Well 2012 certainly started with a bang! 2nd January and I was already up north for Diane and Stuarts wintery castle wedding. What a day for a winter wedding! Freezing cold but perfect sunshine. Diane was the bridesmaid for Costas and Gemma‘s wedding last year so it was great to see all the crew again! They are such a lovely group to be around, chilled out and always laughing. So chilled out that Diane and Stuart let Costas book their honeymoon from his ipad during the reception dinner!

The wedding was held at Peckforton Castle, a beautifully restored castle. You know you’re somewhere special when there are peacocks strutting around outside. Very suitably, the groomsmen started off the morning with a spot of light archery.

Back in the spa, Diane was getting nervous, trying to distract herself by recounting surgical stories with her fellow doctor bridesmaids. Her brother braved the room full of women to come and give his sister some teasing moral support.

Stuart had given Diane the most thoughtful present for her wedding morning. He had made a book of all their emails exchanged when they were dating.  Here Diane is reading out a funny passage about turtles – an essential flirting topic, don’t you know!

Chief bridesmaid  Gemma has known Diane’s daughter Abby ever since she was a little ‘un. Was lovely to see the bond between them, a sign of how involved Gemma and Diane have been in each others lives.

Diane, true to surgeon character, was totally non flustered during her getting ready and was having a good laugh…

Lovely to see how proud both Stuart’s daughter and Diane’s daughter looked as the ceremony took place.

After the civil ceremony, the guests moved into the private chapel on the castle grounds for the blessing.

The vicar had come back from retirement from his very last wedding ceremony…he said he was scared to say no to Diane. That’s our girl!! He was quite a character and had everyone laughing throughout the blessing (nervously sometimes!!)

This must be one of the most beautiful classic reception rooms that I’ve seen.

Where would a girl be without her wellies!! Special white hunter wellies bought especially for the day. Love ‘em.

Paul gave us a mini musical for the speeches, all singing and dancing!

But he couldn’t rival Abby, Diane’s daughter who sung a surprise song from the balcony…stunning voice, watch out X factor.

We had a bit of fun with the lights before the first dance, everyone loved playing up to the camera.

Yep, it was a big sword…

Thank you Diane and Stuart for a seriously fun day.

I’ve so enjoyed viewing other photographer’s annual review that I thought I’d take a glance over myself…. I’ve only been doing 10 weddings a year because of all the travel for my documentary photography work but am now planning to do all my documentary work in the UK so will be taking more bookings this [...]

My sister in law has been longing for photos of my nieces so out came the camera yesterday afternoon. Introducing 3 little girls who fill me with delight. Rosie is a thinker, she really digests things and mulls them over. I love hearing about her bedtime chats with her mum and dad when she explains [...]

New years resolution number one… 1/ be a better blogger….and I’m a girl so I need something pretty to inspire me. Going to get my blog a makeover! My usual fabulous graphic designer is all booked up for a month and his wife’s due to drop her bun on Sunday. So he will have his [...]

A Scottish meets Irish wedding on bonfire night – a proper winters day for Pippa and Gavin’s wedding, perfect for all the Celts to be tucked up in fur and candlelight in a castle! I love the look between Gavin and his mum in this photo! The wedding confetti turned into a bit of a [...]

Kelly and Adam got married in the Italian Lakes in the sleepy town of Bellagio which is all steep cobbled streets and italian grandads!  Me and the boys cruised through the streets for some photos, feeling very film starish (George Clooney resides around here, don’t you know). Kelly and Adam wanted a small, intimate wedding [...]

Hannah Atkins is a talented singer from Manchester who I’ve been photographing album covers with for the last few years. Hannah was looking for a ethereal feel to her images so I suggested an pool shoot. First of its kind for me but what a great experience!

Pippa and Gavin get married this Saturday, bonfire night so looking forward to some celebratory fireworks!

This was my favourite kind of wedding – heartfelt emotion, personalities to make you laugh out loud and quirky details. Josh wins the prize of the year for giving the most adoring looks at his bride! But no wonder, she looked extremely beautiful, our Alison! I met Josh a few years back in India where [...]

Bit of urban cool finished off by sunset in the countryside for Diane and Stuart’s engagement shoot! Looking forward to their wedding which will be my first of 2012, 2 days after new years!