Manor Barn Wedding Photography – Lucy and James
ByHiya blog stalkers — and hi to all you newbies as well. Its a glorious Monday morning (OK, its a bit grey and overcast, but remember Lucy and James are in the Indian Ocean and we want them to think that they’ve left the best weather all summer). My Sunday was pretty glorious as well…mostly because I figured out how to rid my facebook newfeed from those stupid Mafia Wars updates. Seriously, I was sitting in my porcelain office reviewing the weekends happenings on Sunday AM with my iPhone (luckily for you I didn’t accidently hit the ‘take picture’ button) and one person filled the entire newsfeed with the crap. I Googled…I won! I even posted it on my FB status and by the time I got back home later that night I had a ton of ‘thank yous’ from other friends who hated them as well. But let’s be honest, we don’t really give two hoots about that now do we. We’re here to wax lyrical about the wedding of Lucy and James in Winchester and Manor Barn, Buriton.
As Hampshire weddings go, we pretty much traversed the county by starting out at St John’s in Winchester. Its the church just up the street from Lucy and James. Of course Lucy got ready in Chandlers Ford. M3 south on a sunny September Saturday is always dubious so I travelled via the A3, M27, M3(n). All in all, I simply never made it to Basingstoke or Andover, because if I had I would have covered every council in Hampshire. Its not a problem…I’m just sayin’.
A lovely couple…she a classic brunette with stunning eyes and he…a former Army officer with a fledgling pop career..oh, sorry, wrong James. A happy couple with lots of fun friends, wonderful parents and a mum with a fatal attraction for wedding flowers :) But thanks goes to everyone, parents, friends, Aunt Maude, for making us feel welcome. Also a big thanks to Nick, a press jock and boyfriend of the Bride’s sister, who let me relive the old days on his Mark 2(n) and let me borrow his 70-200 as I rarely use mine but found the table layout sorta required it.
So, its now time to review some wedding photography in Winchester and Manor Barn, Buriton, Hampshire.
Window dressing…literally
Honestly people…what do you do with flat shoes when you’ve got ‘the addiction’?
Danish
The cheekiest smile which she wore…ALL DAY
The moment just before the MUA (make up artist) applied the pencil thin moustache
Lucy’s mum gets her dress on, whilst Lucy gets her game face on…
…unfortunately she left half of it in the other room
She seems to be losing bits on each photo…soon she’ll be just a blob in a mirror…
..but not before this important safety announcment – SMOKE DETECTORS SAVE LIVES
It the BIGGEST cliche in wedding photography. A Bride comes down the stairs, a father stands in awe waiting, the bloody photographer sets it all up with a mirror. Shocking really…but what if it simply happened in front of you. Would you shoot it knowing you didn’t do anything to manipulate it. Answer = YES. Of course I would, and to prove my honesty in knowing it ‘just happened’ I’ll even leave the make up lady lounging against the dining room door. Edgy eh!? Nice blob though.
A candelabra…with real candles. Go figure!
Not to be Blunt…but James…you look like someone famous. Not entirely who..but don’t worry mate…You’re Beautiful.
Squuueeeezzzzeeee
Happy Chapp-ette
Everyone loves a good receiving line. I know I do
Best man waits to announcing in the new Mr and Mrs
Dirty! (they’ll know what I mean)
Mr and Mrs Pac-Man entrust me with their current wearabouts
Rock-Paper-Finger (and a chance to see James’ life threatening injury)
Man-her-bharn
Its where all the cool kids hang out
I pledge allegiance…
Recipe: Sit on floor next to best man during speech, rest camera on knee, hope man at next table congratulates him, shoot from the … knee
Dancing to their favourites from ’1973′
Always lending a hand to help show you where to look first
double bass
My next interlude takes me to the world of Charlie. Charlie, abandoned by his girlfriend (but only for the wedding apparently) is free to drink as much as he likes and do whatever he wants. And on this day, that meant getting his photograph taken by me…more than a few times. Every wedding has a ‘Charlie’…please give generously to the ‘Help Charlie’ fund. Below is my contribution. Sorry Charlie.
On balance tho’…he is a damn fine looking man!
Now a few from the Big D…aka Darren
when you hang out with the ladies, its all MTV, bucks fizz and salmon sandwiches. With the boys its Soccer AM, Red Bull and one sausage split 8 ways
Lucy gave me the brief…”can we have a nice shot of the church and our road” — does this count Luce? By the way…your house…its in the middle of the street
Darren…SHAME ON YOU.
To be fair, it was a different church layout. D was in position A leaving me (R) 90 degrees opposite. Now my algebra is a bit rusty but I reckon that D+A~[R]/90 = just let Darren shoot it from the back
Add you’re own caption…but I reckon I’ve got more than a few ideas that won’t make the chap stage left that happy with me
I know he didn’t mean this…or maybe he did…but it rounded off the sequence rather well
Stealing my set up and making it…(damn you)…BETTER!
He’s got a thing for grannies you know
Check out the light bouncing back off the house. Sweet!
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Lovely stuff again Mr B – cracking work.
Hi
Just wanted to say what amazing photos! I was at the wedding (had the big black hat on and purple dress, part of roudy lot with charlie etc!, I get to see a lot of wedding photos as I have floristry business in Hertfordshire, and these are some of the best I’ve seen. Would you travel as far as Hertfordshire/Essex for a wedding? I often get asked who I’d recommend.
Carla
Hey Rob,
These pictures are amazing!! I have to say you the most fun photographer I have ever met!!!
I love the collage of pics and i will let you know how the “Charlie Fund” goes.
Cheers
Charlie