It only seemed like yesterday when I shot Sarah & Dan for their Engagement Portrait.In the four months since that shoot Sarah & Dan have been working hard planning their wedding and what a cracker it was. Even the weather joined in on the fun.
Today started off a new season of weddings for 2011 with a new assistant, Kim De Beer. Kim has great experience of urban social art photography and is looking to add wedding photography to her endless list of talents.
Meeting Sarah for her Bridal Preparation shoot, it was soon obvious how nervous she was. It was easy to see how much her wedding day meant to her.
With the preparation shots completed, we met Dan at St Barthelomew Church, Lower Cam. Dan was as calm a groom as I've worked with.
I remember the fun fun we had on the Engagement Portrait shoot a few months earlier and today was no different.
Sarah arrived at the Church in one of the greatest wedding cars - a Burgundy 1960's VW Campervan. The Bridesmaids arrived in a stretched Hum-Vee Limo. The owners of both didn't seem keen on swapping their cars with mine - a very sporty Toyota Yaris. I would have cleaned the car for them too.
Sarah looked fantastic in her wedding dress and with the weather doing it's job, she really had no reason to worry.
After the ceremony, we worked on some shots of Sarah & Dan at one of the beautiful stain-glass windows. The photo above is one of my favourites.
After being drenched in, what seemed like endless, confetti, friends and family made their way to Eastwood Park Hotel in Falfield, Wotton-Under-Edge. I've worked at this venue before and remember it as one of my all-time favourites.
After a number of shots with the wedding cars and group shot, we moved into Eastwood's beautiful gardens for the formal shots. The sunshine provided the perfect back-lighting and I provided the perfect seat for Sarah & Dan to rest their very weary feet.
During the shoot and despite, prompting, no-one was willing to tell me about, what sounded like an incredibly interesting, Hen Night. I think more probing into that evening is required at the Wedding Image Review in a few weeks.
Dan's speech was one of the best and most emotional. A heartfelt thank-you to his new wife, made all, but the hardest of souls, reach for their hankies to wipe away a tear. Obviously, I didn't cry. I was working. I'm a professional. ;o)
The wedding group was a real joy to work with and provided a lot of fantastic opportunities for me to get some interesting photo-journalistic reportage shots. More of these shots will be shared when I created a page dedicated to Sarah & Dan's wedding in a couple of weeks.
Lastly, I would like to thank Sarah & Dan for choosing me to shoot their special day and for being such great sports, and a thank you to everyone at the Eastwood Hotel for helping get all the images we wanted.
All the very best wishes to Sarah & Dan. A wonderful couple who thoroughly deserved every magical moment of their day.
Love this shot sooooooo much !
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