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Archive for Bury Court Barn

Its been a few weeks since my last Just One.  I can’t always post one due to timings.  In this one…well, I like this one because, to be honest, I didn’t get it quite right.  I overexposed the image after I moved positions and something happened in front of my I couldn’t miss.  But, as these thing often happen, the ‘messed up’ image produces wicked results.  So here’s Georgina (aka G) putting on her earrings.  BTW, the circles of confusion on the left is actually my wild haired videographer friend Leo Ferenc from Perfect Day Studios.

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Back to The Barn at Bury Court (or is that Bury Court Barn…I can never remember) on Saturday.  It was about 4 weeks since I’d been there.  Not much had changed…it still one of the best venues in Surrey…scrap that, perhaps in the country.  Of course I might be a little biased (close to home, on the recommended suppliers list and have a great working relationship with the folks there).  As usual the barn was in top condition which meant that everyone could simply get on with having a great wedding.  Luckily Mike turned out in his 5 o’clock shadow.  Apparently this a plus point in his house…I simply get moaned at.  Oh how the other half live.  Thanks to Kaite and Mike as well as their guests for making us feel welcome. 

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On the list of shots that get you killed as a wedding photographer…this ranks quite high

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Shoe(s)

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SumpinOuttaNuttin

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Driven is one work you could use to describe Katie…

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….Pleased is another

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No great photo…just Katie helping Gran with a drink of water

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Oh no!!! Not those big little Bridemaid eyes…I’m such a SUCKER!

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Mum finished the croqueting…or is that crocheting….let’s just call it buttoning up

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Peeping Bob

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Dresses to thrill

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Ade attempts to keep a safe distance whilst Rebecca goes bananas at the first glimpse of Katie in her dress

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There’s a magic light spot in the processional at Bury Court Barn.  Got it!

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IMHO, the more interesting signing of the register shot

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Any harder and her head might just pop off

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It seemed only I got the celebrity significance of Katie’s dad being sat next to her at the top table

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When I see a laugh like this I think of that chap from the Apprentice who admitted to peeing in the boardroom

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Two naturals

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Revisting me ‘new’ spot from last time

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Damn Kate (not Katie)…not a reflector in sight

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Copyright Kate Jackson – 2009

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When I was a wee boy photographer, I hated receiving lines.  I was so naieve :)

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See what I mean!

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Checking out the dodgy photo wall of shame

The one thing about when Darren and I work together is that Darren and I work magnificently together.  We rarely ever turn up in each other’s shot and never get in each others way.  I suspect those few times I took a ruler to his forehand really did the trick (only joking…geez people).  But as I watched Nicky from Jacaranda close the curtains I knew I had a chance for a great framed shot.  The curtains slowly started to close and just as they got to the A+ spot some knucklehead walked in front of me.  OK…as you can see it would have been a waste anyhow as Mike’s eyes were closed and a split second later I did get another shot.  I just thought it was highly amusing — and you…well, you’re bored to tears.

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Get a haircut :)

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OK..its never going to be a Rob-art (sigh) collectable but its a recording shot

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With little hesitation, this chap raised his hand with pride when the question “raise your hand if you’ve filled your trousers” came from the other side of the table

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On second thought…I may just crop that a bit…but for now, this is still a winner for me

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I just loved the attention everyone had during the speech

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Separated at birth


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Oh Mike…please don’t tell me you raised your hand too?  Ewwww!

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Toilet humour runs a muck

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Elvis has left the building….

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….carrying a cookbook

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I get this look from women all the time…no…honest

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Watching a grown man eat string really is a great pastime

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Proving Katie is the Ace in the pack (groan, groan, groan)

Now a Few From Darren

Speaking of the peeing and the Apprentice (and most notably James from the Apprentice) I was struck by a comment that probably helped James get dumped from the show.  In the question “what can you bring to Sir Alan’s company” James answered, “ignorance”.  Of course this got old Clive the interviewer’s jerk juices flowing and he ridiculed him senseless.  But I do appreciate what James was trying to say.  Wisdom is something that is valuable but at the same time crippling.  It can stop you from taking a risk or chancing a situation which, if it comes off, will make you seem as if you’re a magician of sorts.  Darren is my ignorance (yes, that is a compliment).  He tries things without the fear of failure or the wisdom to know if it will work.  I see so much of myself in Darren that its quite scary.  In that, I try to always remember that ignorance as a way to stay fresh.  For that I hope I he stays ignorant for a long time to come. 

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He’s now officially the Bury Court Barn Gallery Master

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Pure Ignorance!  I Love IT!

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Its an iPhone luv :)

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I’m glad I’ve finally got him out of taking photos of the camera taking the photo…but here are 3 shots of people take photos of other people that all work

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Great scene setter

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Mike was well aware of the plan to kick him in the ….

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As they said in Top Gun “Darren…you can be my wing man anytime”

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I was keen to remove the car park…Darren had other ideas.

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Learning the values of receiving lines

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The entrance of Casper, the friendly ghost, and his beloved bride

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Nice shot

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The fact he likes shooting the kids is fine by me

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moz screenshot Bury Court Barn Wedding Photography   Just One   Katie and Mikemoz screenshot 1 Bury Court Barn Wedding Photography   Just One   Katie and MikeI liked this because its something I’ve never seen before. A table plan
written on a mirror. I was lucky to get this shot as the table plan was
moved next to the door later and the light was overpowering.

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The one shot that didn’t make the blog that surely should have!  Hindsight is 20/20

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My first dilemma was deciding if Bury Court was in Hampshire or Surrey.  I never did arrive at a conclusion so answers on a post card please.  Despite my lack of location prowess I was pleased to get back to, what I affectionately call, BCB.  It is one of my favourite venues and as its within 8 miles of home its even more appealing.  There’s something about travelling to a wedding where there are no motorways, no roadworks and variety of routes in case aliens set up an outpost on the A31 (unlikely but rumoured to be true…same goes for Wenger going to Real…who knows).

Anywho…Rachel and Nick.  Beauty and the …. ummm …. Not That Happy to Be in Front of the Camera.  Let’s further refer to them as Vogue and National Geographic.  (I know, you’re waiting for an explanation…here goes).  Vogue for Rachel because all you had to do was look at her with a camera and the camera melted with delight.  During the B&G shots she could ‘strike a pose’ before I could say anything to her.  Nick on the other hand.  He was more of a kind of documentary type of guy.  Gotta grab what you can when you can.  Nothing wrong with that.  We’re one in the same.  Since ‘Vogue’ was well…Vogue…it was made clear that the photos are super important.  Sadly for them … (bet you wonder where I’m going with that leading statement…in fact, in rather poor literature I’m actually switching points) … they were supposed to be going to Mexico tomorrow.  Sunny Cancun, now known as Cancough.  So a fiddle the schedule means its not until next month and since photos were so important (back on track) I’ve posted a few more of the ‘couple’ stuff just them (her).

BTW…if anyone else is looking for a wedding photographer for Bury Court Barn…do get in touch.  I’m nearby, have lots of experience and with only average literary skills you might find me an entertaining chap to have ’round.

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Bird on a Wire (or Bridesmaids dresses on a hanger)

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She even smiled perfectly during the prep

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Mum…

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Hehehehe

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Nick’s sister…7 weeks to go until # 3

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Oh look…a pair of shoes…how did that happen?

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So nearly my Just One

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Trivial Wedding Pursuit :  Rachel only had her ears pierced for the wedding…True or False?

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On discovering that during a spate of toilet humour..(yes, they are just on the right)..that her trusted photographer was happily snapping

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Early Doors (one too many and who is Jim?)

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“Nah mate…I don’t get the Early Doors thing either”

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A National Geographic moment

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…this too, if you’re keeping score

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Man and Vogue

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Small world…turns out the chap doing the reading is my neighbours son.

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Went here…was doing something completely different….the shoes popped out to say hello

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To achieve this ‘pensive’ look I simply asked him to name the 1994 FA Cup runners-up….

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…and with ‘Vogue’ I simply looked up and went “ooohhhhh…don’t move”

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Two birds with one ring…or something like that

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This IS my Just One

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No blood…strange…someone call Dexter!

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A second spell of B&G stuff finds me going ‘off piste’ for something a little different at BCB

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Winnebago Warrior!

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Vogueagraphic

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Shrinking violet

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Girls go wild for the Austin Powers theme song

Now a few from the Big D, aka Boy Wonder, aka Tencious (5)D, aka Darren

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It took a bit of persuasion to convince the bridesmaids to NOT wear bath robes

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Arriving on Platform Heels is the 14:32

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I’d never seen confetti from the rafters at Bury Court Barn before…great idea

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I included this because I wasn’t expecting it and it made me chuckle

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Its great having D ‘over my shoulder’…he never takes the same thing I do (I mean that BTW)

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See what I mean…this is in my set but I’m shooting from the right…it works!

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Oh dear…Just One was nearly impossible today.  I picked out a few last night, couldn’t decide, then came back to it this morning in the hope that a nights sleep would make the decision for me.  Instead I found something else and in the end went with that one.  No doubt the rest of the Just One’s will go on tomorrow’s blog.

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