Evan and Holly’s Dad’s Blog

Hi and welcome to my blog. Filled with images from my recent weddings, engagement shoots, portrait sessions and corporate work. Most importantly its a window into my world...a world where family takes an upper hand and I have the images to prove it. Hopefully you'll take a few minutes to browse and once addicted set the blog as a bookmark. If you have any comments please feel free to add them or just get in touch.

For The Record: The images that I put on the blog from recent weddings may not always be the best or even ones you might expect. They are things that I saw, that I like that I want to share. Sometimes they are part of a quirky story or show a tender or ironic side to a wedding.

Take a break.  Not just a Kit Kat slogan but also what I might say when I present to you Adele and Danny’s Tithe Barn Wedding Photography Slideshow.  A few minutes but all good.  So get the tea and settle yourself down.

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tithe barn wedding photography slideshow Tithe Barn Wedding Photographer Slideshow   Adele and Danny


I really didn’t like calling Earl, Earl.  You see, my brother in law (sister’s husband) is called Earl.  No one, except his mom, calls him Earl…and to be fair she actually calls him Junior.  So for an entire day, every time the word ‘Earl’ came out of my mouth I was expecting a correction.  Then again Earl called me Robert all day.  The only person who ever called me that was my mom too.  Usually when she was angry.

Hey…want to see more…pop on over to the Facebook Preview Gallery to see a few more.

Today I seemed to gravitating to the dark and moody.  Not sure…must be the dull weather.

wedding photographer london 001 London Wedding Photographer   Joanne and Earl   Fab 4 + 12-4-1

wedding photographer london 002 London Wedding Photographer   Joanne and Earl   Fab 4 + 1Me love windows at top of stairs (to the side of course)

wedding photographer london 003 London Wedding Photographer   Joanne and Earl   Fab 4 + 1Get out the Geiger counter…those flowers are radioactive!

wedding photographer london 004 London Wedding Photographer   Joanne and Earl   Fab 4 + 1I smell a law suit from the mad Armenian coming on!

wedding photographer london 005 London Wedding Photographer   Joanne and Earl   Fab 4 + 1There’s a Bride and Groom in there….honest!

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OK.  Its been a weekend of added pressure.  As you will read (or have read) in my previous post, I shot the wedding of someone who had a wedding photographer as a Best Man.  Tough.  Today it gets even closer to home in I shoot the girl next door.  Technically Kate no longer lives next door but she still babysits the kids on a number of occasions throughout the year.  The kids have seen ‘nice Kate’…and ‘cross Kate’…’get your but to bed, I’m telling your parents Kate’.  I didn’t really want any of those ‘Kates’.  This was my first trip to Wasing Park.  I had seen a few other galleries of images but until you visit a place you never really know.  I’m pleased to say its great.  Well thought out, great spaces both inside and out.  It only falls foul of the Health and Safety curse…that being exit signs, warning signs — basically just about every sign imaginable everywhere.  But then…where doesn’t?

As with all of my recent weddings I’m posting a Fab Few then backing it up with a few more that were still Fab, but didn’t fit my rather cryptic method for determine the Fab Few.  These can be viewed at the Facebook Preview Gallery.

wedding photography wasing park 235 Wedding Photography Wasing Park   Kate and Richard   Fab FourLook at those leaves…you’d think it was October!

wedding photography wasing park 236 Wedding Photography Wasing Park   Kate and Richard   Fab FourThe newest Bond girl…Giggles Galore

wedding photography wasing park 237 Wedding Photography Wasing Park   Kate and Richard   Fab FourWhen Dad speaks…people listen

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wedding photography wasing park 239 Wedding Photography Wasing Park   Kate and Richard   Fab FourThose little specs of ‘dust’ above their heads…in photography we refer to them as ‘rain’.

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OK…its a complete lie.  This Fab 4 rubbish.  Once I go past one I can’t stop.  Its like opening a can of Pringles.  I should have called it Fab Few.

High pressure situations.  Think of a few.  A pilot landing a plane with the Queen on board.  Pole Position at Silverstone.  Surviving the audition rounds of the X-Factor.  All carry their own heart racing characteristics.  You might think shooting the wedding of another wedding photographer would be a pressure situation.  I’ve done it many times so I’ve dealt with that.  However, shooting the wedding of a ‘normal’ couple (if I can refer to Paul in any way as normal) who have a Best Man who is a wedding photographer.  Crikey.  That’s a bit of pressure.  What if that photographer is someone you call a friend…a contemporary.  Someone you share ideas with.  Someone who your 5 year old son calls ‘Uncle’.  Bloody hell.  There’s a lot riding on that.  Add on the fact that his other half is ALSO a wedding photographer.  Two people, you look up to in a industry you work in at the same wedding, great friends of the couple…all in one day.  What the hell was I thinking?

You can, if you wish, view a few more images on the Facebook Preview Gallery.  So scroll through these, then pop back up and link away!

dunstall hall wedding photos 230 Dunston Hall Wedding Photos   Sharon and Paul   Fab 4I think in that dress the Wizard should be off to see her!

dunstall hall wedding photos 231 Dunston Hall Wedding Photos   Sharon and Paul   Fab 4Bono…thanks for making the effort (just a random guy…ok, not random, he’s a guest, funny that I called him Dermot all day as he more resembled Mr O Leary)

dunstall hall wedding photos 232 Dunston Hall Wedding Photos   Sharon and Paul   Fab 4Tony Soprano is scared of that guy

dunstall hall wedding photos 233 Dunston Hall Wedding Photos   Sharon and Paul   Fab 4

dunstall hall wedding photos 234 Dunston Hall Wedding Photos   Sharon and Paul   Fab 4Just to keep things real I asked Uncle Bob to stand just under my light stand.  Its good to be earthy.

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Hannah and John,

Look…you know I love you.  No seriously.  We have a history.  So don’t be offended when I can’t write much.  Man my life in overdrive at the moment.  So I’ll keep it brief.  Hannah, I loved that you mum is a nutter and your Dad ain’t afraid to shed a tear.  John, I love that you can play keepy uppy in a room full of expensive antiques.  I love that Hannah replaces Helen as the new H Stanton.  I love that you guys had a cheesecake and that Helen and Dan had a cake of cheeses.  I love that Dan actually believes that Gillette IS the best that a man can get.  And on that note….

surrey wedding photographer 200 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnSpotlight on Adventure – Charles Muntz’s shoes

surrey wedding photographer 201 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnPage 22 of the Salty Dog’s Big Book of Nautical Knots

surrey wedding photographer 202 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnGoogle floor view

surrey wedding photographer 203 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and John

surrey wedding photographer 204 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnIt seemed an odd time to play Chinese Whispers

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Not quite Dire Straits’ walk of life

surrey wedding photographer 208 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnDan…I remember you

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surrey wedding photographer 210 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnCrikey

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surrey wedding photographer 212 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnDress rehearsal

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wedding photos ramster 214 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnI really wish I could remember what I said to get that

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wedding photos ramster 216 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnTears…but no clown

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wedding photos ramster 219 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnFunny…I have a similar picture of Hannah and John from Helen and Dan’s wedding

wedding photos ramster 220 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and John

wedding photos ramster 221 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnSometimes Photo Booth’s find you.  I found it WAY too ironic that I could use a book case as a backdrop.  Olan Mill’s spent years putting people in front of fake libraries.  I spent an hour in front of a real one.  I love irony.

wedding photos ramster 222 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnClearly his parents were going for a higher Scrabble score

wedding photos ramster 224 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and John

wedding photos ramster 225 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnWanted!

And now a few from Mr Adventure himself….Darren

ramster 226 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnNow I know what The Weather Girls were singing about!

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ramster 228 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and John

ramster 229 Ramster Wedding Photographer   Hannah and JohnI love this photo!


Hayley and Brett,

I hope you are enjoying your extended honeymoon.  Just a quick note to say thanks for having us along to your Cobham and Painshill Park wedding a couple of weeks ago.  I loved Painshill and hope I get a chance to go back.  Thanks for selecting a church with a professional vicar…one who let’s us do our job.  Very refreshing.  I loved how the girls arrived in a vintage bus and that the Bridesmaids had individual dresses.  I loved how nervous Brett looked and the fact he had 4 Best Men.  I loved Hayley’s dress…we arrived at calling it pinstripe (when it clearly wasn’t).  I found it interesting that no one could every find Hayley before she got her dress on.  I’m sure she can teleport!  I loved how important your friends and family are to you.  I also loved that Tentipee.  What a great idea…or was it?  You’ll have to fill me in.  Here are a few more images from Hayley and Brett’s Painshill Park wedding in Cobham, Surrey.

wedding photos painshill cobham 01 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettSigns, signs, everywhere there’s signs

wedding photos painshill cobham 02 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettPopcorn AND a movie!

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wedding photos painshill cobham 07 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettCrocheting a lifesize Hayley doll

wedding photos painshill cobham 08 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett“Start with a little YMCA and then do a mash up of S Club 7 “Don’t stop movin’” and “Ace of Spades” by Motorhead

wedding photos painshill cobham 09 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettOh…this is what I had planned.  You HAVE to believe me (we call that foreshadowing in the business)

wedding photos painshill cobham 10 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettThe wheels and the bus ACTUALLY do go round and round

wedding photos painshill cobham 11 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett

wedding photos painshill cobham 12 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettForeshadowing revealed.  I left this shot in their final set.  I can’t actually remove an entire refuse truck.  Oh the irony.  What’s more, once he finally rolled off the intersection (he was stuck behind the big red bus after all) the next vehicle was a bright yellow City Link van.  When it rains…it pours.

wedding photos painshill cobham 13 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettNo bin men were going to ruin this one!

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wedding photos painshill cobham 15 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettA orderly queue of suitors arrived in the unlikely event that Brett made a break for it

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wedding photos painshill cobham 17 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett

wedding photos painshill cobham 18 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettLike Lotso…just give him a hug!

wedding photos painshill cobham 19 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettNot entirely sure why he’s breathing the sigh of relief.  He’s not the one who just got married!

wedding photos painshill cobham 20 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettPainshill or Mississippi?

wedding photos surrey 21 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett

wedding photos surrey 22 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettSit Ubu sit…good dog

wedding photos surrey 23 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett

wedding photos surrey 24 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett

wedding photos surrey 25 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettShortly before the A-Team destroyed said bridge

wedding photos surrey 26 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettWho would trust this man?

wedding photos surrey 27 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettApparently her.

wedding photos surrey 28 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and Brett

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wedding photos surrey 30 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettPhwoah…if one can actually say that about a dinner space

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wedding photos surrey 39 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettMr Happy!

And now a few from Darren

surrey wedding photographer 40 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettThe message (that used to be) in a bottle

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surrey wedding photographer 47 Wedding Photography at Painshill Park   Hayley and BrettSweet stuff as always D


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