Garden of England Wedding

Nick and Clair were mar­ried in Kent in the sum­mer of 2009

This Eng­lish sum­mer wed­ding stands out for me like a lit­tle dia­mond. It’s sim­ple and sweet — the details make it, as do the smiles! Nick and Clair were mar­ried in Kent this sum­mer, and they make a great look­ing cou­ple. It’s a great wed­ding to share with you — I hope you like it! The pho­tog­ra­pher was Eliza Claire who is based in Kent (hence the “Gar­den of Eng­land” title for this fea­ture!) — her approach to wed­dings is indi­vid­ual and you’ll love her for it! Read on…

Lac­ing up the back of the wed­ding dress

The final prepa­ra­tions: Clair’s dad pre­pares to walk her down the aisle

I don’t think these Con­verse belonged to the bride…

Clair’s dad fas­tens her neck­lace in the final wed­ding preparations

Chil­dren can make a wed­ding — and these two are so hand­some in their suits!

Clair’s dad walks her down the aisle as Nick turns to see his beau­ti­ful bride

Nick and Clair together for the first time on their wed­ding day

Bride Clair wipes away a tear dur­ing the wed­ding ceremony

The boys help out at the wed­ding ceremony

These two are some of my very favourite pic­tures. Chil­dren love to play a part in the wed­ding day, and the lit­tle boy is look­ing after dad while the page boy on the right is the ring bearer for Nick and Clair. Their feel­ings are writ­ten across their faces — one’s curi­ous, the other con­sci­en­tious. This will be a very spe­cial day for both to remem­ber, that’s for sure.

Nick and Clair pose for for­mal wed­ding pho­tos out­side the venue

I love these two pic­tures. The arch­ways make a great back­ground for the wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy out­side the venue and the bride and groom are lit up at the cen­tre of the first pic­ture with soft sun­light. The sec­ond image is one I adore for its com­po­si­tion. Clair is gor­geous, the wed­ding dress set­tled around her on the venue steps, her veil draw­ing atten­tion to the cen­tre of the pic­ture, and her arms around Nick’s leg speak­ing vol­umes. Fantastic.

Nick and Clair cut their wed­ding cake: an exquis­ite white tiered cake

The pure white wed­ding cake is ele­gance itself. With white rib­bons and real flow­ers, it’s just lovely: under­stated and pho­tographed just right with a sim­ple, nat­ural back­ground. Both of these pho­tographs are great, focus­ing on the detail and cap­tur­ing the essence of Nick & Clair’s wed­ding day.

Nick and Clair take a stroll in the gar­dens after the wedding.

Another nat­ural pic­ture in the gar­dens — Eliza Claire snaps away as the bride and groom take a moment together. I like the move­ment in this pic­ture, the bride and groom are happy and relaxed, and the pic­ture isn’t staged. They’re framed nicely by the trees to either side of the lawn — it’s a lovely pho­to­graph and I think a really nice way to end this Eng­lish wed­ding feature.

There’s loads more to see on Eliza Claire’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy web­site, which is gor­geous in itself. I love her phi­los­o­phy: “I love love, I love being in love, and I love cap­tur­ing love. I love being a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher because I get to hang out with peo­ple in love.”

Thanks ever so much, Eliza, for sub­mit­ting this wed­ding to my blog. I’m still smil­ing