Three day week ..

A busy three days beckons, and there's a first for me today as I'm photographing a Wedding in a Mormon church! I have no idea what to expect, but I'm gearing up for a great ceremony with a reception to follow at Macclesfield's Hollin Hall. After that I'm shooting an event at the Imperial War Museum North and then Sunday sees me at another Wedding, this time at the funky Didsbury House Hotel and its sister venue, Eleven Didsbury Park. We've got bagpipes and a little procession down the street at this one! Variety, eh? I love it..

The devil's in the detail...

I do like to get to a Wedding nice and early! That way I get to spend time soaking up the detail of a venue before all the 'madness' kicks off. Saturday's Wedding was especially good for that, because it was at a venue that was new to me - Eleven Didsbury Park. It was full of little nooks and crannies, and a lovely lemony cake, all crying out to be photographed. The shots build up to make a lovely memory of the couple's Wedding Day, so it's important they're topical to that day. That barometer? - set fair to 'Very Dry' - that shows for sure that I shot it on Saturday, in that brief window of decent weather that we had (You can click on the photo to see it in more detail!) Now though, as the rain hammers against my windows again, it's just teasing me! I think I'll have the shot enlarged and put into a frame for my hall! It's a little devil of a detail!...

About bloody time!..

Ooh, that confetti gets everywhere! Hey, what an amazing day I had on Saturday at the Wedding of Sharon and Malcolm in Didsbury. It had the lot! Fun, love, intimacy, champagne, good weather AND .. a swearing vicar! There was a lovely moment during his sermon when he said he was about to voice something he knew everyone else was thinking and, to much laughter - straight from the altar - he exclaimed "About bloody time!.." Turns out these guys have been together twenty-seven years, so I think the vicar got it just about spot on! About bloody time, guys, and I'm so pleased you chose me to capture the momentous event!

So, from an entire Wedding party of 24 people I now turn to next weekend, when I'm shooting a Wedding with only seven people at it! I'll be able to sell my wide-angle at this rate! Yeah, seven people, including the bride and groom, who are good pals of mine and have already told me they want "something different". Oh boy, are they going to get it!

So, yes.. I did say good weather earlier! Unbelievably, the rain cleared away on Saturday and I actually had the problem of too much sunshine at the Wedding. About bloody time, that's what I say...

Get ahead, get a hat..

Right, it's time to hit the road! After three weekends of Shoot 'n Tutor, family portraits and an air show, it's time to roll up my sleeves and shoot another Wedding today. This time I'm off to the bijou hotel 'Eleven Didsbury Park' - a venue I've not worked at before - so I'm really keen to see what new shots will come my way. I won't mention the weather just in case I jinx it but, as I write this, there are hints of blue sky and a warm breeze coming in off the gas works!
Here's hoping...