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!

The Leander Club was the venue for Karen and Paul’s wedding celebration today in Henley-on-Thames. The wedding was at St. Mary’s, just over the bridge so it was lovely to be able walk over the bridge from one location to the other. The day was great, the weather was kind and there were lots of friends, family and children there to celebrate the day with them. The couple are off to Sorrento for honeymoon. I am sure it will be beautiful this time of the year (very envious)!

Email me if you were at the wedding and would like to know when the complete gallery is available online.

In the meantime, here’s some images that caught my eye.

The Leander Club from the bridge.

Beautiful blooms courtesy of Sonning Flowers.

The Leander Club Synchronised Buttonhole-fixing Display 2009

ickle shoes

Henry and Iris, the lovely bridesmaids.

Paul, in the natural habitat of grooms…the pub.

Final adjustments for Karen as the boys head for the church.

On the way into church. I love the expression on Karen’s Dad’s face.

The sun had come out by time we left the church (L). Busted by Ian the Best Man! (R)

It’s not often two bridal parties bump into each other. Luckily the ladies thought it was really funny :)

Not surprising the canapés went really quickly.

A few moments alone by the river before it was time for the meal.

Thanks again Karen and Paul, have a brilliant time in Sorrento