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The Kiwi and the knock-out bombshell! Real wedding

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Claire

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Pete Barnes describes this (gooooor­geous!) cou­ple in his blog post as a fan­tas­tic, really great cou­ple who are very obvi­ously in love. Helen and Chris were mar­ried at Sand­burn Hall near York, and these are some of my favourite pho­tos from their wed­ding day.

Chris orig­i­nally hails from New Zealand, so in case you were won­der­ing he’s the Kiwi I men­tioned in the title, and Helen — clearly — is the knock-out bomb­shell (both descrip­tions cour­tesy of Pete Barnes, lovely guy and great wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher)!  Read more…

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A winter wedding to warm your cockles and make you cry!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Claire
Beautiful bride and groom photograph

Beau­ti­ful bride and groom pho­to­graph by Anneli Marinovich

Don’t worry — you will be shed­ding happy tears as you read Jemma’s story about her win­ter wed­ding day. This is one of the loveli­est things I’ve ever read and I was smil­ing and cry­ing all the way!

Jemma did a write up for their friends and fam­ily who couldn’t be there on the day, which is such a lovely thing to do — and will make an enchant­ing keep­sake for future gen­er­a­tions! The text below is a col­lec­tion of extracts from Jemma’s write up, just selected parts to accom­pany the beau­ti­ful pic­tures. Jemma’s an incred­i­ble writer and as this is her wed­ding I won’t inter­fere by adding my own com­ments — these are all Jemma’s words.  Read more…

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Best wedding group shots ever!

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Claire
Bride and groom

A pretty magical-looking wed­ding photo of Nick and Carima

Nick and Carima

Nick and Carima

Damn it… I’m so excited and slightly starstruck and over­whelmed by this wed­ding shoot that I’m break­ing all my own rules. This wed­ding by Tobiah Tayo is just fab. Nick and Carima’s wed­ding is beau­ti­ful from start to fin­ish — and they’re soooo pho­to­genic. Every pic­ture has a bit of wow fac­tor in it, from expres­sions and emo­tion to gor­geous scenery and rays of sun­shine. As a con­se­quence I’m giv­ing up try­ing to nar­row down how many images I post on this fea­ture — you don’t mind, do you?  Read more…

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Wedding day Snap! challenge

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Claire

Com­pare and con­trast this wed­ding with our very Eng­lish wed­ding from last week. What’s the same? Tell me in the com­ment form and win a bar of Green & Black’s!

This is a great wed­ding for details. The pho­tog­ra­phy is by Car­o­line Pilling, one of my favourite wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers, based in Som­er­set. Is it just me or do the girls have a nat­ural skill for pick­ing up on the lit­tle details — the wed­ding bou­quet, sta­tionery, etc. — that you don’t see as often with male pho­tog­ra­phers? (Prove me wrong then… answers on an email, guys!)  Read more…

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Peckforton Castle Wedding

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Claire
Peckforton castle wedding

The cer­e­mony at Peck­for­ton Cas­tle — what a stun­ning wed­ding venue!

I’ve admired Peck­for­ton Cas­tle from afar for many years. As a cal­lig­ra­pher I’ve seen and writ­ten many invi­ta­tions to wed­dings there, and it’s one of those lux­ury venues I’d love to illus­trate — and now, what a treat to be able to fea­ture it on my new blog! This first real wed­ding photo of the cer­e­mony room at Peck­for­ton Cas­tle says it all. The light flood­ing in from those nar­row win­dows, the exquis­ite mosaic tiled floor, even the chairs are a bit special!

wedding shoes

Caroline’s wed­ding shoes are dainty and very sophis­ti­cated  Read more…

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Garden of England Wedding

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Claire

 

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…  Read more…

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English winter wedding details

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Claire
Bride and groom Amelia and Dougie Brown, shot by www.EmilyQuinton.com

Bride and groom Amelia and Dougie Brown, shot by www.EmilyQuinton.com

Today I’m in love with Twit­ter for intro­duc­ing me to Emily Quin­ton. Emily’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy is amaz­ing and I’ve spent a happy hour or two this week gaz­ing at her wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog!

Emily captures the lovely venue decorations created by friends of the bride and groom

Emily cap­tures the lovely venue dec­o­ra­tions cre­ated by friends of the bride and groom

Emily pho­tographed this beau­ti­ful Eng­lish win­ter wed­ding back in Octo­ber. Bride Amelia is from New Zealand, and groom Dougie is Scot­tish… they met halfway and were mar­ried at Barnt Green in the West Midlands.

A piper leads the bride and groom to the wedding reception venue

A piper leads the bride and groom to the wed­ding recep­tion venue  Read more…

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