Wedding photographer Cheltenham

Martin and Bryony

I only met Bryony and Martin a week before their wedding, at which point it appeared Bryony knew a lot about me.  It soon transpired that she's a religious blog follower, so hopefully she'll be pleased with this post of her wedding from the weekend.

They married at a cute church in the village of Swerford, Nr Chipping Norton and followed on to a reception at Friars Court.  It was another fine hot day too, which must be about the 10th wedding in a row...good huh!

Bryony holds up the handheld reflector perfectly for my photo.


Let's hope she is amazing or you'll have to get the card back off her at the end of the day.


Wedding hair - with REAL flowers I may add.


Bridesmaids look on thinking how easy it sounded in the shop....why's it so hard now!?


Eye spy very long eye lashes.


Still on the job.  3 pairs of hands, with one offering comments from the front.  Note: the bridesmaid has even had time to get changed since the earlier photo!


OK, so now it's been discovered that the veil is in back to front.  (I personally never knew there was a right and/or wrong way)  Step up the chief bridesmaid.....thankfully she was listening earlier when they had the low down on how to unattach it!


St Mary's Church in Swerford, Nr Chipping Norton.






A cool five mins late.


dum, dum de dum.....here comes the bride and I'm allowed to take photos throughout the WHOLE ceremony - wahooo!













I really like this photo, sweet light and a typical wedding moment that's often missed of guests during the ceremony.


It's clearly been a tough 40 minutes for Martin.... or has he just remembered he left the iron on?












Five people, one church and one wedding car.  Taken at 3:15 should anyone wish to know :-)










Outside of Friars Court with some fine weather for the drinks reception.




Friar Court's well renowned FAT CAT....or is he just BIG?  


Waiting staff had downed tools and left wedding guests to serve each other - perhaps that's a cost saving exercise.


Once this lot got past the fact of having me stand 2 feet away taking a photo the jokes just kept coming.


This must be the fourth week running now of showing group wedding photos. 


That's one really well tied tie. 


Checking out the bling.






200m of bunting.  Apparently dad is pretty gifted with a sewing machine.

Kingscote Barn Wedding Photos

Jonathan and Laura
Yeah baby, June is a hot month.  OK, so in truth that's a right arse for a wedding photographer as it simply makes me far hotter when working than on a nice overcast cool day, but for weddings it's gotta be a big tick box for the bride and groom.  Best of all though is the beautiful evening light you get, especially gifted to me this weekend at Kingscote Barn.




Laura already owned a pair of Jimmy Choo's so they made the perfect choice for her wedding footwear.


The pop ran out fast.......step up Aunty with another bottle.




The pre-ceremony chat....where I overheard them discussing 'stiff moments!' (say no more)







Sooooo lovin' this photo on the left.  All shot as it unfolded too, not posed.  In fact I probably wouldn't think to pose a shot like that....maybe next time I will though (although it's never the same!).


The page boy got more of an eyeful than he first expected.




Too cute.




The page boy had a front row seat for the ring exchange.







Drinks reception on the lawn at Kingscote Barn.






This'll be the second week of showing a group shot - what's happening to me!?!






Jonathan will really appreciate that face he's pulling!







Down and dirty on the deck.  I love it when brides trust me to make a cool photo.  You can always get a wedding dress cleaned, so 10 mins hanging out around Kingscote Barn with me is usually worth it.










Yeah, Jonathan has arrived for the speeches!



We had a full house inside Kingscote Barn.  It's cool with the balcony full of folk too.



John looks as though he's about to burst into song.  (alas, he didn't)



Careful with those drinks gents!




Hands up if you're the REALLY drunk table.


Love this, so simple - bride, sister and bridesmaid.






This is the first time I've come across a rodeo sheep in my many years as a wedding photographer.   




Aunty wishing she hadn't just eaten such a big lunch!


Sarah managed extremely well to prevent from inadvertently flashing to the crowd.











Is this my favourite photo of the day, why yes I do believe it is?!  This would look pretty cool in a wedding dress brochure me thinks.







I'm thinking this would also make a nice wedding dress shot.  Taken on the top road running into Kingscote Barn.  This is what wonderful June evening light is all about. Soft and warm.