We met Emily and Rob again one evening recently to go over the details and timings of their Wedding Day. For Emily and Rob’s pre-wedding pictures we stayed local and spent a short time taking these. Emily and Rob are getting married soon at The Fennes Estate, Bocking. Pre-wedding pictures help our couples feel relaxed in front of the camera on the wedding day!
It was a dry day for Annette and Jason’s Essex Wedding photography at Spains Hall, Finchingfield. On arrival at Spains Hall we made our way over to the House where Annette, her Mum and Bridesmaids were getting ready. Upstairs the girls were busy with their preparations and with lots of accessories and details to photograph, there was no time to lose! A little while later during the preparations, Mia, the Flowergirl, joined them and very happy to be part of what was going on. Meanwhile, Jason and his Brother, Micky, who was theBest Man had arrived and before they began their Wedding duties they had a few pictures taken. Once Annette was dressed, her Dad came into the room to see his daughter. A special moment, affecting us all!
After taking a few pictures of Annette with the Bridesmaids, Flowergirl and Parents, it was time for Annette to go and see the Registrars. The Guests who were seated for the Ceremony awaited the entrance of Annette and her Father. 
Following the Ceremony, Annette and Jason had a few minutes to themselves inside whilst the Guests went outside to get ready with the confetti. When Annette and Jason were ready they went outside for the confetti throwing. Annette and Jason then had time to socialise with their Guests during the Drinks Reception in the grounds. During this time we took some informal pictures together with the requested family pictures and a few pictures of Annette and Jason. Prior to the Wedding Breakfast we took a few fun Bridal Party shots and Annette throwing her bouquet. 
After the Greeting Line, everybody was seated in time for the Wedding Breakfast to be served. The Speeches followed the meal then the guests left the room so it could be set up for the evening celebrations. Whilst this was being done, Annette’s Dad played the Keyboard. Brilliant caricatures were drawn by George, providing extra entertainment whilst the Band were setting up. This gave us time to take Annette and Jason for a short evening walk around the grounds for a few extra photographs of them.
Annette and Jason cut their Wedding Cake before taking to the dance floor for the their First Dance. After taking a few pictures of some evening Guests, it was time for us to take our leave. A wonderful day!
35 Years ago David photographed his Professional wedding assignment. In those days it was film so it had to be correct straight off, no digital “check it on the screen” and “can you correct that in Photoshop!!”
Jeannette and Martin were married at Braintree Register Office on 1st August 1981 and if I remember correctly it cost them about £45. It was shot on 35mm Kodak film on a Nikon FM (manual exposure, manual focus) with just a 50mmm lens. We still have the negatives on file and all of the 1950 weddings we have photographed since then! Congratulations to Jeannette and Martin who are still married and now live in Bristol, we are still great friends. Thank you again to them, for having the faith to book in the first place!
We have just created the 2016 Witham Mayor Portrait, which as ever is a great local honour.
Patrick Horner is the 18th consecutive Mayor of Witham, Essex, that David has created the Mayor’s Portrait for. Maybe we should call it a coming of age!! Eighteen years ago the brief was to closely match the previous portraits and we have kept the background especially for this job! Witham Art & Framing Centre provide the framing and they know which frame and mount to use. This keeps the run of portraits looking consistent.
The Wedding Secret is a new online service we are now working with. They have plenty of further information on wedding venues.
We were delighted to receive this Wedding Photography Testimonial from Phil and Vicky. We photographed their wedding in May this year at Prested Hall, Essex.
Dear David and Sandra,
Just a short note of thanks for your amazing work on our wedding day.
We were blown away with the photos, were relaxed in your company for the formal shots and cannot wait to finish the storybook.
Thanks for everything,
Phil & Vicky
This was the front of the card which we supplied for them to use for their guests. Its lovely to get one of them back!
It was lovely to see Adelle and Danny again recently for their Hylands House Engagement Session. We can’t believe where the time has gone since they first got in touch with us 18 months ago in the early stages of preparing for their Wedding. As Adelle and Danny are getting married at Hylands House, we arranged to meet there one Sunday morning recently. It is a wonderful setting, and with the weather being fine we got on and took a few pre-wedding pictures of Adelle and Danny, with a few of them with their dog as well! We are so looking forward to photographing Adelle and Danny’s Wedding, being extra special to us as we have known Adelle for a long time being a friend of our daughter.
Gosfield Nature Reserve Engagement Shoot for Jo and Kieran was one of our recent evening jobs. The day had been one of those days where the weather had been unpredictable, but in the end we all made the call and met there. We were pleased we did! The sun was out, we avoided as much as we could a few muddy puddles. This was fun anyway, with Kieran giving Jo piggy-backs where necessary, captured of course! After taking a few pictures we all went to the local pub for a chat about their Wedding details and times. Jo and Kieran are getting married at St Mary’s Church, Bocking with their Wedding Reception at The Fennes Estate soon.
We were delighted to receive these kind words from Alice and Pete. Their wedding was at St Nicholas Church, Tolleshunt D’arcy with a Marquee Reception at Alice’s family home.
Dear David and Sandra,
Just a quick email to thank you once again for being our wedding photographers. Pete and I are delighted with the photo book and we know we will enjoy looking at the pictures for years to come.
Kind Regards
Alice
Marquee weddings are often booked at shorter notice so we regularly miss out. This is due to us being booked at one of the many venues where we are recommended. Alice and Pete booked us earlier for their Wedding and we were very pleased we were free!
Seeing Louise and Gary again a few months ago at Crabbs Barn Open Day they asked if they could have their pre-Wedding pictures taken at Louise’s Parents’ home.The reason being they wanted some pictures later in the year with the cherry blossom. We were happy with that, so it was left with Louise and Gary getting in touch with us when the blossom was out. This they did! Louise’s Parents had such a lovely garden so we used the setting for some other pictures as well. We had a nice time taking the pictures and chatting about their Wedding. Louise and Gary’s Wedding at Crabbs Barn in the summer will be extra special to us as we have known Gary since he was 5 years old and is one of our son’s friends.
