On yet another gloriously sunny and warm day (aren’t we being spolit at the moment?) I met up with Beth and Tom at their wedding venue of Caswell House in the Cotswolds (stunning). After I’d had a good recce of the venue, we moved onto the city of Oxford for their pre-wedding shoot.

Although the city was bustling with shoopers and tourists, we managed to find quite a few little out-of-the-way areas that I love so much…locations which may not seem much at first but can hold exciting potential. This is what I do at every pre-wedding and wedding – find places which may not be obvious but when adding in a beautiful bride and groom, make
fantastic and unique images.

Please enjoy looking through this selection of Beth and Tom….less than a month to go now, you two!

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Zaa and Yannis were finally married yesterday in Aberdeen at the prestigious Ardoe House Hotel. I say finally because they’ve already had two ceremonies – one in London and the other in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, where Zaa hails from – but yesterday was the legal wedding and what a wedding! The weather was beautiful (and there was me with a suitcase full of warm and wet weather clothing) and Zaa had spent hours on wedding blog Style me Pretty looking for ideas of details to make their wedding totally unique, some of which are some shown here. I loved the pairs of flip-flops laid on for ladies to wear for dancing!

On the way to the Riverside to do some portrait shots, I spotted an old run-down fisherman’s shack which I knew would make a great backdrop for some funky images – see what you think…oh, and what about those gorgeous shoes?

At the tail end of last year, I shot the wedding of Eleni and Tim in Bedfordshire and the month before that I had undertaken a family shoot with Eleni’s sister, Maria, her husband and their two children. Following on from the wedding, Eleni booked me do a complete family lifestyle shoot as a present for her parents, Julie and George. I don’t work from a studio, preferring instead to use the great outdoors with all its beautiful colours and natural locations – I think it makes for more relaxed subjects and consequently, better images!

It was a blustery day when we all set out but as soon as the sun broke through, the clouds disappeared and the temperature warmed up nicely. We met at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire and wandered around the grounds of the famous gothic-styled house, famous for its appearances on TV (The Avengers) and in many films, including Batman.

Here are some of their images…..