Italy - Tuscany, Sienna and Pisa

With a wedding in Tuscany to photograph it would have been wrong to just fly out and straight back again, so Ali and I took a short break and explored some of the beautiful cities of Tuscany too.

Quite a pretty spot to plan your journey to Sienna.  Map, Sat Nav, Rough Guide and Water - all the essentials.

The view from our table - ummmmm nice.

Tuscany certainly has some pretty towns.

This is the view of Sienna as we drove over the hill towards it.  Note: It's not always best to take photos AND drive, but worth it on this occasion.

We stayed right in the center of Sienna with this superb view from our hotel room.

Possibly my favourite photo of the holiday.  Simple and sums up Italy nicely.

At this point you should definitely stop viewing if you suffer from vertigo (or whatever the equivalent to it is, when looking up from the ground - a lot).  Certainly makes your neck ache.

Click the READ MORE button (far left) to continue with this blog post.....and many many more photos of Sienna & Pisa.

Destination Wedding Photographer Tuscany, Italy.

Photographing weddings doesn't get any better than when in Tuscany at the beautiful wine resort of Conti di San Bonifacio. 

It's been a busy week at for Matt Davis Photography with this destination wedding making up my final wedding to shoot in May.  It's never all rosy though and this usually hits home as you sit in the airport departure lounge watching your flight status change to delayed, due to the discovery of an unexploded WWII bomb at Pisa Airport!. 

The full blog will follow shortly but in the interim congratulations to Darren & Suzanne on their amazing wedding in Tuscany.  Here's a sneak peek....

Mr & Mrs relaxing by the pool - well alright, posing for a photo! :-)

Fairly appropriate I guess as the venue Conti di San Bonifacio (which Darren and Suzanne independently found) has now been submitted to the popular boutique hotel travel site mrandmrssmith and is taking bookings for weddings on a regular basis now.

Wedding albums - Dumbleton Hall

Simon & Liz recently collected there beautiful Matted Wedding Album, so before it left me forever I took a few photos to blog.  It was a unique wedding in that it snowed 'heavily' and with a black tie wedding theme made for stunning pictures with Dumbleton Hall providing the perfect backdrop
 For anyone considering a winter wedding you can see the full blog post and a slideshow here.  


A 40 page wedding album....compared to my 30 page sample album is certainly the daddy!









A blanket of snow and 'warm' setting sun...........not your typical British wedding.





Liz also had parent books to accompany her main wedding album.

Wedding Photographer Worcestershire

Rich and Carries wedding in Worcestershire - that's got a nice ring to it :-)

I'm not sure why, but I don't often find myself in the county of Worcestershire for weddings - am I 'The Gloucestershire Wedding Photographer'?  Who knows....maybe there aren't many wedding venues in Worcestershire....ahh yeah, that'll be it, and also the reason behind Rich & Carrie having a Marquee reception in their parents garden!

I have to say, if you are thinking of having a country wedding this one fits the bill perfectly.  A beautiful home for the bridal preps, a 5 min walk to the church, (an extra 2 mins if you go via the pub), then stroll back after the wedding ceremony to the marquee reception in the garden - PERFECT.

- Wedding | Richard & Carrie | Church | St Egwins -
If you can't scene set a wedding in just one photo, four will typically cover it.


St Egwings Church, Norton, Worcestershire.  This church was in a lovely setting and a fairly decent size inside too - considering Rich and Carrie had around 100 wedding guests.






Carrie and the bridesmaids were ready very early so had plenty of time to relax before the wedding to enjoy a glass of champagne.



This wedding marquee was possibly one of the nicest I've come across.  Beautifully decorated, the perfect size, carpeted and finished off with a chandelier.  


The wedding details had a lavender theme.  This was carried over into Carries bouquet, posies for the church pew ends, the wedding cup cakes and also table settings.





Whilst the girls were drinking champagne at home, the boys were at the local pub for a swift pint before the wedding.  Transportation was provided by way of a pimped out wedding Camper Van....as to why they needed this to travel 250 yards I'm not quite sure :-)






















Limited photography was allowed on this occasion (booo) but I snapped a couple of discrete shots during the ceremony.  I love this one above, not only for the grooms expression, but also the guy looking on in the pew behind.



Click the LINK (on the left hand side) to READ MORE from this wedding.

Marquee wedding Worcestershire

With several weddings in one week, it's a hectic time for me processing loads of photos and designing wedding albums.  So for some light relief before the full blog posts, I've included an 'early bird' image from my weddings over the past few days.
Here's my 'one pick' taken in St. Egwins Church, Norton before they moved on to a Marquee reception in their parents garden.  


Sometimes as a photographer you get two shots in one......and that I like! :-)(Bride & Brother / Groom & Mother)

Barnsley House Cotswold Wedding

With a busy week of weddings (3 in total) I thought it would be nice to show a preview from the wedding at Barnsley House last night.  I say last night, it stared at 4:30pm, which I personally think makes for a great time.

Will & Kelly had the most beautiful day for a wedding.  Set at Barnsley House it was perfect for their international guests (coming from America and South Africa) to really appreciate what the Cotswolds has to offer in terms of boutique hotels and fine dining.

Check back next week for the full blog post showing their outdoor wedding ceremony.