​This wedding took place at the tail end of Storm Ciaran, and not only did we get a break in the weather, but we got enough to do couples photos and group photos outside, and then LITERALLY 30 seconds after everyone went back inside, it started raining again. Talk about lucky 🍀 
 
Stephen & Sue both met through mutual friends, who you could tell were brimming with happiness to see these two people they loved, get married at Seaview Hotel and Restaurant.
 
At their reception at The Garlic Farm there was the most banter I’ve heard during speeches in a long time, possibly the most people giving speeches I’ve heard for a long time too, but honestly they were all great and full of love and laughter. 
 
Stephen’s daughters also did a speech together, and all 3 of them made a tier of their wedding cake each, which was such a genius idea and all 3 cakes looked fab.
 
This wedding was so full of joy, it was such a pleasure to photograph it, and a pleasure to work with such genuine lovely people ♥️ thank you both!
 
Jc and Angelina fun band / Jc Grimshaw 
Finishing Touches

Disney, Dogs and autumnal vibes 👌
 
Amy & Rory got married at East Afton Farmhouse surrounded by their loved ones, including their cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Ahhhhh so many dogs. For me there aren’t many things better at weddings and just for life in general that DOGS.
 
Cinnamon buns and warm drinks greeted the guests (Amy made sure she had a bun before she got her make up done too!), then off to the barn to say their vows and become Husband and Wife. 
 
Thankfully the drizzly weather had completely gone in time for them to step outside the barn afterwards to have their confetti throw, and for the more formal snaps before dinner – score!
 
The wedding favours for the guests included a pack of Pokemon cards and Disney pins, but also information about the charity Amy & Rory had made a donation to in order to mark their wedding Soi Dog Foundation, who work towards saving street dogs and cats in southeast Asia 🐶 (..how is that the first time I’ve used the dog emoji?)
 
Amy & Rory, can we please go back and do this all over again? ♥️ THANK YOU.


Make up & Hair by Lynsey-Marie Isle of Wight Beauty
Sarah Matthews Flowers & Styling 
Centrepiece Cake Designs
​Make Your Mark Events
​Seasoned Kitchen by Kevin Hendy

Tom & Lucy were my final wedding of last year, and it was a gorgeous day to round my year off with let me tell you!
 
Unbelievable that a Saturday at the end of November had glorious sunshine ALL DAY, but it’s true  🥳
 
After their ceremony at the beautiful All Saints’ Church in Ryde, we whizzed off to The Royal Hotel for delicious grub (holy cow that roast dinner was definitely one to write home about), great speeches and lots of dancing, all surrounded by Christmas trees and fairy lights 🎄
 
This wedding was absolutely gorgeous, and so chilled at the same time. Is there a better combination of two things for a wedding? I would repeat this day in a heartbeat. Thank you both, you were such a laugh and a great couple to work with ♥️
 
Forget Me Not Designs 
Visual Impact
Hello Petal
Frostbite Bakery
Ben Stubbs

Thomas is a fabulous Pianist, who studies at The Royal College of Music in London, was the keyboard category winner of the BBC Young Musician 2020 competition, and a thoroughly lovely chap who on our photo shoot played the theme to Super Mario on the spot because I asked him to!

Luke approached me and asked I could do some photos of him that he could use as headshots and for promotional material for his performances. He was very keen to add a splash of yellow into the photos to add a lovely pop of colour, and me being a lover of colour I eagerly agreed.

We managed to get some different types of shots  too without so much colour pop, including some black and white photos with some more moody lighting. Why does black and white work for portraits so much, particularly for musicians? Is it the black and white keys on the piano, maybe that has something to do with it... 🤔

Feel free to check Luke out here, where you can also find links to all his social media and beautiful piano performances to make your ears happy too: ​www.thomasluke.co.uk

​Oh Jack & Millie what a wonderful beautiful sunny and windy day you two had, and I LOVED IT!
 
This day was packed from start to finish, and Millie always made sure there was plenty of time for photos, we even made a stop at Freshwater Bay to grab a quick drink on the beach whilst doing their couples photos 😂 thanks to Isle of Wight Bars Travelling Tavern.
 
They had a beautifully personal ceremony conducted by Elaine Cesar Celebrant, and Mel and all the team at East Afton Farmhouse excelled themselves, which believe me is really saying something!

​Also the end of Millie's speech is possibly the best end of a Bride's speech I've ever heard:
“I want to give one more thank you to... me.”

*Still D.R.E by Dr. Dre starts playing*

“I thank myself for making this dream wedding become reality. For me being me, for me doing all this hard work... I want to thank me for getting everyone here tonight and let's get ready to get fucked up wooooo” 🎤😎
 

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I am so pleased for you both that after 7 years together you two got such a beautiful wedding, which definitely could have been rainy with the awful “summer” weather we were having at that time, super lucky.
 
Thank you both so so much ♥️
 
Captured Videography
Chezabelles Florist
Calleo UK
Seasoned Kitchen by Kevin Hendy 
Bouijee Backdrops

​It is always a pleasure and more special for me when I photograph a wedding for my friends.
 
Rachel and Phil have been together for 13 years and it was such a joy to watch these two beautiful people get married at The Lakes Rookley, even more joyful to watch when every detail was so personal to them 🎃
 
Amazing BLACK (yes, black) wedding cakes by the incredible The Cakesmith, and along with the help of Finishing Touches their venue was FULL of pumpkins, flowers and details grown and made by their families, including hand crocheted skulls for wedding favours made by Rachel’s nan and Mum (mine is beautiful and lives on my desk 🥰), and the button holes and bouquets were made by Phil’s Mum and family.
 
They had their first dance to "As the World Falls Down" by David Bowie, and all their table names were some of their favourite horror films 💀
 
If you’re thinking that this wedding was probably very cool and unique, I can confirm you are 100% correct. Thank you both so much for asking me to be your photographer ♥️ it was an honour and a joy!
 
Megan Dye Hair Design 
Cosmetics By Lisa
BelleMariee Bridal
Theodosia Jewellery
Tatty Devine 
Zoe Bradley Design 
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Last year I was honoured ​ to be asked by my amazing long time second shooter and dear friend Lana Jones, do a family photo shoot with her and her family 🥰

So we hit Freshwater Bay on a beautifully sunny day in June, and had a little walk around and up the cliff.

Getting kids to do what you'd like them to on a photo shoot can be tricky, Lana's son also has Autism, and so my ethos of "just let the kids do what they want, and let them be happy" worked very well and we had two little happy people the whole time we were together, always a win in my book!

Plus if I can get them to do a lot of running about, it'll probably increase the chances of them having a nap afterwards, a win in a parents book too I am sure.

Thank you Lana for that sunny chilled photo shoot and for being one of my favourite people.
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Check out more of Lana's fab wedding work here: www.hollycade.co.uk/secondshooter