Sally and James' Wedding

Sadly, this was our last wedding of the year, but what a way to finish off the year! Sally is good friends with Heather, and also a work colleague. We've been lucky enough to get to know the couple well over the last few years, so when I was asked to photograph their wedding, and Heather was asked to not only make the cake, but to be a bridesmaid, we knew this was going to be special.

A beautiful setting, with the church in the very picturesque town of Bruton, Somerset, and the reception held at Holbrook House, I did have a feeling this may be a very enjoyable wedding to photograph. We stayed in the area over the weekend, so had the chance to do a bit of a recce while we were there.

As always, below are a few teasers from the day, I will share more on here and my website later on. I particularly enjoyed playing around with my flash triggers while we shot some photographs in the evening, think I achieved some nice effects. I can't finish this without mentioning the trip to the dovecot after the ceremony, and trying to keep out the way of the cows!

Paul and Camilla's Wedding

I was fortunate to be asked to photograph a former work colleague's wedding this weekend, for what is to be my penultimate wedding of the year (unless we receive a last minute booking!).

The ceremony took place at Norwich Registry Office, which is at Churchman House, a very curious building, with wonderful detail inside (I will have to ask the wife to look into the history of the building).

A very relaxed event, which I have hopefully captured in the selection of photographs below. The more weddings I'm involved in, the more I enjoy these wonderful days, and they always throw up something I've never witnessed before. For Paul and Camilla's, it was the choice of music for the bride and groom leaving... the theme tune to Indiana Jones, absolutely brilliant!

Paris

Heather and I recently took a trip to Paris to belatedly celebrate her 30th, and prematurely celebrate our first wedding anniversary. We don't have the holiday later on in the year, so had to squeeze it in over a bank holiday.

I've been a few times, but not for a long while, and was great to share this wonderful city with Heather, who'd waited a life time to visit.