As I said the other day, we all knew that this would be a killer wedding!

I was lucky enough to be at Jasmines house with her family whilst she was getting ready.
I always love the atmosphere at the Brides house. So Electric, but so fun. Rushing back and forwards to the hair dressers, make up being done and girly music being blasted out. (no, I'm not a fan of the girly music, or make up for that matter)
Btw, the incredible Naomi from Angel Face Make up did Jasmines make up

Its slightly different at the grooms place. Fry-ups, Xbox, putting the ribbon on the car, failing to do a good job of putting the ribbon on the car, tieing cravats, failing to tie cravats without the aid of the internet, realising that they should of left the house 15 minutes ago. All good stuff.

The advantage of this job is that you can step back from all the nerves and excitement and be more aware of the emotions, because you yourself aren't actually involved in the emotion, even though you might get caught with watery eyes... =)
It's Fun!

A Classic Citroen picked Jasmine and her Dad, Marcus up and drove to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Craven Arms.
Now get this: We had to stop in a housing estate because we realised that we were running about 15 minutes early! How many times has that happened?!

From the Kingdom hall, the fresh and new Mr and Mrs Morgan along with a gorgeous Mrs Yarrow and Myself went to Stokesay Castle to do our little thing that we do.
That is a beautiful building, and I hope I can shoot there again soon.

We then went back to the reception in Craven Arms where Luke and Jasmine were greeted with a ruptious applause.
Then the Party started and they lived happily ever after.

Congratulations Luke and Jasmine!

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The back of Jasmines silk wedding dress was laden with Swarovski Crystals




A bit of needed moral support from Bridesmaid and a Josephyarrow.com regular,  Mel

Here's Daddy




I don't think this picture will ever age.

In-case you didn't catch the teaser.



How's this then for a proud Mum and Dad?

This book was packed with helpful facts. There, I've written it now!




Jasmine Rocks


"Wow, you've got some really good looking friends Joseph" said Cindy, my previous bride!




Stokesay Castle Had billions of beautiful wild flowers, so I think a little color is in order here




Look who it is everyone!!

OK...Marcus (Jasmines Dad) is a bit of a dude when it comes to Origami.
This was the centre piece for the top table, it was about the size of a small football and was assembled with no glue (true origami uses no glue) If I remember correctly, Marcus asked for this very intricate design from a polish (?) origami expert, who designed it himself, so he's probably only the second ever person to make this? Probably
Now I'm really pusing my memory here...The whole ball is made up of 20? 24 pieces? (I've forgotten) and each piece took about 15 minutes to make and interlocks with the neighbouring piece.
After that very accurate description, I expect all my blog readers to create this and send it me so I can judge them.

And then... (I know, there's more)...on each table was this beautiful floral center piece with roses and peonies and the like, but Marcus had made origami roses and hidden them inside for the guests to find and take home as gifts. We found one in our center piece that was kindly given to us about 5 days after the wedding!! We were so pleased!! =)


Ben was the best man, well done Ben, and congratulations on getting married!


I didn't have any, but apparently, this cake was "off the chain"

Yes, this is relavent

OK..Usher time.
We have L>R
Jimmy
Mr Matthew Ives
Mr John Mark
Mr Tristan Khoo
Mr Luke "The Groom" Morgan
Mr Nathan Sonny Lee
Mr "Hot" Ben
Mr Davy Flavell

Ok...You ready?
Check this out!

No, your eyes aren't decieving you, that picture just happened!
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Jasmine and Luke chose "Your love gets Sweeter" by Finley Quaye, One of my favorite songs

India rocks out the Charleston.

If you were wondering "Joseph, that picture of Jasmine and the ushers just looks too good to be true, surely something like that needs a whole team working together to make it happen?" Then you'd be right.
Thank you Dan.
On a different note, after checking through this post for typos and things like that, I realised that I hadn't actually edited the next two pictures. All that crazy blur is done completely in camera, no photoshop here.

It was great seeing the kids dance just as hard as the big kids



A suitable and relevant ending to the pictures I think!

Again, thank you Luke and Jasmine for choosing me as your photographer, I felt blessed to be there and be an important part of your day.

Jasmine and Luke have a house in a real life toy-town called Ludlow.  They put Jess and Myself up for the night and they were the perfect hosts.
We spent the day looking around antique shops [it's just how we roll]... then we started shooting in late afternoon.

We walked to the very spot where Luke proposed to Jasmine by carving "Will You Marry Me?" into a tree. Very romantic!

Personally, It's not the sort of thing I would do, but only because I'd probably spell it wrong because I'd be stressing over what style of typography to use!
She said YES of course, which was a very good move as Luke is thee gentleman and they make an awesome couple.

We were blessed with beautiful light which only got better and better.
One thing that I only noticed whilst I was editing these pictures, is that Jasmines skin takes to light very well.

There were allot of rape seed fields in the area which I was keen to shoot in, but we just couldn't find one bathed in light, and that was easily accessible, and then I spotted a beautiful field of barley which ...well, just look for yourself at the pictures;

This is for future bride, Lucy! (Hi Lucy)


I'm currently training Jess to become my second shooter. Check out this shot which she spotted!

I don't really remember the last time I used my [impossible to use] lensbaby! Interesting and controversial results...





I love how the light from Jasmines face is reflecting onto Luke's.


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Jasmine Rocked her Hennes Dress

"Yeh, my Dad used to hang me from my feet over this bridge"

The Field!...See what I mean about Jasmines skin?

You two! Me and Jess had such an awesome weekend, and I think that this ^ field was the perfect end!
Thank you Mr Farmer for letting us shoot in your field without your permission.

Remember, you can have a shoot just like this one, and seeing as I said at the beginning that each time I do an engagement shoot, it gets better and better, it might be a good idea to book one! =)

Contact me if you're interested.

I am a Bristol Wedding Photographer who takes a photojournalistic approach to capturing your wedding.

When I say "Blew" I don't mean a stiff breeze, I mean full on gale force winds. I actually have an injury from the wind.
I chose to walk to the ceremony as it was literally just round the corner from me.

Cassie and Paul had their ceremony at Blaise Castle House Museum which was an utter pleasure to work in. The staff there were beyond helpful, I highly recommend choosing this as your wedding venue.
The actual ceremony was held in the picture room in the Blaise Castle House Museum which is full to the brim of massive paintings of scenes from around the country and the rest of the world including Egypt, Greece, Switzerland and Venice. Most are by the painter William James Müller.
Cassie had six bridesmaids, all dressed in different colors and Kayley, one of Cassie's younger sisters had her wheelchair decorated in flowers and butterflies!

Paul had 10 Ushers which was awesome.
I love the ushers, not just Paul's, I mean all Ushers in general.  They're always up for anything and there always seems to be some device in their heads that makes them malfunction in the most amazing ways when they get together in a group of 3+...so you can imagine what 10 of them are like!

I'll get straight onto their wedding pictures, it's why you're here.
I'm apologising for the amount of pictures in this post, but I don't know why, I hope you'll enjoy looking at them.

If you were a guest at the wedding, leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you.

Enjoy.

Zack, Harry and urrr...Harry wait patiently for Cassie to arrive.

The Wind blew...

...it really blew, so Cassie was clearly glad to get inside.

And her bridesmaids were attentive all day..






We stepped upstairs to shoot in this room that was just flooded in light, I placed the chair in the shade and rolled off a couple of frames and got this...then I went downstairs to ask permission to shoot there. =)



...you knew it was coming didn't you! Cassie rocks this shot no end...but then again, I think even I would look classy leaning out of a vintage Jaguar.


Weddings just puts everybody in the mood for love, its so cool!



*nom*

A scared Cassie listening to her Dad's speech wondering what he'll say next. Brilliant!!




"You're Fired!!"






A different take on my usual "groomsmen shot" I felt that the extreme editing and wide crop suited the image. Would love to hear your opinion =)

The Bridesmaids are: Daisy

Kristie

Jess

Abi

Gee

And Kayley

Ok...now dance!!

Jump around!

Watching these two dance was uber cool


Zac...Dropping beats all over the place, this guy was awesome, have him at your wedding.



"...Shoulda put a ring on it..."



And finally...this picture. It makes me sad, it reminds me of when Jess left home and her whole family was really sad to see her leave. Zack, Cassie's Brother is a brave little man.

Congratulations Paul and Cassie.
Thank you so much for asking me to shoot your wedding, I had a brilliant time.

If you're getting married, give us a bell and I'll see what I can do.
Take care.
Joseph

I've almost finished editing Cassie and Paul's Wedding pictures from Friday, and the more I look at them, the more I realise what an epic wedding it was.
Congratulations Guys!
Come back soon for the best from this amazing wedding in Bristol.

My posts are so sporadic at the moment, I'm sorry. With moving house everything else takes a back seat!
Amazingly though, I made time to do a photoshoot with my recently engaged friends, Luke and Elise...Then even more amazingly, I managed to actually write this post up inbetween phone calls to BT! (booo!)

A couple of weeks ago, when they got engaged, I thought I would make a post about the good news but realised I only had pictures of Luke.
An engagement shoot would get rid of that problem, and so it did!

Don't expect to see any pictures of their wedding on here, I'm going to be an usher! Which is nice! Thanks Luke!

We shot on the Downs in Bristol and we were blessed with really great light, but it was pretty windy as you'll see in one of the 1st shots.

Congratulations Luke and Elise!

They now own this tree...


Luke always had a huge smile!

A Damian Lovegrove inspired shot...

And now a couple of just Elise..




Gotta use up that blossom before its gone!

Sexy/Sweet




I'd kill to have a jaw line like Luke's!

If in doubt, do a silhouette!...I wasn't in doubt, but I did one anyways, its just how I roll...

Mmmm, Happy hour!

So yeh, we had fun. Thanks allot guys for letting me shoot you, I hope you enjoy the pictures!

If you (the people that aren't Luke and Elise)...want a shoot like this, just contact me. As you can see we have loads of fun and you end up with a plethora of sexycool pictures :)

Joseph

One thing I love about the brits is that the very second the sun comes out, everyone is like "QUICK! GET THE CHARCOAL AND THE BARBEQUE!" or..."Quick!! get some sun tan lotion on!" or "lets all go down to the beach at once!! Hurry though, because they're only beaches in Devon and Cornwall!!"
Anyway...
I loved Sundays shoot. Even though I was telling Phil and Hannah (My brother and his Wife) that it was a terrible shoot the whole time, I had a great time.
I'm very similar to Phil in the same way that he is similar to Dad...(Remind him of that regularly, he loves it!)...in that when we're nervous, we clown around and go all silly and try to show off and pull faces, and basicly act like idiots! Its terrible!!

The shoot went very well though, and for the first time, I have actually been satisfied with my pictures straight after taking them, Whereas previously, I would leave it a couple of days before I start looking at the images to edit them because I "Knew" that I had failed....But then I'd edit them and realise that they're actually pretty cool shots!.... Weird

Another reason why I think this shoot went well is that a few of these pictures made me realise that I have my own style, and I like it. This sounds like a simple statement, but for me, this is groundbreaking! For the first time I'm really pleased with my pictures!

Enjoy these please.

Phils Eye lashes are like, 4 inches long in this picture!

Extra brownie points to anyone who can tell me whats the other side of this fence?



I love being able to shoot with the d300 and a 50mm 1.f8 lens with no flash at 7pm!

I really love doing photoshoots, they're totally underated over here. Going back to the brits again, I think in general, we don't like having our picture taken (me included)...but why? Are we the only nation who are so camera shy? Probably not, but we're pretty bad at freezing when we see a camera! Hopefully the falling prices of decent digital cameras will encourage the younger generations to relax a little infront of the lens! If you feel like putting your inhibitions to one side and having a photoshoot with me then drop me a line! I'd love to hear from you!

I've just finished editing Mark and Laura's pictures from Monday.
I usually would of finished editing a shoot of that size within a couple of hours, but after allot of recommendations, I decided to download the trial of Lightroom2, I always knew that this would slow my workflow down because there are more features, most of which I'm addicted to using already.
When I first started using Lightroom1, I would often over edit my pictures, so hopefully, if I am over editing my pictures with LR2, I'll calm down soon and carry on with my usual editing style.

This shoot was quite tricky to edit in my opinion actually. I usually find it quite easy, but something was slowing me down and I couldn't make up my mind about how I would process certain images.

Anyway we started shooting around Blaise Estate, Bristol, which is beautiful and only walking distance from our home.

As the light started to go, and the rain came in we went to Park Street, Bristol to use the wet roads and car lights and bright shop windows to our advantage.
Next time I shoot on Park Street, I'll bring an assistant with me as I could of done with some off camera lighting.

This Saturday I was supposed to cover an event but that has fallen through unfortunately. If you fancy a shoot this very Saturday (7th March) then drop me a line!

Enjoy the pictures!

What happened to our famous English attitude of not moaning and just getting on with the job?
Ol' Boris Johnson said yesterday on the news that he doesn't see what the fuss is about, he said that he cycled to work yesterday and just because the buses wern't working it doesn't give the rest of London an excuse to skive off work! Fair play to that floppy haired weirdo man!

Anyway...Pictures!
I went out yesterday and it was poor. Really rubbish snow, as soon as I got back in, that was when the snow really started!
I went out again with Jess and got some better ones on our Durdham Downs in Bristol.
Enjoy these! (Also, enjoy the new size of blog pictures!)

I thought I'd just share my favorite images of the year, and whilst I was compiling all these images from our archives in the basement(?) I realised that I've had an amazing year!

enjoy these pictures will you? =)

We went to London. London Rocks

Shot a Party...

Took one of my favorite pictures of my brother-in-law, Keir

Had the pleasure of shooting some promo shots for a pub in clifton called the portcullis.

Had an awesome E-Session with Sam and Reanne..

Spent lots of time with Keir, and his girlfriend, Sonia

I do take pictures of them facing the camera sometimes! =)

Spent loads of quality time with my brother and his wife, Hannah

Did a cool E-session with Sam and Esther

Shot a Cat

Rocked a 10-20mm lens at Sam and Esthers Wedding.

Rocked one of the best weddings ever, Ben and Selena...

Saw true love...or something

Sam and Reannes Wedding, What a day!

Autumn Came, and we rocked it..

So did my couples...
Em and Stef

...Phil and Helen...

Emma and Jay...

And look out for this couple!

And of course, none of this would of been possible without my lovely little lady who I love more and more each day.

I think I deserve some rest...especially after using the word "rocks" far too many times in one blog

Enjoy the rest of the pictures from Emma and Jays photoshoot that we did in Clifton, Bristol.
As I said in the last post, if you feel like having a shoot like the one I did with Emma and Jay, or my other couples, then please feel free to contact me.

This was shot with my lensbaby. It rarely creates technically perfect pictures, which it what I like about it I think!

(sorry number 10 for shooting on your doorstep, well you see it looked so nice, we couldn't resist!)