combine harvesters : ) The sun shone for the whole day and gave us some beautiful early evening light for some creative photos around the farm - I could have spent hours just shooting all over the farm!

I must say thank you to my second shooter the super talented Craig Hyde, who was awesome to work with : )

More farm weddings please!!!!

Sue and Steve's Wokingham Town Hall Wedding

We absolutely love the wonderful pictures of our special day.   Emma is certainly the very best, thank you Emma, Love Sue and Steve xx

When you are planning a wedding, there are a few things that are beyond your control, the weather usually being the main one...    Unfortunately, the major town renovations are also something that you really can not have any say in, even when the original plans were set to have them all done in time for your wedding day!   

Well, Sue and Steve did not let Wokingham town's works bother them one bit on their day, and I think their smiles are testament to this.      Sue looked stunning in her long beaded dress, and I have honestly never seen a more smiley, beaming bride!    

Having grown up in Wokingham, I hadn't actually set foot in the town hall's amazing banquet room until the day I first met Sue and Steve for a pre wedding coffee a few months back.   It really is quite a stunning setting for a wedding, and the big windows with the sunny day made for a light, bright and airy ceremony and meal.    It really was quite a special intimate day.

Here are a few pics from the day.   Feel the love and happiness right here : )

Sam and Tom's Wedding at the Sculpture Gallery, Woburn Abbey

The Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey is one of the most stunning wedding venues I have ever seen!    With high ceilings and beautiful gardens, it was the perfect venue for Sam and Tom's special day!!     My day began with Sam and the girls in Slipperfield House at The Woburn Hotel.  The bubbles were flowing, and the girls didn't stop laughing all morning.   Sam had organised personalised presents for everyone and there were a few tears when they were handed out - there was lots of love in the room!     Make-up artist Kerstie Ann had a super early start with the beautiful hair do's and make-up, and one of Sam's bridesmaids Hannah also happens to be a MUA - Hannah was on hand for Sam's make-up!   Bridal prep really is one of my favourite times in the day, so there are rather a few pics of prep in this blog ... how beautiful are Sam and the girls flowers from Fairy Nuff Flowers!    

Once the girls were ready, it was off to the Sculpture Gallery to become Mr and Mrs  : )    Tom and his ushers all looked very dapper in their French Connection suits, and watched on as his beautiful bride was walked up the aisle by her Mum.     Sam's dress was from JS Couture - just look at that ST-unning train!    After an emotional ceremony, Sam and Tom BEAMED their way out of the ceremony hall amongst the confetti!   It was then outside to the gardens for a champagne reception.     The weather couldn't quite make its mind up on the day, but there is a gorgeous wood panelled bar area, and also The Camellia House which is perfect for photos come rain or shine.

Dinner was served seamlessly by the staff, and the guests could look on at the spectacular wedding cake, made by The Model Wedding, which was in a rather unusual spot : )

After dinner there was enough time an awesome bouquet throw before the dancing started - I always recommend brides do this later on in the day once everyone has had a couple of drinks - makes for some decent game faces and competition  : )

Music in the evening was provided by Hot Keys, who kept everyone dancing late into the evening ... although not before the best man had belted out a song, joined by Tom!

One last mention - if you are after some wedding balloon inspiration, you need not look any further than Bubblegum balloons - by day they are just gorgeous, and at night with the right lighting they just seem light up!

I LOVED being able to capture Sam and Tom's special day, and I hope you enjoy browsing through the pics  : )

x

A Winter Wiltshire Barn Wedding

In December I photographed Louise and David's amazing wedding in Wiltshire.   It is safe to say that Louise was a bride with some SERIOUS vision.    A few months before their December wedding I went with Louise to check out her venue.   "It's a barn" she said.   Yes.  It.  Was.   Not a warm, clean, purpose wedding venue built barn.  But a full on, industrial, working farm barn.    Louise told me that David had been building the bar, and they were having a marquee put up inside that would allow guests to see the original farm building - and thanks to Richardson Marquees, that is exactly what they did!     

On the big day, the bridesmaids looked beautiful in their gorgeous mocha long dresses, and Louise looked absolutely amazing in her heavy beaded wedding dress with long veil.   David waited for their arrival with his sharply dressed groomsmen at St Katherine's Church in Wiltshire, and on their arrival, he just couldn't contain the tears when Louise walked down the aisle!

After Louise and David became Mr and Mrs Cope in a lovely ceremony we all headed off to the barn for the reception.   The kind weather fairies were not playing the game, but this didn't put off the newly married couple from stepping outside for some pics.     It was then into the gorgeous marquee for drinks, food and - very funny - speeches.    Music in the evening came from the awesome Catch 22, and everyone partied hard into the early hours, including myself!    The cameras didn't really get put down though ... I just couldn't help it  : )

So here is the story of Louise and David's special day ....

x

Stunning Hampshire Wedding at Rivervale Barn

Bex and James got married at Rivervale Barn in Yateley, Hampshire.     It is such a amazing venue, with a large oak barn filled with natural light for the ceremony, an outdoor courtyard for reception drinks, a separate large dining area, and beautiful gardens for perfect couple portraits.     

Bex got ready for the morning in Rivervale's own onsight pamper room, another light filled space, perfect for hair and makeup, before moving to the Cornstore Cottage to put on her dress and those final finishing touches.     I often miss out on being able to photograph the groom getting ready, but on this day James was only just down the road, so I dashed off to spend some time with James and his groomsmen having a pre wedding drink and getting dressed for this special day.

I arrived back at Rivervale Barn in time for Bex for finish getting ready... and how stunning does she look in her Serenity Brides lace dress?!    

My favourite part of this day was the time I got to spend with just Bex and James, out around the gardens.     I gave them some space to just enjoy being in each others company whilst capturing an over flowing amount of love which I think is evident from these photographs.   One of my image below was recently picked as a Finalist image in the NineDots Gathering 2016   : )

Beautiful couple, beautiful venue, amazing day.

x

Rivervale Barn

Liv and Tom's Pre-Wedding Bash!

I was over the moon when my friend Liv asked me to be her matron of honour!   My husband was also asked to be joint best man, so this was going to be an amazing wedding for a whole number of reasons ... particularly as Liv and Tom actually met at breakfast the morning after our own wedding  : )     Their wedding was in Windsor, so the night before we all went out for a meal and drinks at Cote Brasserie in Windsor, and I couldn't help but take my camera with me!   So glad I did  : )      The food was great and we were entertained by the amazing magician Simon Alexander!    (http://simonalexander.net)   Here are a few images I captured that night ....