I will be photographing Georgia and Igor’s wedding this October and both as a celebration as well as to document their love for each other we had a lot of fun taking some engagement portraits in beautiful Bath last weekend. A lot of people wonder what engagement portraits are for and deem them unnecessary. If you asked any couple however who has done an engagement shoot prior to their wedding, they will tell you what an excellent chance it is to get to know your photographer, see how they work, how they direct you and what the outcome is. It is also a chance to create some photographs that can potentially be used for a save-the-date card. Engagement portraits can be taken at the location you proposed, at a place that means a lot to you or even at the wedding venue. The world is your oyster and I definitely love getting creative and making use of beautiful places and seasons!
Yesterday I photographed Anna & Jason’s wedding ceremony at the Guildhall in Bath, followed by the reception at the Holburne Museum. I don’t know why but this kind of moment happens rather a lot!
The couple as well as their guests ( and the registrar) had a good laugh when Jason just could not get Anna’s wedding ring on her finger (he succeeded eventually) – the faces say it all! Why are some rings so stubborn to get onto a finger? Maybe it had to do with the summer heat. Or nervous sweaty hands.
In any case it makes for a great photographic moment and I sure am ready and in position well in time for the crucial ring exchange moment.
Hi Betty, I hope you and bump are well, thank you again for all your hard work on our wedding day, so many guests commented on how lovely you were!! Thank you so much for these photo’s we love them!! Thanks, Netty & Chris
Jeanette and Chris got married at beautiful Bishopstrow Hotel (20 miles south of Bath) just a few days before Christmas. Jeanette and Chris came all the way from Sydney where they live to celebrate their wedding in the wintry UK. I LOVE Christmas weddings as venues are decorated with loads of beautiful lights, Christmas trees and mistletoe – all very photogenic items! But of course winter weddings require careful planning as daylight is short and the weather is too cold for outside group shots. So as you can see in this example we made use of the decorations and used one of the venue’s rooms for our group shots. With the help of my two studio lights and the furniture moved out of the way, we managed to get as many as 19 people in one group shot! I have got to say this venue is great for weddings as it offers the bride and groom loads of space to celebrate, a library (which housed the photo booth), a drawing room (which I used for the group shots) and plenty more space for people to mingle.
A little bit about the day: both Jeanette and Chris got ready at the venue and the ceremony took place late in the afternoon. It was followed by mulled wine for the drinks reception and a tasty Christmas themed three course meal. The speeches were hilarious and in multiple languages, the sparklers plentiful and the first dance immensely impressive. All this was followed by probably the funniest moment: the groom removing the bride’s garter with his teeth, you must not miss those pictures! All in all it was easily the most beautiful and best organised Christmas wedding I ever had the pleasure to photograph!
2015 was yet again an amazing year for me and you cannot believe how difficult it is to select a relatively small amount of images from 25 amazing weddings! I was privileged enough to experience a great variety of weddings, from the complete DIY back garden wedding to a ceremony in the grand Bath Abbey, from a tying-the-knot-ceremony to a multi-national wedding in Poole. I certainly did not get bored! I met some amazing people and many new friends. I learned TONS and got very, very inspired. 2016 will have a different pace and bring some big changes for many reason about which I will write when the time is right. All exciting things though! So now enjoy and thanks if you were one of my couples or one of the many other talented wedding suppliers I had the pleasure to work alongside!
