Ashley and Helen Pre-Wedding Shoot by CourtOnCamera THE Wedding Photographer Essex

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of meeting up with Ashley and Helen for the planning meeting and pre-wedding shoot prior to their marriage later on this month at All Saints Church Edmonton and Gaynes Park (CourtOnCamera are recommended wedding photographers at Gaynes Park Essex).

The shoot took place at their home in Enfield on a somewhat gloomy evening - it had just started to rain. My trusty Nikon D3 and 85mm 1.4 lens coped well with the bad lighting and inclement conditions. For the technically minded the shot above was taken at 20sec F5.6 at 6400ASA in Ashley and Helen's front hall.

Despite the weather on Saturday I had a wonderful time photographing David and Ann's wedding at the Church of St John the Baptist Leytonstone with the reception at Gaynes Park Epping . My colleague Andrew Morgan of the The English Toastmasters Association www.englishtoastmasters.co.uk/ provided vital assistance throughout the day - as can be seen toastmasters are not only known for their ability to operate a Dualit www.dualit.com/.

The evening entertainment was provided by DJ Mitch and the Classic Nomad Disco www.thedisco.co.uk/.

You may well ask what do professional wedding photographers in Essex do when they are not photographing weddings in Essex? In my case the answer - Fly fish for Trout at a secluded lake near Chelmsford with their good friend Paul http://www.enfora.com/ and my trusty hound http://www.flatcoated-retriever-society.org/ (Paul is his DogFather). Paul being a novice at fly fishing (although he would dispute this) relies very heavily on his DogSon for guidance.
Here we see the safe removal of a fly by Paul whilst his DogSon holds the rod. For the technically minded I was using a Hardy Gem Smuggler 5wt made by the House of Hardy in Alnwick Northumberland http://www.hardygreys.com/

As any gun dog will tell you it takes a lot of patience and training to get their owner "Just Right". Above we see Fudge - a 9 mth old Cocker in the early stages of training his owner John Farley of the Sayes Park Shooting School http://www.shootingcoachuk.com/. I am led to believe that John shows promise.

On Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Jenny and James' wedding at Layer Marney Tower near Colchester in Essex. Layer Marney is a Tudor Palace set in beautiful parkland and gardens dating back to 1520. The Farm at Layer Marney Tower is a livestock farm and Jennie managed to find in the mediaeval barn a number of Norfolk Horn sheep lambs. http://www.layermarneytower.co.uk/

The Toastmaster, my good friend Richard Palmer was on hand throughout Jenny and James' truly special day. http://www.thetoastmaster.co.uk/

Catering was provided by Bouquet Garni. http://www.bouquetgarni.co.uk/