June, 2012

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Jun 12

The Barn at Bury Court – Naomi and Chris’s Wedding

Yellow Rapeseed field wedding photography

Naomi and Chris at Bury Court

The Barn at Bury Court – Naomi and Chris’s Summertime Wedding

For regular readers of the blog you may recognize Naomi as one of the bridesmaids at Jennifer and Stevens wedding at Nonsuch Mansion last year. It’s a great compliment to be asked to photograph their wedding too!

Naomi and Chris’s wedding was mid May, just as the yellow fields were blooming and the heatwave was about to hit us with such force. Naomi and the girls chose Greywell House Hotel Dorking to get ready in. It’s a wonderful place to stay with lovely grounds and decor. It’s full of personal touches everywhere.

Bridesmaids looking out of the window at Greywell House

After taking some shots outside I turned around to find I was being watched!

During prep Becky Sargeant from Beauty Call was the make up artist and did a fine job, with Naomi’s dress being from Alfred Angelo.

Chris also had a surprise for Naomi in the form of a necklace from Tiffany and Co!

Once we were finished I headed off to St Pauls Church in Dorking, (10 minutes away) which is a relatively new church with some features at the back which suggest it’s much older than it really is!

Naomi walked down the aisle to a piece of music her brother composed and it was the most beautiful, personal piece I’ve ever heard for this type of setting.

Bride walking down the aisle at St Pauls Church Dorking

The ceremony was lovely and after the photos / confetti outside we made out way to The Barn at Bury Court in Farnham.

The Barn at Bury Court is easy to find with a Sat Nav and at this time of year involved driving through some LOVELY yellow fields of which I made a note for later on.

Now, a little warning about the photos in the yellow fields. This is Rapeseed and the yellow pollen comes off easily. If you want to have some shots in somewhere like this find the tractor tracks and stand amongst them.

Please don’t turn into Julie Andrews and go running into them as in the Sound of Music style because your dress will be ruined. You’ve been warned! x

The Barn at Bury Court Wedding Photography

The grounds at Bury Court are superb

The grounds in which the barn is situated are spectacular with well tended gardens and great views. The weather was a little spotty so umbrellas were handy to have nearby but hardly used other than in photos!

Inside the Barn itself it is well decorated and lit, the staff are excellent and the food of a very high quality.

I had no problems at all working in there and I had lots of space to move around.

The Barn at Bury Court

During the reception Naomi and Chris chose to have Bob Hooper, a Spanish Guitarist play via an amp for background music and we then vanished off with Owen from Vantastic who kindly offered to stay a little over time to drive us to those yellow fields in his VW Camper…. and I’m so glad we did.

Wedding VW Camper and yellow rapeseed fields

Afterwards I freelanced, there were the speeches and first dance. The band that Naomi and Chris chose were called Rollercoaster who did an excellent job.

Then I left the Barn at Bury Court and made my way home! A lovely day.

Naomi and the girls wedding shoes were all laid out ready for me

Naomi

Alfred Angelo dress hanging from a light fitting

Naomi's Alfred Angelo dress

Candid Wedding Photo and the girls in various states of prep

Bride in shock when she receives a pre wedding present

Naomi was shocked to recieve a lovely Tiffany necklace

Chris arrived in a classic Austin

St Pauls Church Dorking

Brides Brother playing the wedding music

Naomi's brother composed the wedding music

Naomi and Chris

Formals at the Barn at Bury Court Farnham

People having a drink on the lawn at Bury Court

Inside the Barn at Bury Court

Bridesmaids looking at the couple kissing

There's lots of places to be creative with the photos

Wedding reception inside the Barn at Bury Court Farnham

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15
Jun 12

An Engagement Shoot to Blow you Away – Literally

Don't try this at home kids

WOOOSH!

That’s how windy it was during Jane and James’s engagement shoot last Friday. Windy. Like. You. Wouldn’t. Believe.

But hey, we won’t allow that to interfere with things too much shall we?

Not yet you aren't

All joking aside though, maybe the pier wasn’t the best place to be on a windy day. But, due to the unpredictable weather we’ve had delaying the shoot Jane and James might of been married by the time it took place. So we went for it anyway….and it paid off.

future husband kissing his bride on brighton pier

We started off on the pier itself and soon decided which side of the pier to shoot on because of the weather. We walked along the length of Brighton Pier stopping occasionally for photos. Some places were a good idea, others not. The light was unpredictable but it was always interesting.

Don't get blown away now....

Halfway along the pier we stopped at the milk cans and the nice chap there allowed me to hop over to record James throwing a few balls at the target, then we went to the arcade for a bit, heading off to the beach after.

Once we’d finished with the beach the Brighton Eye was our next stop, then onto Brighton Marina for some more urban stuff ending finally by the Banksy painting near the train station.

All in all, about an hour and a half resulting in a lovely shoot! Here’s some more pictures from the day:

Man looking at a woman through a telescope on a pier

Couple playing a grab a gift machine in an amusement arcade

two people in love sitting on some metal chairs

Couple sitting on the beach by Brighton Pier

A seagull flying over the sea with the west pier in the background

Vintage engaged couple with the sea in the background

bride to be in a red dress against a red door

Couple kissing by the kissing policeman by Banksy

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Jun 12

An Outdoor Wedding at Buxted Park Hotel – Elissa and Luke

Wedding formal of a couple a Buxted Park Hotel in Uckfield late in the afternoon in Summer

Elissa and Luke

Buxted Park Hotel Wedding – Elissa and Luke

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be the Wedding Photographer at Elissa and Luke’s wedding at the Buxted Park Hotel in Uckfield. I was also lucky enough to be present at their first outdoor ceremony and the weather couldn’t of been better for it. The only cloud in the sky was miles off!

This was a day filled with love and laughter from a couple totally at one with each other.

Academy Room 1

This wedding was full of firsts for me, other than the first outdoor wedding at Buxted, we had an ice cream man (Matt Benecci) and a Lionel Richie Tribute (Moni Tivony).

All of which were awesome.

This was the first outdoor wedding at Buxted Park

This was an all day wedding for me, usually I cover the prep upstairs in the bridal suite but this time I was downstairs in Academy Room 1. Photographically wise both are great. With the Academy Room I could shoot from outside through a window and also walk straight out onto the lawn for the detailed shots of things like the shoes:

Elissa’s chief Bridesmaid Yasmin Fakhrhosseini did the bridal hair and makeup with Elaine from Hall Hair Design for the Bridesmaids. The ceremony was beautiful with a couple of readings. Ian from Disco Fever provided the music during the ceremony, the background during the wedding breakfast and was the dj for the evening. You can find him here: Disco Fever

Such a lovely couple

Luke and Elissa had laid on a close up magician Matt Wainwright who did an awesome job wowing the guests.

Elissa chose to have different coloured bridesmaids dresses from Ebony Rose which looked stunning and her dress was from Mia Mia Bridal.

Elissa’s wedding dress was from Mia Mia Bridal

Pollen did a wonderful job as always with their flowers, they just consistently deliver a high standard, always.

Other things, well we had some fun and games with Luke and the boys and also took advantage of the different light in the evening with some shots of Elissa and Luke with their daughter:

Bride, groom and daughter posing in the lawn at sunset

It was great to be there at Buxted Park and I felt really lucky to be a part of their day.

Here are some more photos from the day:

The Bridesmaids dresses were by Ebony Rose

Laura covered the guys prep

The flowers were by Pollen

Luke

Elissa

Pollen supplied a lot of the small details

Father and daughter walking through buxted park to the ceremony outside

There’s that cloud I was telling you about

It was a lovely sunny day for them

Cadbury's flakes in a tin with a union jack on

These were out of my reach…. and a good thing too!

The Close up Magician was Matt Wainwright

Confetti on the steps of a mansion house

Multi coloured flowers and bridesmaids dresses

Guest listening to a speech whilst quietly contemplating what is being said

They were so clean and tidy about 5 hours ago….

Hello?

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4
Jun 12

A Firle Place Wedding complete with Wedding Olympics

Ruth and Matts Navy Wedding at Firle Place

Ruth and Matt at Firle Place

A Firle Place Wedding

The Firle Estate near Lewes was the destination for Ruth and Matt on their wedding day this May.

Firle itself is a small town complete with church and a large estate all within cosy distance of each other.

Ruth and Matt used the stables for their wedding reception and 250 guests…this was a big military wedding with an elegant theme throughout.

Ruth's original 1930's wedding dress

Wedding Olympic Games

The whole day went off without a hitch and the weather was exceptionally good to us. After the ceremony Ruth was place in a wheelbarrow and wheeled away from the church but the barrow had a flat and so the solution was for Matt to call on his Navy friends to carry Ruth instead!

Unfortunately the Wheelbarrow had a flat, so Ruth was quite literally escorted off the premises

The wedding reception followed on the grounds of Firle Place…which are huge.

Loads of places for photos are available here, weeping willows, long grasses and a croquet lawn to entertain guests with and everything is in one place (the guests arrived by a double decker bus).

After dinner things went off the track a little if I’m honest… we had a Wedding Sports day!

There was three games in total. The first being where 4 or 5 victims, ah, volunteers had to hold a pole to their chins, look at the top of the pole and spin around for ten seconds and run towards a tree.

The Wedding Olympics!

Bearing in mind by this point there’d been the reception drinks, wine during the wedding breakfast and then the toasting during the speeches and well…

It's all fun and games until someone loses their head.

Next up was an egg and spoon race.

This wedding sports day had an egg and spoon race

Lastly a competition where groups of two had to balance an apple between their foreheads and do various steps and jumps on command without losing their apple.