Karen and Tona's Wedding at Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex

With all this wonderful weather we have been having it has been lovely to kick off our weddings for the year in glorious sunshine. Karen and Tona's Wedding took place at Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex. We had the most blue skies that I have ever seen at Spains Hall and they stayed with us all day. Their wedding was a fantastic day - they live abroad so organising it had been a little tricky and it had a mix of an english and mexican theme to it which worked well.

Here's a selection of photos from their day starting with Karen getting ready

Karen had a large selection of pearls to choose from so that they could match her dress perfectly (and the ones she chose looked fantastic)

Here's some of Karen arriving at the Church at Great Dunmow followed by a small selection of Ceremony and confetti ones

When they arrived at Spains Hall they had a surprise for their guests as they had hired a Mariache Band which were amazing - here's a photo of the band and one taken later when they were leading the guests to the stables for their meal

We were lucky that Karen and Tona had booked the hall as well as the stables so we were able to take photos in many wonderful locations throughout the grounds.   Here's a small selection of them

Here's just a couple of them coming in for their meal and one of them exchanging cookies which were a part of their cake

If you attended Karen and Tona's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are online from today. They have just been e-mailed the password which I'm sure they'll share with you!

I look forward to hearing from them both when they've had the chance to go through their images. We very much enjoyed meeting all their friends and family and sharing in their day. They were a gorgeous couple to work with and we hope that you have a very long and happy marriage.

We would also like to thank Spains Hall and all the staff there who, as always, were very helpful to us and a pleasure to work with - we look forward to seeing you again later this year for more weddings

Portrait Session with Rosie

Eventually, here are some photos from my recent Portrait Session in Cambridge which took place with Rosie. For those of you who read this blog regularly you may remember that I photographed Katie and Jason's Wedding in 2008 and their baby Rosie in a Portrait Session last year when she was just a few weeks old. I feel very privileged to have been asked to photograph Rosie again now that she is just over a year old.

Just like last time I photographed her she was such a good little girl for me, no tears just happy and contented. Here's a sneak preview of some of her photos as I am waiting for her book to come back and so these will be the first time Katie and Jason can have a little look at some of her photos.

What a cutie with such gorgeous blue eyes

I hope to photograph Rosie again in the future

Apologies for not blogging in a while

Hello everyone - just a quick note to say I am still alive and kicking and to apologise for not writing on here in a little while as I know many of you like to read it to find out what we're up to.

I have been being a busy bee as usual and will write more on recent sessions soon.  I also thought I may try to write some blog posts dedicated to different aspects of a wedding day showing various photos to give those of you still planning your day some ideas e.g. recent flowers we've seen, cakes etc.  Please let me know if you think this would be something you'd like to read and be interested in seeing.

Will write again really soon and thanks to Katie and Rosie who I had a great portrait session with this afternoon! I love your photos already - Rosie is such a sweet little girl - I'll pop some of those photos on here in the next week or so.