...Back in March I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Tracy & Dave, at the Grasshopper Inn in Westerham.

I met Tracy and Dave sometime last year, we got on well and we did their pre-wedding shoot in the Autumn.  

On the morning of the wedding, we woke up to snow! Thick, cold, snow which was still falling on my way to Tracy's house! As I drove through Biggin Hill it looked like a scene from Narnia, so pretty!
I arrived to mild panic, Tracy's make up artist/hair stylist had had a car accident earlier that morning and so was unable to attend!! Frantic tweets from me and phonecalls/texts from the make up artist to the bride trying to arrange replacements.

Fortunately, a make up artist and hair stylist arrived in time to do Tracy and her two bridesmaids. They drove 2 hours to get to Tracy's and were absolutely brilliant! Unfazed, Tracy got in to the spirit of things and opened the champagne!!

After a couple of hours with the bride, bride’s son and bridesmaids, I made my way to the Grasshopper to see the groom, Dave, and photograph details/arrivals.

Dave was in good spirits, despite a few nerves which is to be expected.

The snow was still falling and had turned to sleet as Tracy and her half of the bridal party arrived! Still smiling and still unfazed the gorgeous bride was ready to marry her waiting groom.

The ceremony was beautiful and intimate and once over it was time for a few pictures before the bride and groom were whisked away for a short drive before coming back to The Grasshopper to greet their guests and a few group photographs.

Next was the wedding breakfast before speeches followed by more guests arriving for the evening reception! I had been looking forward to the evening because Tracy and Dave had arranged for a Blues Brothers band, a 12piece band, to entertain everybody! They were brilliant, thoroughly entertaining!! I love a live band at weddings!

I left as the party was in full swing, happy and singing loudly to ‘everybody needs somebody’ on my way home!!

...A few weeks ago I had the priviledge of photographing Kerri-Anne and Robin's wedding at the beautfiul Cooling Castle Barn, one of the most popular wedding venue's in Kent!

The wedding day was a bit like 'Don't Tell the Bride' except the bride and the groom didn't have a clue about their day, except for what they were wearing and their first dance choice.
The day was full of surprises, from the flowers arriving in the morning to the menu which was revealed in the morning, which made it all very exciting.

The biggest surprise of all was the bride's father's speech. In the 13 years that I have been a photographer, I have witnessed lots of lovely speeches full of emotion but I have never witnessed a more brilliant and emotional speech than this one. I was chatting to Paul in the morning and he told me what he had planned and why. It was because he knew that the emotion may get the better of him so he decided to don a 'Sinatra'-esque trilby and sing his own lyrics to a Sinatra song! It was brilliant and lovely capturing the surprise on the bride and groom's faces.

After a day full of surprises for the bride and groom, arranged by Kerri-Anne's mum and sister, the bride and groom had their own little surprise for the first dance which included a dance routine - practised shortly before during the sunset photographs that we took.

All too quickly, as always, it was time for my day to come to an end and I left leaving the excellent band - thetzars.com - entertaining the guests.

One of my favourite moments from every wedding that I do is the first time that the brides father see's his daughter for the first time on her wedding day!

The boys...

Boys again...

Bride's arrival...

Blue sky overhead...

Romantic....

Beautiful bride....

A big hug after the first dance...

On Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Dawn & Sam's wedding.
After a pretty (literally) mad week of heavy snowfall around the country, worse in Kent of course, I was a little worried whether the wedding would be going ahead. I had been watching the weather forecast all week and saw on the news that some couples had to cancel their weddings so I called Dawn a couple of days before to get an update. Fortunately everything was going to plan.

Brief rundown...
I arrived at the cottage where Dawn was getting ready and decided to take a walk outside to grab a few shots. I didn't realise how deep the snow was...it was halfway up my leg, around 15inches!!
Preparation shots done...started to make my way to the church to meet Sam but got stuck on the icey hill outside the cottage. My car was sliding all over the place and couldn't get up the hill!! Bride's brother arrives to take Dawn and her dad to the church, panic sets in that I won't be able to get there so decided that if the car wouldn't move then I'd leave it there and go with the bride!
Fortunately the lovely farmer who owned the cottage came to the rescue with his tractor and towed me to the main road!
Met up with the brides car en route to the church and we both made it to the church 40 minutes late!!! Being towed and being late for a wedding are both firsts for me in 12 years photographing weddings....and not to be repeated!!

The wedding was lovely. After the church service, Mr. & Mrs. F enjoyed mince pies and mulled wine with their guests before making their way to Cooling Castle Barn where they entered a real Winter Wonderland. The barn looked fantastic with the beautifully decorated Christmas trees and reindeer lights and the snow just set it off.