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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.

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Been a while since I did a Just One.  But today is a new day.  So from Ruth and Rick’s wedding yesterday at Nutfield Priory…here you go.

111125 160230 NIKON D3 Ruth and Rick   Nutfield Priory   Just OneDo they know its Christmas?

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I’m full of the bingo calls.  Just One, Fab Four and for one day only…Thrifty Three.  Mine is not a mind to be reasoned.  Today’s TT comes all from the prep.  Why?  Because a) they are the first three I came across being the first part of the day b) it is one of my favourite parts of the day because you can be calculated, creative and insightful and c) its my party and I’ll cry if I want to!

That said, here are a Thrifty Three from Anthrea and Miles’ Avington Park wedding in the rolling hills of Hampshire.

avington park wedding photographer 001 Anthea and Miles   Thrifty 3   Avington ParkLegally I should be banned from coming within 50 ft of a hanging wedding dress

avington park wedding photographer 002 Anthea and Miles   Thrifty 3   Avington ParkAnthea’s Father reads a wonderful note from Miles to Anthea

avington park wedding photographer 003 Anthea and Miles   Thrifty 3   Avington ParkThe result of too many Red Bulls

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Just One My Arse! (think Royale Family)

Of course, how unfair that the B&G only appear in one and are out of focus at that.  Sam and Mark know its nothing personal.  She could have had the chair straddle but perhaps we shouldn’t talk about that before the watershed!  So, in true Just One (its all a lie) style.  Here you go!

bury court barn wedding photos Sam and Mark   Bury Court Barn   Just OneRivaled for my job!

wedding at bury court Sam and Mark   Bury Court Barn   Just OneThere’s never a bad time for a selfie!

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Or rather…Just One with a twist!  Here’s one of Kylie and Jason…oh, I mean Adele and Paul.  More on Tuesday!

storyboard comp 1 Adele and Paul   Tithe Barn Photographer   Just One

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Why does half term always come at the wrong time?  With two weddings this past weekend and two next having only one day to work this week due to childcare etc is going to make life a bit challenging.  I’m only able to do this because its 6:30am and the kids are with their Grandparents for a few hours.  So the big blogs for both weddings won’t come until Thursday.

This was a special one for me.  Emma and Nicola have known each other since school…quite when I’m not sure (and she’s not here to remind me).  But safe to say at least as long as boys have been interesting.  I could really make Emma gasp if I scanned a photo from my own wedding album where you can find her and the rest of the girlies standing outside a church near Guildford nearly 16 years ago.  But I won’t — at least for now.  So Saturday, whilst a full on working day, was also a day for seeing a few old friends and meeting a few new ones.  I sat at a table with my wife and perhaps shot more dancing than I ever have.  Of course I also enlisted the help of 3 different assistants.  The first being Darren (my Darren, not the groom), the second Darren’s (this time the Groom — how very confusing) son and the mad Jo (of Jo and Vicki fame).  In fact, I seem to recall a few taken by Debs as well.  Royalties are going to be difficult!

Here’s a few — a Fab 4 +1

compleat angler marlow wedding 1 Emma and Darren   The Compleat Angler   Fab 4 + 1Half moon

compleat angler marlow wedding 2 Emma and Darren   The Compleat Angler   Fab 4 + 1

compleat angler marlow wedding 3 Emma and Darren   The Compleat Angler   Fab 4 + 1Serbia’s finest :)

compleat angler marlow wedding 4 Emma and Darren   The Compleat Angler   Fab 4 + 1

compleat angler marlow wedding 5 Emma and Darren   The Compleat Angler   Fab 4 + 1
More on Thursday

When I wake up (oh I know I’m gonna be) each wedding morning I never know what I’m going to get.  Forrest Gump was right…weddings are like a box of chocolates.  Fortunately for me all of mine are dark chocolate based with a gooey inside with at least one big nut.  No, that wasn’t a veiled reference to Rob but if you had seen him dancing wearing his sisters fascinator you could be forgiven for believing so.  I can’t stop thinking about chocolate now.

Just One’s are meant to be short so in that spirit let’s just get to picture.  Each week I’m always faced with some dilemma.  Do I take the easy route and show something that Mum would like?  Do I find a perfectly composed, well thought out couple shot?  Do I show something a bit more thought provoking…something with a bit of emotion to tug the heart strings?  Or do I just go for a Bride with a seriously rumbly tummy gobbing whole wheat bread down only minutes before stepping into the Rolls for her most wonderful wedding day.  Oh baby…you guessed it!

Buy why? (cries the mothers of Brides the UK over)  Because it was a wonderful moment, a magical tension release, a collective uplifting of all of us in the room.  A moment you could never rehearse, coordinate or even plan for.  That is, at least in part, some of the idea behind Just One.  Want to see more, visit my Facebook Business Page for a full gallery of my favourite Wedding Photography moments.

More photos on the blog tomorrow (I can’t wait).

hertfordshire wedding photographer Saara and Rob   Hertfordshire Wedding   Just OneEven  more interesting is the laughing Bridemaid…completely independently they both booked me…we’ll see her in December at Bury Court

pixel Saara and Rob   Hertfordshire Wedding   Just One
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