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Archive for Hertfordshire Weddings

Oopps…I said I would post some of Darren’s images on Tuesday or Wednesday.  Well its Thursday so here they are.  Sorry for the wait.  So without further ado, here are just the smallest sampling of wonderful images created by Darren…if Carlsberg made wedding photographers.  These are from Siân and Ben’s Hertfordshire wedding at Battlers Green Farm near Radlett.

wedding photographer radlett 88 Opps Upside My Head or More Photos from Sian and Bens Wedding

wedding photographer radlett 89 Opps Upside My Head or More Photos from Sian and Bens Wedding

wedding photographer radlett 90 Opps Upside My Head or More Photos from Sian and Bens Wedding

wedding photographer radlett 91 Opps Upside My Head or More Photos from Sian and Bens Wedding

wedding photographer radlett 92 Opps Upside My Head or More Photos from Sian and Bens Wedding

wedding photographer radlett 93 Opps Upside My Head or More Photos from Sian and Bens WeddingIn case you’re wondering…yes, I do HATE Darren for getting those last two.  Damn you Boy Wonder!

Siân.  Finally I’ve found it.  TBH I’m too afraid to put it in the title as it might make the web url go wacky.  But you now have your ‘thingy’ over the A.

Congratulations to Siân and Ben.  Married on Saturday in St Albans and then back to Battlers Green Farm for a most fantastic party in the garden.  I rarely respond to ‘pressure’ situations but when you knock on the door, it opens and on the other side is the groom going “its great to meet the man behind the camera.  We’ve been stalking your website for a year.  We love [this, that, something else]…no pressure.”  Yeah…exactly what I was thinking [palms begin to sweat].  I have to admit though, that at first, we weren’t entirely sure if the crowd were going to open up.  They seem a bit…protected.  Not S&B, but the guests.  Phah!  That didn’t last long.  Amazing what 150 bottles of wine will do for you.  With it being one of the hottest days of the year even Darren and I found ourselves at the drinks tent…no wine for us however.  We simply shotgunned a few beers each (lying…its the way to the top).  Three things you didn’t know about Siân and Ben (well for some).  Number 1:  Ben is a concert promoter and rubs shoulders with so rather amazing artists.  Number 2:  They both got ready at home, in the same house, at the same time.  Number 3:  If something goes wrong, Siân can kick Madrid’s arse.

I mentioned I might do something a bit different today.  I am.  Not that big of a deal, but I’m going to post Darren’s tomorrow or Wednesday.  Also, I’ve made a big who-ha about guests which you can find in the verbal below.

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hertfordshire wedding photographer 01 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenElvis was a more than a little miffed I discovered his dirty little secret

hertfordshire wedding photographer 02 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenGran…gone, but not forgotten

hertfordshire wedding photographer 03 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenDevil in a blue dress…literally

hertfordshire wedding photographer 04 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenWith the ink still wet, fold over 2/3ds to reveal a striking mirror image

hertfordshire wedding photographer 05 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenBen gets the call he was waiting for Gran (obviously not the Gran in the photo above) is going to make it out of hospital to take part in at least some of the day

hertfordshire wedding photographer 06 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenThe Bride & Groom’s first kiss — in the toilet — I like where this is going

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hertfordshire wedding photographer 08 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenAs The Who would say..’Blue are you…blue, blue — blue, blue’

hertfordshire wedding photographer 09 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenGrandad’s hands

hertfordshire wedding photographer 10 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenLaughter is contagious…see below

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hertfordshire wedding photographer 12 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and Ben..we’re on a roll!

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hertfordshire wedding photographer 14 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenFWIW, I was praying these photos would come out too!

hertfordshire wedding photographer 15 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenCheer if you love Glee (and yes, that is what I said…apparently Ben is a big fan).  Clearly second from the left just didn’t get it.  Probably a High School Musical fan!

hertfordshire wedding photographer 16 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenBody doubles for the M&S England suit ads

hertfordshire wedding photographer 17 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenLadies and Gentlemen…welcome to Hell! (photographically speaking of course)

hertfordshire wedding photographer 18 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenSupercalifragilisticexpialidocisous

hertfordshire wedding photographer 19 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenOK…a whinge.  I wish more people would realise that weddings are about people.  The Bride and Groom are important…sure.  So are those table decorations, Vera Wang perfume boxes, etc etc etc.  But let’s be honest…when its all over do you want to look at a hundred photos of place cards and a 300 pictures of yourself.  Surely what makes a wedding is mix of people, your friends, family and the reason you’re all there…the couple.  Lately, whilst photographing it, I’ve been errant in showing this on the blog.  Caught up in some sort of self infatuation with the two main characters I seem to have forgotten to remind you why you do it.  Because if you didn’t like them that much it would be a hell of lot cheaper to dispense with the lot and get married with a couple of witnesses and hit Pizza Express on a 2 for 1.  So above, is just a selection of the images I took during the first part of the drinks reception.  Taking these isn’t anything new…just reminding myself why I’m there.  I do, admittedly, have a bit of soft spot for the girlies from Ben’s work.  They just gave me so much fodder!  All I say is…there’s plenty more where that came from!

hertfordshire wedding photographer 21 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenI was delighted with the Backstage pass Ben got me for the speeches

wedding photographer st albans 22 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenSpeaking of Ben’s work…its time to open the obligatory ‘Best Mans Envelope’

wedding photographer st albans 23 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and Ben…cue much laughter and mayhem

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wedding photographer st albans 26 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenTime for round 2 of the speeches…

wedding photographer st albans 27 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenYes Ben…you SHOULD have had them outside like the first two :)

wedding photographer st albans 28 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenIts almost as if someone moved my Tithe Barn road

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wedding photographer st albans 31 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenYou say silo, I say solo let’s call the whole thing off

wedding photographer st albans 32 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenIts my Just One…go on, you know you LIKE it.

wedding photographer st albans 33 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenTunnels with near white walls makes for excellent tri dimensional lighting

wedding photographer st albans 34 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenDermot in his latest promotional portrait for this year’s X-Factor

wedding photographer st albans 35 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenBritish Drew Carey

wedding photographer st albans 36 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenDon’t Stop….Believin’!

wedding photographer st albans 37 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenCan’t Touch This (and I think what he meant was his sporren)

wedding photographer st albans 38 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenMC Grandma (actually she’s not a Grandma — ok, maybe she is, I don’t know…but worked a lot better than MC Auntie)

wedding photographer st albans 39 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenCOOOOOOOGGGAAAHHHH!

wedding photographer st albans 40 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenSending highly flammable paper based products complete with roaring flame into the sky — or you can call it a Chinese Lantern launch

wedding photographer st albans 41 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenA bit of rain and we’ve got Shawshank

wedding photographer st albans 42 Wedding Photographer Hertfordshire   Sian and BenI’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll burn your house down!

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Sorry Sian…can’t figure out how to do that ‘thingy’ over the ‘a’.  Gotta do this quick…its 12:15am!  More to come on Monday afternoon.  I may take a different direction with some of the entry on this one.  But for now here’s the Just One.

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The wedding photography slideshow for Julia and Michael’s Moor Park Golf Club Wedding is now available on my main site:  To view it click below:

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When is a Saturday wedding not a Saturday wedding…well, when you kinda start on Friday.  Which is exactly what I did for Julia and Michael’s wedding at Moor Park Golf Club and Chalfont St Giles.  Julia layed on a special (although some of the chaps might not see it that way) surprise for the boys who were playing a celebration 18 on the fantastic High Course at Moor Park.  Being a golfer myself (who, rather unexpectedly, got to play a few holes on Sunday evening) I was chuffed to get the chance to shoot some golf…just not perhaps the way I normally thinking of shooting at golf.  So before we move on to the wedding stuff, let’s check out what was up on the Bermuda Bent (ok…probably not Bermuda Bent grass in Hertfordshire, but golfers will be the point).

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I said I wouldn’t mention that this wasn’t the first attempt…I lied!

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Mike (the Groom)

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I don’t often do pano…but this worked for me

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Oh yes…the wedding.  I remember now.  I started at the church (or should I say we, as Darren joined me) but with any good groom, the church quickly gives way to the pub.

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ah…the Amber Nector..see, all the marketing DOES work

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Stop!  Hammer Time!

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Only a slight lie

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Damn you Best Man (and Groom’s brother) for looking so much like Mike (to be fair, I could really get a line in on Mike so you’ll have to do)

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There were two great beams on light in the church…this is the first…

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…and this is the second.  Sweet!

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As they turned the corner, they stopped.  I was flumoxed (is that how you spell that?).  I gestured wildly, don’t stop, just keep going.  Oh the pressure. 

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Not likely to win Flower Girl of the Year 2009

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Don’t ask if its set up…it ain’t

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Keeping your key in your cleavage is not recommended

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Moor Park…more than just a little nice

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One (just one) for the Mums

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Sorry…I kinda liked those stairs

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There was just something about this.  She’s looking away from the light, down and her eyes are down…but it had a mysterious feeling about.  Film like it you must ask.  So much so I actually added grain to this image.  Whodothunkit!

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Amazing what ISO4000 will get you in todays world

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FOB had his speech before the meal

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Still reeling from the key incident

A wee bit about a supplier I met on Saturday at the wedding.  Photography may be my thing but if I could pick some other talent I might we be persuaded to select table poetry.  OK, what the hell is that I hear you ask!  Think of a table magician, but instead replace him/her with a rather talented, quick thinking and comic poet who allows the table to give him 3 concepts, words or ideas and without a single bit of hesitation starts an amazing prose, rhyming every word and even going around the context of those words as well.  So..if you are looking for something completely different and terribly unique (that’s a good thing by the way) have a look at Judge The Poet.

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Judge on trial

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Quickly administering the Heimlich Maneuver to comedic effect

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White balance…hmmm…never heard of it.  OK, I have, but I really liked the warm tones

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Laughing about children, clothes and a rather
bad memory

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It seemed an odd time to start making shadow puppets

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Hmm…yes…well…To say I could barely get any focus would be fair.  The fact that even though this is a total cockup I have to say I really rather like it.  I gave up on dance shots after this..

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“I couldn’t dance with another…..WHOOOOO!”

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Ceee-garrr

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‘Thing’ and his 3 friends

 

And of course, its never complete (well, Saturday weddings that is) until we see a few from Darren

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He’s really rather starting to scare me

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I just like the thin plane of focus and the story that it tells

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I was kinda hoping he missed me sleeping on the job

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And with that I now call him a Jedi Photographer

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Love that he’s getting the car in motion thing…but at F22 on a 3 year old 5D the dirt takes a few minutes to remove

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Great observation of light and eye contact…as I say, he scares me

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15

Claire and Richard

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Claire and Richard — Manor of Groves — Sunday, 14 September, 2008

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Richard arrives, mostly suited and booted, but its not long before the first….

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…spreadsheet check!

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According to the aforementioned spreadsheet “15:07:23 Adam check Richard’s tie”

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Being near enough to Stansted’s landing pattern meant that Ariella was always captivated

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I quickly became captivated by the lights in the lobby…also I learned that the hat/Rabbi thing wasn’t just something I had only seen in the movies

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See…there’s those lights again

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By tradition the Groom comes to meet the Bride to confirm to the Rabbi and a witness that she is, in fact, his bride of choice…this is called Bedecken
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Both parents walk the Bride (and the groom incidentally) down the aisle

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Naturally I was captivated by the cultural symbols.  I was also given a skull cap to wear.  Being the ever astute photographer it only took my about 5 minutes to realise that everyone on the left was wearing one…thats because everyone on the left was a man.  It all made sense once the light bulb turned on!

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The B&Gs Brother-in-law Sha’anan does a ‘reading’ (not sure if readings the right word as it was sung)

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But, no matter what type of service, theres always a receiving line — YAY!

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Ariella misses the warm Israeli sunshine

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Wine?

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The B&G weren’t much into couply shots…this is number 1 of 2

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I’m not sure if this is the Hamotzi or whether the act of cutting it is called the Hamotzi — either way I was something different for me

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The fabled Israeli dancing…everything I expected it to be only faster!

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Shortly before Hamotzi guests can participate in the Washing

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Ariella (quite a star in the blog as well as a star for the entire family) sits in the middle of the Israeli dancing

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Father’s for Justice are taking it all a bit too far :)  I took Spanish in High School so I have little chance with Hebrew

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Fortunately, for the boys, all that dancing had made Richard about 4 pounds lighter

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“Oops up-side ya head I say oops upside ya head”

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On a day when Torro Rosso won their first Grand Prix it was only fitting that Rabbi Davis did a great bull imitation…what you can’t see is the chap holding the serviette awaiting his charge

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The entire room — all 178 guests — toasts the bride.  No pressure.

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When giving the speech you are all on your own :)

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Richard’s dad

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Dancing with Dad

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The chaps in the most amazing band,
Creation, take to the floor to stir things up

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You’re being a bit greedy don’t you think?

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Blue tone

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Regular blog readers will know that I predicted this!

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It certainly wasn’t New York, New York

Many thanks to everyone for a genuinely unique experience.  I felt privileged to be a part of it.

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