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Thursday, 18 March, 2010

Jessica and Alistairs Wedding at Orchardleigh House Near Frome

The end of February saw us travel to the wonderful Orchardleigh House near Frome in Somerset, for the wedding of Jessica and Alistair.

This couple were so incredibly chilled out and took everything in their stride, including their wedding preparations taking a lot less time than most!

The couple chose to have their wedding ceremony in the house (there is also a beautiful waterside church within Orchardleigh's Grounds) which took place in the main hallway and in front of a roaring fire. Chris was upfront taking photos of the couple saying their vows, and he reports that his legs are still burning!

Somerset seems to be a very popular place for us to photograph weddings recently with one at the end of December and valentines weekend of Halswell House and one coming up this weekend at Tone Dale House and then back to Orchardleigh at the start of April.

We've picked out a few of our favourite images from Jessica and Alistair's wedding (which was hard as we love them all!) for you to enjoy.

We also have to say that Jessica had the most BEAUTIFUL dress we've ever had the pleasure of photographing. We have a new Blog coming soon, so will get some more photos on that show the back of the dress.

Watch this space for many more weddings coming up soon.

Wednesday, 17 March, 2010

Alix and Stephens Wedding at Halswell House in Somerset

First off apologies for not updating the Blog sooner. We've been stacked out busy getting ready for 2010's Wedding Season. Its looking like our busiest year to date, and are currently covering Weddings from Lands End to Bath to Chelmsford!

Anyway back to the most romantic weekend of the year - Valentines! The 13th of February saw us travel up to the beautiful Halswell House in Somerset, for the second time in two months. This time we were up there for Alix and Stephens Wedding.

We'd not met the couple until the morning of the wedding, and can honestly say we couldn't have hoped to meet a nicer couple, and even better they had a wonderful bunch of friends and family.

The couple got ready, were married and had their reception all in Halswell, a great recipe for a relaxed affair ,where the guests can kick back and relax (drink!) and enjoy the day without having to worry about driving or traveling.

As ever the House had everything organised perfectly, and a fabulous Toast Master helped the day run even smoother. After a very emotional service we had around an hour to get some group shots and beautiful shots of the Bride and Groom, even venturing up many flights of stairs to the roof of the house, where there are the most spectacular views and even a hot tub!!

Anyway here are a few images from the day, as you can see a bit of a black and white theme, which suited their day perfectly, especially the black table cloths and white settings.

A massive thank you to Alix and Stephen for being such lovely people and making us feel really welcome.

Friday, 15 January, 2010

Louise and Vince's Wedding at Halswell House in Somerset

Whilst most people were having a chilled out time between Christmas and New Year, we were up at Halswell House in Somerset to photograph Louise and Vince's wedding.

We couple booked almost a year ago, and we met with them in August whilst Vince was in Cornwall competitive fishing. It was obvious that the couple knew what they wanted, but were also incredibly easy going, and we knew that their wedding day was going to be one to enjoy.

After staying locally overnight we were up bright and early for an all you can eat breakfast, breaking our healthy eating pledge! Mike headed off to Louise's parents house where she was getting ready and Chris went off to a local pub to meet with Vince where he, and his groomsmen were having breakfast.

We both had a really nice morning with the couple and Louise did her best to consume a bottle of Champagne! After her emotional arrival at the Church, the service was over in a flash and a memorable moment for us was when Louise turned around after the vows had been said with a look of amazement at the amount of guests in the church!

We all then headed off to the nearby stunning Halswell House for the couples reception. We spent the afternoon dodging showers in between photographing the couple and a few group shots.

Despite the fact it was winter and the tree's were bare and grass was muddy, the House looked amazing, and just before the couple first dance we took a few images outside when it was all lit up, with a reflection in the pond.

Louise and Vince were kind enough to send us a text the very next day saying: "Just wanted to say a massive thank you to you and Mike. You were both amazing and everyone commented about you and how well you fitted into the day with all of our friends and family! So glad we chose you to photograph our wedding. We cannot wait to see the pics!!

We'd like to say a massive thank you to the couple and their friends and family for making us feel so welcome and wish them all the very best for their future together.