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Sally and Matt – Chequers Inn and St. Mary Bottesford Church

Jon — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:28:31 +0000

April and May 2012 will go down as, well, wet. The moment the hosepipe ban kicks in, the heavens open and no one thinks it’s going to stop. We talk about the ‘summer’ as being those two weeks in April and never think it’s going to stop. And then Sally buys umbrella’s – plenty of umbrella’s – and readies her wellies. Thus ensuring glorious weather. Glorious sunshine for the whole day, make of that what you will.

A very special day, bringing two families together from across the globe – Matt is Australian and lots of his family travelled across the globe to be in sunny Woolsthorpe by Belvoir!

A few previews now and a full blog post when Sally and Matt have seen the whole set!

Madeleine and James – Harts Hotel Nottingham – Preview

Jon — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:33:09 +0000

This is the start of mad May (no, not the one off Eastenders), a bonkers month of weddings and pre-wedding shoots, so to kick it all off we have a preview from Madeleine and James’ wedding at Harts Hotel in Nottingham – when the whole week said “RAIN”, saturday said “OK, here’s a break”. A break that the cricket and music loving bride and groom took full advantage of.

A few preview pictures and then a full blog post once Madeleine and James have seen the whole set!

Congratulations guys! Have a fantastic honeymoon!

If you’d like to see more weddings at Hart’s Hotel – click here

Helen and James – Lichfield Cathedral and Lichfield Cathedral School

Jon — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:43 +0000

Litchfield Cathedral – vast. Litchfield Cathedral School – not as schooly as I expected. Helen and James – lovely.

Here’s a few pictures, hit ‘read the full post’ to see a slideshow

Naomi and Joe Preview – Locko Park Wedding

Jon — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:04:17 +0000

Naomi and Joe were married at Locko Park near Derby and had a papakata reception (it’s a kind of big teepee – it’s great, got a fire in it and everything!). A few quick pictures now and then the fill blog post once the couple have seen them!

Congratulations Naomi and Joe!

Sarah and Chris – Kelham Hall

Jon — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:05:59 +0000

Sarah and Chris were married at Kelham Hall in a fantastic celebration filled with family and friends! Kelham is a fantastic venue for a wedding and Sarah and Chris’ was a fantastic wedding! I’ve just used the word fantastic far too many times!

Fantastic!

A few images at the top, then click the more link to show more!

Nicky and Martin

Jon — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Nicky and Martin are getting married at the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick this year and booked me over the phone, so to reassure them that I didn’t have two heads / wasn’t completely mad / was completely in control of my faculties – we met up in Coventry for a quick pre-wedding shoot / psychological evaluation. (I am joking with all this, people who book over the phone quite rightly want to meet before their wedding day and that’s absolutely no problem!)

So a few pictures around the most scenic part of Coventry, with only a few electricity pylons.

Rebecca and Grahame – Woodborough Hall

Jon — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:02:40 +0000

Well, the weather conditions in these pictures may give you the clue that this wedding is a little late to the blog – I’ve been working on a big ‘behind the scenes’ redesign to the site – you’ll probably notice no difference whatsoever, but it should be fitter, happier, more productive. So, that’s been taking up all my time (along with the two ankle biters, of course). So, Rebecca and Grahame’s wedding was in early February, just when we thought we’d escaped any snow for this year, it heaved it down on the Saturday!

So set in an unexpected winter wonderland, here’s Rebecca and Grahame’s wedding at Woodborough Hall in Nottingham. The snow already makes everyone feel like the event is a little special, but I’ve no doubt that even without the snow Rebecca and Grahame’s wedding would have felt very special. A family feeling, Rebecca and Grahame have a little boy who was very involved in the ceremony, as well as plenty of raucous laughter, fun times, ‘the only way is Kirkby’, a casino and plenty of dancing in the evening.

(Belated) Congratulations Rebecca and Grahame! A few preview pics and then a scrolling gallery below (click the ‘read more’ to see more)

Helen and James – Preview

Jon — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:13:18 +0000

This weekend saw a little jaunt over to Lichfield for Helen and James’ unexpectedly sunny (well unexpected to me, maybe not to those that had requested it!) wedding in Lichfield. The fantastic setting of Lichfield Cathedral saw Helen and James, friends and family all gathered to share an amazing day filled with lots of laughter, smiles, hugs, kisses and maybe a few tears?

A few preview pictures then, ardent blog readers (if there are any) may notice a change from the usual 5 picture previews, with the incredible groundbreaking 6 picture preview! I have a real struggle each wedding trying to choose 6 pictures and end up leaving out a lot I like, this week I wanted to include a reaction picture (number 6) so thought I had to include the speech that led up to it as well

Congratulations Helen and James!

Becs & Nathan – Charlotte House Hotel Winter Wedding

Jon — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:56:06 +0000

A little belated, all the way back from 2011 (remember then? The olympics were but a faint glimmer in the eyes of the new year) and pre-christmas (gosh, I really am very behind in blogging now, a concerted effort required to catch up) comes Becs and Nathan. Becs is originally from Lincoln although now lives all the way under London (I’ll admit, my geography of the South is, at best, lacking) – and so ~~forced~~ asked the vast majority of her guests to travel all the way up to sleepy little Lincoln (it’s OK, I’m a native, therefore allowed to mock). But with such an outgoing, fun loving couple like Becs and Nathan, who could say no?

A winter wedding with no snow (stay tuned!) but still a fantastically Christmassy feel, added to by the table names and, of course, the time of year. A best man’s speech featuring a quiz on various characteristics of the groom (honesty, ambition – fear now future grooms) and of course, an extremely happy couple.

I’m trying something different in the next few blog posts, I want to show a lot of images, but not overwhelm people, so there should be a few pictures and then a slideshow of highlights, just click on the slideshow to advance a picture. Let me know what you think!

Cheers

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2011 – A Recap

Jon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:26:06 +0000

Yes, it’s already February

Yes, I’ve still got to blog a few weddings from 2011

Yes, I’ve already shot two weddings in 2012

But if I don’t put this up now, it’ll never see the blog!

So here’s three minutes of pictures (they’re a little high speed, I didn’t want you to get bored!) from 2011. A huge thank you to everyone that chose me to be their wedding photographer last year, I loved every minute of it….

(youtube is frustrating – if it looks pink and blocky hit play, pause, hit the little settings cog and change the quality to 480p or 720p)