Charlotte & Kiran’s Autumn Wedding | September 2009

It was a real pleasure to spend time with Charlotte and Kiran and their wonderful families for their relaxed and intimate wedding.  It was one of those days at the end of September when the weather took a turn for the autumnal, but we still had some good light on our side, and created some beautiful images, which we hope have captured the warm spirit of their special day.  As usual we start with the bride’s preparations at her parents’ home in Sheffield, moving on to the groom’s party as they awaited the bride at St. James church in Norton.  I would like to say a special thanks at this point to Joy and Mike, Charlotte’s parents, who were so welcoming when I came to their house in the morning to take photos of Charlotte getting ready.

Some very cool groomsmen here:

The bride arrives!  I love this one of Charlotte greeting her bridesmaid:

The church was beautiful, and what cute bridesmaids!

Married!

Not a part of the day that we usually show in black and white but these just looked fantastic in monochrome!

The guests and wedding party moved onto the Red Lion at Stone Edge for the reception, and we moved on to our favourite part of the day – some quiet time with the newlyweds.  It’s a real privilege for us to be able to capture beautiful moments like these:

A radiant bride..

These shots are so cute!

This is Chris’s favourite shot of mine from the day.  I took it while he was getting some close-ups in the same location:

And this is my favourite of his from the day.  They look so happy and at ease with each other, and the delicate lighting and processing finish it off to perfection:

It was a real joy to shoot Charlotte & Kiran’s couple photographs because they were so at ease together in front of the camera.  We like to be unobtrusive and create a relaxed atmosphere so that having photos taken is a nice experience for the couple and becomes an enjoyable part of the day.  It allows us to get lovely relaxed images as a result.

And finishing the couple shots with another of my favourite shots by Chris from the day:

The wedding reception room at the Red Lion looked a real treat, especially the beautiful floral table centrepieces, elegant lighting and fantastic cake:

And after dinner the night got started with chinese lanterns, which was great fun for the guests.  Once they got the hang of it, quite a few took off, with the minimum of accidents!

Thank you Charlotte & Kiran for letting us be part of your special day and take your wedding photographs – we had a great time and hope you enjoy reliving the day with these images.