Kids will be kids.

It occurred to me today that'd I forgotten to include a couple of favourite photos which were pretty amusing from Yvonne & Steve's recent wedding.

I find that if you sit and watch people (but mainly kids), in the second of a shutter release you often capture funny moments that would otherwise be missed. These are two classics!

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Sam & Matt's Wedding - 21st Sept '07 - Lower Slaughter Manor / Cotswold House Hotel

This wedding fell on what I've now termed 'Fantastic Friday', having had 3 wedding bookings that morning before I even left the house!

A great start to my day was backed up by fine weather and the exciting news that Sam was also 3 months pregnant - so congratulations again.

Lower Slaughter Manor is... as my wife put it, "An English equivalent of a French Chateux" with charming looks fit to complement any wedding.

Anyway, enough blah.... here's some photos from the day.

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Mum with tears almost starting! We'd not even got to the ceremony!

The spiral staircase of Cotswold House Hotel - a chic boutique hotel hideaway in the Cotswolds.

Sweets for your guests - a nice touch. Ahh ok, I admit, I took a little dogie bag home for me & Ali!

This photo is a fav of mine and a real grower. It's pretty abstract and 'feels' really nice. Simple tones & slight movement along with the shadow of Sam's arm in the top right make this simple composition strong.

I like this photo for the pure comedy value of the best mans head....... well, being a pair of pants.

Erica & Rob's Wedding - 1st Sept '07 - Owlpen Manor, Nr Uley, Gloucestershire

I'd been looking forward to Erica & Rob's wedding for some time as it was at http://www.owlpen.com where I'd not photographed before. They only have approximately six weddings a year so it's certainly an exclusive venue!

The weather was perfect and I felt very welcomed at her parents home where I started out. Erica was a calm bride, very relaxed and just all about enjoying the day - my fav!

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Erica has a great relationship with her dad and these two shots reflected this so well.

No photos were allowed during the ceremony (crap!) but I still managed a few great shots either side.

This is Owlpen Manor - nice huh?!

I thought it time I actually put a group shot or two on my blog. Out of 70 ish guests, how many have their eyes closed then?

This cute shot is one of my favs from their wedding.

Pop cornflour on the shopping list - we're fresh out!

With a wedding coming up tomorrow I decided to test out the new lens I bought this week; it's best I check it works first hey! For anyone interested it's an EF24 f1.4 L, this is lens porn to any good photographer, but "whatever" to anyone else!

So for those who care more about the photos it takes, than it's credentials, here's a few samples. Daisy and I started in the garden, then whilst I uploaded the photos, mum was left in charge. Ummm...... say no more. Sitting on the sofa, only 10ft away, Daisy surreptitiously emptied the kitchen cupboard of cornflour - ohh what fun!

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Back in Cheltenham we've got a little bit of sand, but the beach was better I think.

Mummy hasn't seen this photo yet but I'm guessing she's gonna love it. Ohh how innocent Daisy can appear, but what's beneath that thin veneer?

"Ahh cornflour, I'll empty this all over the kitchen floor & myself"

For anyone who knows Daisy, what's great about this photo are the two bunnies (she loves) who are also enjoying some Daisy time rolling in cornflour (PS - she has two in case she loses one).

"Whoops, what have I done?"

Yvonne & Steve's Wedding - 31st Aug '07 - Friars Court, Clanfield

This was a perfect day for photography with great light and at a location I'd been before http://www.friarscourt.com/. Jeffrey & Charles who run the weddings there are great and always offer helpful advice to get the best out of your day.

My job was made easier too with a relaxed couple who let me do my thing and shoot the day as it unfolds. I did bend their arm a little to ensure a few great bridal portraits though!

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This reading was from the little book which you can see on the seats in the first photo - how cute was that?

These two details (above & below) were just as I found them. If possible I like to record the day as it is so to include both shoes and flowers in this way was great.

I don't know if I noticed at the time and purposefully framed to include this tree but it compliments this composition so well with the two trunks winding into one - ohh aren't I just an old romantic... (umm my wife would tell you different!)

This just makes me laugh. I'm convinced he (Goldie) wanted a crisp from that bowl - it wasn't my place to offer but I bet one guest did by the end of the evening.

This is a really strong shot and will certainly make a great framed print. It'll be included on my website shortly that's for sure.