Lauren and Jon - The First of the Mohicans

This wonderful wedding on Friday featured a number of firsts for me: the first time I'd photographed at St Andrews in Woburn Sands and at the village green in nearby Eversholt; first time I'd shot a groom with a Mohican; and the first time I'd stumbled upon my dream car, an Aston Martin DB9, in the car park (made sure I got a few snaps of that)!

But it was the second time this month that I'd photographed the wedding of Lauren and Jon - not the same Lauren and Jon, of course. There were more similarities than just their names, though, not least a clear determination to have a lot of fun on their special day. And that shines through in this first image - you'd never guess it but as Lauren was having the finishing touches applied to her make-up she was looking out on driving rain, while a relentless drumbeat of thunder filled the air:



Giggly sisters, Lauren and Danielle, both looked gorgeous in their gowns:



When I parked up at the church I didn't recognise Jon at first as I'd not seen him sporting a Mohican before. Looks pretty cool, don't you think:



Here's a lovely study of Lauren as she pauses for a moment before making her entrance:



St Andrew's in Woburn Sands is a beautiful church and I was lucky enough to be able to photograph the ceremony from several viewpoints:





On the way to Eversholt, we stopped off briefly for a few photographs in the park at Woburn. I'd hoped to get quite a few shots here but the wind was unbelievable and the images I had in mind - especially a peaceful shot of Lauren and Jon with the deer grazing in the background - just woudn't have worked. We did, however, get this great shot of the newly-weds looking out over the park, with Lauren protecting her veil from the wind's attention:



It was much calmer at Eversholt where we posed this wonderful backlit image of bride and groom with their wedding car and reception venue:



To close with, here's a couple of the images we made at Eversholt that emphasise what a fun day it was. The first shows happy bride Lauren being supported by Jon and his entourage:



And this one is possibly my favourite from the day. I wanted to compose an image that really made a feature of Jon's hairdo, but which also showed off Lauren's beautiful eyes. This is simply crying out to be made up in canvas and hung on their living room wall:



It was a great day, helped along by the disappearance of the early morning rain and everyone's intent on having a fantastic time. Congratulations to you both, Lauren and Jon, and my very best wishes for a wonderful future together,
David