Professional Photography: June 2011

I met Katy several years ago when I was studying photography at college and she was working there. Since then we have worked together on some weddings, here and abroad, become good friends, and have now photographed each other weddings. Katy is one of the loveliest people I have ever met and is a very talented photographer. She photographed our wedding last year and did an amazing job - as she always does.
Katy & Tim, you are a perfect match :) Thank you for entrusting me with this job, I hope I have done your beautiful day justice.

My day started with photographing the stunning details and flowers. The beautiful flowers were by Katy's good friend and fantastic florist, Helen of Bels Flowers.

Effortlessly stunning in her dress by Jenny Packham. Katy got her dress from Sarah at Mia Bridal, whom she spoke very highly of.

Just gorgeous.

As were all the girls!

And the groom too :)

Heading into the church with Dad.

The ceremony was lovely. The vicar's sermon was great and has stuck in my head ever since. Katy & Tim were just visibly happy to become Mr & Mrs.

And a stylish exit in an Aston Martin no less!
Aidan drove me and Lottie (thank you for being my right hand lady Lottie) to the reception and had a job to keep up with the bride & groom.

The reception was at Katy's parents beautiful home in Wark. Delicious canopes by Katy's friend Emily Botham, champagne and not a drop of rain. It did actually rain later on but not until we had done the photographs.

So before the rain came I had some time with Mr & Mrs Douglass.

It was a bit chilly but Katy just grabbed a cardy and some Uggs and we headed through the field down to the river - that's my girl :)

Can I say gorgeous again?!

The marquee and tables, as with everything else were done with style and elegance and were a joy to photograph.

And then the speeches, which were hilarious.

A fab first dance! Katy - you owned that dancefloor :)

Congratulations Katy & Tim. Lots of love xxx

The second part of Amina and Afzal's wedding was amazing. I loved it. It was full of colour, tradition, emotion and fun. It was a treat for me to photograph!
I started with Amina's preparations.

Amina was stunning...again. The detail in the dress and jewellery was just beautiful.

The ceremony was a whirlwind of drums and dotting between Amina and Afzal as they were in separate rooms to start with. A big thank you to Dora who helped me with the logistics of being in two places at once.

And then into the speeches.

Next was the traditional stealing of Afzal's shoes, for which he had to pay a pretty high price to get them back! Amina's cousin was chief stealer and negotiator and did a great job.

It was then an emotional goodbye between Amina and her family.

I was lucky to then have some time with Amina and Afzal for some more photographs in the grounds.

Amina and Afzal - thank you for having me as part of your day. You are lovely and I loved being your photographer! x

I am going to blog Amina & Afzal's wedding as two separate posts, as their wedding had two segments to it. The whole day was held at Slaley Hall, the first part was the western ceremony, for which Amina wore white....beautifully.

Amina was absolutely stunning...

I arrived at Slaley and met with the boys.

The ceremony, as the whole day was, full of emotion and lovely to document.

As ever, Slaley offered up some great locations for photographs.

After some shots in the grounds we headed back inside to get ready for the next part of the day......more photographs to follow.

Stacia & Alan are getting married this weekend in Hexham Abbey. Their reception is going to be at Slaley Hall which is where we met a few weeks ago for their pre wedding shoot.

It was a lovely sunny evening...which I'm hoping will be repeated for them this weekend.

I've heard a lot about Stacia's dress which I'm dying to see and photograph! Watch this space for the wedding photographs.