Bronwyn & Lewis - Stevenage, 19th November 2011

Never usually travel this far for a wedding, but I was asked by Bron & Lewis to cover their wedding day as they were guests at a friends wedding the year before and liked the way I worked. It was a pleasure to be part of their day and really enjoyed being out of my territory.

Nice to get pictures like this. Shows minor details in the church that usually get missed.

Guests arriving in style, the old London bus, always on time and never breaks down. Unlike our trains!.

Ok, so you think this one is out of focus. Nope, deliberately focused on the bus, think this works showing the brides car coming up the road. Its good to break the rules!.

The sun was really low and shining directly at the camera. Had to position myself behind the one bush in the church entrance and shoot from there as I would have ended up with lens flare, bit of a technical head ache but as long as you know what your doing thats fine.

Church shot, lovely stained glass.

Time was running short and the light was dipping fast. Managed to get a few shots in a avenue near the church. Used a little flash to correctly expose the couple and under exposed the background to capture the winter sun (what was left of it).

Again, flash used here. Had to use on camera flash (which I hate doing) as there wasn't time to set the off camera flash system up. But I think this worked fine.

Nothing like a nice cuppa tea. Bron with her bridesmaids before the after dinner speeches reflecting on the days events.

So if theres no natural light left, then lets go for street lighting. I love doing urban shots like this. Although you do have to ramp up the ISO settings a bit. I think this night session worked really well.

Just love this shot!. Who would think a shop doorway could be a romantic spot....me!...so I suggested we do a few shots there and use the light in the doorway.

Ok, newly weds generally have a slow dance as the first dance, but Bron and Lewis were throwing each other around!. I wasn't really expecting that and had to change tact with camera setting pretty quick. Had to use quite a burst of flash to freeze the moment but still use a slow shutter speed to capture as much ambient light as possible. Also, the aperture was wide open so a shallow depth of field. I now ask couples before the dance whether it will be slow or fast! :-)

A lull in the throwing around!