“Sophie was our wedding photographer earlier this month and she was absolutely incredible! We’ve just received our full set of photos and couldn’t be happier with them. Sophie somehow managed to capture all of the relationships and the little moments and emotions of the day, without us being conscious of being photographed at all. Sophie also went above and beyond to help with everything on the day. She was everywhere all at once – lifting up a dress, carrying a speech, tracking down children – whatever was needed! We are so happy we found Sophie and that she was free on the day – we couldn’t recommend her more!”
What a treat it was to return to one of my favourite parts of the Surrey Hills! Albury Fisheries is quite a spectacular space to hold a wedding, goose poop aside, it really does have the most incredible and calming vibe. Perfect for two of the sweetest, gentlest and loveliest of couples. Amelia and Tom’s wedding was one I was looking forward to from the word go, knowing I was working with top class hair extraodinaire Sharon Roberts (I may have mentioned once or twice that she did my wedding hair!) I could tell Amelia had good taste! Meeting her family at her parent’s lovely home was a real pleasure, such genuine and caring people, I knew this would be a lovely day.
Amelia had an army of fabulous bridesmaids, and they were all just SO thrilled for her to see her marry Tom, a truly brilliant person. They are fiercely talented individuals with their own minds and own independence, but together, they are everything. Sometimes I witness a joining of a couple such as this, and I can literally see the love emanating from one another. It was lovely to head back to St James’ Church in Shere once more, I even had my own cones left outside for my car parking space (thank you to Amelia’s brother!). It’s a beautiful village and everyone gathers when a wedding is afoot. The incredible flowers done by Carrie Macey beautiful adorned the church doors and inside too. After an emotional and smile-filled ceremony, thousands of petals fell upon the couple as they made their way to the Fisheries lake.
The weather gods were smiling once again on us (June was a record month of incredible weather wasn’t it!) and the couple were able to enjoy a bustling outdoor reception in amongst their lovely guests. Speeches, as always, were may favourite part to photograph. Amelia’s sister Charlotte absolutely nailed hers with Amelia’s Maid of Honour, and a few tears were shed during Amelia’s father’s very obvious pride as he beamed throughout his own. Tom’s was just so delightful, and I don’t think I saw Amelia stop smiling all day. They were even visited by a less than 24 hours old baby! Humungous kudos to that baby’s Mother, I actually don’t know how she was standing let alone dressed looking as glamorous as everyone else! The day was rounded off by the most beautiful golden hour light ever, and allowed Tom and Amelia to have a few quiet poignant moments by the water, surrounded by swans and cygnets. A pretty special day all round. Thank you lovely A&T for being the best, most easy going and delightful clients a photographer could wish to work with, here are some previews from your day! x
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I cannot believe I’m sat here, having finally compiled my 10th ‘best wedding photography of the year’ collection. Little did I know in 2012 when I began this journey, mid-season with just 5 weddings, that I would go on to shoot 28 the following year, and now over 250 weddings. I still pinch myself each year when I reach capacity and have to start saying no to people (the worst part.) So what can I say about 2022! First off, it was a lovely year, I worked pretty much straight through from March to 19th December with no real let up. I juggled days with my son, I started a garden design course to see me through my elder years (career moves take years folk!), I then deferred said course because I realised that it was totally nutty of me to try and balance it all. Now I am safely back in the calm period of the year, catching up on blog posts, planning family shoots and eagerly awaiting 2023’s season.
The photos below took me the LONGEST time ever to curate. I have no idea why, but it never gets easier. Each wedding has its own story, each couple’s day leaves a memory and it can be really hard to choose just a few photos from each day. If you’ve visited before or know my work, then you’ll know that I just want to capture the atmosphere of the occasion. I am obsessed with choosing photos that make you feel something and I really hope I’ve managed that in this post. There are 200 photos below for you to enjoy, to make you smile, laugh, reminisce and relate. If you don’t, then I’ve gone wrong somewhere. I love the couple portraits, confetti, the golden hour, first dances etc, as these are the major things, yet these aren’t what make up the atmosphere of a wedding. What does that, are the fleeting moments, the silly things, the weather, the sniffs into tissues, the hugs, the tears and the unexpected. So here is a post full of all of those things, things I genuinely believe are what I capture best.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the 26 couples I worked with (some more than once thanks to covid!), you’ve all be SUCH fun, and trusted me with some of the big stuff in life. I have designed more albums than ever, which is really comforting, as we all know the digital age isn’t a lasting one. So many of you have referred me to your friends and I’m delighted to be seeing lots of you again this year, and incredibly grateful. 80% of my work comes from word of mouth, which makes me feel as though I’m doing something right! Thanks also to the brilliant suppliers I got to see lots of too! I’ve been so well looked after and made firm friends with suppliers I’ve had the pleasure of working with multiple times. A special shout out to Olivia Mills whom I just adore, Gill Pike whom I couldn’t love more, Earth Catering who are the kindest caterers I’ve ever met, and OWP who is always a great laugh to work alongside. If you’re one of my future couples or would like to be, I have an extensive list of recommendations for other areas of your wedding, so please just ask! Enough waffle from me, sit back, enjoy and thank you for reading! x
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