A Family Affair

This photo shows just how mag­i­cal this fam­ily ori­ented wed­ding must have been!

I was so pleased to find this wed­ding by pho­tog­ra­pher Rob Gal­lop, as I’ve been look­ing for a very family-oriented wed­ding for a cou­ple of weeks. I love that bride and groom Fi and Andy, as well as all of their fam­ily, obvi­ously ‘clicked’ with their pho­tog­ra­pher and got such amaz­ing pho­tos as a result.

Wed­ding prepa­ra­tions — and the cutest cat!

Fi’s dress was stun­ning, with a cas­cad­ing skirt and del­i­cate vin­tage style flo­ral detail­ing. I adore soft colours on wed­ding dresses, and this palest of golds is breath­tak­ing. I also think every wed­ding photo shoot should begin with a cat this adorable! (Cat wears fash­ion­able mono­chrome wed­ding out­fit, ele­gant long whiskers and white fur boots!)

One lit­tle boy will remem­ber this moment as a high­light! Dri­ving the wed­ding car…

Fi and Andy wel­comed chil­dren at their wed­ding, and pho­tog­ra­pher Rob from RG Pho­to­graphic cap­tures the fun spirit of their wed­ding day in lots of pho­tographs. Here a young dri­ver has a go with the wed­ding car — and is clearly very happy to pose for a photo, with a huge grin at the camera.

Father of the Bride: pho­tog­ra­pher Rob gets those pre­cious moments for the album

The cer­e­mony itself can pass so quickly, but it’s one every bride and groom will want to remem­ber for­ever. Andy and Fi will trea­sure these pho­tos: they make a per­fect cou­ple, and Fi’s dad sheds a happy tear for them while only Rob is looking!

An emo­tional moment for the bride and groom

Rob Gallop’s pho­tog­ra­phy style is relaxed and unob­tru­sive. In this photo groom Andy could be alone in the room with only his beau­ti­ful bride — I love this photo, which cap­tures a very spe­cial moment. Fi’s veil is chapel length, with gold trim to com­ple­ment her dress. Her fas­ci­na­tor has pale gold feath­ers and bead detail — it’s del­i­cate and a won­der­ful alter­na­tive to a tiara.

Andy and Fi pose for a for­mal wed­ding photo by the car

Fi is a beau­ti­ful bride. This pho­to­graph is one of my favourites.

After the wed­ding cer­e­mony, some for­mal shots were taken out­side the wed­ding venue before the meal. Fi’s dress looks amaz­ing as she poses with Andy beside the wed­ding car, and I love this pho­to­graph of her with her bou­quet against a black and white back­ground — the soft colour of the wed­ding dress makes this a stun­ning image.

The details: cute cake top­per, guest book mon­i­tors, edi­ble bride and wed­ding tables

There are some great wed­ding detail shots in this album too: Rob cer­tainly doesn’t neglect the finer details — which are shot with a sense of humour too: the wed­ding cake top­per is cute (and the roses on the cake are gor­geous, match­ing Fi’s dress). The wed­ding guest book is watched over by more friendly faces, while the bride and groom gin­ger­bread fig­ures are just too good to resist! Fi’s sim­ple bridal bou­quet of cream ger­beras makes for a lovely photograph.

That amaz­ing wed­ding dress in all its glory. Wow.

Fi’s gor­geous wed­ding dress is the focus of many wed­ding pho­tographs, these are just a cou­ple of my favourites. Here we see a sneak peek at her glit­tery gold shoes — they’re per­fect too! Yes, you’ll need help at times with a dress this fab­u­lous. But isn’t it worth it! Ruched skirts in this style are set to be a big trend again in 2010, with Eng­lish wed­ding design­ers com­ing up with more vari­a­tions on an amaz­ingly opu­lent style. (Fi’s is still one of my top favourites!)

This group shot is full of smil­ing faces, and Fi’s brides­maids look lovely in soft choco­late tones

Once more the wed­ding photographer’s focus is on fam­ily and friends; Fi and Andy are sur­rounded by smil­ing faces, and Fi’s four gor­geous brides­maids pose for a photo together.

Andy has a go with some of the kids’ bub­bles — and Rob gets another great photo!

The best wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers appear relaxed, and don’t intrude on your day. That way you get nat­ural pho­tos of peo­ple smil­ing. The best of the best will also be alert all the time — and when a great photo oppor­tu­nity arises, they will make sure they’re there. This is a fan­tas­tic picture.

The happy bride, and the first dance at Fi and Andy’s wedding

Two more pho­tographs, both with Fi’s amaz­ing dress but from a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive. In the first pho­to­graph I love the light and shadow effects — a trick not to be missed with a struc­tured dress like Fi’s. The sec­ond image is of the first dance, and as Fi holds Andy, her dress trails behind her in such a lovely shape. It’s the lit­tle things like this which make a wed­ding album so spe­cial — there are mem­o­ries you want to pre­serve, and details you didn’t notice on the day — and that’s why you need a great photographer!

Some fun wed­ding pho­tos: the bou­quet is briefly used as a weapon

If you’re com­fort­able with your wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher you can really enjoy the for­mal photo ses­sions. Here Andy gen­tly taps Fi on her head with the wed­ding bou­quet while she pulls a funny face… then she glee­fully lamps him one over the head with it while he begs for mercy. These made me laugh out loud!

That amaz­ing wed­ding dress and chapel veil.

Last but not least, one last look at Fi’s beau­ti­ful dress. The veil is a lovely acces­sory for this dress: with the three lay­ers end­ing in that twist­ing gold trim, it echoes the ele­gant folds of the dress in such a lovely way.

I have great admi­ra­tion for Rob Gal­lop. His web­site and pho­tog­ra­phy blog have lots more fan­tas­tic images I highly rec­om­mend a look at. And for some more stun­ning shots of Fi, visit Rob’s Flickr photo gallery to see her Trash the Dress pic­tures, which are even more amazing!

Thanks to Reading-based wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Rob Gal­lop for sub­mit­ting these pho­tographs, and to Fi and Andy for let­ting us share such won­der­ful moments on the Eng­lish wed­ding blog. It’s been a real treat!