Old is new again. Having a vintage inspired wedding? Here are some of my favourite photographs from recent weddings for vintage inspired flowers, jewellery and shoes from Rainbow and Dune.

Rachel and Sam got married in the family’s church of St Andrews, Letcombe Regis. The reception was at the nearby Ardington House, Oxfordshire. I must admit I’d wanted to photograph a wedding at Ardington House, as we had such fun photographing our first civil partnership there. It’s also only 20 minutes drive from where we live, we travel all over the south, so it’s rare for us to work locally.

We’ve recently upgraded our camera’s, so we were able to photograph the first dance without flash, certainly capturing the atmosphere and discreetly too!

I love the vintage inspired flowers this year and Rachel’s Sopia Tolli wedding dress.

We absolutely love the pictures from our wedding and cant stop looking at the disc

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Venue - Ardington House, Oxfordshire
Stunning wedding dress - Sophia Tolli

Ruth and Matts wedding at The Hare and Hounds, Tetbury, Gloucestershire. I think this is quite a special venue. Ruth spent 2 years planning the wedding and all her efforts paid off. There were lots of lovely details, including vintage inspired flowers. We were touched to be thanked in the speeches, it’s nice to be appreciated!

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Venue - Hare and Hounds wedding venue
Ruths pretty dress - Maggie Sottero
Professional make-up Kate Kelvin - www.kkmakeupartist.co.uk
Emma Petersson, Designer Florist - www.emmadesignerflorist.co.uk

Kathryn and Nick had wonderful weather for their wedding in St. Anne’s Church, Bagshot followed by a reception at Pennyhill Park. Kathryn looking stunning in her Caroline Castigliano wedding dress. The veil which I assumed was to match the dress was actually ’something borrowed’, antique from her grandmother.

One of my favourite photographs is of Kathryn getting ready and just about to put the veil over her head. The veil formed the shape of a butterfly.

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Make-up by Lora - lora.org.uk
Beautiful wedding dress - Caroline Castigliano
Florist - Victoria Sullivan - victoria@theopenworld.com
Fun steel band - www.bigsand-steelband.co.uk
Stylish wedding cars - London Legend Wedding Cars www.londonlegend.co.uk
Cake - Maki’s www.makiscakes.com

Joe and Eve had an informal wedding at Fulham Palace in South West London. One of my favourite photographs, is the one of the best man’s son, looking nervously at his speech. The best man is a lawyer, so being good at public speaking must run in the family! This was one of Martyns shots, as I stayed to capture photographs of the bride’s dress being assembled. Eve’s stunning and unusual purple dress is by Angelina Colarusso at Thames Ditton.

A few of my favourite’s of the informal portrait shoot of Ana’s first birthday. Ana is a very cute little girl.

Caroline and Ross choose to have an engagement portrait to get them used to being photographed before their wedding in November. Here are a few of my favourites.

Luisa and Jonathan held their wedding in Fanhams Hall Hotel, Hertfordshire. We had never photographed there before but the architecture is stunning, very fitting for the fairytale wedding Luisa had dreamt of.

We couldn’t go outside due to rain but the interior is beautiful, ideal for a winter wedding.

The album looks fabulous

Carrie and Alex had a lovely wedding at High Rocks in Kent. Considering it was a winter wedding, we were lucky enough to go outside for some photographs of the two of them.

Thank you so much – they are wonderful!

Every year I like to invest in some education to keep ahead in a competitive industry! This year I was lucky enough to get a place on the MYVISION workshop. For two days I enjoyed photographing the skilled men at Simply Stained Glass, painstakingly restoring stained glass windows using traditional techniques.

At first this seemed like an easy assignment. I’ve been told I’m strong on detail shots and colour. However constantly producing original images after several hours in a restricted space was quite a challenge, forcing me to find new ways of seeing.

A huge thanks to Peter and George at Simply Stained Glass for trusting me to document their days. Also many thanks to the organisers and team leaders of MYVISION for producing an unforgettable workshop.