the gorgeous divya & yann chose to have their wedding reception at the chateau de coppet, not far from geneva – what a venue !!!   a champagne reception in the evening sun, then a delicious meal prepared by yann’s friends & colleagues from the ‘president wilson hotel‘ in geneva and some very funny games dreamt up by the bridesmaids and best men!    the first part of the evening was topped off with a brilliant argentinian version of throwing the bouquet – involving pulling rings out of a cake, prettiest ring for the next bride, then an amazing sparkler covered wedding cake ….  a brilliant brilliant day !             

(part one of their wedding photos) 

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 i hope they have a very long and very happy life together – they are a brilliant couple !    

here’s part two of carol & narinder’s beautiful beautiful wedding (part one) …. after the ceremony the guests spilled out onto the front lawn to enjoy champagne and ice creams from the surprise ice cream van !  the wedding breakfast and very funny and very moving speeches followed – and the chinese lanterns floating into the clear sky marked the start of the evenings festivities and we left them dancing away into the night ! 

a big thanks to the wonderful Jo & Si from Shoot – it was brilliant working with you again !!!

it was a magical day – and i wish them a magical long and happy life together  x

if you have enjoyed these images do go to Jo & Si’s blog and have a look at their selection too !

wow !  what a really really specially fabulous wedding !   special for lots of reasons -  first of all the gorgeous bride & groom , carol & narinder, and their fantastic kids and family and friends.  secondly because once again i got the chance to shoot alongside Jo & Si from Shoot who were doing photography and filming, as always they were an absolute joy to work with.    

when we arrived this is the view that greeted us  – the stunning and sumptously decorated Carlton Towers in North Yorshire – smiley excited faces were the next thing to greet us – a hugely happy buzzy atmosphere of anticipation. … the start of a brilliant day !  

carol & narinder i wish you both a very long happy and healthy life together full of laughter  x

more photos to follow soon   x

in the meantime do go and have a look at Jo & Si’s choice of images from this first part of the day on their SHOOT blog

what a brilliant wedding this was – the beautiful divya & yann and their families & friends came together from all over the world in the lovely old church of St Sulpice on the edge of Lake Geneva (lac leman) to celebrate their wedding.  swiss, argentinians, indians, americans, english, french,  …….  all there to create a really really internationally happy day.    here is part 1 ….

a huge congratulations to Divya & Yann 

i can’t wait to share part 2 with you very soon …

just a very quick sneak peek of divya & yann’s wedding in St Sulpice in switzerland – a fantastic day !   i’m still downloading the images but i couldn’t resist sharing this one with you

huge congratulations to a gorgeous couple with an amazing future ahead of them  x

more to come soon …

here’s part two of Joppe & Eline’s wonderful wedding in switzerland – after the ceremony in the fairytale chateau d’aigle they had arranged for two special carriages on the mountain train to take the whole wedding party up to the reception at La Domaine des Sources in the mountain village of les diablerets   -  champagne flowed and i’ll let you guess which carriage was family and which friends !   please click here to see part one of their wedding, and here for the pre wed shoot.

a fantastic day and i wish them both a long and very happy life together ! 

thank you again for letting me be part of your big day  x

well i can’t resist sharing these with you …. so ….  here is part two of the gorgeous katya & sebastien’s "having fun wearing the dress again" shoot !   part one is here and here are the links to their wedding and pre wedding shoots – enjoy !

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woohoo !   eline & joppe are home … so here’s part I of their wonderfully happy wedding at  the chateau d’aigle at the end of lake geneva.

eline & joppe are an amazing couple – they are just so full of fun and happiness that i knew it was going to be a brilliant day !   they had arranged to meet at their flat before the ceremony and when joppe arrived with eline’s beautiful bouquet the sheer happiness was just magic !   they were travelling to the chateau d’aigle in eline’s dad’s car which he’d driven down from the netherlands (wow! i want one), and after me leaning out of the window on the motorway to get a few shots we got there early enough to do some gorgeous couple shots with the chateau as a backdrop.    then they greeted their guests and everyone went inside to a beautiful old beamed room in the 13th century castle for the wedding ceremony given in both french and dutch so that their friends and family could follow.

part II and the train ride up to the mountains for the reception very soon  – promise

Mr & Mrs B thank you for allowing me to be part of your fantastic day !

well i’ve had to keep this pre pre wedding shoot secret for what seems like ages,         a month ago i was contacted by damien who had the most brilliant idea for a proposal of mariage ever !   he was creating a photobook of his life with his gorgeous girlfriend from when they met, the people that are dear to them, all the holidays they’d been on, the places that mean something to them … you know the sort of thing we would all love but we never make the time to create,   his idea was to finish the book with a photo of his asking for her hand in mariage on their anniversary  … how romantic is that !!!

soooooooooooooo in the utmost secrecy we set out one sunny afternoon to the beautiful lakeside in annecy  to take photos of him proposing (and have i mentioned the ring ? beautiful !!!)   

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and the answer ? …  YES !!!            a big congratulations to you both !

earlier in the year i was lucky enough to be asked to do the wedding photography for katya & sebastien’s gorgeous wedding  – the day itself was perfect even if the weather did try to put a dampener on things – sooooooooooooo after what seems like weeks of waiting for the sun to come out katya and seb put on their wedding finery again and we went down to the lake in annecy to do the shots we should have done !     it was an amazing afternoon and wandering round annecy looking so happy  they made loads of people smile ….

here is just a sneak preview …

lots more to come… x