Church: St Helens Church, Watford, Hertfordshire.

Reception Venue: The Grove, Near Watford, Hertfordshire.

Zoe & Mark had a small intimate wedding on an incredibly sunny day it August. They spent nearly an hour with me after their wedding ceremony and I shot some fantastic wedding photography. The ambience of this day really shines through in the photographs.

Lip Gloss

The March

Vows

The Ceremony

Ends

Confetti

Bouquet

Summer Days

Moments

The King & Queen

Toes

Flare

I shot Mark & Sonja weddings photographs in London in July. They were married in a catholic church in Putney and they held their wedding reception at Putney Rowing club on the River Thames.  Sonja had a gorgeous wedding dress but I have to say her shoes were just amazing -silver Gucci sequinned  shoes with heels that went on forever. I’m a shoe girl myself and I wasn’t surprised to learn she spent more on her wedding shoes that her dress.

Mark & Sonja

The Wedding Dress

Buttons

Heels

Feet and Footsteps

Family

Sonja

The Wedding Ceremony

During

Joy

Quiet Moments

By the River Thames

Laughter

The Happy Couple

Location of Wedding: St Mary’s Parish Church, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. The wedding reception was held in a marquee on the grounds of a large farm in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

Stuart and Louise were married on an incredible sunny day in July. The sky was so blue with lots white fluffy clouds. It made a fantastic backdrop for the wedding photographs.

Although bright sunny days are what people ideally want for their wedding day if you ask a photographer they will always prefer an overcast day as bright days are incredibly challenging exposure wise. It can be extremely difficult to achieve detail in the sky while exposing correctly for your main subject matter. A professional wedding photographer will always know how to achieve the best results whatever the conditions they find themselves shooting in even if it means taking several different exposures of the same scene. If its not possible to get all the details in the original photograph then I edit my wedding photography in my art-working process to achieve the exact image I am looking for with all the key details that ‘make’ the final image. Each wedding photograph I take goes through a strict quality control process to ensure the photographs are exactly how I want them to be and have my particular artistic style. 

The Rings

St Mary's Parish Church in Amersham Bucks

Sunset

Nerves

Wedding Ceremony

Natural Light

Confetti

St Mary's Parish Church in Amersham Bucks

The Rings

Stuart & Louise

Laughing Bride

Strolling

The Wedding Ceremony

Nerves

Speeches

First Dance

Dodgems

Wedding photography by Vicky at Sophoto

Wedding Locations: St James Church, Bushey, Hertfordshire and Watford Town & County Club, Watford, Herts.

Photograph of St James Church Bushey Herts

Steve Waits for Carey

Carey and Family Arrive for the Wedding

Carey & Steve

The Look

The Rolls

First Dance

Date: July 2008

Locations: St John The Baptist Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire and the wedding reception was held at Aldenham Golf & Country Club, Herts.

Stuart and Sarah were married in this fantastic Church on a lovely day in July. Aldenham Golf and Country Club was a very leisurely stroll along Church Lane and everyone was soon celebrating this happy wedding.

Many Hands

Wedding Rings

Blessing

The End of the Wedding Ceremony

The Kiss

On a sunny day in March I travelled to Chenies in Buckinghamshire to photograph the wedding of Ron and Sue. They had quite an interesting story because although they had been together a number of years, this was the their second time together. After their first relationship ended they had met each other a number of years later and got together again. It was such a lovely story.

I was also surprised to see the same registrar that had conducted Lucie and Marco’s wedding. Although wedding photographers often meet the same registrars and priests etc at their regular shooting venues it is quite unusual to see them covering different geographical areas.

Ron and Sue

Together

I love the symmetry in this image and the texture of the tree bark

I shot a sequence of these tree images and they work so well together

And the third image in the sequence

Whispers

Lucie and Marco held their civil wedding ceremony at Spring Cottage, Cliveden House, Berkshire. Cliveden House is a spectacular location which is owned by the National Trust and Spring Cottage (part of the Cliveden estate) is situated on the River Thames.

Lucie and Marco’s wedding celebration is the smallest and most intimate wedding that I have ever photographed. There were four people in total including the Bride and Groom. They were both Italian and so two close friends had flown over from Italy to participate in their celebration. I found myself racing against sunset as this was a winter wedding and sunset is about 4pm. The light just before sunset is a favourite of mine as it is so warm and soft. I shot some gorgeus wedding photography using this light.

The Bridge

Lucie & Marco

Butterfly Kisses

The Mariage Register

I was Phil & Nicola’s wedding photographer at St Michaels Manor, St Albans, Hertfordshire and also at The Pre in St Albans. This was another winter wedding but luckily the weather behaved. I’m beginning to think I might be lucky as I can’t remember the last time I shot a wedding when it rained (touch wood!).

Phil and Nicola were concerend about getting decent photographs at The Pre as they didn’t think it was the most attractive location. For me this is part of the challenge of being a wedding photographer. I want to produce unique images that my couple are chuffed with and so I will find some fantastic locations even if the Bride and Groom don’t think there are any. I have heard of wedding photographers informing clients that it’s not worth buying an album as the location isn’t attractive enough to justify it. Needless to say i’m pretty disgusted with this attitude as I believe there are truly great images to be created anywhere. I loved Phil & Nicola’s wedding location and was truly excited about shooting at The Pre, which was totally the opposite reaction to what they where expecting, but as their wedding photographer I was looking at it in a different light.

The Pre was surrounded by some stunning Hertfordshire Countryside with St Albans Abbey in the distance. I love my romantic novels and I was visualising images along the lines of Wuthering Heights. My only concern was whether Phil & Nicola were adventurous and would they bring wellies? The answer was yes to both questions.

Nicola

The Stairs

The Kiss

Red Wellies

Winter Wedding

Rachel and Chris opted for a winter wedding at Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey. This was a truly gorgeous location and luckily the weather behaved (most of the time!). Rachel looked stunning in her wedding dress and Chris was dressed to impress in his military uniform.

Rachel

Wet Feet

Rachel & Chris

I shot Nikki & Keiths’ wedding photography in sunny October (yes we did have some sun!). Their wedding ceremony was held in the Elim Chruch in Watford, Herts, and the wedding reception took place at St Clement Danes, Buckinghamshire. The church proved a real challenge as it was very dark and all the windows were covered! The obvious option was to use flash photography. There is a place for flash but I try to avoid it if at all possible because it can be quite intrusive and I find it really kills almosphere unless utilised properly. Unfortunately many photographers don’t really know how to work with flash and so end up blasting everything. Photographs that have detail in the foreground blasted out display a typical symptom or poor flash use.

Kiss the Bride

Graffiti

Autumn Wedding

I originally shot the above wedding image in colour but when I started my post processing I realised that it had to be black and white. I felt it was a shame to loose the beautiful autumnal colours though and so decided to keep the warm colours in the leaves. For me the whole image works well and really portrays the feel of the wedding day.