Back in June, on Fathers Day, I had the absolute pleasure of photographing the wedding of Donna and Michael at one of my favourite venues, Cooling Castle Barn.

The day was sunny, warm, windy and filled with lots and lots of laughter!! In fact, laughter is one of things I remember about Donna and Michael's wedding! And bling! 

I started the day with Michael, his best man and boys getting ready. I love the concentration on the boys faces in this shot!!

I made my way down the block to meet the bride and ladies who were all very calm, and laughing! Dressed in their 'blingy' t-shirts and slippers! In fact, 'bling' was the theme of the day - I loved it!!
The beautiful flowers and table displays were by the fantastic Flowers and Sparkle

Once everyone had their places, Donna walked into the ceremony with her eldest son and was met at the bottom of the stairs by her dad who did a little jig as he walked through the curtain!

Once the ceremony was over and after a few minutes, I grabbed the opportunity to spend about 10 minutes with the couple taking photographs of them alone whilst their guests filed out into the gardens to enjoy reception drinks in the sunshine!

The day was filled with emotion, love and laughter. It was a real pleasure to be a part of it and capture some great memories for Donna and Michael to remember.

Love, love, love this shot!

We will be exhibiting at the Bluewater Wedding Show at Glow 21st-23rd September.

Come and see us on stand S10 where we will have an exclusive show offer for couples looking to book their wedding photographer.

I have a limited number of tickets to give away. If you would like the chance to win a pair of complimentary tickets for the Wedding Fair at Glow, Bluewater just email me at claire@level11.co.uk with your name, wedding date and venue. That's it, simple eh?!

I look forward to seeing you there.

...From 9th-12th February Level 11 Photography will be at the Bluewater Wedding Week which will take place at the brand new events venue Glow at Bluewater.

The Wedding Fair at Bluewater promises to be a fabulous day out and the ultimate destination for inspiration for all of you who are planning your wedding.
With over 150 fantastic wedding professional exhibiting at the show you are guaranteed to find something that you are looking for!

We will be launching some new albums at the show and we will also be offering some amazing special offers which will only be available during the Wedding Week.

Level 11 will be located in the lower hall, stand B46 so come along and see us!!

www.weddingfairatbluewater.com,

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?????