Sarah + Scott = Perfect Partners

Sarah and Scott's wedding at the weekend was a wonderful occasion. With a steely determination to ignore some of the year's worst weather, everyone had a great time. I started the day, as usual, with the bride as she got herself ready for the big day. I use the first part of the day to capture some of the details that will help couples to remember as much as possible about their day in years to come. This always includes a few shots featuring the bride's bouquet, and here's an example:



I suspect, however, that Sarah and Scott will have no need of an image of the bouquet to remember it by ... because having arrived at the church Sarah realised she'd left her bouquet at home. Brother-in-law Jeff was duly despatched back to the bride's parents' home to receover the offending flowers (hopefully dodging the speed cameras as he went) and so the bouquet took on superstar status even before most of the guests had seen it!

Before all that, though, there were portraits of Scott's stunning bride to take:



And, of course, images of Sarah's handsome groom to capture:



Once the ceremony got underway, it was conducted with excellent humour by David the vicar:



Another shot of the star of the show (oh, and I thought we'd put our bride and groom in this one, too):

You can't see it here, but this shot was taken in driving rain:

At the hotel, I asked Sarah and Scott to tell each other how much they love each other but with their eyes only - this always works a treat and, after the initial embarrased giggles have subsided, some deeply amorous expressions can be captured:

Best man AJ gave a sterling speech which, as can be seen here, was greatly enjoyed by the newly-weds:

Sarah and Scott had invited cover band The Blue Rinse to play at the reception, and they put on an excellent performance:

With the exception of the mad dash through my "confetti tunnel of lurve", this was pretty much the only outdoor shot of the day ... Sarah and Scott huddled under a brolly as the unrelenting rain drove down on them in the doorway of the Harpenden House Hotel:

But the rain didn't matter a jot in the end. Sarah and Scott had a marvellous wedding day and I'm sure I'm not alone in wishing them a very long, happy and romantic life together.

David