Weddding Kit - What's in our bags?

Apart from cameras and lenses, batteries and memory cards, over the years we’ve found that there’s a bunch of other things that come in very handy for different parts of the day.

Penknife

We see SO many new suits and sometimes people don’t realise that the pockets will be sewn up and need a little sharp knife to open! Also, the tails of many jackets have a little cross stitch on them to keep them neat…this is intended to be removed when you wear them! If you don’t, it’s pretty obvious you’re not a suit wearer! (Who is these days?)

Simple Sewing Kit

Accidents happen sometimes! Although I’m no tailor, we can perhaps patch up a small rip if needs be!

Crochet Hooks

Here’s a little secret weapon for those tricky buttons on the back of a wedding dress! These can be a life saver when we’re in a hurry and the dress just isn’t behaving!

Other bits and bobs

Safety Pins

Plasters

Paracetamol and Ibuprofen - we can’t dispense these as we’re not chemists, but if you have a headache we could leave one laying around for you!

Hair Grips

Scissors

Stunning wedding at Mount Pleasant Ecological Park

It’s not every day we get invited to photograph a wedding where we also have to pack a tent, sleeping bags and a toothbrush! But oh did we embrace the opportunity! We headed down to sunny Cornwall on a Friday night, set up the pop up tent (all 15 seconds of it!) and set out to explore the beautiful landscape of the Mount Pleasant Eco Park. The eco park is situated at the top of a steep valley with stunning views all the way out to sea and across to a disused tin mine. A perfect place for a wedding!

Sarah & Josh got in contact with us way prior to the COVID mayhem so their wedding was well overdue. After a number of changes to dates and venues, finally their special day came and oh boy, what a day/night it was too.

These two looked absolutely gorgeous, Sarah with her beautiful champagne bridal dress and Josh with his stunning gold velvet jacket, these two were the rock n roll wedding couple of 2021! The sun shone down as guests flocked from all over to join in with their celebrations well late into the night…and the party was still in full swing when we headed off back to our tent in the early hours. Such lightweights!

We truly felt like we were part of their troop. Thank you so much to Sarah & Josh, their family and friends who really made us feel welcome. We had so much fun and loved every minute of it. Can we do it again please?

Beautiful Church Wedding with Reception at The Pig

I was so fortunate to photograph Emma & Tim’s gorgeous wedding last month. These two lovelies met on a train eight years ago after watching England play at Twickenham, exchanged numbers and with some persuading Emma finally gave in to Tim’s persistent messaging! Since they’ve got together they have travelled all over the world together (jealous much!), and a few years ago Tim went down on one knee at the top of Table Mountain in South Africa popping the question to Emma…sooo romantic…and sooo exhausting! Thankfully Tim managed to keep hold of the ring despite dropping it five times on the way up! With having to cancel four wedding dates, due to…yes you guessed it…Covid and numerous lockdowns, they finally got to say ‘I do’ at Chew Stoke church in front of twenty of their nearest and dearest. Their adorable spaniel, Marley, also made a joyous appearance to enjoy the celebrations with them. I think he got a bit overly excited but we won’t go into that! The happy couple whizzed off in a stunning red Morgan to The Pig near Bath where the celebrations continued with a bit of croquet and welly wanging. Thankfully nobody was hurt in the process! The whole day was full of love and laughter, and I’m chuffed to pieces for them both! xx