We started at Sam’s parent’s house with Sam’s preparations along with her bridesmaids Nat, Beth and Kim (Sam’s sisters) and flower girl Harry (another sister) and pageboy Will (Sam’s brother) – not forgetting Sam’s Mum, Theresa and Dad, Jon.

All the girls looked absolutely stunning and even Will and Jon scrubbed up well.

Then it was on to Dunston Hall to meet up with Matthew and his best man Gel.  Matthew was sporting a really neat pair of personalised Nike trainers with pink “go faster” stripes that matched the colour of the bridesmaids dresses perfectly.

As Matthew hails from Wales there was a sizeable contingent up from Aberystwyth – the border controls had obviously been relaxed!

After the ceremony in the Fulford Suite the reception was held in the Marquee with drinks on the lawn and entertainment by the Mango Steel Band – very appropriate given the almost Caribbean-like weather we were having!  Music during the evening reception was provided by DJHunter.

I’ll cut it short there as I need to get on with processing all the images from the day.  The full gallery should be up by the end of Wednesday – it’s password-protected so get in touch with Sam or Matthew for the password.

Sam & Matthew – thanks very much for allowing me to cover your wedding day – it was a really great day.  Have a fantastic honeymoon in Thailand and I’ll see you on your return.

Here are some of my favourites from the day.

After the ceremony it was off down to Creake Abbey Studios in North Creake where Lizzie and Richard had a marquee for the reception. On the way down from the church the three of us (plus the driver of their vintage Jaguar wedding car) stopped off at the Creake Abbey ruins to get some pictures of Lizzie and Richard on their own. It also gave them the chance to down a bottle of champagne.

Plenty of lawn games were available to keep the kids (and quite a few adults) amused during the day. These always give me the opportunity to get some candid pictures of the wedding guests enjoying themselves.

Lizzie and Richard had come back from Australia for their wedding and they had certainly brought the weather with them! After a few days in the UK they are off back to Oz. It was a lovely day and thank you both for allowing me to photograph your day.

Here are a few of my favourites from the day.

This was the first opportunity I had to meet Lizzie and Richard as they had booked me over the internet from the colonies in Oz.  They are a lovely couple and their wedding is in North Norfolk later in the month. 

The location they had chosen for the pre-wedding shoot was Fen Ditton, down by the river where Richard had proposed on Valentine’s Day.

The images here are a selection from those that have gone into their wedding guest book.

Whilst you couldn’t wish for better weather for the wedding, bright sunlight with clear blue skies around midday at the end of May isn’t the easiest of lighting for wedding photography – so shady spots such as the church porch were put to good use to get some softer, more flattering light.

After the ceremony it was off to the Oaklands Hotel for the reception where the Wedding Coordinator, Charlotte Kidd, and the hotel staff had done a wonderful job of getting everything ready.

Here are a few of my favourite’s from the day. A full gallery of Hannah & Waynes photographs can be found here.

We were blessed with good weather and as a bonus there were number of seals hauled up on the beach. Luckily for them, the fences had been erected to minimise disturbance, otherwise I’m sure Abi would have been tempted to get up-close and personal with them.

I’ve posted some of the images below that have gone into Hannah & Waynes photobook of the shoot. Hope you like them. A full gallery of images from Hannah & Wayne’s shoot can be found here.

The ceremony was at Fakenham Registry and the heavens opened straight after the ceremony finished – so everyone was stuck inside the reception area with no chance of any photographs outside.  At least the rain stopped enough to get the confetti shot as the bride and groom left to go to Aldborough Hall.

Once at Aldborough Hall we managed to make the best of the few flashes of sunshine and good light to get some images outside.  Despite the weather I think they came out well. Aldborough Hall is a beautiful building and even in March there are plenty of locations inside and out for photographs – I should imagine that later in the year it must be even better.

The following are some of my favourites from the day.

A full gallery of the images from Ama & Phil’s wedding can be found here.

We struck lucky with the weather – it was sunny and relatively warm – I hope that bodes well for the day of the wedding.

The following are a selection of images from the shoot.

I grew up in Cornwall near St Michael’s Mount and when I visit my mother, who still lives down there, I always make sure I get out to do some photography of the beautiful Cornish landscape. When I was down there late last year I took the opportunity to get out onto the North Coast of Cornwall. High winds were forecast which always means spectacularly stormy seas on the Atlantic facing coast. This shot was taken early in the morning at Godrevy and the wind was blowing a “hooly” – as it does down there. Even though it was windy it wasn’t particularly cold – not like it gets up here in Norfolk!

Godrevy Lighthouse was built in 1859 and when you see the seas running like they are in this picture, you can understand why they put a lighthouse here.  A dangerous reef, called the Stones, extends outwards from here towards St.Ives, on which many vessels were wrecked.

There hasn’t been a lighthouse keeper here for a long time as the lighthouse was actually modified to automatic operation way back in 1939 and became solar powered in 1995.  It’s now monitored and controlled remotely from the Trinity House Control Centre in Harwich.

Anyway, back to the competition – I haven’t heard anything and they announce the result in a week or so’s time so I imagine I haven’t won.  Oh well – maybe next year!

This first one, sold to a Spanish publisher is on a book by Laurent Botti.  Apparently the title means “A Voice in the Fog”.  As you can see, the little red pram wasn’t in my original!

This next book is, by all accounts, a bit racy – I wouldn’t know, I haven’t read it - honest!  You can see where they have stretched the bare midriff and added the tattoo.

I have a few botanical images with the Alamy stock library (Stock photography by Nic Skerten at Alamy ) – which I really must add to!  Even though they are small in number they have sold a few times and the latest, shown below,  is for a calendar in Japan.

An interesting point is that this picture, and the others like it, weren’t taken with a camera!