Just wanted to let you know that you were an absolute legend on the day - I asked you so many questions about how a wedding is supposed to work and you just answered and solved so many of my worries on the day. Honestly couldn't have been a better person to have there...oh and your photography is bloody brilliant also!!
So Emma bloody loved the pictures and I bloody loved the wedding, match made in heaven! This post is a bit longer than the norm, so I hope you're sitting comfortably?
It was all set in the wonderful county of Derbyshire . I got a phone call from Emma last year, she had been hunting for her photographer and had come across me. Fast forward 8 months, a number of emails and it was time for our Skype call. Emma and Nicholas are based is Australia, so with time differences sorted out we had a chat. This is when I started to really look forward to the day, they are a super lovely couple and showed an interest in heading back to Ashover Rock in Derbyshire, where they got engaged to get some shots on the day. I always love a fearless couple so was completely up for it and it was so worth it!!!
I headed up to Derbyshire the night before the wedding, literally leaving one wedding and heading to the next. Here I hooked up with Aymie and Ben aka Mrs Mashup, awesome wedding film makers based in Bristol. It's great to work with people that you love especially when you are far from home... shout out to Ben who I followed home through all the diversions in the wee small hours, you're a hero !
The day was just perfect, Emma's bridesmaids were such fun and so nice. During the morning I got an alert on my phone , some photographer friends were having a discussion about iphones and Ipads at weddings. Another photographer and good friend had shared an image of people so desperate to capture their shot they had obstructed the isle and in turn the photographer. So we stared talking about unplugged wedding's and Emma wanted to understand what that was. One of Emma's creative bridesmaid's quickly put a board together discouraging photography in the church so instead of a sea of blue screens and fruit logo's I was blessed with happy smiley faces! So thanks to Rob for the post and to Emma's lovely bridesmaid for the artwork!!
It was just an utterly brilliant day, Emma and Nicholas had a picture taken with Emma's Grandparents who attended the church service but not the reception, the frame taken seconds after the formal shot had an incredible reaction. The power of a moment never fails to delight and surprise me.
I often get quite attached to my work, I guess because I am a creative...and I remember each image I've taken, sometimes it's important that the context of a moment is seen and sometimes the moment itself is all that needs to be recorded, fixing a moment that has vanished within a second or two is what my photography is all about. I don't need to make moments happen, they are always there, I try to be creative with my photography. Ultimately I'm there to record a story and this story was a pleasure to record....
So are you getting married in Australia? Then yippee, you guys know how to PARTY! Get in touch :-) If it's near Emma and Nicholas I have a place to stay too :-)
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