Becky and Allen - a perfectly planned wedding

August 3, 2008

Becky Ogden all ready for her wedding - beautiful portraiture by Kent Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ryan

Meet Becky. Becky likes to plan. A lot.

In fact, I first met Becky nearly two years ago when she booked be to photograph her wedding to Allen. When I met her a few weeks ago to finalise arrangement she had a huge bag full of paper planning her wedding. But you know what? It all worked out perfectly.

Tree decorations at Rebecca Ogden's wedding

This was the first sight that greeted me as I arrived at her mother’s house on the morning of the wedding. Even the trees in the garden were beautifully decorated. Few people saw them because the wedding was at Garlinge Methodist Church and the reception was at St Augustine’s in Westgate. But still, everything was just right.

Even August (the cat) put in an appearance. Becky had told me how nice it would be to have a picture of her and as usual with cats I was a little non committal. I’ve learned the hard way - dogs and horses at weddings = easy. Cats? Well they are a law unto themselves. But even August popped up right on cue.

August the rescue cat looking fabulous

And what a wedding it was! The church was packed.

A wedding at Garlinge Methodist church by MyWeddingStory

And yes - that’s six bridesmaids you can see in the front row.

I don’t believe I have ever seen so many lucky horseshoes round a bride’s wrist in my life.

Horseshoes for Becky Ogden - attention to detail in wedding photography from Jonathan Ryan

Of course, there’s no point in a wedding without a groom. And the perfect match for Becky is the cool, relaxed and ever so slightly suave Allen. Honestly, absolutely nothing ruffled him all day. Not the incident with the groomsman and the boxer shorts - and certainly not Lesley, Becky’s mother at their arrival at St Augustine’s.

Allen Hills in the back of a Rolls Royce

Probably the silliest question all day was when I said “did you have anywhere special in mind for the portraits?”. Because of course they had planned this. And had the gazebo specially decorated to look fabulous.

Mr and Mrs Hills in the gazebo at St Augustines Westgate

Of course it won’t surprise you to learn that the Ruby Room was beautifully decorated for the wedding with bows and flowers and the precise shade of purple everywhere.

Bows and flowers on chair backs - details matter. MyWeddingStory.

Even the desert was colour coordinated….

Colour coordinated desert by Jonathan Ryan cutting edge wedding photography from MyWeddingStory

But my favourite thing the whole day had to be the glasses. These were decorated for Becky and Allen by one of the children in her class.

Decorated glasses for Becky and Allen

And before you knew it, it was time for the first dance and for me to leave.

Allen and Becky. First dance by Kent's finest wedding photograper Jonathan Ryan

Loads more pictures when Becky and Allen return from Thailand. In the meantime, please leave your wishes and comments for them below.

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2 Responses to “Becky and Allen - a perfectly planned wedding”

  1. All the pictures from Becky and Allen's wedding | MyWeddingStory on August 19th, 2008 7:43 am

    [...] Becky and Allen came round the gallery yesterday after their honeymoon in Thailand.  I don’t think I’ve ever heard so much laughter at a viewing!  There were plenty of oohs and aahs too though and they seemed pretty pleased with their pictures :).  Now they just have their album to choose. [...]

  2. yvette on September 2nd, 2008 9:29 am

    A beautiful collection of photographs!

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