Daniela and James - salsa in deepest Kent

June 24, 2007

Flowers, flowers, everywhere.

I met up with James and Daniela a few weeks before their wedding in the sleepy Kent village of Wrotham. Two things were clear -
1. This was going to be fun - James is a very laid back solicitor and Daniela is a vivacious Venezuelan - this was never going to be one of those quiet village weddings.
2. There would be flowers everywhere.

I arrived early and sure enough a top florist had travelled from Windsor and was spending hours dressing the church and the reception venue. To give you an idea, here’s the bridal bouquet…

bridal bouquet from James and Daniela's wedding in Wrotham

The wedding itself was traditional enough - James’ family live just down the road from the beautiful church and Daniela chose to walk the 200 yards with her family and friends. The weather threatened but ever really started raining and inside the church all was peace and calm.

Signing the register at James and Danieala's wedding in Wrotham by MyWeddingStory

After the wedding things became a little more relaxed - organising groups of dozens of people to have their pictures taken is more art than science. Doing it when a large part of the group don’t speak English and everyone just wants to start dancing can be a challenge!

Unfortunately, wet days in Kent villages don’t really agree too well with Jimmy Choos….

Daniela's Jimmy Choos - they will probably clean....

I went with James and Daniela to the old family home and found some time to take some romantic portraits before Daniela started telling me that she wanted to p-a-a-a-a-a-arty.

The new Mrs Elvidge - Daniela Olivera portrait by Jonathan Ryan of MyWeddingStory.

And party they did. Small pub + excellent band + lots of happy people = some serious salsa dancing.

By the end I think the bride and groom were nearly as tired as me!

James and Daniela in the doorway of the Bull at Wrotham at their wedding reception

Update: now there’s a slideshow online too!

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3 Responses to “Daniela and James - salsa in deepest Kent”

  1. Daniel and Victoria - a Wiltshire wedding : MyWeddingStory on December 21st, 2007 4:19 pm

    [...] After the wedding and group pictures, we went up to the top of the hill in the grounds where the light and scenery were lovely. It was well worth the walk - even if it didn’t feel like it if you were wearing Jimmy Choos… [...]

  2. James’ and Daniela’s pictures are now online : MyWeddingStory on December 21st, 2007 4:32 pm

    [...] my salsa wedding in deepest Kent? James and Daniela are back from honeymoon and have told me the love the pictures! You can see them [...]

  3. James and Daniela - slideshow now online : MyWeddingStory on December 21st, 2007 4:37 pm

    [...] only seems the other day that I was photographing James and Daniela’s Salsa Wedding. Actually it was only the other day! Today’s Tuesday and the wedding was on [...]

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