Eve and Elliot: a preview

I spent a rather lovely afternoon yesterday with Eve and her gorgeous baby son Elliot. He was such a happy, smiley little chap, and they were both an absolute pleasure to photograph! I'm so looking forward to editing the full set for them - for now, here is a very quick peek at a few of my favourites...

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Baby Leo at home in Weymouth
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Hinton St George wedding: Belle & Fred get married in Somerset

Huge congratulations to the lovely Belle and Frederic, who married recently at Hinton St George in Somerset. It was an utterly gorgeous day! Belle looked so beautiful in her stunning wedding dress, made from an antique French lace veil, and I loved the delicate tones of the flowers in the bouquets and table decorations. The wedding had a distinctly international feel to it, with lots of Fred's lovely French family and friends, plus many other guests from all over the world. The reception took place at Brympton D'Evercy, a magnificent stately home near Yeovil, which was the perfect setting for the celebrations. With a drinks reception on the south terrace overlooking the lawn (and the lake and the cows!), a wonderful leisurely wedding breakfast and speeches in the Ball Room and a party in the Library Bar, it was the perfect day from start to finish. Here is a little peep at their images...

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A huge thank you to the talented Clare West Photography, who worked with me on the day as second photographer and provided many of the beautiful images above.

Other suppliers involved with this wedding were:

Belle's dress: designed and created by Jane Bourvis
Fred's groomswear: Cad & The Dandy
Florist: Tie the Knot at Brympton
Hairdresser: Helen Tozer Bridal Hair
Venue: Brympton House
Catering: Brympton House
Wedding cake: Cake Cucina
Evening entertainment: Flood the Floor

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Clare & David's autumn wedding in the Cotswolds
Eve & Tim's tipi wedding in Somerset
Rosanna & Ian's beautiful wedding at Pynes House, Exeter

Claire & Joe's pre-wedding shoot on Woodbury Common

Joe proposed to Claire in pretty much that exact spot, in the photograph above. He had hidden a bottle of fizzy in the bushes the night before, and then surprised her in the middle of a dog walk on Woodbury Common. So it was extremely fitting that we returned to the same location for their pre-wedding shoot. And very lovely it was too, with the sun setting over the sea in the distance, and Claire and Joe's gorgeous dog, Bertie, leaping over streams and through the grass. We even managed to get him to stay still for long enough to be in a couple of the photos! Here is a little peek at their photographs - I can't wait for their wedding at The Great Barn in September, it's going to be wonderful!

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Congratulations Jakki and Sheila, finally wife and wife!

Jakki and Sheila are two women, head over heels in love. They have been formally committed to each other for over 23 years. Their relationship was legally recognised in their civil partnership nine years ago. Yesterday, on the anniversary of this date, something really wonderful took place at Burgh Island in Devon. Jakki and Sheila became officially married, and were able celebrate this momentous occasion with the people that they love and care for all around them. Having led a petition to parliament, which gained over 42,000 signatures and changed the law regarding the conversion of civil partnerships, Jakki and Sheila are directly responsible for enabling this to take place; for gay couples to be treated as equals, to be able to celebrate their love and commitment in the same way as any other adult, to say the marriage vows surrounded by their loved ones and to have a marriage certificate to declare this.

The celebrations were incredibly emotional, so huge and wonderful and colourful and intense. I will save more details for a later blog post with many more photographs. For now, this one image above says it all for me. Moments after signing the official marriage certificate, something that both women have waited many, many years to be able to do, Jakki and Sheila held hands and looked at each other. Wife and wife.