Last weekend I was at the lovely Lost Village of Dode to photograph the wedding of Sarah & Alan.

Sarah & Alan's had a Halloween theme, from Halloween dog collars to pumpkins and spiders.
Being Scottish it was natural that Alan wore a kilt. I love seeing groom's wearing kilts....I don't know why, I also like to see groom's wearing their military uniform, I think they look very smart!
Sarah wore a black wedding dress with gorgeous black vintage boots which she later took off for their second ceremony which was the hand-fasting ceremony. The bride also wore fairy wings for an extra special touch.
The pumpkins and apples that decorated the venue looked great!! Harvey, one of the bride and groom's three dogs, was a great ring-bearer and all three dogs behaved very well all day.

The weather played nice for us, we had rain until an hour before the guests started to arrive and then we had brilliant sunshine from when everyone arrived until everyone left...perfect!! I love sunny autumn days, the richness of the trees really stood out around Dode.

An emotional ceremony, a very happy bride and groom and three very well behaved dogs...here is a sneaky peak. Once the bride and groom have seen all of their photographs I will post more.

Another visit for us to the amazing Lost Village of Dode for Heather & Dom's wedding. We started the day photographing them both at their hotel, before setting out for what must be Kent's most out-of-the-way venue! Heather looked simply stunning, Dom looked simply stunned (okay, rip off of the standard best man joke!)

Dode is the 1000 (ish!) year old site of a Medieval village which was destroyed by the black death, standing derelict until rediscovered in Victorians times. Doug Chapman, who is the current 'Keeper' of the church runs the tiny (45 peole max) venue with real passion, and if asked is happy to regail the wedding guests with a potted history of Dode, late in the evening after dinner. You'll absolutely soak up the venue's character - 'unique' is an overused term in the wedding business but one that truly does apply to his venue.

I can truly reccommend Dode for smaller weddings - it's unlike anywhere else I've seen.

A carbon-fibre wedding ring - how cool is that?????