A Beautiful Sunny Wedding Day at Wethele Manor
The very lovely Catherine & Oliver asked me to photograph their wedding fab wedding at Wethele Manor in the summer.
I absolutely love shooting at Wethele as it's so good for a proper party,
lovely grounds, great team, beautiful house full of character and when the weather's great you can't beat it.
I managed to catch up with Catherine the day before the wedding as I hadn't met them before as they're based down in London.
Oliver and Catherine have the best friends, they were all hilarious but really lovely too.
They really needed very little prompting to have fun and let go which for me is great.
The weather was kind to us for the outdoor ceremony and the sun was out for most of the day.
I really didn't want to leave when the party kicked off it was clear they were going to dance their socks off all night.
I hope you like the pics guys.
The Wonderful Wootton Park Wedding of Annie and Justin
Annie & Justin are bloody brilliant, FACT!
I absolutely adored their wedding and how hilarious it all was.
THIS, is what a wedding should be, fun emotional, beautiful and most of all special!
Wonderful people celebrating a momentous occasion in a typically british way.
We had rain, sun ( alright we could have had more of that) kilts, dancing, romance, great food, and great people.
I met Annie at her parents beautiful home in Stretton on Dunsmore to photograph her bridal preparations.
Annie is one of those people you meet and instantly makes you smile, I don't know why but she's lovely and kind and all those things yes, but she's also incredibly witty and could probably make you lose it with a look.
If you know her?....... You'll know.
We managed to get some shots of Annie alone at home before moving on to St Augustine's Catholic Church in Kenilworth for the wedding. Then the heavens opened while I was waiting for Annie's arrival, I'd just sent my assistant Josh away to grab some bits and found myself without a brolly so the driver very kindly lent me one. It was a Princethorpe College umbrella (my old school) - I couldn't believe it. Ha ha!
After Annie arrived looking absolutely stunning I then joined Justin in the dry and he looked too cool for school!
He was in fully kilted up in his tailored suit complete with antique pocket watch.
I love the look between couples during a ceremony it's so cool being able to be there and capture those moments as they start their lives together.
After the ceremony Justin suprised Annie with her favourite car, a classic white VW Beetle cabriolet. Her face was a picture as you can see!
The guests waved them off and then it was party time at Wootton Park for the wedding reception.
Typically this is when a professional photographer needs to really work hard, the next 2 hours is tricky. You have to get group shots done, reportage, couple shots, details and sometimes speeches all after another. Big thanks to Josh King for second shooting and assisting on this one.
This is how I do it. I grab the whole wedding party together for a quick shot, say hello have a few giggles with them after getting the shots I need and the reactions that make great pictures, then I call out who is needed for group shots. All in all it takes me 20 mins and no one is fed up.
Then I take the couple off for usually 30 mins or so, although on this day we literally shot most of the couple images in 10 mins, yes 10!
After the wedding breakfast and speeches I will grab the bride and groom out for another 10 minutes but I do find it depends on the wedding. Annie & Justin were a dream to shoot. Very relaxed and happy, which makes the wedding a huge success.
Enjoy the pics guys and feel free to leave a comment.
Award Winning Hair Photography by Dave Perry
I have shot every single one of Nicola Smyth's Hair campaign's and I'm very proud to say we have won every time.
I put this down to me and me alone.
That's right nobody helped me, in fact I could probably have done all the hair, all the cuts, all the colours, the make up, the styling and shot the pictures...... and shot and edited this video.
Pahh!!!!................I'm such a laugh!!! But at least that goes to show you how many people are involved in a shoot like this!
With thanks to
Hair - Nicola Smyth Artistic Team 2015
MUA - Naomi Mckeever- Makeup Artist
Styling - Bernard Connolly
Photography - Dave Perry Photography
Videography - Broken Toy Films
Josh King - Assisting
Check out the video below!
A Super Posh Wedding at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire
I have so many wonderful weddings to share with you all I do apologize I've been slacking on this front. Joe & the lovely Lou got married last October at an amazing place called Stanford Hall - fab place, fab staff I must say, thank you all for looking after us all so well, you were a delight!
What a wedding, it was so good from start to finish, all held at Stanford so no one had to run off and get lost from Church to reception or any of those shenanigans.
I hope you enjoy looking at these pics and if you're yet to book your wedding photographer for 2016 do think of me :)
Many thanks one and all!
Stanford Hall exterior
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Luxurious Wedding Cakes, handmade in Warwickshire
I had the pleasure of eating loads of the best cakes you can buy the other day on condition that I shot them for Jenny. I agreed, and then I dug in!
Man I LUUURVE DE CAKE.....!
