My Wedding Photography Story – Part 14

The ring shot. Taken with my superb Canon 100mm L Macro lens. I actually shot this a few days before the wedding. I met Andrew and Jen at the venue for a pre wedding meeting and asked them to bring their rings. It was always nice to be able to take my time with these shots.

On into April 2014 and the wedding of Andrew and Jennifer. They were getting married in their local church, where they were members of the congregation, and then holding a reception at Thornbury Golf Club. Jen’s mum and dad had been married in the same church, on the same date, thirty four years before.

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Travel – North Yorkshire, UK – Cleveland Way Coast Path and Bridlington

The local Fire Brigade were on an exercise in North Bay as we walked through. Here they are making rainbows.

We decided on another hike for Wednesday but thought we would stay local and walk the Cleveland Way coast path we’d first walked on Sunday. We’d missed out on the coastline views because of the sea mist and fog on the first walk. In total contrast, Wednesday was a lovely warm, sunny day.

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Travel – North Yorkshire, UK – Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay

A view overlooking the coastal path walk from Ravenscar to Robin Hoods Bay

After the murky weather of the previous day, Monday couldn’t have been more different. It was nice, warm and sunny so we decided to do a circular coastal walk, from Ravenscar to Robins Hood Bay.

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Travel – North Yorkshire, UK – Scarborough

Colourful Beach Huts run along the esplanade at the end of North Bay, Scarborough. You can hire them or buy one if you fancy your own seafront shed. Prices start at £65,000 – £180,000!

When we retired, two years ago, we thought we might use our time to explore parts of the UK neither of us had visited before. Two years on we haven’t done that, we’ve travelled in Europe instead. So this September we took the opportunity to spend a week in North Yorkshire, UK.  

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One Word Sunday – Blue

Jardin Majorelle – the former home of Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech, Morocco.

Here’s hoping I’ve done this correctly. I’m new to using WordPress and photo challenges but I’d like to participate. This is my image for this weeks One Word Sunday Challenge – Blue

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London – November 2023

Day 1 – Borough Market and ‘Dear England

We love a trip to London and try to get there once a year. It’s just a fantastic place to visit and, although we’re regular visitors to the capitol, we can always find something new to do or see. The planning for this trip started when we were offered free tickets for the Cake and Bake show at Earls Court which was in late November.  

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OutdoorActive App – Brecon Beacons, Wales

Linda looking back along the ridge that was our return route.

We both enjoy walking, especially a good day-long hike. We’re not stay overnight in the wilds, using a tent, type’s but we’re quite happy taking on a 10-12 mile trek in the hills or countryside.  

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My Wedding Photography Story – Part 13

Charmaine waiting to meet the Registrars.

Our second wedding of 2014 was in late March. Tim and Charmaine were getting married at a hotel near Frome, Somerset.  The wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast were to be held at the same venue, making life easier for me.  

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Stock – Preserves – Chutneys and Pickles

This is a lovely chutney. it’s really nice with cheese in a sandwich. My wife, Linda, makes the labels.

In a break from catching up on past weddings I thought I’d write a short blog on what I’ve been photographing lately. In one word it’s ‘Preserves’. 

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My Wedding Photography Story – Part 12

A portrait of Louise outside the hotel after the ceremony. I was still standing on a small step ladder which I had used to take the wedding guest group shot just before this.

Our first wedding in 2014 was in late March when we shot Andy and Louise’s ceremony at the Walton Park Hotel, Clevedon, N.Somerset, UK. Its a modest wedding venue and a little bit restricted for photo opportunities on site. However, Andy and Louise had a few ideas for couple shots on the Victorian seafront at Clevedon. Louise and her party were getting ready at the hotel and Andy was due to arrive an hour or so before the ceremony start time. They lived in Clevedon so there were no great logistical problems.

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