After shooting in every corner of the country apart from of course Bristol, it was such a pleasure to shoot the Bristol wedding of Joseph and Emma.
We both love discovering new parts of the UK, but being able to have a lie-in on a beautiful day because the ceremony is 1)15 minutes away from my front door and 2) doesn't start till 3, really is one of those things that made me smile from ear to ear!
Clearly, I'm easily pleased.

A lie-in and mid-afternoon wedding with much better lighting conditions are of course obvious reasons as to why that day was so good, but the real reason of course was Joseph and Emma themselves. We met up in December in Clifton and I immediately liked them. Such a charming couple.
Their wedding was one of the most relaxed affairs I've attended.

Of course, it's easy to want a relaxed wedding, but to be well organised with it is so important and often overlooked by couples who just want a wedding without all the fuss. It takes skill to do it right. And I've seen it done wrong!

Jessica again was in control of the flipbook and I think she's done an amazing job here.
There was a little issue at the end where someone accidentally knocked into the tripod.

We've been doing these flipbooks at the majority of our recent weddings and they seem to go down so well, all our couples can't wait for us to flipbook their wedding!

I'll go on and on about the wedding in my next post about them. So meanwhile, please just enjoy our flipbook.

Hi All! Cold much?

At the weekend I shot another wedding at Clearwell Castle.
Remember Jimmy and Louise's photoshoot in Bath?
We had loads of fun in the fog and the cold on that day.
Unfortunately, Jimmy and Louise wern't exactly blessed with good weather at the weekend, but the great thing about Clearwell Castle is the fact that it always feels so warm there and even if it's rubbish outside, there are so many great rooms to discover!

This was the biggest wedding I've shot at Clearwell and certainly the most fun!
It was also my first chinese wedding, so plenty of new sights I've not witnessed before, like the tea ceremony which I found fascinating!
I'd love to be there for their Chinese wedding in Hong Kong, it sounds loads of fun!

Friends and family flew in literally from all over the world to see Jimmy and Louise get married, so the atmosphere was amazing!

Unfortunately, so far this is the last wedding of the year. I can't imagine getting booked for another December wedding now!
It's been a pretty busy year and I've loved it, I think I'll post a "best of" like I did last year.

Whilst I edit the rest of the images, enjoy this little teaser.
The full blog will be up in a few days.
Check back soon.

Joseph