We've had a secret to keep since Spring this year. When we initially went to visit Michelle and Alan to talk about their wedding day we went through the usual motions of working through our Day Schedule to make sure we knew everything we could about their photographic needs. But as we worked through the day bit by bit, trying to get a sense of what our couple were after there were initially a lot of blanks.
"Sorry I was a little cagey about when we'd want the photography to start," said Michelle over the phone, a couple of days after. "You see, I'm planning to arrive on horse and cart and I'd really like the shots to start from me meeting the horses. Alan doesn't and mustn't know anything about it though."
So it was with painstaking precision we worked through all our admin before the wedding, making sure that the Groom wasn't accidentally told about his equestrian treat. On the wedding day itself, Ian made his way to meet the bride for some pre-ceremony shots (dodging horsey doo doos and whoopsies, so he tells me) whilst I set up at the wonderfully colourful St Marks Church.
When we met up for our pre-ceremony consultation summer was almost over already, but during that time the weather had really turned chilly and autumnal. The vibrant oranges and browns of the trees surrounding the church were set off wonderfully by the brides choice of vivid orange bouquet, given a tropical spritz with tiny little pineapples!
As the bride and groom carried out quite a wind-swept horse and carriage trek to their reception venue - the Marsham Court Hotel on Russell Cotes road - we rushed ahead in our much warmer car to meet them as they dismounted to meet their guests and treat the horses to some well-earned polos. There we snapped up some of the reception (including a Rudyard Kipling-inspired cake complete with trumpeting elephants), and managed to whisk over the road for an impromptu photo shoot on the overcliff overlooking Swanage and the Purbecks just in time before the rain started.
Posted with thanks and congratulations to Michelle and Alan Jacobs
"Sorry I was a little cagey about when we'd want the photography to start," said Michelle over the phone, a couple of days after. "You see, I'm planning to arrive on horse and cart and I'd really like the shots to start from me meeting the horses. Alan doesn't and mustn't know anything about it though."
So it was with painstaking precision we worked through all our admin before the wedding, making sure that the Groom wasn't accidentally told about his equestrian treat. On the wedding day itself, Ian made his way to meet the bride for some pre-ceremony shots (dodging horsey doo doos and whoopsies, so he tells me) whilst I set up at the wonderfully colourful St Marks Church.
When we met up for our pre-ceremony consultation summer was almost over already, but during that time the weather had really turned chilly and autumnal. The vibrant oranges and browns of the trees surrounding the church were set off wonderfully by the brides choice of vivid orange bouquet, given a tropical spritz with tiny little pineapples!
As the bride and groom carried out quite a wind-swept horse and carriage trek to their reception venue - the Marsham Court Hotel on Russell Cotes road - we rushed ahead in our much warmer car to meet them as they dismounted to meet their guests and treat the horses to some well-earned polos. There we snapped up some of the reception (including a Rudyard Kipling-inspired cake complete with trumpeting elephants), and managed to whisk over the road for an impromptu photo shoot on the overcliff overlooking Swanage and the Purbecks just in time before the rain started.
Posted with thanks and congratulations to Michelle and Alan Jacobs