There are many aspects to photographing a wedding – the journalistic pictures which form the bulk of the day for me, the family shots and the bride and groom pictures, ‘scene setting’ images etc. Recording the little things are also a very important part of the day for me as well. A typical preparation for the wedding day for the bride and groom (OK, mostly the bride :) ) is around a year, give or take, and a lot of that time is spent on deciding the little things that make the special day, well, special.

The small details that personalise the ceremony and the reception are often the things that take most of the time when planning the wedding. I always make sure we have plenty of detail images to choose from  - this kind of image whether singly or in sequences, really bring an album to life. They often act like glue and bind storytelling sequences together. Usually I try and photograph these in a creative way, I think it’s really cool to have the details shots photographed contextually i.e. with the setting or background part of the composition. This is a really nice way of bringing the location(s) to life in the wedding album.

In this post I’d like to focus on shoes – during the bridal preparations it’s nice to have some images of the these – along with the flowers and the dress they often finish the day in a totally different condition than they were in the morning :) Here’s a few favourites from last years weddings.

Thanks for looking – comments always welcome!

Just completed, Vicky and Nick’s album design from their wedding at beautiful Avington Park. I love the opening page (below). I’ve designed the left hand page with detail shots of the venue. It really brings it to life and if you hadn’t attended the wedding, gives you a really good idea of what kind of location it is. The finished leather album will be 12″ high by 24″ wide (opened up) and is going to look stunning. In my humble opinion :)

**CLICK HERE** to view the album design slideshow!

Victoria and Nick got married today at Avington Park today under a cloudless blue sky. The venue of course was fantastic, beautiful inside with lovely grounds. Such a joy to be able to photograph outside although if it had been rainy we would have managed just fine inside. The ballroom is justly famous for it’s fabulous decoration; a memorable experience getting married there.

Vicky and Nick should be in Kenya en route to the Maldives by now – just the thing to cheer me up sat here in front of my computer :) Have a brilliant time V & N (if you read this) and give me a call when you get back.

Here are some images that jumped out at me going through the pictures from the day. As usual the complete gallery of images will be available on t’interweb just as soon as the bride and groom have seen them. If you were at the wedding and would like to know when the gallery is available **CLICK HERE** and I’ll send you an email.

An Autumn wedding venue. Victoria heading up the stairs.

A couple of detail shots:

Aren’t they bee-yoo-ti-ful?

In the ballroom looking up (reminds me – must get the Dulux out for the ceiling in the loo).

Nothing like unwrapping new shoes (L) Vicky’s dad (R) taking a day off from the farm

Nick and entourage arrive at the venue

A weird grab shot but I like it

Nick – a single man (for the next 20 minutes anyway).

The Avington Park Ballroom

The new Mr. and Mrs. sweep down the stairs after the ceremony

Great looking canapés eh?

A few minutes together

No special effects, flashes or fancy borders, just a couple of simple, soft informal windowlight portraits.

The lace detail in the dress was amazing and I really liked the choice of flowers for the bouqet

A couple of reception images. The drinking starts (L) and the jazz trombonist (R) who was acually pretty good despite the untucked shirt :)

That’s a “Yeeaahhh…..rrright.” expression.

The speeches start…

..Victoria wishes they would finish :)

I don’t usually post group shots on my blog but I loved the way the light kicked off the front of the building here to beautifully illuminate the bride and groom and guests.

Thanks for looking!