Wedding in Devon

On Saturday I photographed the wedding of Natasha and Iain in a very spring like Devon. The reception was held at Natasha's family home in the quiet hamlet of Furley and the ceremony was at the St John the Baptist church in nearby Membury.


As usual I arrived a little early to check out the locations and say 'hi' to everybody. I photographed the wedding of Natasha's sister, Coquita, last year so I was already familiar with some of the family. As the Bride prepared for her big day the two young bridesmaids played on the swing without a care in the world.





During the ceremony we had a reading from the 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint Exupery and sang 'I Vow to Thee My Country' before the Bride and Groom came down the aisle to 'The Liberty Bell'!



Back at the house, instead of the usual canapés, afternoon tea was served including cucumber sandwiches and cream scones.




The wedding breakfast included a starter of crab meat salad and a main course with barbequed lamb. The Bride and Groom work in the film industry and named all of the tables after different film Directors including Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen. The catering was by the team at Gordon Sutherland and all of the fabulous flowers were created by Natasha's mother, Cathryn.


The newly weds are now on their way to Sicily for a weeks honeymoon.

Wedding Venues

I've just been looking through the list of weddings that I'll be covering this year and, as in the past, I'm going to be visiting some great locations.

Amongst many others, I will be lucky enough to take photographs at St Stephens Club in London, the Chateau de la Napoule near Cannes, The Orangery in Holland Park, One Whitehall Place, the Villa Miani in Rome, Great Fosters in Surrey, Rowhill Grange in Kent and the Crazy Bear in Beaconsfield.

They are all very different and I will do my best to feature as many images from the weddings as possible over the coming months here on my blog.

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Wedding at Ockendon Manor

Clare and Chris were married at the Holy Trinity Church in Cuckfield , West Sussex on what was probably the start of the, now, traditional Indian Summer. Clare got ready at her parents house nearby with her Bridesmaid, Issy, and had her hair styled by Nelson from the Sejour salon in Chelsea.




Around 65 guests joined them for the wedding ceremony during which we heard readings from Chris' Aunt, Brenda Tipper and Clare's brother Michael, the latter reciting 'The most Wonderful of All Things In Life' by Sir Hugh Walpole.




Then everybody walked through the village to Ockendon Manor for the wedding reception. The sun was really warm and the guests spilt out onto the terrace and the lawns to enjoy the weather.






After the wedding breakfast we had the speeches with an excellent one coming from Chris' Best Man, James.




Clare's dress was designed by Suzanne Neville and came with a detachable under skirt netting thingy...


As night fell the Bride & Groom and their guests danced away to their live band 'One Foot In The Groove'.


The couple are now off on honeymoon to Italy for two weeks... just as we get some nice weather here :-)