Saturday 15 December 2012

Adam, Morgan and their Brrrrrrrrr-illiant Day



Next destination, Banbury and brrrrrrr it was freezing. Beautiful, but freezing. My hats off to Morgan and Adam who braved it in the name of photography because my fingers may have been blue and barely able to move, but at least I had some fingerless gloves on. They just had each other, but I think they were just fine. ;-)

So this was Adam and Morgan’s big day and I was super impressed with how it all came together so quickly and it’s a real reminder that a great wedding needn’t take years of planning, but can in fact blossom in a short space of time. All you need is a great couple, madly in love, some handy and helpful friends and family and ergo…pretty fabulous wedding.  

I started the day at Easington House Hotel to photograph Morgan getting ready and it was such a wonderful atmosphere thanks to one lovely bride and her equally lovely mum and sis. We hit it off instantly and I thoroughly enjoyed being ‘one of the girls’ and to be honest, it didn’t really feel like work, it was fun. I could’ve jumped up and down on the bed in excitement and I doubt they would’ve thought me strange, they probably would have joined in!

Morgan looked absolutely beautiful…like a 1930’s movie siren and you can see where she get’s it from…some damn fine genes there ala mum and dad. It’s no surprise then that during the speeches it was mentioned Morgan once kissed Ryan Gosling (exclamation mark, exclamation mark - swoon ladies, swoon), but Adam’s a pretty handsome chap and Morgan only has eyes for him so… ‘Soz Ryan, hop it’.

The service was held at Sulgrave Manor which is a wonderfully romantic and historic venue and like I said, it was freezing, but not one word of complaint came from either of them, they just got on with it like troopers. They were very patient with me clicking away and continually repeating, ‘Just one more shot I promise’…it never was just one more I’m afraid, but hopefully the shots will be worth the loss of feeling to the limbs. At this point I must say a little thank you to Chris for doing sterling work as lighting boy!

We then headed off to The Inn at Farnborough which is a lovely cosy country pub. The speeches were hilarious, mildly abusive and tearily sentimental – just the right amount of each and to top it off Morgan’s band, 'Fag Junky' (yes, I said Fag Junky..feels like I'm saying something obscene, but I'm actually not) played an excellent set with none other than the bride in tow. It’s the first time I’ve seen a bride up on stage doing her thing, but I can honestly say it was excellent. The guests loved it and you could barely move in the room which is always a good sign of merriment, so my hats off to them. 

If anyone is wondering about the garter shot (placed oddly in between some of the reception images), that's because it was shot in the very pink ladies loo during the reception. That little bad boy was worn by Morgan's grandmother, her mother, her sister and now Morgan and is 60 years old. Amazing! 

So to finish I would like to congratulate and thank the gorgeous couple. Adam and Morgan, I hope you'll have many happy years together full of love, laughter, central heating (or preferably sun) and happiness and I hope the images below and your final portfolio will be a great reminder of a beautiful day.

 My love and best wishes to you both.

Loukie x

P.S. I fully expect an appearance of 'Fag Junky' at your 25th anniversary ;-)