Grittenham Barn Wedding • Sussex Wedding Photography • Barn Wedding • Documentary Photography • Elizabeth and Alistair

The colours of this wedding really got my creative juices going with contrasting backgrounds and foregrounds, and the wind on the day adding to the drama including blow away veil. Alistair and Liz’s location was stunning, a working farm with gardens, lake, donkeys, chickens and hens with a marquee outside for a bar and the sun shining in on the barn it really was a perfect location to get married.

The ceremony was very touching with poems and words being read that meant a lot to both Alistair and Liz, it’s always lovely when there are personal touches in a ceremony, it really adds to the atmosphere and includes all your guests in the emotion of the day. 

The tears were followed by laughter as the veil blew out of Liz’s hair during the confetti line, and laughter turned into love during the couple shots by the lake as they took a private moment as a new Mr and Mrs.

I speak a lot about colour and contrast when it comes to photography and this wedding had both in abundance - from the strong harsh sunlight beaming in against the dark beams in the ceremony that was purely lit by fairy lights, to the contrast again during the first dance where the setting sun hit the newlyweds and left everyone else in the dark. The dryness of the day and the lushness of the couple shots by the lake, to even during getting ready, the gorgeous red hair of the bride against the blue cupboard in the background, such small inanimate object can really draw you in creatively because of colour, it’s almost I kind of magic that happens when looking through the lens.

Contrasts make life colourful and colours bring out the contrasts of life, I really loved that this wedding embraced both! Alistair and Liz and their relaxed attitude really allowed my creative juices to flow, they trusted me with locations and timings during the day and really allowed me to capture the documentary aspect and the natural reactions of the day without boundaries. I was allowed to be the people watcher/stalker that I am!

Venue: Grittenham barn
Hair: Debbie Leno 
Makeup: Nicola Louise 

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Woburn Golf Club Wedding • Buckinghamshire Wedding Photographer • Bedfordshire Wedding Photographer • Woburn Wedding Photographer • Clare and John

Meeting Clare and John at our pre-wedding consultation I knew that we matched each other perfectly. They hated super posed and staged photographs and really wanted the natural moments of their day to be captured, blending perfectly with the documentary style I love.

Arriving in the morning, I love having a few hours before the ceremony to capture details and moments before the ‘rush’ starts. The ‘rush’ happens at every wedding, it’s when the time goes from a nice easy pace to suddenly an hour to go – after that, each time you look at the clock it’s another 15 minutes gone!

Heading to the Church, I got to meet Clare and John’s gorgeous child, their dog Gryff! He had a little neck scarf on with ‘best dog’ and he honestly lived up to that name. He didn’t make one noise during their ceremony, in fact, he looked on at them as they kissed and said their vows, it was the cutest thing! Another personal additional was that John’s father conducted the service and married them – this wedding certainly had all the feels!

Driving themselves to Woburn Golf Club, we found a back lit area for the family shots before heading upstairs for the speeches and meal. Clare and John had only close family and friends attend their meal, everyone sat around one big table and ate, drank, laughed and cried together. I absolutely loved the vibe this had; it made everyone so comfortable and really highlighted how much they meant to Clare and John.

As the evening guests started to arrive we were able to use John’s golf club connections to borrow two buggies and head onto the course to capture some beautiful golden hour couple shots. Leaving these shots until 7pm is normally quite late, but when the summer sun is as fierce as it was that day, 7pm becomes ideal – softer light, warm and flattering, and also less risk of sweating!

I absolutely loved capturing Clare and John’s day, it was a true depiction of love and family, and I hope that their future together continues being full of joy.

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Venue: Woburn Golf Club

Flowers: Forever Blossom Uk