As a family man, it was a real pleasure to photograph the wedding of Donna & Gary and the naming ceremony of Anna and Edie, their two beautiful daughters. As is always the case when working with children, nothing ever goes quite to plan… as you can see when Edie decided that she was not going to let go of mummy – no matter what! But this just added to the occasion and I was in my element. The brief from Donna & Gary was to keep everything as casual as possible and to photograph mostly in a reportage style. This worked particularly well in the intimate setting of Broadoaks luxury Country House hotel at Windermere.

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Donna and Gary’s wedding suppliers:

Dress: Bespoke design by Donna and Kate Garcia of Katie Lou Designs, Bristol
Flowers: Alex at The Flower Shop, Ambleside
Hair: Eustacia, Ambleside
Make-up: Eustacia, Ambleside
Music: Sunshine Daze
Favours: Keyrings provided by Herdy

Make-up, Champagne and Jimmy Choos…. What more could a girl want!

Edie and Anna… just chilling out before the celebrations

Gary getting ready, the orchid buttonholes were gorgeous… but made us rather nervous!

Donna looked stunning in her gown…

A lovely few moments between father and daughter…

We love this natural shot of Donna

I love you mummy and I am not letting go!

We took some shelter under the trees. The ground was a bit soft and we really felt for Donna in her killer heels!

We got loads of lovely natural shots after the ceremony of everyone enjoying themselves

We sneaked Donna away for this shot. Doesn’t she look amazing…