So take a guess where Yvonne and Matt met me?
Yup, they also are friends of Debby and Craig from earlier this year!
If good money management were a skill of mine, goodness me, I'd be a millionaire because of them...and also perhaps the lottery which I don't play!

Matt is a professional bowman so he ends up travelling all over the world as part of a boat racing team. Yvonne also works in same industry so she gets to travel to some pretty incredible locations sometimes too.

So we met Yvonne and Matt in Matt's home town of Lymington. We were pretty late as some inconsiderate person decided to let their van catch fire on the M4 and by the time we arrived the light was fading very very fast and we were left with very little light to play with!

It was yet another shoot where I struggled on a technical level, but I learnt from it, so there's a silver lining behind every cloud!!
Yvonne and Matt were great company, and I can't wait to shoot their wedding this weekend!
I'll tell you more about them both when I blog their wedding pictures.
I'll also tell you how many wedding rings Matt has.
I'll give you a clue; it's not one.

Enjoy these pictures, and keep an eye out for their wedding pictures pretty soon!

Because these two are such a darned good looking couple, I can't actually show you their faces, instead, you'll see reeds.

Ok, you twisted my arm! Here's Yvonne!

...and Matt. I really love these colors. They look so cool, yet also so warm!

These are all Matt's Boats...I think

Laughing so much your legs give way. It's the only way to laugh!

Can you say "Cheese"? All the best with living this one down Matt!

We used all different types of light on this shoot; shop windows, ambient light, and off camera strobes.
And in this case, we ended up in the middle of the New Forest on Halloween (which didn't scare me in the slightest, honest!) Jess held up the strobe to light their faces and the leaves, whilst Matt and Yvonne's car gave us some nice ambient which created a nice warm halo around them! Cool!

Thanks for being so much fun and hospitable guys! I'm really looking forward to shooting for you at the weekend!

When Friday came the wind blew.

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

Such a pretty Bride.

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.