The Wedding of Elspeth and Tom @ The Maltings, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Next up we photographed Elspeth and Tom's wedding which took place at St Mary's Church in Ely followed by their reception at The Maltings in Ely. We had met both Elspeth and Tom (and some of their guests) previously at Tom's brother Mark's wedding which we had previously photographed. It's really lovely for us to follow through groups of friends and relatives as it's nice to see a lot of familiar faces and to be able to catch up. Elspeth and Tom had mixed weather for their day - it remained overcast and looked like it was always close to raining but it actually only rained a very tiny bit on us towards the end of the group shots and when we were doing the confetti. Here's a selection of photos from their day starting with Elspeth getting ready:

This red car had huge significance as Elsepth's parents had exactly the same car for their wedding!

David started with the boys and here they are walking to the church (stopping for a quick drink at the pub on the way!)

The bridesmaids dresses were really different and beautiful - I love the way the white band round the middle hung at the backs of the dresses

The vicar was really kind in letting me stand at the front and David at the back so we got a lot of gorgeous photos during the ceremony

These next few are taken back at The Maltings and then down by the river there

There was a distinct colouring to the bricks which we used in some of their photos

Tom's mum made the cake and it looked fantastic

If you attended Elspeth and Tom's Wedding and would like to view their photos they are now online and they have the password which I'm sure they'll share.

Elspeth sent us a lovely e-mail once they had received all their images which reads as follows:

'Hi Hayley,

We received our book and disc yesterday! Thank you so much they are lovely.
It's nice to look back on our lovely day. I really like the detail shots as
i cant remember all the little things. You and David were so good on the day
and it was nice to share it with you! I will recommend you to all my
customers!!!

Thanks again,

Love Elspeth and Tom x'

Elspeth and Tom were so relaxed and chilled out for their day it was great for us to photograph and share it with them. They are a really lovely couple who we wish nothing but happiness for. We are sure that they will be together forever and have a very long and happy marriage - we hope that we'll see you again in the future.

Back up and running

After a very hectic couple of weeks we have successfully moved and as of a couple of hours ago are back up and running on the internet as well.

Our new contact details are as follows:

Hayley Denston Photography
Waveney Cottage
Queen Street
Stradbroke
Eye
Suffolk
IP21 5HG

Tel: 01379 388436

We have written to all our current clients who have booked and will try to get our details amended on all the various websites asap.

Hope everyone is enjoying this glorious sunshine.  I'll try to write up some stories soon once I've caught up on everything!

We're back in the Office - Happy New Year to you all

Just a quick blog to let you know that we are now back in the office and looking forward to all that 2010 holds for us.  We can't wait to see many of you again soon to photograph your weddings and portrait sessions and look forward to meeting many new faces as the year progresses.

We hope that you all had a relaxing Christmas and a great start to the New Year.

Just before Christmas we rounded up the year with two wonderful winter weddings - both in the snow and both with some stunning images.  I'm looking forward to writing up their blog stories soon and I've just started to work on all their photos which should be ready in the next couple of weeks.

With the new year as always comes a whole load of new wedding fairs, shows and exhibitions that we will be at.  I'm hoping that many of you will pop in and see us at one of them and I'll write up where we are and when over the next couple of days on here!

Happy New Year to all and I'll write again soon :)

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Just a quick blog note to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We are planning to take a short break over the Christmas period (which I hope you'll all understand) and will be back in the office on 4th January. I will be checking my e-mail's but unless it's urgent I won't be in touch until I'm in the office again.

We hope to see many of you next year and have a fab festive break!!!!

Wedding Bookings for 2010/2011

I can't believe I've managed to get this blog almost up-to-date again (I'll write up the December weddings in January).

This is just a reminder to all of you planning to get married in 2010/2011 who are still looking for a photographer. We do limit ourselves to taking on only 25 weddings a year so that we have plenty of time to spend on each wedding and to allow us to give all our couples the individual care and attention that we think they deserve. Every year this leads to some disappointment when we turn couples away so please if you are planning a wedding for 2010 get in touch soon as we are nearly fully booked now.

The main summer months in 2011 are also likely to get booked quickly at the beginning of next year when we attend several wedding fairs, exhibitions and open days (I'll put notes of where we are and when on a separate blog post in the early part of next year).

We hope to hear from many of you planning a wedding soon and hope that we'll be able to help you

The Wedding of Juliette & Laurence photographed @ The Tickell Arms, Whittlesford

In May we photographed a wide range of Weddings from the traditional to the unusual. We have had some great fun, enjoyed ourselves and captured some gorgeous images so all in all, a very good month for us.

The first wedding we photographed in May was Juliette and Laurence who had their entire day at The Tickell Arms, Whittlesford.

This is a unique and interested venue which was made all the more special by the Indian Marquee that Juliette and Laurence had arranged in the gardens.

They had their ceremony in the conservatory and followed a lot of old marriage traditions throughout the day including the binding of hands and jumping over a broom. At the reception they had a wonderful buffet feast, a dove release, a maypole and Morris dancing! All of this looks fab in their photos (a selection of which are below).

The weather again was glorious and allowed them to thoroughly enjoy their day as most of it revolved around being outside.

Here's a range of photos taken from their day:

These were taken during the ceremony


We then went out into the sunshine - I love this one of the two of them laughing together

Juliette wore a beautiful dress that looked stunning and I adore her cottage garden flowers in the bouquet

Her dad had organised a dove release as a surprise for them - sadly the birds didn't fly out at the same time (you'll see the other one still in the cage) but here's the first one in flight

During the Morris dancing both Juliette and Laurence got to join in

Then many of the guests joined in for the Maypole

David and I both photographed them jumping over the broom (I believe they said that in old traditions this meant that you were married - please someone let me know if this isn't true) at almost exactly the same time - here's both of the photos of this

I love this vintage one of Juliette in the marquee just before we left

Juliette had bought a very pretty umbrella in case it rained so we could still go out and take photos - it didn't rain as you can see but we thought it would be fun to use it in a few of the photos anyway and here's just one of them

This is the inside of the Indian Marquee

Here's the gorgeous buffet they had

They also had some great puddings ......

..... and the cake looked fabulous
If you attended Juliette and Laurence's Wedding and would like to view their wedding photos they are online now. They have the password which I'm sure they'll be sharing with you all.

This wedding was completely different to the traditions we usually see - we had the most enjoyable time photographing their day and wish them all the best for a long and happy marriage. We look forward to hearing from you regarding how you want your final images presented.