Rain, rain go away...

No sooner do I think about Plan B - alternate routes through the snow to today's Wedding - than the snow disappears and it starts to pour down. Nowhere near as photogenic, but at least it means I'll be able to travel safely to the venue. Oh, hang on! The Wedding doesn't even start until 3.30.. so I won't be able to do any shots in the snow anyway, and you try getting 140 people to go outside on a dark, winter's evening! Just as well I've been assigned a room to make into a 'studio'...! Bring it on, Heaton House Farm...

Noel...

True story! My girlfriend and I were putting up our (artificial!) Christmas tree yesterday, and the insertable branches were lettered from A to M as they grew in size down the tree. Well, we put in the A's, the B's.. right down until we got to the K's.. and then the letters skipped to M. "Hey.." I said to Lesley "There's No L..!"

Hahahhaha! Jeez, you couldn't make it up! Anyway, from that slightly painful pun we move to a lovely detail shot from last weekend's Wedding - this was the holly draped along the top of the piano in the Ceremony room at Willington Hall. One of the couple's friends played Christmas carols on it as the guests sang along, and it was just lovely! I'm back at the Hall in just over two weeks. Can't wait!

Blogging, on a Sunday?..

So who blogs on a Sunday? Well, me, of course! I've just got so much to tell you! I was just working my way through Kate and Stefan's Christmas Wedding photographs when I was spurred on by a lovely email from a 'summer couple'... Get this! .. "The photos you took are fantastic - we are currently printing lots of them off as Christmas presents for parents etc! We really enjoyed the day. Thank you for getting that all important balance between capturing the day and not being too intrusive. You did a great job." Lucy and Pete, Soughton Hall.

Ah! I love a bit of good feedback, but enough.. I must crack on! I have three Wedding albums to get finished for Christmas!...

Aaagh!...

Well, I was right! The weather did play havoc with yesterday's Willington Wedding, and even the poor bride Kate decided enough was enough, calling off any idea I might have to get more posed photographs!
I chanced my arm early on and tried to get my 'trademark' crowd shot organised, but promptly ditched that idea when only about 20 of the 140 guests braved the elements and came outside! There was, however, just enough of a break in the monsoon after that for me to get this shot at the front of the Hall, and then the sun went down and the cloudburst started again! Still, I shot 535 images, and feel really good that I captured the spirit of their lovely Christmas Wedding.

Next week I'm at Heaton House Farm, near Congleton, and that Wedding doesn't even start 'til 3.30 !!

Oooh!....

The sun is rising and it looks like a nice day for a White Wedding. Trouble is, the white stuff's hailstone! It's blowing a gale and it's bloody freezing, too! Did I say I liked Christmas Weddings? Oooh, 'course I do, and all this weather won't be enough to stop me from getting on with shooting today's Wedding. The thing is, though,  it will make the bride, groom and their guests think twice about stepping outside for any photographs, and where I am today, Willington Hall, in Cheshire, is going to get pretty crowded with 140 guests and a big Christmas tree in the room! Oh, and it'll be dark outside, too!
Apart from that.. bring it on! Nice day for a White Wedding .. Gulp!