http://myweddingstory.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:48:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/becky-and-allen-more-real-wedding-pictures/ I ran some adverts a while ago with the tag line "Details Matter". If you come over to the gallery then you'll see some examples of what I mean. A wedding is full of details from the favours you agonised over to the table plan to the colour of the ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/becky-and-matt-at-courtstairs-details-matter/ Remember Emily and Astrit?  They were married just over a week ago.  Beautiful bride, beautiful setting, handsome groom.  Horrendous weather.  Really, I always say that I'm lucky with weather.  Last week I was lucky in that the marquee didn't blow away :). Anyway, they fly out to Kosova tomorrow to get married all ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/emily-and-astrit-a-rainy-day-wedding/ Most pictures of wedding start with the bride. Instead, here's Astrit. Kosovan, groom for the day, evangelical preacher and all round cool guy. He also has a bit of a way with words. We got a little wet at his wedding to Emily. OK, we got very wet. The heavens opened ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/emily-astrit-farringtons-the-whole-country-was-crying/ Remember Julie and Terry? They got married at Sittingbourne Register office 8 days ago. Since they weren't having a honeymoon, I knew they couldn't wait to see their pictures.  Just over a week later, all their pictures are now online! There's a highlight show below and if you want to see more then ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/julie-and-terry-all-pictures-from-a-real-wedding-online-now/ All the pictures from Julie and Peter's wedding are now online. You can watch some of the highlights below and below or if you want to see the whole thing (and maybe buy some copies) then there's a link to their personal gallery. The slideshow requires Flash so if you don't see ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/julie-and-peter-slideshow-and-gallery/ 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 ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/becky-and-allen-a-perfectly-planned-wedding/ If you take a look in the galleries then you'll see that I've shot some pretty big and elaborate weddings. The "record" is somewhere over 800 guests (really - nobody knows exactly how many were there). But less is more and smaller weddings can be a lot of fun. Like this ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/08/small-can-be-beautiful-julie-and-terry-at-sittingbourne-registry-office/ Long, long ago in a land far far away, there lived a Cheese Dragon.... Nah - I can't keep it up. Let's just say that we have an early contender for best cake of the year. Not only does it look like Grant and Fiona's car with the top cut off, ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/07/3-best-men-and-a-cheese-dragon-grant-malcolm-bloomfield-and-fiona-margaret-giles/ Every once in a while, everything works out perfectly. Of course planning helps. Turkey Mill in Maidstone has one of the best "wet weather fallbacks" I've seen. If it rains then the wedding is held in the stunning Orangery. But on Friday we didn't need it. Not even slightly. A glorious ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2008/07/camilla-and-mark-a-wedding-in-a-walled-garden-at-turkey-mill/