Ellen & Jack's Rustic Farm Wedding at Pengenna Manor & Gelly's Farm

Ellen and Jack got hitched on a beautiful summery day at Pengenna Manor. This 800 year old family home is tucked away in a quiet, secluded valley just three miles inland from the North Cornish coast. The over 300 acres of beautiful Cornish countryside offer great photo opportunities and playground for your outdoor wedding. 

Ellen and Jack were blessed with warm weather and blue skies and could fulfil their dream of an outdoor wedding. The ceremony was followed by Pimm's and Cream Tea, homemade by grandma. 

The reception was held in a farm barn at Stephen Gelly Farm near Lanhydrock, owned by a family friend. They had a lot of work pimping up the reception venue as I heard a few days earlier the barn was still a cowshed! Very impressive what can be achieved with the help of a few friends and family. Ellen and Jack's transport of choice was a beautiful classic Morgan. The decorations were kept in a fitting rustic DIY style. Ellen handmade all the save the dates, invites and wedding favours/name tags, designed the tables and her mum made all of the bunting and the back drop at the barn, and all of their friends and family helped to decorate. Another smaller barn served as help yourself bar with everything you could wish for from spirits, mixers, ales, wine, cider, craft beers and I even found some German beer!  

 It was a perfect relaxed day with some beautiful people, a wedding I will remember! 

Venue: Pengenna Manor // Date: 19.08.17 // Flowers: DIY // Hair & Makeup: Cornwall Hair and Mua // Dress: Amica Bridal Boutique-Plymouth // Cake: Made by Jack's sister, Bronnie Gibbons //Food: Paul Deakin/Trennick Farm Hog Roasts // Music: Swingololgy // Videographer: Sean White Wedding Films

Best of 2017 Collection

OMG it was a tough decision to make the cut, so many beautiful weddings and moments captured in 2017! So I would like to present you a rather large collection of the best shots from last year. It was a busy year and I have witnessed some beautiful people tying the knot in some incredible places in the south west and further afield. 

Some of you braved the elements just to get some great photos, including torrential rain, thistle fields, dodging sheep poo, climbing up high cliffs and avoiding sparkler burns.. I have witnessed happy tears and raw emotion and of course lots and lots of alcoholic beverages which provided fuel for some wild parties and dancing! I can't tell you how fortunate I feel to have been able to document all your beautiful wedding stories, to meet so many lovely people and to make some new friends along the way.

I also had the opportunity to work with some great talented people in the UK wedding industry. Thanks for all your support, without you I wouldn't be where I am today.

Roll on 2018 for some more amazing adventures! 

Lorna & Chris' Autumn Wedding at The Green Weddings in Cornwall

It's the day I will always remember when it comes to rainy weddings in cornwall.. I was really worried it would rain all day for Chris and Lorna's wedding, but we must have been in a 'magic pocket' as it stopped 9well just drizzled) for a few hours just when we left the church after the ceremony to head to The Green, Weddings in Cornwall for the reception and photos.. Lorna wanted some shots with the Minions in the background as that's where she went quite often in her childhood. Lorna grew up not far from the venue near the moors and the back fields have stunning views to her childhood playgrounds.. And how beautiful is Lorna's father's vintage bristolcar all polished up as a stylish classic wedding car!

Venue: The Green Cornwall and St Sampson's Church, South Hill // Date: 16.09.17 // Flowers: Escential Blooms // Hair & Makeup: Posh & Cosy // Dress: White Orchid Bridal // Suit: Hawkes Bespoke Outfitters // Cake: Marks & Spencer // Music: Stone Roots

Family Portrait Photography at Trevone Beach in Cornwall

I was quite excited when I received a call from Martyn's sister a few months ago that she wanted to surprise Martyn and Katie with a family portrait photoshoot for his birthday present.  I shot Katie and Martyn's wedding back in 2014, they are such a lovely couple and it's nice to hear that they are a family now. Their little son Harvey is a bundle of fun! Nice to see a couple again after a few years and have the opportunity to photograph them again, this time with their whole family including 'Buddy' the little terrier who I already met a few years back..We went on their local beach Trevone on the north cornish coast..here are a few shots from the day..

But if you can’t wait and have a trip to the beach planned anytime soon with your own camera and want some tips about beach photography, Pixpa.com have written an in depth article to improve your beach portrait photography skills to get better family snaps.

  https://www.pixpa.com/blog/beach-photography-tips

A Family Portrait on Crantock Beach, Cornwall

Becky and Anthony are getting married next may at the Green in Cornwall. They booked a package with an engagement shoot included. When we had the pre-wedding meeting they asked me to capture some natural family portraits on the beach instead. We've chosen Crantock Beach in Cornwall as it was close by and it's one of the most picturesque cornish beaches in this area. 

Taking children's portraits is always fun especially when they just 'do their thing' and which place is better than the beach!  We're blessed to have such beautiful locations on our doorstep! Here are just a few from our day out at Crantock..

Yes, I'm a finalist in the Southwest Wedding Awards!

I’m pretty chuffed to hear I made it to the finals! Thanks for all your support from recent newly weds in 2016 and 2017 I had the privilege to photograph in all these stunning locations in Cornwall and the rest of Southwest UK.  Without you this wouldn't have been possible. 

Dan & Sally's Rainy Late Autumn Wedding in Cornwall, Cosawes Barton

It rained all day for Dan and Sally's late autumn wedding but they didn't care! The best way to be and wow, what a fabulous day it was full of fun and style. It was my first visit to Cosawes Barton and I must say I fell in love with this venue straight away. Set in 17 acres of Cornish woodland and fields this beautiful historic 17th century estate is a pleasure for the eye and offers endless photo opportunities. Shame about the rain, but we still managed to get out there and get some beautiful couple photos, I'm so pleased Dan and Sally are such a relaxed couple and enjoyed putting their wellies on for the photoshoot.

For the reception entrance, Dan pushed Sally on a wheelbarrow, great fun! I also loved the gin theme going on, the tables were all named after different gins and there was a Gin Mix Bar of course, 'let the celebrations be Gin!' Being a gin lover myself, this really scored some extra points! The main bar was a sailing boat, not just an ordinary sailing boat, but Dan's childhood boat on which he learned to sail. Another lovely personal touch were the framed images in the woodland telling Dan and sally's love story.  They really planned this for a while and most of the decoration was DIY. The cake wasn't your ordinary wedding cake, it was gluten free chocolate brownies covered in strawberries and cream, hence it wasn't your ordinary 'cut the cake' image, which I loved, and did i mention it made your mouth water just looking at the mountain of goodness! 

The highlight of the day was Sally's dad's surprise: he ordered some royal marine drummers just after the first dance! It was spectacular and Sally almost couldn't hold back her tears.

Everything about this wedding was just beautiful, a great example that you can have a blast on your wedding day in Cornwall inspite of the rain!

Venue: Cosawes Barton // Date: 07.10.17 // Flowers: Ruby Alice Designs // Hair & Makeup: TBC // Dress: The Bridal House of Cornwall // Cake: DIY // Event Planner: Jenny Wren Weddings and Events

Black Friday Special Offer for Family Portraits !!!

I'm currently offering a 25% discount on family portrait sessions as a BlackFriday Special Offer! A great opportunity for Christmas presents or just to get some lovely shots of you and your little ones. It's a natural and relaxed style photoshoot either on your favourite beach, place or at home.

There are limited spaces available, so please email me  ASAP to book your space! 

Debbie & Tom's Intimate Summery Elopement at Lowerbarns in Cornwall

I was meaning to post this beautiful summery elopement since ages! My workload didn't allow me to update my blog with all the stunning weddings I shot this season, but I finally can make a start with the posting.

Debbie and Tom eloped to Cornwall late august on a beautiful sunny late summer's day at lower barns boutique bed and breakfast. They only brought their parents, their little daughter and beautiful greyhound with them to celebrate their special day in an intimate circle. It couldn't have been a more summery day, so we decided to make the most out of it and ventured down the beach for some couple portraits. Unfortunately the tide was so high that there wasn't much beach left and the few square meters of sand were filled with tourists, so not the ideal scenario for a photoshoot. I knew how much Debbie and Tom wanted some coastal photos though, so we improvised. It was a bit of a walk up the cliff path to get to the field overlooking the beach and we had to avoid some sheep poo, but it was worth it! 

And to make the day even better, their daughter picked me a little wild flower bouquet to take home with me! What a sweet, personal day to capture, one I will definitely always remember..

Talking about flowers, the wedding flowers provided by the talented Marie Owen from This Rugged Coast were absolutely beautiful!! One of my favourites this year..

If you want to read some more about this divine day, please visit pastiesandpetticoats blog

Venue: Lower Barns // Date: 29.08.17 // Flowers: Marie Owen, This Rugged Coast // Hair & Makeup: Cornwall Hair Stylist and Makeup Artist // Dress: Belda Bridal in Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield // Suit: Reiss // Cake: TBC

Wow! Simply Wedding Awards Finalist!

I'm totally chuffed to share this with you! Thanks for all the lovely newly weds who voted for me in the first stage, I loved shooting all your beautiful weddings and your great reviews and support really means the world to me.. Yey!