Everyone filed into the ceremony room, and I was set upon with an abundance of banter from the Mother of the Groom, mocking my professionalism! It’s a good job I love your cakes Mrs Ward!!!!! Even the registrar had to join in. With James standing at the top of the aisle awaiting his bride, a few nerves started to show. Here they came. The bridesmaids looked brill in snappers favourite shade of purple. Along with pageboys in their lovely little suits grasping toy cars in hand, and Elliot on the promise for raisins! They stormed down that aisle, to reveal the amazingly scrubbed up Kevin walking his beautiful daughter down to meet her husband to be. This was it girl your time to rock that dress that you have dreamed about wearing for an entire day for so many months.
Ceremony over, with guests kept happy with Pimms, it was photo time! Yay! Oh no, hang about, its raining, never fear Super Toast Master is here to the rescue. He worked his magic on getting us an inside location with an exterior view. I tell you this man was a legend. With a confetti shot to conclude it was time for the surprise of the cake to be shown to James. How epic it was too.
By this point in a wedding I have gotten pretty friendly with the bride and groom, so when it comes to speech time I love it as it gives me chance to get to know them a little more as the dirt is dished on them. Kevin's (father of the bride) speech was very well executed, well that might be the biggest lie, but it was hilarious. The Best man speech saw tales told of both bride and groom. Great stuff.
Whilst the meal was served it gave me time to have a hunt around the venue a little further and talk to some more of the very very professional staff they have. After coffee was served the staff had prepared a golf buggy for the newly weds to drive down the lake for us to take some lovely portraits. With the manager even standing on guard watching for golf balls coming in our direction. What a lovely scene , such beautifully kept grounds, who would of thought it was flooded a couple of weeks ago. That done – I was just left to chase the kids around to get some lush candid shots for the collection. And wait for the first dance. So I sit in the corner with my diet coke snapping a few candid’s, when I catch a glimpse of a rainbow, quick quick lets get this shot!!! Their very own complete rainbow from start to end. A-Ma-ZING. Shot of the day. Just ahead of the 2 page boys Elliot and Archie I never thought I would manage to get. But Archie was a bit partial to a game of my peekaboo from behind the camera. Being told “look at Kerry Archie ” you could see the confusion on his face as he searched for a sight of his Auntie Kerry. But Archie boy, I have to tell you Auntie Kerry's are nothing but the best!!!!! Lol!
So after the smooch times on the dance floor it was time for me to grab another handful of Jazzies off the sweet cart and drag myself away from this lovely, emotionally charged wedding, thanks to the father of the groom, that I was lucky to have been chosen to record in images.
