Lea & Yinka - Smeetham Hall, Sudbury

One of the summers lovely days. None too hot, lovely venue and extremely helpful staff at Smeetham Hall.

To say this was an unconventional ceremony would not be right. This was an hilarious ceremony. The groom was a laugh a minute and certainly was not afraid to let out a few (..ahem lots!!) expletives in both the ceremony and speeches!

The meal was cooked by a close friend of the groom in the venue kitchens, a lovely personal touch. The Bride & Groom had been playing a joke on me since booking saying we would be getting rice & peas for our hot meal and were most amused when they served me the same as they got, a lovely roast dinner! Well anything hot will do..!

Great guests, venue and Bride & Groom meant we got some memorable footage, if not conventional and contemporary, variety is the spice of life..!!

Here is the email we got (in classic fashion !):

"We have just finished watching the DVD.........it was f***ing brilliant....didn't know I swore so much, but that's me ain't gonna change even on my wedding day.......we forgot soooo much about the wedding......
Thank you very much it was worth waiting for."

Alex & Ricky - Newland Hall, Chelmsford

Well the weather all week has been nigh on perfect. We have been moving premises over the last week and it was so nice I packed away all the wet weather gear and warm clothes..Well it has been warm, sunny and perfect for filming. The phone has been ringing with bookings. People seem so much happier when the sun is shining!

I got up this morning and opened the curtains to see how things looked as I am not a great believer in forecasts as they are so often wrong. Well, sadly today, they were spot on. Steady consistent rain without a break all day. And it stayed like that...All Day.

Newland Hall was a beautiful converted house with a marquee to the rear. The wedding was planned to be on the lawn in a quaint gazebo with close friends and family. It was such a shame to have to film inside. The ceremony room was very small and did not allow much room for movement but we still got some great shots from the front. In a small room the rear camera often blocks a few guests view, so we try to move it every now and again discretely.

The bride & groom both said I do, not without a few hiccups on their lines! The gardens and opportunities for picturesque shots were plentiful, but mother nature did not want to play ball. The rain was so hard we could not risk the camera's. Let alone let the bride & groom get soaked!

We were working with Lee Walsh again of Lee Walsh Photography who is in my opinion one of the most down to earth and laid back photographers we have worked with. Not only is he at ease with the Bride & Groom he also manages to get the right people where they need to be in a calm and easy manner. Too often Photographers can end up running your day and be obnoxious and stressed right when you don't need it. I can't recommend him highly enough.

Lee ran to the car and got out his studio lighting and took photos inside the marquee. The speeches were informal and heartfelt and the day ran not without hitch (from the weather) but was hopefully memorable for the Bride & Groom.

I am looking forward to the task of editing!

Here is an email from the Bride on return from Honeymoon:

"Hi Jon!

Im back in the country and straight back to work! Hope alls well with you and youve settled into your new home by now!

Just wanted to say thank you so much for filming the wedding, ...The day went so fast for me, Im just so pleased we decided to get it filmed so I can go through and live it all over again! Please also pass on my thanks to your camera lady..she was really lovely....take care and thanks again,

Alex xxx"