A little while ago, I received a phone call from a lady with an incredible voice. Hints of English, Irish, Italian and French.
The lady was a certain Anna Debenedictis, a wedding, child and portrait photographer now based in Ireland
The good news was that she was due to give birth any day soon, the bad news was that she was due to cover Michael and Rachael's wedding but knew that there was a risk she could pop on their wedding day.
Cue the Mighty Mouse theme song!

So I met up with Michael and Rachael, had an engagement shoot with them, and a little while later I shot their wedding at the amazing Bristol Zoo.
By the way, you can view their engagement pictures a little later...
The zoo was an incredible place for Michael and Rachael to have their wedding. So many opportunities for amazing pictures as I'm sure you can imagine.
With it being England, it rained of course and with me only shooting for a couple of hours we were a little rushed, but we still had a great time.
It turned out to be a really intimate day that was all about family.
I would of love to of stayed around for longer as as usual, I was in my element.

Congratulations Michael and Rachael, you were an absolute pleasure.
Enjoy the pictures!

You'll remember Matt and Yvonnes pictures from a few weeks back, that was a pretty long journey for us. We drove down one more time for their wedding a few weekends back.
The weather was pretty questionable to say the least. We had gale force winds, thunder and lightning and horses strewn across the road!

But i'm doing my best not to be a walking cliché here when I say "the bad weather was no match for the smiles on everybodys faces!" (sorry)

I met up with Yvonne in the morning whilst she was having her make up done by Melissa, I then met up with the rest of the guests at the Beaufort Arms.
Goodness me! It was like the annual "past, present and future bride, groom and guest at a josephyarrow.com wedding" there!

It was weird to know or recognise so many people just from my weddings that I've shot. It made me feel so proud inside! (thanks D&C)
The pub was gorgeous inside with allot of low autumn sun peeking through the storm clouds coming through the windows. Loads of noise, excitement and general merryment! Lovely stuff!

The guests (not I) walked to Beaulieu Abbey, an incredible building that once acted as a dining room for the monks there. It was a little bit like your dining room at home, but a bit bigger.
It was a very relaxed and personal ceremony with friends giving readings, singing and performing songs for Matt and Yvonne.
The guests moved over to the Abbey Domus where the party started.

Enjoy the pictures!



I love me a real chuckle!

And here's the man of the hour, looking slightly windswept, but ever-so-awesome.

L>R Best man, as well past guest on www.josephyarrow.com and future groom; Chris.
Groom; Matt.
Best man; Chester. What a great name and a lovely guy!

It was great to see Craig again


I really love this series of four pictures here, especially the first one of the car.
It's my job here to tell a story, and I think that I've done what I needed to do.

Eagerness:

Freedom:

Suspense:

And excitement:


Playing it cool! Smooth

Ah, not so smooth now!







This Gentleman's voice was so soft yet powerful and filled the whole Abbey.





Remember Victoria?
The weather was all over the place!

There was a gap in the weather long enough for a few shots in the beautiful grounds.


Great looking couple aren't they? Even when they are battling with the wind!




Just in case!





An incredible room, mostly lit by candles.
At one point, the open log fire at the back of the room started really smoking and the visibility was actually pretty terrible!
Smoke poisoning put nobody off though and the party carried on like nothing happened!


Such a cool wedding cake! I love all the details on it!





I love taking pictures of people using their cameras. I don't know why, perhaps it's because I enjoy looking at how other people capture their own memories. (and the poses they get into!)






Our Deb!






Yvonne's Mother is Polish and also gave a speech. At the end, she said that it wouldn't be a real wedding without this drink. Then almost the whole room broke out into this Polish song whilst knocking this back, which just topped it all off! I loved it!

I think Yvonne looks amazing here!

The Abbey by night

And a very cool choreographed first dance! Loved it!


The live music was provided by one of the best bands I've worked along with.
They're called Grouper and played loads of Pop-Rock stuff, from Razorlight to Snow Patrol










And that's about it!
What a wedding, I really enjoyed this one!
It was very tiring, but looking back at these images, I'm thrilled with what I did!

Matt and Yvonne, thank you so much for asking me to be your photographer, I felt so honored to be included and treated so well by yourselves and your amazing guests!