On Saturday 15th September 2007, Karen and I went off to a nice sunny Southampton to photograph Jill and Dan’s wedding day for them. Our day began with what turned out to be a 3 hour drive along a very congested motorway to Jill’s place in Hythe. We were pleased to feel very welcome right from the word go, and it was lovely to meet Jill again following our fun pre wedding shoot we had done with Kevin a few months ago.
Starting with some prep shots, it was great to have the time to get some really lovely pictures of both Jill, and her dress and flower arrangements prior to the wedding itself. The exotic flowers looked amazing – check out the colours on these:
…and Jill was looking great already – beaming like a Cheshire cat, and enjoying every moment of the day! Here’s one of Jill as we ‘played’ a little with some picture ideas by the window.
Our next port of call was the church, where we met up with a remarkably calm looking Dan. All went off faultlessly, with plenty of smiles all round.
I love this next picture – a real ‘moment’ captured. You can’t pose pictures like this
The unusual transport was a delightful classic 1967 split screen bus VW camper van, provided by Chamberlain Chauffeured Classic VW’s. Here’s a shot of the camper outside our next destination – the Hythe Sailing Club. What’s that in the background? Oh, that’s just the QEII passing by at just the right moment..!
Here’s another camper van shot (sort of). Well, they are newlyweds after all – a quiet moment in the ‘limo’ together, and a detail of a super-shiny hub cap for you. In the background, you may notice the other classic car in use on the day – a gorgeous 1973 Karmann Ghia
We took a short stroll onto the (very wobbly) jetty, where we got some fantastic pictures for the wedding album despite each of us feeling like we were actually on a boat, following the wash generated by the QEII. Both Jill and Dan were amazing – the photography is important to them, and it was really great to be given the time to get the shots they will love in the future. This makes all the difference on a busy wedding day and the pictures really reflect this.
Moving on a little bit, I’d just like to show you a couple of evening shots before we finish for the day: Jill and Dan enjoying their first dance as man and wife. Here, we made good use of a new edition to our equipment array – a small video light operated by Karen to give us a little more detail in the dark. We think this works wonderfully – giving us just enough detail where we want it, but keeping that all important atmosphere for the photographs. Agreed?
And finally, one more from the jetty again. Please do feel free to leave your comments… we love to hear your feedback.
All the best,
Rob.
Hampshire wedding photographer
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