Now living in New York having moved to be with Bryan, Niamh wanted to have her wedding in London. The ceremony was an intimate family gathering in Mayfair with drinks reception at The Connaught before a short break and rejoining for a large sit down feast at the extraordinary Petersham Nurseries - one of my favourite wedding venues in London. As darkness fell the candles lit the glasshouses and the most lavish floral displays.
Josh and Sim were married at a poolside ceremony at Josh's mother's beautiful Ibiza villa at the end of the summer with an outdoor reception in the garden as the sun set over the hills. Her portrait shots were taken at the breathtaking Hacienda Na Xamena at one of the highest points of the island.
A very English country wedding for blogger Hattie West and Olly at her home in Sussex. A traditional church ceremony followed by a garden drinks party with steel band entertainment before a lavish meal in the marquee and dancing until late. Featured in Tatler & Rock My Wedding.
The most stylish and glamorous wedding of my career and yet one of the most relaxed and informal of days too with the backdrop of the jaw dropping Lismore Castle in Ireland.
A grand ceremony at the impressive Warwick Church followed by a rather blustery departure to Olivia's family home where her sister was married only a couple of years ago. A fusion of English, South American and a few drinking games thrown in and a rather impressive first dance. Oh, and Olivia MADE her own dress!
I was very blessed to have been present and captured a very special and intimate ceremony between Nadia and Antony last year when they had their civil ceremony in Clissold Park and so I was hugely excited to have the opportunity to photograph their full wedding a year later in Stratford Upon Avon. With family connections to The Royal Shakespeare Company it seemed appropriate to hold the ceremony at The Swann Theatre. Definitely the most unusual wedding venue I have attended and all the more special for it - with a wonderful mixture of religious influences. It felt both theatrical and spiritual, solemn and entertaining.
A small and intimate ceremony and celebration with Canadian Elyse and Polish Sebastian who met and fell in love in London and were engaged in Mexico. They told me they were non-traditional from the start. He was there to pick out the dress and they started the day with close family and friends at their favourite coffee haunt, Bar Italia, in Soho before the ceremony. They told me 'we truly are best friends', and I think this comes out in the pictures.
This has to rate as one of my favourite weddings recently - for the people, the locations, the weather, the sheer magicalness of Yorkshire which is a county close to my heart as I went to university there many years ago. Despite the rain Joelle's sheer good natured loveliness shone through the entire day and Tom is definitely a very lucky man. We managed to squeeze in a shoot at Brimham Rocks the evening before and from there we could see the teepee illuminated in a ray of sunshine in a distant field on Braisty Estate. It was definitely a good omen - as was the stunning double rainbow that appeared out of the showers the evening of the wedding. The teepee was opened to the elements and the stunning views of the hills and guests moved easily between indoor and outdoor.
Cat and Nick were guests at a wedding I photographed a couple of years ago in Tunbridge Wells - Katie & James - and contacted me last year to cover their wedding. I finally got a chance to see them again only a month ago when I went to photograph their engagement shoot at The Beacon Pub where they first met when working there as students. After the ceremony at St Mary's Church, Speldhurst near Cat's parents house we headed to Mountain's Country House in Hildenborough to be greeted by Cat's ex race-horse Merry. It was a beautiful day with wonderfully relaxed people and an outstanding best man speech!
