KISS Wedding Photography

A chilly grey April day was brightened up with Jane and Damo’s wedding.

It’s just the two of us! Jane said when she called me to book, we don’t live here, we haven’t even really told anyone we are getting married! Already I liked this couple, its a brave thing to do and Jane was so lovely on the phone.

They booked the Carbis Bay Hotel and we organised to meet in their room where they were getting ready together.

As soon as we met, we clicked. They were drinking champagne, helping each other pin button holes and corsages on, and were such a lovely happy go lucky couple.

The service was in the Godrevy room at The Carbis Bay Hotel, and as I stood at the back, the conservatory doors were open and all I could hear the was gentle lapping of the sea and the odd cry of a seagull, as Jane read her poem to her new husband. It was touching, romantic and so special. Vicky the wedding coordinator at The Carbis Bay Hotel was a witness , and we felt like we were part of a big special secret.

After the service Vicky opened yet another bottle of Champagne, we all toasted the Bride and Groom, and then the fun began.

The drizzle and grey sky’s didn’t bother Jane and Damo, even though Jane had her stunning dress on and perfect shoes. Off we headed to the beach and then Damo really did come into his own. One of the funniest guys we have ever met, he set the tone of the rest of the day, fun and laughter. I think every picture we have of Jane she is just laughing, at one point she said now I must have some serious photos, then Damo jumped into the air button hole flying off and she dissolved into giggle again.

We can honestly say we had so much fun, we loved being part of your special day guys and we know you will be so very happy together forever more. You were absolutely amazing, and when we left and Damo said he thought he was going to cry, although he looked so sad and serious, of course we all started laughing again.

Best of luck to the both of them, and the photos… well they are just fab!

I am really excited about this week.

Firstly the sun shone today, so we managed to get the spring daffodil shoot done. A little girl running through fields of daffodils was a delight to see. Her baby sister sat amongst the flowers and we managed to stop her eating them. I have been been so very excited about this shoot and was concerned the daffs would die before we got enough sunshine. The photos are so very beautiful.

Then we are at The Carbis bay Hotel for a intimate wedding, consisting of just two people, the bride and groom. How very romantic and special. We have shot lots of small weddings, and I love the specialness of just a few people being involved. There’s something quite lovely standing in a small room, watching a service and being part of something so amazing, with just a select few.

The the next day its off to Tregenna Castle for a spring extravaganza of flowers and maypoles, clapboard dolly’s and camper vans and vintage cars. This wedding has had so much attention to detail with such an element of fun, the guests are going to be amazed and we are there to capture all the fun.

As I have said before, for me, my spring starts on the 1st of may, and the fact that i even get to see maypole dancing, is like a dream job come true. Roll on summer!

I do think the sunny days brings out the romance in us all. We are flooded with inquiries, bookings and meetings. Its wonderful. I do also hope this weather hangs out for a while as we have found a field of daffodils, that is allowing us the chance to shoot a beautiful baby in, but the sun needs to shine for that one, as we want it to look perfect.

Just want to take this chance to congratulate Vicky at The Carbis bay Hotel for winning Wedding Venue of The Year. We quite agree, The Carbis bay Hotel is stunning, and Vicky there is so lovely she makes all the weddings special and all the brides and grooms feel so at ease and looked after.

We are shooting at a couple of new locations this summer, which we are very much looking forward too. And we are travelling up to Devon for a few weddings soon as well. We are sorry to the Bride from Yorkshire that wanted to book us, but with the travelling we just wouldn’t have made it back to Cornwall in time for the next wedding! It is though so nice to feel so wanted, she said she had searched high and low and then found us and it didn’t matter we were based so far away!

Well Easter came and went in a flurry of Chocolate, time off and a smidgen of work.

Had a wonderful morning meeting brides ( and grooms) to be, in the conservatory at The Carbis bay Hotel. Ordered a large pot of coffee and spent the morning looking out to sea, dreaming of sunny days with a bit of business in between. Amazing morning!

So excited about the spring weddings. I love the flowers this time of year, the fact the trees are blooming and budding and bursting. I love the energy, the lighter evenings, and the undertone of excitement that summers round the corner (and the beaches are still empty). Officially, my spring starts in May, and roll on spring time! I think our first one is The Carbis bay Hotel, with Tregenna Castle the next day

Had a really funny baby shoot as well. The client really wanted to re-create the classic baby in nappy shot, curled up fast asleep on a large white bed. In theory, sounds easy ?? in practise try it with a wide awake baby thats just learnt to flip onto its side and only wants to do that time and time again. Bless the mother, time and time again she ‘arranged’ her little bundle of baby only for baby with a whoop of delight to, and fast as it could , she would ‘flip’

As you learn when photographing children, sometimes it just isn’t meant to be, but we got some lovely smiling, laughing, wide awake flipping over action photographs which I am sure the parents will be proud of. I did a few ‘classic’ baby feet shots too as I felt bad about the lack of sleepy ones!!