Wow! It's Natalie and Caine's wedding!

"Here we go again," I thought as I pulled on my waders when I was setting off to natalie and Caine's wedding, "another wet wedding."

Wet?

Understatement of the year.

It was the Saturday when we had the second lot of floods.

Honestly, by the end of this year I'm going to have developed webbed feet and started quacking!

Still, the good thing is that I had bought a lovely new umbrella just for the occasion and  this was my opportunity to use it. Not only that, the reception was at the lovely Dunkenhalgh Hotel and rain or shine, there is always somewhere to take the bride and groom and get lovely shots, it could have been a lot worse.

So, make a brew, grab a garibaldi or two, pull up a chair while I tell you all about it:

We arrived at the church, a beautiful church in the centre of Burnley. As so many of these churches are, it was a hidden jewel. Not a lot to look at from the outside but stunning inside.

A little bird told me that Caine made the invitations and orders of service. Didn't he do a good job?!

Natalie arrived at the church, nervous but gorgeous.

                                              

Caine waited inside, more than a bit nervous. 

                                                                     

We've done it!!

                                                                                                                       

 While the ceremony was going on we could hear the rain thundering down. At times it was difficult to hear what was being said because of it. I was quickly forming a contingency plan:  Group shots inside the church.

A quick peep out the door to establish that it was still raining - and sure enough it was. Back inside then!

How did that confetti get in there?

Then it was into the car and off to the Dunkenhalgh.

Caine looks a bit James Bond-ish in this shot.

You have to love the staircase at 'The Dunk' It's just perfect!

One of the things I loved about their wedding was the absolute attention to detail. Everything was beautifully done. The table decorations and the childrens' flowers were gorgeous.

Talking of children, there were quite a few at this wedding:

I couldn't resist this photo:

Aren't they just the cutest kids ever?

After the meal it was time for the speeches. Oh, the speeches!

Natalie's Dad did a brilliant job.

During the best man's speech, I'm not sure people could quite believe what they were hearing!

 Once the meal was over the guests moved back into the lounge. The weather was still doing it's thing. I felt so sorry for the man in charge of the bouncy castle and the kids who were itching to get on it.

 Still, we got got some lovely photos, and I got to use my new umbrella.

We went back inside to get some photos of Natalie on that lovely staircase.

Isn't she gorgeous? 

Eventually, guess what? It stopped raining! YAAAAAYY!!!

Let's all jump for joy! 

We managed to get some photos in the garden after all!

What a sweet wedding!

Congratulations, Natalie and Caine!

Tim & Vicky got married!

When people book their wedding photography with us it can be as much as eighteen months before the wedding. We al think it's going to take forever for the time to go round but in actual fact it seems like about two minutes.

That's how it was with Tim & Vicky.

The wedding day flew round and now it's been  - and gone -  in a flash!

The wedding was last Saturday at Eaves Hall. I think it may have knocked  Haigh Hall off the top spot of my favourite venues. It's fab-u-lous!

The day dawned bright and clear. As I walked my dog, Bentley across the moors at 7.30a.m. I was telling him that it was going to be a beautiful day for a wedding. Blue skies, bright sunshine, perfect.

By the time we left (that's me and Bob, not me and Bentley. Just so you know haha), the skies had turned to a glowering grey and it was actually sleeting!

That wasn't part of my plan!

Not that it mattered. The atmosphere at Eaves Hall where Vicky was getting ready in the lovely Lodge House was as warm as a Caribbean summer.

There was plenty of laughter, banter and excitement from everyone involved.  It was a joy to be a part of it all.

The colour scheme for the day was black and white. I remember Vicky telling me that at our pre wedding meeting and thinking it might be a bit stark.

It was anything but stark. It was elegant, sophisticated and Vicky had added a healthy dose of glamour to it all to make all it feminine and pretty. I loved it.

I'm going to give you a sneaky look at some of the details but SSSHHH..... don't tell Tim and Vicky.  I'll show you some more photos from their fabulous wedding once they've got back from their honeymoon and seen them.

Wow! New albums!

Bob and me have been so busy running round the whole of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the last few weeks exhibiting at loads of wedding fairs that I completely forgot to tell you all about our lovely new album range.

They're called Bellissimo and they just knock spots of anything else we've seen.

They made their debut a couple of weeks ago at the Manchester wedding fairs and the feedback has been phenomenal!

As normal, we've kept the design in house so your album will be totally unique and not just created from a template that  five hundred other photographers also use.   It's no secret that I love designing albums, it gives me a chance to get all creative ( and stops her from redecorating the house every five minutes - Bob).

The wedding that I chose to showcase for this new range is the lovely Oliver and Helen's wedding.

What do you think?