It was one of those roundabout recommendations.  You start off thanking the Bride and Groom (in this case Peta and Philip from a few years ago) and then realise it had nothing to do with.  Well…not true…it had everything to do with them.  But ultimately it was the photos over the should of a colleague at work (thanks Tim) which got this all started.  The world moves in mysterious ways.

Hot.  That’s a nice easy way to describe the last few days.  Hot hot hot is probably the way the boys would describe Saturday.  Three layers and 26 degrees C isn’t the finest combination.  But I bet no one would have turned it down.  Its funny…if its hot the boys suffer a bit…if its cold the girls suffer.  Venus, Mars, Tomatoe, Tomato…let’s not call the whole thing off.  Saturday was hot (you get that) but what was more challenging was the cloudless sky.  No respite at all.  It makes it challenging for me (and any photographer really).  But its a nice change to the challenge of trying not to get wet.  So I’ll take it.

Hannah takes the cake for the most nervous bride in a while.  The word beautiful was banned…it was a trigger word.  I resorted to exceptional average.  I hope she got my comedy.

This was an adventure to a new place.  Not an unfamiliar setting but a new place.  The Priory near Stevenage is a delightful little barn (hey…you know me and barns) with some beautiful (sorry, exceptionally average) grounds.  Despite the heat the barn itself was a cool retreat.  I was rather at home in its confines.  However, its worth mentioning that whilst it was a delightful barn and well lit … it was lit with fluorescent bulbs.  Cue fluctuating colour waves, variable output and general oddities.  Hence why just about everything inside the barn is in black and white.

Due to package choice there won’t be an extended Facebook gallery this week.

Finally, some of you camera heads may be interested to know that some of the images included in the gallery were taken with a Fuji X-Pro 1 body with 18 and 35mm lenses.  I will simply mark them with an (x).

Exceptional average dress (x)

Exceedingly average shoes (x)

Stupendously … oh forget it

The bridemaid bootcamp hazing was far more intense than I was expecting

You are the sunshine of my …

The dress goes on and the crowd of neighbours begins to build

Not from Arabia…his is an English guy…probably never fought the Turkish

Nope…not nervous one bit

bottom left (x)

colour oddities can be eliminated when choosing to take a path through (parklife) — or 1/30th of a second

Hannah lets her feeling know on the subject of formals

Babe-a-licous

Now wondering if my fly was down?

(x)

7 people…all with someone different on their minds

yeah…I see you…don’t worry…oh

Going for the sweet bomb (x)

(x)

Everybody was kung fu fighting

Dreaming of hot salsa (they ARE going to South America for honeymoon)

Posing next to the Ark

Upon learning neither of us were wearing pants

That’s the problem…as soon as one wants one, so does everyone else

Pimms O’Clock

Beer O’Clock

Cake O’….forget it

Whilst Darren did come, I was unable to get any images on today…sorry D (and his adoring fans)