The Wedding of Emma and Gary, Caistor Hall

What a treat for us at the end of last year when we got to photograph two weddings in the December snow.

The first Wedding which we photographed was Emma and Gary at Caistor Hall, Norwich.

I think a lot of people who book winter weddings secretly hope for snow (I know I do when I book winter weddings in the diary) and the weather certainly didn't diappoint. The fact that their wedding was less than a week before Christmas meant that the festive spirit was high despite the traffic chaos caused by the snow!

Thankfully their entire Wedding day was at Caistor so once everyone had arrived their was no need to move between venues.

This was one of the most beautiful and magical weddings we have photographed and Emma and Gary were thankfully very trusting in us and willing to go out into the snow (together with their guests which we really appreciate as I know it was freezing!) to capture some stunning images

Here's a selection of photos from their day starting with the boys in the snow

Here's some of Emma getting ready

Here are her beautiful shoes followed by a photo of Emma's wellies used to walk round outside

Here's Emma coming down the stairs with her dad, followed by them walking around to the ceremony in the snow which I adore and then her and her dad coming into the ceremony

A few taken in the ceremony and they had the confetti indoors as they walked back down the aisle

Here's the bridal party walking in the snow

And a small selection of their photos

A few taken during the speeches, inside Caistor Hall, the cake and the outside of the hall at night

If you attended Emma and Gary's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are online now. They have the password which I'm sure they'll share with you!

After seeing their photos Emma sent me the following e-mail:

'Hi Hayley,


The pictures are amazing, we couldn't have asked for anything more! I can't believe how lucky we were to get the snow and the pictures look wonderful and wintery, even though it was freezing cold! I really love the ones of Gary and I out under the pagoda with the sun setting.


Thank you sincerely to you and David for your patience with us on the day as the snow made everything slightly stressful! We can't wait to get the proof book now and start putting together the album.


You both helped us have a wonderful day and now we have these lovely pictures to help us remember it even more!


Hope to speak to you soon


Emma and Gary
xxx '

What a wonderful bunch of people to work with and all so happy considering I had sent them out into the cold for photos - I hope you all think it was worth it when you see the photos! Thanks Emma for writing to us with the above comments. I look forward to seeing you both soon to design your album with you and your proof book was sent at the beginning of the week so hopefully will be with you now. You've been a great couple to work with and we hope that you have a very long and happy marriage.

Weddings in October

Crikey - what a hectically busy month October was for me - so much so that the weeks seemed to fly by and I haven't had a chance to update the blog at all. Congratulations are therefore due to 3 of my couples who got married last month - so belated best wishes are sent to you all.
Firstly there was Sarah and Tom whose wedding we photographed at Yaxley Hall at the beginning of last month. The weather was good for photographs - they both looked amazing and Tom's green stripey socks made me laugh. The cake was superb and smelt delicious - they had lots of small chocolate ones that make me feel hungry just thinking about them



As always Yaxley Hall staff were a pleasure to work with and the day seemed to go by perfectly. I look forward to hopefully photographing some more weddings as Yaxley next year and seeing Sarah and Tom on Saturday to design their album with them.

The following week I worked with Nicky and James whose wedding we photographed at Caistor Hall, Norfolk. At the start of the day the weather wasn't looking so good and it was a little drizzly but this certainly didn't lower anyone's enthusiasm and excitement. As weddings go this one was a little different with a dress code of black tie and evening dresses - all the men looked very smart indeed and it had the feel of a film premiere with the red carpet out the front of the hall then later in the evening they had a casino which everyone seemed to enjoy!

I'm looking forward to seeing them on Wednesday to design their album with them.

Then a couple of weeks ago we worked with Seonad and Andy whose wedding we photographed at the Atheaneum, Bury St Edmunds. Seonad and Andy live in Holland so I have worked extra hard to work on their images so we can meet this week and design their album before they return. Considering it was late October the weather was pretty good all day. Seonad's cousin Kenny was out on the balcony at the Athaneum and piped for a good half an hour before the service. He did a sterling job (photograph of him below) and entertained not only the wedding guests but passers by in Bury seemed to really enjoy his music.
After the ceremony we had some lovely warm autumnal light and went over to the Abbey Gardens ( a short walk away) to do some photographs by the ruins . The evening was certainly different as well with a large screen for those wanting to watch the Rugby, a disco and a casino so everyone was happy!

Right, that was a long update so I must get back to preparing Rebecca and Tristan's album images and CD. I will write again very soon