Here is a small selection of photographs of Emma and Rory's wedding at the fabulous Warwickshire wedding venue Ashorne Hill in Ashorne, near Leamington Spa. Ashorne Hill is a grade 2 listed country house dating back to 1895 and set in 35 acres of beautiful countryside. The house, gardens and countryside all make superb backdrop for wedding photographs. The wedding ceremony was held in the old part of the house and the reception was in the ultra-modern and recently refurbished new extension. The new part has been to designed to be light and airy with lots of huge glass windows which enabled the guests to enjoy the stunning surroundings.
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This guest's mobile phone cover was very topical, given that the wedding was held during the Queen's diamond jubilee weekend!
Here are some of the wedding suppliers that made this wedding such a success:
The wedding dress was from Clifton Brides of Bristol and the men's suits were from Suit Yourself in Leicester. The flowers were by Floristeria of Leicester. They did a fantastic job as the flowers they supplied matched the colour of the bridesmaids dresses perfectly. Emma's hair was expertly styled by Kirsty of Cease hair salon in Leicester and the amazing wedding cake was from Sweet As in Leamington Spa.
N.B. This blog covers just the wedding and portrait side of my business. Please see my Commercial / PR Photography Blog for up-to-date news about the PR, commercial, corporate editorial, architectural and aerial photography and videography side of my business.
Here are just a few reportage wedding photographs of Jennie and Mike's wedding at one of Leicestershire's premier wedding venues, Prestwold Hall at Prestwold, near Loughborough. With such a stunning venue, it didn't matter that the April showers decided to make themselves known as everyone had a great time enjoying the wedding inside the beautiful stately home. At least Jennie's family from Sri Lanka got to experience some typical British weather! The sun did come out later in the day, allowing the guests to explore the beautiful grounds at Prestwold Hall.
The hair and make-up was expertly done by Rachel Liney of Rachel Liney Hair and Make-up. Rachel had an early start as she started work at 6am that day. Rather her than me! Jennie's wedding dress was supplied by Sonas of Ealing Road, London. Jennie told me that it was the first the dress she has worn for about ten years as she is the practical outdoors type of girl who is normally to be seen in trousers and walking boots. You would have never guessed that on Sunday as Jennie looked stunning.
Two 1950's Bentleys were supplied by Lenton Limousines, although Mike arrived in his own lovingly-restored Citroen 2CV. The wedding flowers were supplied by Flowers by Sarah of Quorn and the chair covers were supplied by Event Angels. The wedding cake was from Cakes Etcetera and the gent's suit hire was from Moss Bros. Videographer Rob Gallery of Premier Video (based in Surrey) filmed the day, alongside me. I found Rob really easy to work with and we made sure that we didn't get in each other's way.
Fizzy the Fairy Clown entertained the children with her expert balloon-modelling skills. She even made balloon bracelets for the Prestwold Hall catering staff, who entered into the spirit of the day by wearing when they served the post-dinner coffee. The wedding guests had a surprise during the wedding breakfast as they were entertained by three singing waiters from Encore Management. It was great fun watching the faces of the guests when they realised they weren't real waiters or chefs, but actually very talented and superb singers. They went down a storm and the guests loved them. Guy Morris of Media Location Services provided the disco in the evening, which was started by Jennie and Mike performing a very complicated dance routine. This was their final surprise as they had been to dance lessons and had been practising for weeks. All in all, it was a day full of surprises.
N.B. This blog covers just the wedding and portrait side of my business. Please see my Commercial / PR Photography Blog for up-to-date news about the PR, commercial, corporate editorial, architectural and aerial photography and videography side of my business.
I will be exhibiting my reportage wedding photography at a wedding fair at Catthorpe Manor, Lilbourne Lane, Catthorpe, Near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE176DF, this Sunday (15th April) from 11am to 3pm. As well as having a rolling slideshow of documentary wedding photographs, I will have both traditional matted wedding albums and modern storybook wedding albums on display.
Catthorpe Manor is a magnificent wedding venue and there will be over 35 wedding specialists present on the day, so if you are planning a wedding, there is no better place to be this Sunday. Entrance is free.
N.B. This blog covers just the wedding and portrait side of my business. Please see my Commercial / PR Photography Blog for up-to-date news about the PR, commercial, corporate editorial, architectural and aerial photography and videography side of my business.
Here is a small selection of reportage wedding photographs of Valerie and Richard's wedding at St. Peter's Church in Aston Flamville, near Hinckley, Leicestershire.
After the glorious sunshine of the past few weeks, the day started off quite overcast. I reassured Valerie while she was having her make-up expertly applied by Rochelle O-Brien, that overcast conditions are the best for wedding photography as it provides much more flattering lighting than harsh sunlight. However, I knew Valerie really wanted sunshine on her big day. She needn't have worried, as the sun came out as soon as the Richard and Valerie came out of the church after the wedding ceremony and it continued to shine for the rest of the day. Considering that I am writing this blog during a snow storm, I think they can consider themselves very lucky to have such a beautiful day to get married.
I have just received an award for one of my reportage wedding photographs in an international wedding photography competition - the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 2011 Q4 competition.
The WPJA is a world-wide organisation that only allows true reportage wedding photographers (also known as wedding photojournalists or documentary wedding photographers) to be members, as many photographers say they shoot reportage, but they clearly don't when you look at their work. Just being accepted for membership of this esteemed organisation is a compliment, but to receive an award from them is the icing on the cake.
Talking of cakes, here's the photograph...
