Sunny September wedding – Caroline & Olly

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Sunny September wedding photography

A sunny September wedding for Caroline and Olly. The good weather had to come at some point. It timed it beautifully, for this wedding day. This is the weather you hope for in September. Clear blue skies. A beautiful old English church in Hampshire, along with gin and tonic ice lollies…more on that later. I don’t find I  actually meet many of the couples who book me, either before they book or before the wedding. But a few weeks ago I had a quick drink with Olly and Caroline at Victoria station. They had booked me nine months ago. Immediately you know the wedding will be a good one. They are relaxed, funny and great company. As I left, I said that if they were like that on the wedding day, relaxed above all, it would be a cracker. They were, it was.

So coverage begins at the home of Caroline’s parents in Lymington – on the edge of the New Forest. Caroline was very chilled. From there a short drive to St John the Baptist church. Set on a hill outside the village of Boldre, it’s like one of those treasures you would come across on a ramble through the countryside. Special mention for the vicar who took the ceremony. If I had a £1 for every couple who told me their vicar was very relaxed (about photography especially) but who turned out wasn’t… Well, Caroline and Olly were right, he was relaxed. Even about Olly’s use of the middle finger gesture during the rehearsals…. 😉 He also gave a speech that did actually seem personal about the couple, not just the routine patter, like some. This is a vicar to hire for other churches!

Ceremony done, Olly had just about kept his emotions in check as Caroline walked down the aisle with her father, it was back out into the sunny September weather. The Landrover that had delivered Caroline and her father, was then backed into the churchyard and became the mobile dispenser of the gin and tonic ice lollies. Even the confetti was allowed in the churchyard! (Why can’t all churches be like this?)

Another brief drive, across to The Mill at Gordleton. An inn/hotel in a converted…mill. Artwork in the garden, a secret garden, ducks…a lovely intimate venue.  Drinks, canapes, photographs in the sunshine…then inside for the speeches and food. That done, the night having fallen, it was dancing by the bar.

This is how to have a sunny September wedding…here are a few images from the day…

Hug for the bride at home
Bride's father
Sisters
Getting the wedding dress on
Sunny September wedding at Boldre church
Groom outside the church
Vicat of Boldre church
Bride arrives by Landrover
Waiting to enter the church
Bride walks down the church aisle with her father
Boldre church wedding
Vicar's sermon
Laughing with wedding guests
Wedding ceremony
Hymns
Singing hymns
Wedding ceremony at Boldre church
Hug for the bride from the vicar
Just married relief
Ipad filming
Married at Boldre church
Hampshire wedding photography
Couple hug outside the chucrh
Early confetti from the bride's mother
sunny September wedding
Gin and tonic ice lollies outside the church
Sunny September wedding in Hampshire
Sunny september wedding
Boldre church confetti
kiss
Couple arrive at the Mill in Gordleton
Sunny September wedding drinks
wedding canapes
Sunny September wedding skirt
Sunny September wedding music
Photo frame
Family get together
Sunny September wedding couple portrait
Sunny September wedding bride and groom portrait
wedding table display
A kiss before being announced into dinner
Bride and groom enter for the wedding dinner
Wedding speeches at The Mill at Gordleton
Speeches

2 Comments

  1. Olly Barnes says:

    Hire this man, take his advice, express yourself at the same time, and whatever wishes you had from the photography will be granted. We shopped around, but really we needn’t have bothered. Thanks, Martin.

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