Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Sarah and Mark Wedding

OK so how do you all do it? Saturday yet another incredible wedding day. We have a fantastic wedding ceremony at the Priory in Christchurch, Dorset, a first dance in the Bandstand on the riverside and a visit from 'Elvis' in the evening!!!! Sarah and I met up early in the day at her parents home in Highcliffe and I followed her preparations through to her arrival at the Priory for the wedding ceremony while Earle was with Mark at home and the bar 'Soho' before wandering along to the church in plenty of time to greet the arriving guests. Once Sarah and Mark meet at the wedding, both Earle and I work together from seperate aspects giving a full and emotional picture of their day unfolding. The ceremony was beautiful, Sarah looked amazing and Mark was bursting with anticipation as she walked up the long aisle towards him for their ceremony. Following the formal and crucial aspect of the entire day we had fun covering the formal photographs before the guests departed for the reception venue and Sarah and Mark were driven to the Bandstand at the riverside in Christchurch for our anticipated photoshoot. As we already knew there was a band playing but unkown to us was the welcome which would be extended to us all. This was truly fantastic, the crowd which was huge applauded and cheered the bride and groom as they wandered onto the grass surrounding the Bandstand and they were then introduced as newly weds by the band leader and invited to perform their first dance there and then! We suggested they were allowed to dance in the Bandstand amongst the band rather than the grass below and this was agreed to without hesitation. Wow!!!! what a blast this proved to be..... Sarah and Mark were sooooooo thrilled and their audience of literally thousands were entransed, cameras and applause were everywhere. We managed a few more creative shots on the Quayside following the first dance before departing to join the guests in Bournemouth. Once the wedding reception and breakfast was completed and the highly entertaining speeches were over we had the fun of 'Elvis' arriving for his performance which got everyone up dancing through the duration. Now, these wedding guests know how to party, some serious dancing was happening here and it did not stop after 'Elvis' the DJ had it wrapped with some major dance numbers. While this DJ thing was happening we borrowed Sarah and Mark again for a few more shots, this time a trip to the beach as the light was dropping. They were so great together they made our work easy and nothing phased them at all - Sarah and Mark we hope you are thrilled with your pictures, you are both very special together with Zoe and Dean the team is remarkable, congratulations on your marriage. Not only this but more.... you now have fame and fortune in New Milton - an article all about your bandstand stardom in this weeks newspaper!

2 comments:

deanibeani said...

hey this is dean one of the best men dad and sarah will love what you have writen

Sarah & Mark said...

Jane & Earle,

Mark and I would just like to say a huge thanks for capturing our special day as the fun and amazing day that is was.

We have received some fantastic comments about the photo's and how great you made us both look!!! A lot of guests didn't even know you were there which we think is a huge compliment as we know plenty of weddings that we have been to where the photographer has been called some choice words for taking over the day!!

On a personal note from Sarah, now every time I smile I remember the word TEETH!!!

Once Again thank you for everything, we are so pleased we chose you to be a part of our very special day. You captured every moment and have given us some precious memories.