Kemi & Ben – Aylesford Church & Ditton Community Centre

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Kemi & Ben were married at Aylesford Church on Saturday 6th August with a lots of friends and family and the friendliest, laid back Vicar I’ve ever met. Not only did he calm the bride, groom and congregation when a family ‘incident’ meant that the ceremony started 45 minutes late, but he even turned the lights back on to let me take ‘just one more  photo’ because I had seen a  beautiful picture window that I wanted to use.

In addition to the stunning Kemi (Ben you didn’t look bad either) was their very handsome son Kensi who posed for the camera like no other 2 year old ever has. Again the weather was very changeable but I always use that to my advantage, helped by the fact that I love an umbrella shot or two.

Here are a few of my favourite images from the day:

Opal & Jon – Upchurch River Valley Golf Club

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I am now officially blogging out of order with 3 other posts due BUT I received a call from Opal today and she was so excited by the prospect of seeing one of her photos in particular that I decided she had earned the right to jump to queue.

Opal and Jon were married at the Upchurch River Valley Golf Club last Saturday and the weather was changeable all day. We did manage to take some lovely group shots however and played under the Willow Tree while the guests were being organised but because of time restraints we waited to take our creative section with the bridal party until after the meal. The weather however decided it wasn’t going to play ball and 5 minutes after going out on to the balcony, it started to rain again. That didn’t deter Opal and Jon though, who waited patiently while I ran to get an umbrella to keep them dry so that I could take a wedding photo unlike any I’ve done before.

It was only today that I found out how special rainbows are to Opal and Jon, which makes the rainbow that came out over them even more special.  I love the images and hope they will too. Opal and Jon these are especially for you…..

The Wedding of Amanda & Vince – St George’s Hotel, Chatham

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The Wedding of Amanda and Vince took place at the St George’s Hotel, Chatham on Friday 10th June. It was another lovely wedding for Heartfelt and although there were a lot of tears I have to say that Amanda’s personal vows written to Vince were some of the most beautiful I’ve ever heard. Neither the rain or the fact that their little girl was ill could dampen anybody’s spirits and a great time was had by all.

Here are a few favourite moments of the day.

Vicky & Gary – Howfield Manor

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Vicky & Gary got married on the 26th of March at Howfield Manor just outside Canterbury. It had been a beautiful week with blue skies and daffodils blooming but unfortunately Saturday saw cloud and rain for their wedding day. That HOWEVER was not going to dampen the spirits of the Policemen, Firemen and guests in attendance at this wedding and a thoroughly good time was had by all.

They were an absolutely fabulous bunch, full of cheek and laughter and for the first time ever I am having to send the Bride and Groom a disk of their wedding images and only put about half of the photos up on their gallery as there are too many fabulous ones to choose from. That said, when I started editing the photos I noticed a theme running through the images – see if you can spot it in the photos below………oh yeah and guys, thanks for the drink and the boogie afterwards. I really did have a great time.

 

Mandie & Steve – Rowhill Grange, Swanley

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The wedding of Mandie and Steve (see post below) was an amazingly emotional one. They had brought the wedding forward by a year so that Steve’s Mum could enjoy the day and then a few days before the wedding she passed away suddenly.  With this in mind there were two things that struck me about their wedding at Rowhill Grange – how much they loved their family and friends and how despite this family tragedy they were still all determined to enjoy the day and have fun.

The minute’s silence they held was extremely touching as was the ‘rememberance table’ but I will remember most the dancing, laughter and cheesiness (is that a real word) of their wedding. It was a fabulous start to the 2011 wedding photography season and as my trusty assistant said, the best one we’ve done this year (so far!).

Here are some of my favourite images of the day:

The Silly Waiter – a Kent Wedding Photographers Delight

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I met Mark Howard a.k.a. The Silly Waiter at the wedding of Steve and Mandie Davis on Sunday 2nd January, which took place in the Clockhouse Suite of Rowhill Grange in Swanley, Kent. During our pre-wedding chat Mandie  let me in on their little secret and tried to describe Mark’s antics throughout the drinks and sit down meal but nothing prepared me for the comedy to come. Now I am partial to a bit of comedy myself, I love little more than to laugh but Mark was so absolutely, incredibly fantastic that I felt he deserved a blog entry all of his own. Steve’s family had suffered an unexpected loss only days before the wedding and while emotions ran high at several points during the day Mark had the ability to have them laughing within minutes. I looked through all of my photos of The Silly Waiter and only chose 3 to put up. You should know however that this isn’t because I only got a few photos of his hilarious antics, I got too many to count, but I didn’t want to spoil Mark’s act for those of you considering some light entertainment at your wedding receptions. I have seen magicians, characture artists and lots of other entertainers at weddings but in my very humble opinion none of them engaged the guests as much as Mark did, or made us all laugh so hard that even my cheeks were aching from smiling so much by the time I left (after the first dance) and I was supposed to be working! Mark you are a first class entertainer, Mandie & Steve thank you so much for booking him and for letting me be part of your wedding (there will be a separate blog posting on you to come!). I haven’t laughed that much in ages.

For more information The Silly Waiter website is www.sillywaiter.com. Check him out, he really is worth a look.