We're back in the Office - Happy New Year to you all

Just a quick blog to let you know that we are now back in the office and looking forward to all that 2010 holds for us.  We can't wait to see many of you again soon to photograph your weddings and portrait sessions and look forward to meeting many new faces as the year progresses.

We hope that you all had a relaxing Christmas and a great start to the New Year.

Just before Christmas we rounded up the year with two wonderful winter weddings - both in the snow and both with some stunning images.  I'm looking forward to writing up their blog stories soon and I've just started to work on all their photos which should be ready in the next couple of weeks.

With the new year as always comes a whole load of new wedding fairs, shows and exhibitions that we will be at.  I'm hoping that many of you will pop in and see us at one of them and I'll write up where we are and when over the next couple of days on here!

Happy New Year to all and I'll write again soon :)

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Just a quick blog note to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We are planning to take a short break over the Christmas period (which I hope you'll all understand) and will be back in the office on 4th January. I will be checking my e-mail's but unless it's urgent I won't be in touch until I'm in the office again.

We hope to see many of you next year and have a fab festive break!!!!

Wedding Bookings for 2010/2011

I can't believe I've managed to get this blog almost up-to-date again (I'll write up the December weddings in January).

This is just a reminder to all of you planning to get married in 2010/2011 who are still looking for a photographer. We do limit ourselves to taking on only 25 weddings a year so that we have plenty of time to spend on each wedding and to allow us to give all our couples the individual care and attention that we think they deserve. Every year this leads to some disappointment when we turn couples away so please if you are planning a wedding for 2010 get in touch soon as we are nearly fully booked now.

The main summer months in 2011 are also likely to get booked quickly at the beginning of next year when we attend several wedding fairs, exhibitions and open days (I'll put notes of where we are and when on a separate blog post in the early part of next year).

We hope to hear from many of you planning a wedding soon and hope that we'll be able to help you

The Wedding of Diana and Ashley @ The Channels Golf Club, Chelmsford

Our next shoot was in October and was Diana and Ashley's Wedding which took place at Channels Golf Club, Chelmsford. They were really hoping to get an autumnal feel to their wedding and we were hoping for lots of gorgeous changing colour leaves on the trees. I must admit I was a little nervous as a couple of days before their wedding there was some really strong winds and I thought that all the leaves on the Horse Chestnuts at Channels might have fallen off but thankfully, there were still loads of them and they look fantastic in their photos. This was a fabulous day with a beautiful little flowergirl and mischievous pageboy.

Here's a selection of photos from their day starting with the end of Diana getting ready and some detail shots

I love this one of Diana sorting her dad's cravat before they left

Here's the pageboy and flowergirl who were both adorable

Here's some of Diana arriving followed by a few taken during the ceremony

Here's some taken at Channel's where the leaves just looked perfect with their colour scheme

If you attended Diana and Ashley's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are online now. They have the password which I'm sure they'll share with you!

After seeing their photos Diana and Ashley sent us the following e-mail:

'Hi Hayley,


Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures that you took of our wedding. We seem to have spent the whole weekend just going over them and reliving our wedding day all over again. Its hard to believe that it
was only 2 weeks ago! I think that it is going to be very hard to choose photos especially once the proof book arrives. We were with our pageboy and flowergirl yesterday and were showing the pictures to them and their parents. You certainly captured some great shots of them. So now I must get busy and email everyone about your website and password so that they can all have a look.


Thanks once again to the both of you for some fantastic pictures and I will be in touch soon.


Best wishes,


Diana and Ashley'

Thanks for taking the time to e-mail and for sending us a thank you card since then. I can't wait to meet up with you both in the new year when you are next back this way to design your book with you. You've been a wonderful couple to work with and we hope that you have a very long and happy marriage.

Trash the Dress Photo Shoot at Holkham, Norfolk

A couple of days after Katie and Liam's Wedding I photographed a Trash The Dress shoot with them which took place very early in the morning at Holkham in Norfolk. This is a wonderful place on the Norfolk coast with both pine forest and large expanses of beach. I absolutely adore all the photos from this shoot and it was nice to be able to spend some time setting up the shots without worrying about the dress getting dirty. Despite being called a Trash The Dress shoot the aim isn't to destroy the dress completely just to be more creative with photos than you could be on most wedding days. They also bought their dogs with them (Steve and Brooke) who added to the shoot.

Here's a selection of those photos starting with the two of them in the pine forest

Then down to the beach where we did a few that they could use for their Thank You cards - here's just one of them

We were blessed throughout the shoot with beautiful lighting and gorgeous blue skies.  You can almost believe you are on a Carribean beach when you see the colours of the sand, sea and sky in these!

Thank you Katie and Liam for making this shoot so much fun and for being game to try pretty much everything!!!

The Wedding of Katie and Liam @ Yaxley Hall, Suffolk

The last Wedding we photographed at the end of September was at Yaxley Hall. This was a beautiful day and the fact that Yaxley Hall is a fantastic wedding venue just made it even more special. If the weather was good the plan was always to have the ceremony outside which fortunately it was and so we did our first outside ceremony (although technically Katie and Liam had to stand in a gazebo/temple which was licensed).

What a great day this was - they had a black and white theme and even all the guests had been asked to follow the scheme which they did. It all looked very stylish.

Here's a selection of photos from their day starting with David photographing the boys and then followed by me photographing the girls getting ready

Here's a few taken during the ceremony

They asked their guests to throw confetti when they walked back down the aisle which worked really well

Here's their large group shot together with a few photos of them

Here's one of Katie's sister listening to Katie's speech

If you attended Katie and Liam's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are online now. They have the password which I'm sure they'll give you!

After seeing their photos Katie sent us the following e-mail:

'Hi Hayley,


We love, love, love our photos!! We just don't know how to pick!!!
We are so excited about starting our book!!


Katie'

Thanks for the sweet comments - I'm glad you love your photos as much as we do and that you are thrilled with your final photobook which was sent a couple of weeks ago. We very much enjoyed sharing in your day and I loved doing the Trash The Dress shoot with you both a couple of days later (I'll write a separate post on this!). We wish you all the best for your future and a long and happy marriage and hope that you'll stay in touch.

The Wedding of Jayne and Dave @ The Cliff Hotel, Gorleston-on-sea, Norfolk

Next up we photographed Jayne and Dave's Wedding which all took place at The Cliff Hotel, Gorleston. It was so lovely to be down at the seaside with a small and intimate wedding. The weather was good and although they didn't want to venture down onto the beach we still took some with the sea as a backdrop which was great. The sun shone and their dog Chester even joined us at the reception.

Another great bunch of people to photograph and a wonderful day was had by all.

Here's a selection of photos from their day starting with Dave arriving at the hotel

Here's two of the little bridesmaids followed by Jayne arriving and then several taken during the ceremony (including some of their actual album pages)

Then they went for a short ride around in their car and I ran down the road to make sure that we got some with the sea in!

Finally, just a couple taken back at the hotel

If you attended Jayne and Dave's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are online now. They have the password which I'm sure they'll give to you!

After seeing their photos Jayne sent us the following e-mail:

'Hello Hayley,


Many thanks for all your wonderful images you have sent us, they are breath taking.


Looking forward to speaking to you soon


Jayne'

Thanks for taking the time out to e-mail and let us know what you think - it's always appreciated and a great way of keeping us motivated when we work long hours if we know that the end results are what you'd hoped for and more. You are a really sweet couple who deserve a long and happy marriage which we hope you have. I sent your album to you a couple of days ago so it should be with you imminently. We hope that you love it as much as we do and that you'll stay in touch with your future news.