Kristy and Tom's Wedding and Wedding Photographs Down Hall Hotel Essex

On Saturday Essex Wedding Photographers CourtOnCamera had the pleasure of photographing Kristy and Tom's Wedding at the Down Hall Hotel Essex

Kristy's two sisters (shown top left above) were amongst the seven Bridesmaids in attendance.

The ceremony was held in the magnificent Prior Room of the Hotel

In the evening I was able to try out for the first time my new Lowel ID light in front of the floodlit facade of Down Hall

Throughout the day I had the great pleasure working alongside my good friend and Toastmaster - Andrew Morgan, and for the first time Cheema of SVS Videos, not to forget Anna the Wedding Coordinator of the Down Hall Country House Hotel

All Photographs of Kristy and Tom's Wedding and Wedding Photographs Down Hall Hotel Essex are copyright THE Wedding Photographers in Essex - CourtOnCamera

Wedding Albums on-line, Gosfield Hall and The Reid Rooms

As THE Wedding photographers in Essex CourtOnCamera were asked to photograph Lorna and Steve's Wedding at Gosfield HallTheir wedding album can now be seen on-line as can Fiona and Daniels wedding album which was photographed at Greenstead Church Ongar and The Reid Rooms Margaret RodingAll images copyright Essex Wedding Photographers CourtOnCamera

Wedding Photographers in Essex meet wedding planners USA (over a pint of Guinness)

It never ceases to amaze me how the wedding world is intertwined throughout the world. Last Thursday I met with my Good Friend and Toastmaster Richard Palmer and his colleague Terry Hughes.

We discussed how each profession can compliment and assist each other to give the Bride and Groom the best possible day.

I then recounted a tale from my recent trip to the USA where over a pint of Guinness in an Americal/Irish Pub in Noblesville I met Suzanne Haire (a friend of my cousin). Suzanne runs Studio Brides - a hair design and wedding planning company. Bookings are now being taken for a real English Master Photographer in 2010.

An Essex wedding Wedding Photographer does Memphis

Having 34 relatives in the USA (at the last count) this Essex Wedding Photographer tries to visit them as often as I can.

On this Occasion my cousin Len his Father-In-Law Don and I got in a car and made the 8 hour drive from Indiana to Memphis Tennessee - the home of the Blues and Rock and Roll.
It goes without saying that Gracelands - the home Elvis was top of the list of places to visit.
What struck me about the mansion of perhaps the most famous recording artist ever was how it felt very much a home to be lived in.
It also gave a fascinating insight into the contemporary designs of the time - cathode ray TV's in banks of 3 reflected in glass ceilings.
Pleated fabric walls and ceilings in the snooker room.
Most poignant was The Kings last resting place in the grounds of his home alongside his parents and twin brother.
Memphis is of significant historical interest and houses the National Museum of Civil Rights centred on the Lorraine Motel. It was was on the 4th April 1968 that Dr Martin Luther King Jnr was shot when he left room 206 - the motel is perfectly preserved as it was on that fateful day.
The Sun recording studios are also located in Membphis - Jonny Cash, Elvis started their careers here. The list of recording artists that have used this studio which is still in use could fill a book - Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis and U2 are but a few.
The bullet hole in the studio window was an unexplained mystery however - I thought it better not to ask!