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Local church wedding | Tori and Joe
A local church wedding in Sussex A local church wedding in Fishbourne, West Sussex. Local because the tiny St Peter & St Mary church is just around the corner from Tori’s parents’ house in the village. Fishbourne sits just a couple of miles west of Chichester. The A27 bypass slices through between them and right next to probably Fishbourne’s biggest claim to fame – the remains of a massive and luxurious Roman Palace. (A school trip venue for many Sussex schoolchildren, it is the largest known Roman residence north of the Alps). Did they hold weddings there back in the…
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Royal Hospital Chelsea | Charles & Shane
Royal Hospital Chelsea wedding Royal Hospital Chelsea, is home to those famous scarlet-coated pensioners, as well as the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The London wedding venue, on a sunny Saturday in September, for Charles and Shane. A venue that had a family connection for Charles. The first time I’ve shot a wedding here. The hospital was founded by King Charles II – a shiny gold statue of him in one of the large forecourts – in 1682 as an almshouse. It now houses 300 British Army veterans and something I didn’t know, it is where the ashes of former…
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Cambridge University wedding | Naomi & Jon
Cambridge University wedding Cambridge University wedding at Queens’ College for Naomi and Jon, on a July day of very mixed weather, plus the day of a crucial Quarter-Final in the Euros for England! When would the wedding guests break and steal a watch of the game on their phones? Queens’ College, Cambridge Naomi and Jon came down to Cambridge from their home in the Scottish borders, as this was Jon’s old college. Guests had come from all over, so it was seen as ideal not only as a unique and historic venue but geographically too. The last time I shot…
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Morden Hall | Susie & Michael
Morden Hall wedding Morden Hall in South London, my first wedding shot there. Not sure I have ever had an enquiry for it before either? But I have been there before…a few years ago…when I won The Wedding Photographer of the Year – London & the South-East 2016, in The Wedding Industry Awards, for the second year running. The award ceremony was held at Morden Hall. It looked a bit different then. I’ve entered those awards I think five times, and won three times. An old house, with large grounds, backing onto the park, it seems out of place in…
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Easton Grange wedding | Laura & Francis
Easton Grange wedding photography Easton Grange, a wedding venue in Suffolk with space and options. Options like if it rains, there is a big, bright barn to hold the ceremony in, rather than the outdoor amphitheatre. On this August day, with the humidity levels rapidly climbing, that is what happened. The decision was made to hold the ceremony indoors. It did get very humid, the dark clouds appeared but the rain in the end, pretty much passed on by. A few spots before the confetti run but later some glorious evening sunshine. This was a booking, like many, that came…
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Slindon House | Beth & Daniel
Slindon House wedding Slindon House is a wedding venue in West Sussex, between Arundel and Chichester. It is also known, during the week, as Slindon College, an independent day and boarding school for boys aged between 8 to18. So a fitting venue for two teachers, Beth and Daniel, to hold their wedding in. I’ve been here before. A wedding reception only that time, but also a few times for The Times, as well as a family dinner some years ago. My wife’s late aunt grew up here, her father was the headmaster many years ago. A manor house with a…
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Ridge Farm Studio | Amy & Simeon
Ridge Farm Wedding A Ridge Farm wedding is a local wedding for me. I live on the same road. Just that Ridge Farm is on the other side of Rusper village to my house, but only 4.5 miles away. (Local weddings – never be more local than the wedding I shot at my neighbour’s house in 2021!) Famous Recording Studio Ridge Farm is famous for being a recording studio from the mid-1970s until the early 2000s. Which is odd given the flight path from Gatwick Airport is very close? Maybe that changed? But there is a long list of names…
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West Sussex wedding | Bebe & Charlie
West Sussex wedding Late May, a warm and sunny day for this West Sussex wedding for Bebe and Charlie. When Bebe first sent me an enquiry, almost eighteen months before the wedding day, and I confirmed I was still available, she replied, “That’s great news! My partner and I both really love your style, I have been dreading the idea of having to pose.” That is what documentary/reportage wedding photography is about. Forget the camera, enjoy the day, and let the camera capture that, authentically. RYDE HOUSE, PETWORTH So the coverage starts at Ryde House in Petworth. A lovely Grade…