On the stand will be our display albums created from real weddings at venues in Hampshire and Surrey, our pre-wedding shoot products and images, and some large prints to showcase some of our signature images. We will also have plenty of information to take away and look at once you have finished with the hustle and bustle of the show. Of course this is a good opportunity to meet me, and to begin to let us know a little bit about you plans for your wedding. We will be able to supply prices, and give availability for both 2010 and 2011 weddings.

We are also ordering new sample canvas wraps, and albums and I’m hoping some of these will be ready for Sunday, but if not then the Macdonald Botley Park show the following week.

If you can’t make it, or can’t be doing with coming to the show but would like to meet up with us to talk about your wedding plans and see some of our work then please contact us through the website/email or by calling on 01329 310314.

We have now entered the peak wedding enquiry months of January and February which will see many of the remaining key dates of 2010 booked up, and early bookings for the very popular dates of the following year as well.

I’m looking forward to meeting some of you there.

As usual I covered my usual routine – having photographed the ceremony room, and exterior of the House and the choir practicing I then got some getting ready shots of the guys. With these complete I went hunting for details, and also some of the bridal party shooting portraits of the ushers and bestmen.

Then it was up to the minstrels gallery where I was positioned for the ceremony. After this moving ceremony was complete I let the guests congratulate Dale and David outside the front of the house, and then captured some more informal moments during a champagne reception in the orangery. Only once everyone had been able to talk to the guys did I take them out for some formal photographs and family and friends groups making the most of the front and rear of the house, and some of the gardens.

I then quickly photographed the room laid out for the wedding breakfast, and the stunning floral arrangement on the table centres before again moving up to the gallery for a shot of the room from above, and the guests seated. At this point I took a break and got some food and much needed refreshment, enabling me to check my images whilst the guests ate – but before long it was time for the speeches. Again very moving, heartfelt and funny and an excellent opportunity to capture some lovely moments one of which is shown below.

Shortly after the conclusion of the wedding breakfast I took the guys outside and got some intimate and relaxed shots using as much of the gardens as we had time for in the rapidly failing light, the rear of Rhinefield House has some lovely ornamental lakes and I used the reflection of the longest to good effect for a shot you can see below. It soon became too dark to continue and I left them to talk to some guests whilst I got some images of the band and awaited the first dance which was photographed and I said my goodbyes and let everyone enjoy a great party.

Here as usual are some of my picks from the day (select more for more images !).

Rhinefield House Hotel looking across a maze, and an ornamental lake

David

One of the buttonholes from Exlcusively Weddings

The Great Hall at Rhinefield House laid out for the wedding breakfast

A view of the guys across one of the ornamental lakes at the rear of Rhinefield House Hotel

Each table in the orangery had a single red rose in the centre

Music during the wedding breakfast was delivered by this ipod, via a serious set of speakers from the band

A touching moment during the speeches