Debi and Phil were married within the walled garden of Shenley Park in Hertfordshire on Sunday and what  beautiful setting it made with the sunshine beating down. Their sons and daughters were all involved - their daughters were bridesmaids and their sons held the four legs of the Chuppah - the Jewish wedding ‘tent’ under which they took their vows. The food was glorious in its variety and colour - especially the puddings - so I’ve included a couple of shots of those. See if your mouth waters at the sight of the strawberries!

Last Saturday was another beautiful day, which was just as well as Becki and Matt had set their hearts on an outdoor wedding in the hotel they had chosen as their venue for both the ceremony and reception. The wedding took place in the courtyard of the hotel within a lovely gazebo and after the ceremony we headed off to Rye Gatehouse in Hoddesdon for the group and portrait shots, as the setting is great and offers loads of opportunities for beautiful photographs. Here’s a selection from their special day.

I’ve known Selena for many years, since she was an Army Cadet and I was an Adult Instructor with the Army Cadet Force. Robin is an officer in the REME corps (Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers) of the regular Army, and I was really pleased to be shooting their wedding last Saturday in Arborfield Garrison near Wokingham. The weather was glorious as they left the garrison church under the swords of the Honour Guard (fellow officer friends of the couple) and the party moved to one of the most stunning Officers’ Mess I’ve seen - West Court.

The barn dance commenced later in the evening to the sound of a live band, which was absolutely brilliant fun and a great way to get people up and dancing!

Yagnesh and Tina were married in a civil ceremony yesterday and will fly out to India for the religious ceremony in two weeks time. Unfortunately the summer seems to have taken a break in these parts (ie: the UK) as the heavens opened as soon as the ceremony finished. Not to be stopped, however, I captured the group shots whilst standing in the rain with an umbrella balanced under my chin while the guests stayed dry under a glass porch outside the Spirella building - looking at the resulting images you’d never know there was a monsoon happening! At around 8 o’ clock the sun came out and we dashed downstairs to capture some images with the resulting glorious red sky.

Here are some images from the wedding - everybody had a whale of a time, including me!