Enjoy.

Matthew and Lyndsey's day was everything you'd want from a wedding really. Laughter all day, kids being kids and a load of love. Of course there was generous servings of emotion served up too.

Fast forward a few weeks and I receive this text from Lyndsey.

"Ive had the worst day, shouted at my girls this morning for being pickles! Then got upset in front of a patient at work as she was telling me she has been put on the tablets that have damaged my dad's lungs, been so so busy that left work feeling like there was still a million things I was supposed to do, ran from one end of Milton Keynes to the other in rush hour to collect girls . . . . Then came home and found the very special parcel you sent me. . . . Still crying but this time for a different reason! :-) Thank you doesn't even touch how I feel Joseph. You have given me some amazing memories forever. There are so many that made me gasp! I love them all! Thank you x X"

This wedding in its entirety was about friends and family, with no other distractions. With just two weeks to plan a wedding, you'd think that you wouldn't have enough time to get everything sorted but the amount of support that was offered by Matthew and Lyndsey's family was incredible.

Hopefully you won't have to use your imagination too much to feel the mood at this wedding.
Pease, enjoy.

I hope you're having a good December.
Wedding season hasn't quite calmed down for me yet, I still have two left this month. One at Priston Mill and also one at Mottram Hall. Both couples are lovely, of course!
I was at Priston Mill last winter for Ian and Lucy's wedding and snow was a major issue, it was a great wedding though!
Let's hope we have a sensible amount of snow without any risk attached to it this year.

Enjoy this teaser from Matthew and Lyndsey's wedding from earlier this year.
This was taken just as the girls were taking an usual route to walk down the aisle.

Thanks.
 Joseph

Tom and Lauren went for an afternoon tea theme with some fantastic sandwiches, scones with jam and proper cream, old fashioned fizzy drinks in glass bottles, a sweet bar, and lots and lots of beautiful flowers and amazing crockery and other little details.
The mood of the day was fantastic and of course I wasn't really a grumpy so-and-so. I was just so spoilt!
It was actually a brilliant day filled with laughter, moving moments, VW campers and Beatles and making of new friends.
So thank you for having me Tom and Lauren.
Please, I hope you enjoy your life together.
You may of seen me tweet a teaser from this wedding yesterday. If you don't follow me on twitter, then please do, I'm naturally very entertaining.

Thanks for reading.

Joseph

I thought I'd share just one image from their very hot wedding. They got married outside and had an amazing day.
I've got so much to share with you all on my blog, so you'll see their engagement shoot long before their wedding.

This picture was taken in the morning just as Kat's mum was helping her with the dress.
The curtain was closed because the view outside, along with the rolling Devonshire landscape, was of the wedding guests sitting outside soaking up the sun and waiting for Kat to arrive.
The only light source in the room was just enough to highlight the figures of some of the most important people in Kat's life at a very important moment.

This really was a brilliant and beautiful wedding in a stunning location that I would love to shoot at again.
Look out for their wedding pictures in about 20 years time when I catch up with blogging.
Meanwhile, enjoy this one!
Thanks for reading.

Joseph

Please, just promise not to count them!
Enjoy and spread the word.
 Joseph

I hope you're having a good day.
 Joseph

So, after such a long wait it's been quite difficult to decide what work I should show you first. A wedding in Devon? A friends wedding in Bristol? A wedding in the middle of a field in Yorkshire? A wedding on a boat? A Chinese wedding? Engagement shoots on the beach?
I think, I should just carry on where I left you hanging last time.

On with Matthew and Edith's wedding then...
Yes, not even a week after Mike and Kathryns wedding, I was back to cover a fantastic Chinese wedding at exactly the same venue.
I had covered weddings of Chinese couples before, but none as traditional and hectic as Matthew and Edith's.
When I met up with them, they began to tell me of all of these plans for their day, but one thing that definately caught my attention was the "Chinese wedding games".
If you've ever partook of these "games", you'll know just how harrowing they are if you're the groom or an unlucky usher.
The basic idea is for the bridesmaids to set the groom challenges so that he can prove his love for his sweetheart.
Press-ups, feathers, blindfolds, oranges stuffed with wasabi, booze strong enough to make you giddy just at the smell, large bribes and general cruelty were the order of the day for Matthew and his loyal friends. Certainly not my idea of a calm start to the day.
The rest of the day was a pure delight, as was Matthew and Edith's company.
I'll let the pictures do the talking, hopefully you'll feel as though you were there.
Enjoy, and you'll hear from me soon.

I've been looking forward to blogging this wedding since I covered it earlier this year.
Mike and Kathryn's wedding was quite an interesting one really, I'll explain.

They managed to organise the whole wedding in three weeks flat.
You could of walked in and just presumed that this wedding took the usual 12/18 months to organise. Nothing was missing from their day. Not a sausage.
In fact, their wedding rocked my socks off. The reason for said socks being rocked was down to their guests who, with their huge personalities just laughed all day.

I'll make a bit of a confession here.
Sometimes, I get so sucked into the day that I forget that I'm working, especially with the speeches. You wouldn't believe how hard I have to bite my tongue during the speeches, I'm fighting a constant battle against the heckler inside of me who just wants to get involved in the day!

Getting sucked into a couple's day certainly has its good points though.
You become a guest with a posh camera rather than "the photographer" and this allows people to relax around you. You can get closer to the action without people feeling intimidated

When I was looking through their pictures, some great memories came flooding back so I'm sure they dont feel like anything was missing.

Anyway, have a proper look through the pictures, and if you've got time, leave a little comment at the bottom.

Anyway, please enjoy this little bunch of pictures.