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David Purslow October 6th, 2008

so today it all starts for real. Last night yervant and annie took us all out for dinner. There was a surreal moment for me after about an hour or so, I was on a table with 2 American and 2 german photographers and naturally we were talking and networking - I had forgotten where I was and was just enjoying the company when I looked over my shoulder and saw yervant -fir a second I had that oh my god there’s …… Feeling.

This morning I took a walk into st marco square before breakfast.

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David Purslow October 5th, 2008

Hello there dp here

Arrived in Venice itself today and had to take a boat ride to the hotel - here are a few pics from the iPhone

The first one the view as soon as you get on the boat

Next is a “taxi driver” ok his cell phone

The next 2 just show how amazing this city is

I will end each post with a few tags for search engines

David Purslow - wedding photography -Pembrokeshire - training with Yervant in Venice Italy - castle wedding photography

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David Purslow October 4th, 2008

Just testing before I leave - my first iPhone blog post

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David Purslow October 4th, 2008

taM9AF_cNeYHello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com

I am off to Venice today for a training course - thats right a course.

Here is a link to a video from a previous course, this is what I will be doing - 5 days of intensive training from a guys who is widely believed to be the best wedding photographer in the world.

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David Purslow October 1st, 2008

Hello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com again, still playing catch up after the move but nearly there,

Each time I write one of these little reviews of the wedding I always write it from a different point of view, well today its written for any budding photographers out there, someone who is going to be going to a wedding and wants to make sure they get the good shots, someone who is shooting there first wedding etc.

I hope you find this useful, good luck,

A couple of weeks ago I shot the wedding of a  great couple, Luke and Ashley.  Weddings can be stressful times (for the B+G) at the best of times, however for this wedding Ashley’s mum was taken ill the day before and could not be there.  The thing that was very apparent throughout the whole day was the love shared by this couple and the very special bond they had.  I think the photos also reflect this.

The day was a fantastic, really nice and sunny and this made for a nice change compared to some of the weather we have seen this year, the venue was great, the church was located just outside of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire at a place called Roach and I arrived a little early to shoot some detail shots.  Soon after I arrived a few of the guests started showing up and one of my favorite things to shoot at weddings is the Kids.  The boys look really great in suits and the girls like princess’s in there dresses.  (from a business point of view) a photographer is stupid if they dont get lots of these shots as parents eat them up.

This young man was the life and sole of the party at the church

As I say, I like to change things up a little on the blog so will skip the normal bride arriving shots etc and jump right up to Ashley walking down the Isle.

I had to shoot a few test shots before they walked downt the isle so practiced on guests etc, you only get one chance to get the photos right, you cant stop the guys and ask them to do it again ! - The lighting in the church was a little challenging as there were huge areas of really bright light and then huge areas of really dim areas - this is where as a photographer you start to earn your money - Make sure you dont miss the walking in and out shots - test your lighting before the couple walk down the isle !

Remember when I said that this couple had a special bond, well the following picture shows exactly what I mean.  The way Ashley and Luke looked at each other throughout the day, the closeness, the little kisses etc really showed the passion and I could see it thru the lens, this couple are in LOVE !

Whenever I shoot a wedding I try to direct as little as possible and capture the candid moments, however you need to make sure you get a few of the important shots, one of the ’standard’ shots is the signing of the register - Again on this shot I let the couple mix with there guests outside while I set up the scene, tested the lights etc and made sure we could shot it and be in and out within a few minutes thus not taking the bride and groom away from there wedding day.

The shot is a lot harder than it looks, Look at the shadows from the table leg nearest to the camera, subtle shadows towards the brides feet.  I held the flash on a flash extension lead off to camera right to soften the image.  Look at the window in the background and the candles, all exposed correctly.

The confetti shot was a hard one to shoot, the problems were the really strong sunlight.  I had to place the couple in the shadows but add fill light to bring them out from the background.  Notice in the background of this pic just how bright the sun was.

I think this was the point in the day that I realised how much effort Ashley was putting into the day and the pains she must have been going through.  A wedding day is 80 % the brides day in my humble opinion and to be going through all this knowing your mum is in hospital must have been a strain but Ashley was a trooper and its this spirit that made the pictures turn out the way they did - Thanks Ashley.

In the next 3 pictures I shot these all in direct sunlight - normally  a NO NO but sometimes you have to break a few photography rules, especially when the background makes it all worth while.

They were all shot in pretty much mid day sun - I decided to use a strong contrast setting as there was no way to get past the shadows.  Each one of the photos was carefully composed to make the most of the backgrounds.  I notice a lot of new photographers shoot all there photos really closeup and that sometimes spoils what could be a great photo.  I really love the photo of Luke and Ashley with the castle in the background - Its going to be going on my new website, I think its a classic image.

From here we went to the beach and although we could not get onto the sand on in the water, we still created some really nice images.

After the beach we went to the reception venue however the B+G stopped off for a few private photos away from the guests, we when down by the river and shot a few more personal photos and this also gave the couple a few minutes of alone time just to relax, enjoy each others company and more importantly enjoy there day - when I do this I generally shoot with a longer lens and leave the couple alone and dont direct them ! - this is a totally natural shot, I did not have to ask them to kiss, they just sat down on bench (after a lovley couple who were eating fish and chips while walking the dog gave it up just for them)

once we finished here, only about 10 minutes all in all we left and went to the Wolfscastle Hotel, (this was the first of my weddings as The Wolfscastle Hotel this year) - since the car was  leaving after this, I shot a few pics of the couple with the car - If  its a RR, make sure you get the silver lady in the shots - again this photo is 1/2 candid and 1/2 posed - I placed Luke and Ashley where wanted them, I posed Ashley and had her looking at Luke, I too the photo and then she just closed her eyes and had such a content look on her face that I had to take another photo  - again another of my favorite photos from the day - the posed picture is nice but this is nicer !

You should always be on the lookout for the unusual shots at a wedding, when I was shooting the cake, I had to walk around a long table and noticed how the glasses drifted off into the distance and how nice it looked - while not a classic wedding photo, it will make a killer photo in the wedding album as it draws the viewers eye.

Since the Wolfscastle Hotel is only downt he road from where I life, I decided (since the couple had - had such a challenging day) to come back at night and shoot the first dance.  The coverage booked had not included this but Luke and Ashley had been such a great couple all day, fed me and invited me back for the evening BBQ and Buffet that it was the least I could do,  Here is a shot of the outside of the Wolfscastle hotel at night

And this is the shot I came back for, its a great way to end an album - to me at least it sort of marks the end of the wedding and start of the couples life as a married couple - it really is the last focal point of the day.

Luke, Ashley, you guys rock, hope to talk to you soon, god bless - dp

Thanks to all for stopping by and if your reading this far, thanks for reading my blog - we are almost caught up and in a couple of week there is something VERY SPECIAL coming so keep checking back !!!!!!!

As I said I hope you enjoyed - shameless plug, remember I  am available for weddings and portraits throughout Pembrokeshire, South and West Wales and the whole of the UK

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dp

David Purslow
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David Purslow September 28th, 2008

Hello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com

Okay, still playing catch up from having my internet down for 3 weeks ! - This is a wedding I shot about a month ago, its the wedding of Neil and Sarah.  If you hunt thru my blog (or if your lazy just click here - you will see I shot Sarah and Neils pregnancy portraits a few months back - baby bump photos some call them)

I had been really looking forward to this wedding for a LONG time, it makes it a little easier from my point of view (as a photographer) if I have worked with a couple before the actual wedding day, that way I can get an idea of how the couple like being photographed etc (in this case - they dont like being in front of the camera) - but since I had worked with them before I knew to use longer lenses and keep back a bit and try to catch moments and not to do too much posing.

My so called style of photography is sometimes called repotage or photo-journalistic or PJ or candid or documentary shooter etc, in essence it means I try to pose the couples a little as possible and let the day unfold, the images in todays blog are mainly to show the kind of images you get without ANY posing - naturally I do have to make sure I get the ‘money’ shots also, the posed photos people THINK they want but generally the photos that people seem to buy or want in albums are the unposed ones.

So Sarah and Neils day, well this was another of my weddings at Lamphey Court Hotel Pembrokeshire and one of the things that made this so special is Sarah and Neil had booked ‘The Bishops Palace’ to shoot some photos in, the Bishops Palace is an old ruin just accross the road from the Lamphey Court Hotel and is a spectacular venue.

The week of the wedding arrived and I was frantically watching the weather as this year has been a little bit wet in terms of weddings, I think 75 % of the weddings have had rain appear during day.  With all the pretty ladies in all the nice dresses and shoes, I preyed for dry weather and thats exactly what I got - it was a perfect day for a wedding!

The first photo of the day, as I arrive at Lamphey Court Hotel Neil and his buddies are chillin having a cup of tea in the bar (glad it was only tea) - so I set up and POP  - the first photo Neil looking all relaxed

Photographers TIP *** Notice the light reflection on hte wall to the left of the guys, thats my flash bouncing off a window and Mirror.  Because it was so dark in this room I knew if I used direct flash the background would be really dark, so I bounced the flash off the wall to my right and it bouned off a window and mirror.  The light looks nice and soft and there are no real hard shadows apart from the chair in the foreground.

Remembering that Neil and Sara prefer not to have the camera right in there face, I pop on a longer lens and wait for the boys to go outside, once outside the boys chill out for a while and crack a few jokes.

So with it being the big day, I thought that with the 3 guys there I would get a ‘posed’ shot, I asked the guys to look at there watches as if waiting for the bride - I know, cheesy but generally makes a good photo - well it turned out to be a candid after all - NONE OF THE BOYS HAD A WATCH - good job they were already at the wedding venue

shortly after that, the guys were inside and I was outside waiting for the bride, Sarah to arrive,  As Sarah drove by, I snagged this shot of here looking at me through the widnow,  I really like this photo, its a classic and timeless unposed photos of a bride arriving at the venue.

I have decided to add the following photos to show you that its possible to use a longer lens and select your subject but still use it during the wedding service.  In the next series, starting off with the bride and groom looking at the registra after being told they are married with huge smiles on there faces ! and then leading onto the guests I am in EXACTLY the same spot - I choose a spot for the wedding and dont move, I also DONT use flash at all during the service so all of these images are shot using available light - you will notice the shadow detail and light fall off, something I think adds greatly to the photos.

B+G looking all happy !

Guests

and in this one, see how I frame the young lady with the people in front of her creating depth to the image

All these guys were looking at the bride and groom and all the pictures were shot within about 30 seconds from the first to the last.

Following the wedding I shot the signing of the register photo but then I moved to the sidelines and took this shot while the b+g were posing for friends, you often get a more natural shot when friends are taking taking the photos.

From here we all went off to the Bishops Palace for some photos

Whenever possible I try to shoot a group shot of everyone - I also try to do this earlier than later, that way people can split off into there own groups while waiting around.

A shot taking advantage of The Bishops Palace grounds

I know at this size the web photos dont do the couple justice but the printed photos look amazing !

I took the couple off for a walk to a more secluded part of the grounds and told them to chill out for a few minutes while ‘I messed around with my camera’  and stood back around 50 - 75 feet using the longer lens to capture this candid shot

then once I had my candids, I posed the couple for a ‘nice’ posed picture

After the Bishops Palace we went back to The Lamphey Court Hotel and I quickly shot the cake cutting photo before all the guests came into the dining room - notice how in the photo above and the photo below the couple look a little ’stiffer’ than in the candid shots - thats the beauty of candids, you get really natural looking photos !

I had to save this one until last, this was the ’second’ dance, but I wanted to show how people relax and let there hair down when they think you cant take photos in the dark !!!! - I standing on a chair dressed all in black and the room is pitch black apart from the DJ lights - I used an infra-red focus assist function on the camera to bounce IR light off the couple to check the distance and program the focus point - the images turned out great.

Well thats about it, Congratulations to Neil and Sarah, and I am looking forward to shooting those portraits of baby N pretty soon,

I will be posing more weddings this week as  I TRY to catch up before I go away for a week.

Hope you enjoyed,

dp

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David Purslow September 21st, 2008

Hello there, David here from www.davidpurslow.com

As you  will know if your a regular visitor to my website and my blog, Nikki, Joshua and I recently moved (about 10 days not at date of posting)  Well today was the first day’s rest we have really had so Nikki invited Gale and Edward over for lunch.  Today was fantastic, really nice and sunny !  Thats something you have not heard much this summer here in the UK.

Well since we had visitors I decided to take a quick 20 minute break from processing images from yesterdays wedding and had a mad 10 minutes in the garden with the girls and the boys.

Naturally once Edward grabbed the Bob the builder hat and Hi Viz vest and sat on the Bob the Builders truck I had to take a couple of photos.

Here are 3 from a 5 minute session that was more about RnR than working.

The first image, the vignette is naturally caused by the lens on the camera - its the Nikon 70-200 VR on a Nikon D3.

and here is one where Joshua looks like he is wondering why daddy is not pointing his camera at him but at someone else - JD Loves to get in on the photos !

All I would say is these are quick snapshots, I was in the garden for less than 5 minutes from start to finish and in that time, I had to stir dinner twice so actual shooting time was around 3 minutes.  The reaon for I say this is that it only takes a few seconds to take a few pictures and the kids grow up so quickly that you want to make sure you dont miss out, so get your cameras out and snap away - in years to come you will be happy you did !

Enjoy.

dp
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David Purslow
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David Purslow September 21st, 2008

Hello there,  David here from www.davidpurslow.com

This will be a quicker than normal posting as I have just got back online and am WAY behind on posting updates.

The wedding of Mari and Jo took place a few weeks ago and had all the elements thrown in to make for a very interesting day.  This was my second wedding in a couple of months to take place at Cleddau Church.  This is one of my favorite churches as its so pretty from the outside and inside its very moody which is great for photos.  Mari and Jo have been great customers, they are the kind of customer a photographer loves to work with, very easy going, a good looking couple, a ‘different’ kind of reception venue and a sit down dinner to die for.

Before I start talking about the day I just want to thank Jo (Giuseppe) to give him his real name and Mari for the little present I got at the wedding.  For longer weddings, ones where I am going to be there all day, I do ask my clients to provide me with a meal, I dont expect much and am happy  being dumped somewhere out of the way while the wedding party and guests enjoy there dinner, Well on this occasion  I was seated at one of the tables and eveyrone at each table got a little present, it was a genuine slate coaster with there name engraved on it.  These come from The Slate Workshop ( www.slate-workshop.co.uk) and it now proudly sits next to my keyboard as I type. - Thanks guys !

Okay, Mari and Jo shot off on Honeymoon quickly after the wedding so before they went I picked out a random selection of images and sent them over to them, the images I am going to post today are the same images.  I have not selected them for posting on the blog so the story will not be up to what it should be but time is against me here, as its been weeks since the wedding and I wanted to get some new images up - I will come back to this post once I design the album and update it then.

So for the first photo of the day, is a totally unstaged pic, I always like bride mirror shots or bride reflection shots as some people call them.  The idea is simple, a photo of a bride looking in a mirror, well when I walked into the bedroom at the house, Mari had already started having here makeup done, while I was pulling my cameras out, I noticed a little makeup mirror on the window sill and it had a perfect reflection of Mari just sitting there, so once I was ready to go, this was my first picture of the day ! - a really nice bridal makeup shot to start thigs off !

The reason I say the reception venue was strange is that on first glace it looks like the inside of a Marquee however this is actually the inside of Mari’s Dad’s Shop / converted Cow Shed - The Marquee was put up INSIDE and as it turns out it was a great idea as that night there were Huge Winds and torrential rain !

I also took a couple of cake photos (if you look carefully at the pic above you will notice that one of the flowers is missing off the cake) during this time, but this was before the whole setup was complete !

I love wedding cakes and love to photograph wedding cakes, no cake ever seems like the next and its one part of the day that seems really personal to the couple - TIP - I always shoot the cake cutting photos before the guest enter the reception venue, that way the couple look there best and you dont have 30 people all trying to take the same photo and spoiling your light !

All the above shots were taken pretty early in the day, from here I went to the church and started to take pics of the guests arriving

First to arrive were “The Boys”

I love taking Portrait type photos at weddings, detailed people photos, snap shots if you like of guests at the wedding, Why ?  I dont really know but I like using longer lenses and snagging a few photos of people who dont really know they are being photographed, you see the best in people at weddings and you can always spot those who are totally relaxed and just enjoying they day, take a look at this chap, I dont know who he is apart from a guest at the wedding, but he was sitting there, watching the day go by without a care in the world - I just love the tranquil feeling in this picture

and then this young lady arrived, and it reminded me why I LOVE wedding photography - its because weddings bring the families together, generations of them, from near and far.

Here is Mari’s Dad walking here down the isle

Here are a couple from the back of the church

and then one when I got a little closer

After the wedding, we setup for the confetti shot, I have about a dozen different images from the confetti shot but love the look of the hand here, naturally for the couples album, I will use one without the hand but I liked the pic and since its one of the ones sent to Mari an Jo before the honeymoon, it gets posted on the blog !

As I type this I am starting to remember lots about the day, thats the power of photos.  In the group shot below this was being taken from an upstairs bedroom window, the window was propped open by a mop handle as it was an upwards and outwards opening window and it had just started to POUR with rain, the second I took this picture everyone ran for cover !  If you look at the top few mm’s of the photo about 1/3 of  the way from the right hand side, you can seet he mop trails haning down !

We had to do the group shots inside in one corner of the ‘Marquee’ but thats what wedding photography is all about, being able to adapt to the situation, no wedding is the same as another wedding and each wedding has its own little mini drama’s - you either go witht he flow or let them turn into major headach’s which I was not about to do - Yes the images need a little bit of work in Photoshop but thats all part of the fun !

and then one of my favorite parts of the night the first dance, this is where I get to play at being creative as you never know what the lights will look like till the dj turns them on !

Well thats the selection of images I picked out to send Mari and Jo before they went away on honeymoon.  I really would have loved to have the time to choose a more ‘blog friendly’ set of photos as this wedding had it all - from the most original way of identifying each table to pasta decorations for each table, A dinner that lasted almost 3 1/2 hours to the new custom I learned that takes place in Italy - the glass tapping custom but more about that when I post the album pictures.

I hope you enjoyed the images and the story - more soon and BOY its great to be back

more soon

dp
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David Purslow
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David Purslow September 19th, 2008

Hello Everyone, David here !

Phew, dont want to do that again.  Nikki and I moved a few weeks ago and it took 3 - Count them, not 1, not 2 but 3 whole weeks to get broadband connected at the new house !

Lots of back log to catch up on and I will be doing that in the next few days as I have a wedding tomorrow but for now, here is a picture of Joshua HELPING us move !

Oh, glad to be back,

more soon,

dp

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David Purslow August 31st, 2008

Hello there, David here from www.davidpurlsow.com

- Technical Tip -

Before I start let me point out that the photos in this review of the wedding of Dave and Laura are UN CROPPED that means they shots you are looking at are exactly as they were taken in the camera. - Each time I post a wedding story I like to do something different, this gives you an idea of the kind of photos I take and the importance of cropping in camera - The more information you have in a picture the better the quality of the image, if you have to crop too much out of the photo, you loose detail - as you can see I try to crop in camera as much as possible.  Next time your photographing a wedding or someone, try to get on the image you want to end up with before you take the picture it ends up as a much sharper image in the end

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I remember meeting up with Dave and Laura outside a fish and chip shop in Aberystwyth on a cold and wet day last year, I had been booked by Dave and Laura via the website and we met up in person when they were visiting family near by.  Nikki and I had gone to Aberystwyth to meet Nikki’s mum and dad for dinner and guess what, the chip shop was closed

Anyway I had been looking forward to this wedding for a very long time, the wedding was taking place at The Conrah in Aberystwyth a spectacular wedding venu with an awsome Marque (see photo below) - The wedding was going to be a low key in terms of photos with Dave and Laura both saying they did not like having photos taken and just wanted a relaxed style of photos.

This year has been one of the hardest I can remember in terms of weather for weddings, and the day its self was pretty much dry with a few rain spots here and there but quite windy.  The weather yet again did nothing to spoil the day which is a huge credit to Dave and Laura and there guests.

As I arrived I bumped into Dave and snapped my first photo of the day, The groom photo.

And then quickly went about my business of snagging all the detail shots like the flowers and the cake etc - As a “Green” copule the flowers were quite important and very impressive but were natural and carefully selected.

All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I saw a nice looking Jaguar with ribbon driving off and thought OOOOPS the bridesmaids have arrived, I ran (okay I dont run but I shifted myself) and made my way outside waiting for the bride to arrive, I saw a group of girls all dressed in nice dresses and thought before the bride arrives I should take a quick group shot - At this stage I was on autopilot adn was concentrating so hard on getting a shot of the bride arriving that I had not noticed Laura standing right there - OOOPS - I took a shot of the girls - Laura included.

Then I asked the girls “when do you think she will be here”…………..  Oh, Oooops, Duh………. thats about all I could think of when Laura said Hello David here I am

Well I missed the arrival of the car but had decided I could shoot it later, it happens from time to time in weddings that your planned shooting goes out the window and you have to go with the flow - its all part of the fun - no wedding is the same and very very few ever go exactly as planned, My job as a photographer is to go with the flow and make sure I get it all covered.

Anyway back to the flowers - Laura had a really pretty bouquet, as did the girls but Laura’s really stood out, the colours were so vivid, the photo has not been touched up in any way.

In keeping with the day never going exactly as planned, take a look at the ring shot, here you will see the best man is holding the rings but look at his cuff - nice cuff links and guess what - there mine - yep I wear a nice dress shirt when shooting and always have my camera cuff links on - one of my superstitions - unfortunately the best man had forgotten his cuff links so I offered him mine if Dave and Laura did not mind me just rolling my shirt sleeves up.

One of the things I am always aware of when putting photos online is making sure they have a reason to be here, its easy for the bridal party to look at a photo and instantly remember what was happening etc, The two photos below are just such a story - For some reason Laura’s dad’s Jacket was missing buttons, but Mum came to the rescue with needle and thread to hand and popped them right back on - If you didnt know the story the pictures would seem out of place but its all part of the normal activity that takes place at weddings and photos like these bring back memories for the bride and groom but maybe not to you as a viewer

Weddings always bring out the best in people and always put them into great moods and they pose for photos they would normally never do - I walked out of the reception of the Conrah and spotted a guy wearing a facinator and thinking thats a bit different shot a snapshot

I should point out its his WIFE’s hat I think - but then the guy next to him said “hello handsome - give us a kiss” and guess what ?????????????

Right around here time was getting close to the wedding itself so it was time for a quick couple of shots before the wedding takes place and then into my place ready for action.

The pic above is the last photo taken before the wedding itself.

Due to the layout of the room, I was in a great position to be able to grab shots of both the bride and groom as Laura walked down the isle - Here is the shot of Dave just as Laura starts to walk down the Isle

and here is Laura walking towards him, arm in arm with Dad.

As with the rest of the day, the wedding service was very relaxed and only lasted a few minutes, got a good few pics but chose this one to share with you because Laura is beaming with delight and looks so happy - this was just after the exchange of rings.  The registra was looking at me while I was taking photos for some reason - I had asked and was told I could take pics but each time I did she looked at me ?

So after the wedding I snapped from the sidelines - remember this was to be informal photography so I concentrated on Dave and Laura enjoying their day and capturing the happy moments that took place

So here’s a question for you, What happens when you throw an entire basked of confetti at a couple ?

Answer - you end up with a confetti shot to remember !

Then what happens of someone standing behind the photographer lets off a Confetti canon ? - First the photographer almost has a heart attach but then you get a great photo of people’s reactions - if you look at the guests it sounded like a bomb had gone off and confetti shot into the air, it scared the hell out of me !

At this stage it started spitting with rain again so we decided that the few formal photos that would take place would take place in the marque.

Just one of the group shots - followed by the cake cutting photo

Following this was the fake car photos

And an artistic shot as Dave and Laura walked back to the Conrah

The last two photos now but before the last photo, this was a shot Dave and Laura asked me to take, any time a bride, groom or both ask for a specific shot, you better believe that its an important photo.

The last shot of the day, the group shot - originally I was going to shoot this from an upstairs window but with the ground being wet I shot it inside the Marque, not the best place for the shot but it worked well here, the stage really helped as it gave me just enough to work with to get everyone in the picture !

This was the first of my weddings at the Conrah hotel in Aberystwyth this year and it was great fun which returned some great photos in my mind, Dave and Laura will be the final judge of that and I am sure I will hear soon what they think.

Congratulations Dave and Laura, good luck in your new life,

dp

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