Rachel + Simon knew they wanted a winter wedding from the start, no worrying about the weather, gorgeous fires, miles of sparkly lights and of course the obligatory mulled wine! Now you would have thought ‘ok winter wedding’ let make sure its in a nice cozy warm castle (think Hogwats). Nope instead let’s go for a venue renown for its incredible gardens and outside spaces. Enter the stunning Larmer Tree Gardens winter wedding who absolutely hit it out of the park.

The Larmer Tree Gardens Pavillion provided the cozy, covered setting for Rachel + Simon’s ceremony. Decked in lights and festive decorations, it was the perfect winter wedding setting. Following the ceremony the couple and their guest made their way out through the gardens, braving the winter, to gather around the large fire pits outside of Larmer Tree Gardens Lower Indian Room. Here the mulled wine flowed and we managed to sneak off to take advantage of the stunning gardens along with their awesome dog.

Following the drinks reception, everyone was moved back through the gardens to the stunningly adorned pavilion. The sumptuous wedding breakfast gave way to a simply epic party. With the incredible Rachel + Simon cutting some serious shapes till the early hours.

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From the moment I got the beautiful venue I know this New Park Manor Hotel wedding was going to be special. Escorted by their childern and her father, Kate made her way through the beautiful New Park Manor Hotel Wedding venue to the nervously waiting James. During what was an unusually but wonderfully relaxed ceremony, the children joined them again. Making it deeply personally to them both. 

After the wonderful ceremony, they were joined by their guest on the terrace. Everyone relaxed in the beautiful weather with a cold drink whilst the children played on the stunning lawns. Once the glasses were empty the wedding party returned to the New Park Manor Hotel wedding venue for their tasty looking wedding breakfast.

Following a wonderful set of speeches I took a few moments to join the couple on a little wander through the Hotels gardens. Capturing those deeply personal moments together and concluding their story.

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Looking back on 2015

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The Forest Lodge Hotel is a beautiful venue, set on the outskirts of Lydhurst over looking the stunning New Forest landscape . . .

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Its been a hectic summer, with a crazy wedding season and the birth of Bertie I have unfortunately neglected the blog for a few months! Now things have started to calm down its been great sitting down and going through all of the weddings from earlier in the year again.

The first wedding of 2014 was a wonderful winter Oxford wedding set in the stunning, if not a little temperamental (I’ll get to that in a minute) Oxford Town Hall. The day began in true british winter fashion, wind blowing and teeming with rain! Despite the weather the girls were in great spirits as they all got ready in the beautiful Old Bank Hotel.

Following a classic oxford rickshaw ride across the city the girls arrived at the town hall to a ceremony room full of friends and family and an very excited Adi. After the ceremony Sara, Adi and myself braved the elements to take a quick walk around the city dodging the rain and the puddles.

Unfortunately after the wedding breakfast before the partying could begin the power went in the hall, undithered everyone piled into the main hall whilst the venue staff endeavoured to restore the power. Luckily the power came on long enough for the first dance and the ceilidh to begin before the entire buildings substation shut down (i had mentioned earlier it was temperamental) and everyone was evacuated. Despite changing venues twice (moved to the pub across the road before heading down to The Living Room Bar & Restaurant), both Sara & Adi were amazing throughout and did not stop smiling once . . .

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Late last year I met up with this wonderful couple for a little shoot up on the stunning hills of the south downs, close to the lovely town of Lewes, for their superb wedding invites (which they were kind enough to share with me). After arriving with my faithful hound (Betty made a great equipment guard) in tow, we headed off onto the hills for a bit of a stroll and to grab a few shots. All of which was brought together with the addition of their wicked little sausage dogs and one very large balloon. I can’t wait to meet up with Danielle & Paul again this week when I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to shoot their wedding at the unique Knepp Castle its going to be amazing, lets just say “Pie & pick’n’mix mash”, Brilliant . . .

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The Master Builders is a beautiful venue, set within the historical chocolate box setting of bucklers hard. With magnificent views both up and down Beaulieu River, I am always left a little breathless every time I at am invited to cover a wedding there and the wonderful Bucklers Hard Wedding Photography of Clare & Andy was no exception. With plenty of brilliant military details and traditions this was a perfect day all round . . .

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Every so often I have the incredible opportunity to be part of a truly one off wedding day, it was this feeling I got the very first time I had to pleasure to meet Sarah & Matt. As soon as they began to go through the amazing details of their day I knew it was going to be one to remember.

What a day it turned out to be, from the beautiful village church ceremony to the incredible personal hill top farmland reception. Every detail was so stunningly thought through by the couple, so much colour, so many personal touches, every square inch such a visual treat. I felt so honoured to be a part of such an amazing day and could not wait to share it.

Finally big thank you again to Matt Cleveland who helped second shoot on the day, going beyond the call of duty . . .

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