Wedding - Reception photos

Mum I love these ones of you all, hope you all do too. "Deep breath in, breath out and relax!" The other thing I should have mentioned (and will say in future when taking photos of reluctant subjects!) is that the thing that I am pointing at you is a camera, NOT a machine gun, so try not to look so terrified!! I am glad you all look nice and relaxed in these, clearly a couple of glasses of mulled wine beforehand is a big help too!


And now looking at this I wish I had taken a photo of the 3 of you in your hats, maybe from the back or something a bit quirky as they look so fantastic, damn wish I had thought of that.




OK here's where things get noisy. Very low light, very high ISO is not the best recipe for nice crisp sharp pics, these aren't terrific and there was a guy with a very fancy camera and a lens that cost probably more than all my kit put together so its likely that he got some fab ones of the cake cutting - fingers crossed!! But in lieu of there being no others these at least are a record.




That said I rather like this one.














That's all folks! And thank goodness for that, can only imagine the hideousness of photos taken any later tights off, sweaty haired and dancing my arse off - so not a great look but I had a ball!!

And finally just because it is so appropriate:

An Irish Wedding Blessing

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon the fields.

May the light of friendship guide your paths together.
May the laughter of children grace the halls of your home.
May the joy of living for one another trip a smile from your lips, a twinkle from your eye.
And when eternity beckons,
at the end of a life heaped high with love,
May the good Lord embrace you
with the arms that have nurtured you
the whole length of your joy-filled days.

More Wedding photos

Keeping text to a dull roar, photo heavy posts from here on in.

Friends and relatives please note that any of these photos can be ordered as prints, just let me know which you would like and I will sort it for you. As an example a 10" x 8" on matt paper costs 99p so wont break the bank if there are a couple you would like. Equally I can make up photo books, calendars etc using specific photos if thats of interest.


























Love this, taken moments after Gavin and Sarah said their vows - the relief on Uncle George's face is palpable and they both look so proud!






Becky, I think you should have a copy of this one of you - I love it, it's just so you!







Ness, I hope you don't hate this one - I think its lovely of you.


























I'll put the reception photos onto another post.

Sarah & Gavin's Wedding 29th December 2010

My cousin got married in Norther Ireland this week. The weather had been grey and overcast all morning and then in a metereological minor miracle it cleared by lunch time, just in time for everyone arriving at the church.


This is my Aunt, as she arrived at the church. How incredibly beautiful does she look? Nena swims in the sea. Every. Single. Day. If it is anyway responsible for how fabulous she looks I think it might well be worth considering. She wont mind my saying that she is no longer in her 50's!


The pew ends and boquets were tied with rafia as a nod to my grandad who is no longer with us. He and my grandma Rosie were very close to Sarah, the bride so this was a lovely gesture. Grandad was a nurseryman who always used rafia in his work at the nursery, hence the use here.


I am a big fan of photos of the little details and I had a feeling the official photog being an older man might have missed this one. When I checked with Sarah he had so I decided it had to be done, I needed her to lift her dress with both hands so I took the boquet from her and passed it to the nearest by-stander and asked them to hang on to it. Unfortunately the nearest by-stander was the official photographer and he was not at all impressed with his new role as my assistant. Ooops! I did apologise and get out of the way asap but I think the damage was done!


My sister, Ness was bridesmaid and this is her with her hubby Alex, how co-ordinated are they with his tie matching in with her dress?


Bridesmaid's boquet. Like this photo.


My nephews, Connor, Dan & Ash (left to right) and Tom (far right). Please, how cool do these guys look? I think this looks like an album cover shot for some trendy boy band and I LOVE it!


Official photographer wasn't taking in the car photos, which I thought was a really missed opportunity as I loved the ones from our wedding. So I stepped in and am pleased with the result.


The car was beautiful. This photo just had to be black and white! ps the blog photo size has cropped the edge off - the full photo has all of the car!




Photogenic Aunt strikes a pose.