Olivia & Jonathan's sunny april wedding in Rock, Cornwall

Olivia and Jonathan were married in St Minver church and had their reception at Porthilly Farm in marquee situated right next to the Camel river estuary. I met Olivia and her bridesmaids at her grandma's house in Rock for the bridal preparations. There was a lot of laughter, bubbles and love in the air and you could just get a glimpse of the marquee from the house's beautiful view over the estuary. At St Minver church, unfortunately the vicar wasn't the most helpful and told me I was just allowed to take photos from the back. I improvised with help of the friendly church warden and the piano player to put up some  ladders in the storage section separated from the front part of the church by a huge wall. This way I could at least get a glimpse of the couple from the front standing on some wonky ladders.. after all who wants to see their backs on all the photos!) standing on some wonky ladders.. 

On the way to the reception we stopped at Porthilly beach for a few couple shots and then made our way to the sun flooded field for the reception where I took some group shots and captured the atmosphere. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful early spring sunshine and I'm sure they had a great night..

Package 2-6hrs coverage from bridal prep till just before speeches

Here is a sneak peek...

Charlotte&Chris' wedding features on 'beforethebigday'

a lovely real wedding feature of Charlotte and Chris' 'pretty in pink' wedding at the Green last february. Or if you want to know how to plan a wedding in only 5 month, read more on beforethebigday

Shona & Mark's engagement shoot @Crantock, Cornwall

I met Shona & Mark last weekend to discuss their wedding at a cafe overlooking Crantock Bay. I told them to bring wellies as the weather forecast didn't look very promising for that day. It turned out to be a stunner and nobody would believe these are shot start of march, doesn't it look like summer! 

Daisy&Alan's intimate winter wedding @Watergate Bay

Daisy and Alan were married on the 27th of February at Watergate Bay Hotel. They had an intimate small wedding ceremony and lunch. There was heavy rain forecast from 3pm onwards and I was pleased it was still dry when I drove there around 12pm. With the ceremony scheduled for 1pm it should leave us enough time for some couple shots down the beach...well, that was the plan. However, we were all restlessly waiting for the bride..it turned out the taxi firm got the pick up time confused and thought they supposed to pick Daisy up at 1.20pm instead of 12.20pm. One of her bridesmaids picked her up in the end, but only to find out her sisters were still missing with no reception on their phones, so nobody could reach them! A very stressful start of the day, but everyone arrived at Watergate Bay Hotel 1 hour later than planned and the rest of the afternoon went to plan. Our photo shoot on the beach had to be shortened to 10 minutes as it started raining heavy, but we took a few more shots in the hotel and I'm quite pleased with the results considering the time we had. Alan & Daisy are a lovely couple to work with and their deep bond to each other really reflects in the images. What a lovely, intimate wedding! I only stayed with them for a few hours, but I'm sure they had a fantastic evening reception...

Charlotte&Chris winter wedding @The Green, Cornwall

Charlotte and Chris got married at The Green, Cornwall on the 21st of February. It was a typical February winters day with glimpses of sunshine and brisk showers. I love shooting at this special, laid back venue and it has it's own beautiful, cosy wintery charm. However getting the couple shots done in the woodland with a mix of heavy rain showers and sunshine and a quite baltic breeze turned out a bit of a challenge, not just for me, but also for Chris & Charlotte ;-) Never mind we were prepared with umbrellas and wellies and working with such a lovely laid back couple was a pleasure. I love the rose coloured scheme of the decoration and couldn't stop taking photos of the lovely table settings. And how stunning does the lit up marquee look at night!

just a sneak peek here..

St Ives Wedding feature on YPW

a great feature of lovely fun St Ives Harbour Hotel Beach Wedding on 'Your perfect Weddingphotographer'.

To see more about this feature, please visit the YPW blog

Behind the lens interview on YPW

Sam from the fantastic wedding blog 'Yourperfectweddingphotographer.com' recently asked me if I'd liked to be featured in their interview series 'behind the lens' where they find out more about Wedding Photographers and their approach. If you'd like to know a bit more about my background and why I love photographing weddings so much, please visit YPW

Remembrance Day, Hayle, Cornwall

Yesterday I was asked to cover the Remembrance Day ceremony in Hayle, Cornwall for the cornish newspaper The Cornishman . The brief heavy rain shower somehow added some quite suitable mood to it. Thoughts are with everyone who has lost a loved one in war...past or present...