The wedding car was awesome, a Morris Minor convertible

Ellie and Conor – Field Place Worthing

I did a lot of weddings in 2011 but one of my favourites was that of Ellie and Conor’s.

A Church wedding with lots of nice, well thought out touches, good people, good light and weather all made the day what it was.

I started off at Ellie’s parents for the prep side of things and during this time I also shot off to Conor’s parents to get some quick shots of him getting ready before returning to Ellie. When couples are close in location it’s always pretty cool to get both sides of the story. If there’s distance though I’ll draft in Laura.

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Ellie's dress

The Service

The church was St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Surrenden road Brighton. This is a LARGE church which holds this years title of ‘Biggest windows in a church’. It was great, all this lovely warm midsummer light entered the church. The Vicar allowed me relatively free reign with my photography and because of this, was able to get a large number of great, diverse images.

The church was large, well lit and the Vicar let me move around freely, (thanks, you're a star for letting me).

She's here, she's gorgeous and it is the best day of your life.

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Cameras during the service

Now I’m going to talk shop a little bit here with regards to cameras during the service. I often request that cameras not be used as the bride walks down the aisle and when the couple leave together.

For this reason:

It was so nice to be able to take this shot without a wealth of cameras on show

Absolutely out of the park beautiful, in every way.

You see, I don’t mind cameras, I can’t be in two places at once so welcome them, but…. imagine this shot where 90% of the guests are holding a camera up to their faces? Because everyone has a camera now this is all too common and impacts an otherwise great picture.

I loved the little flags with wording on them, such a subtle touch.

The Reception – Field Place Worthing

The reception was at Field Place n Worthing. Two great big barns joined together in an L shape basically. tucked into this L shape is a large flat lawn which suits Jenga, Croquet and other similar games. Inside Field Place was beautifully decorated with drapes and seats a really large number of guests.

Inside Field Place

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The Evening

In the evening we moved to the other annex of Field Place for the dancing and buffet. This part has a large stage, wooden floor and a tabled bar area. It works really well and completes it as a venue.

It was a pleasure being there from start to finish.

Ellie's bouquet

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The light was lovely in the church.

Field Place write the table plan on Blackboards

I managed to scoot over to Conors for the guys getting ready too.

This was to 'Don't stop,.....Belieeeevin,......hold on to that feeeeeeeliinnnn'