Monday 14 November 2011

Back in the summer I was lucky enough to be asked to photograph Holly and Toby Rowland's wedding. The warm and sunny weather of August seems a long while ago now but it was a great wedding and well worth remembering.

It was a very impressive wedding and a really enjoyable day with some great items and details such as the fob-watch above which added to the overall 'feel'. I was lucky enough to borrow a Nikon D3 for the day so the poor Alpha 700 was a little bit relegated to second place although I think it'll get over it in time. The Nikon's a great camera and teamed up with the Nikkor 24-70, was a pretty fantastic performer.

Saying that, the Sony Alpha 700 performed very well and you'll be doing well to pick out the two photos in this batch that were taken with it :) I spent most of the day with the Nikon and the second photographer, Anna spent most of her time with the Sony.

It was the indoor shots that the Nikon really shined in, it's a camera well known for high iso capabilities and genuinely didn't disappoint in the church. I was pretty happy to pick out the father of the bride during the service, it's very easy to get a little fixated on the happy couple!

I like this photo and often try to take it of the grooms-men, with a few bridesmaids however it works well here and I asked the grooms-men to go for a little run on the golf course next to the Hilton.

...which they were pretty happy to do!

The weather couldn't have been nicer and we had a good amount of time to go for a short stroll around the golf course. Holly and Toby were in no rush at all and we were able to get some fantastic and very romantic shots.

It was very easy to be relaxed with them and I think that the engagement shoot we had done earlier in the summer really helped.

As a bit of a wedding day treat for the lucky groom, Holly had arranged a VW camper for the day! She did well to keep it secret and I was a little bit jealous :)