A blog offshoot of www.danjohnsonphotography.co.uk mainly relating to weddings in England with the emphasis on handy hints, pertinent observations about weddings in general and stuff like that plus the occasional rant, but also including things we think are worth sharing because they’re cool or they’re just plain weird. All site content © copyright Dan Johnson Photography
That’s Patrick and Eugene doing “The Birds And The Bees”, and this is “Bonden og Elverpigen” from a strange band called Sorten Muld, which according to our Danish dentist translates as Black Earth. He says it’s about a farmer and the elf maidens who lure innocent young men into the forest …
While Claire and her entourage were leaving the hotel for the walk to Temple Church our groom and his best man were arriving at the pub in the Morgan that Jonathon races when he’s not playing rugby or being a barrister
The reception was just round the corner from the church at Inner Temple Hall into which the happy couple were led by Piper McKay (see below)
I have to confess that I’m of the school of thought that believes bagpipes are best heard up in the Highlands or at a military parade, but a properly turned-out piper is indeed a fine sight. And in our experience they don’t come more properly turned out than this chap who played at Claire and Jonathon’s Inner Temple wedding recently.
Martin McKay’s not only a fine piper and a really nice guy, but he also seems to have got the whole business of providing a service at a function thoroughly sorted. We were impressed.
completely different - a slideshow of pictures from Bank Holiday Monday morning at Hastings, accompanied by Steeleye Span’s “Padstow” because as far as I know, nobody’s ever done a halfway-decent song about Hastings.
for a really entertaining little thing on Chicago weddings!
The photographer featured is Oscar Setiawan, as pictured in my blog post dated March 10th about our time at Foundation Workshop in Texas!
Not in the context of economics, but of your wedding. Two or three years ago, at most weddings the only guest who was really determined to get a shot of the happy couple recessing was Uncle Bob the mad keen amateur photographer.
Times are changing though, and fast, so when you set off down the aisle together, don’t be surprised if you’re heading straight for a small pack of paparazzi like this
Don’t worry though, they will get out of the way, and they won’t screw up our shots: in this case we’d got some of ours before this picture was taken and we got the rest after.
That’s a band called Tonic doing “Lemon Parade”, and this is “Red Wing” from Hem
It did indeed rain all day, but that certainly didn’t put a damper on these two …
Having made sure that the table plan was working out OK, it was time for the “Here’s Us Under The Painting Of The Wedding Party” shot that’s almost mandatory at South Lodge.
And finally, to continue the painting theme, quite what that medieval viol player would have made of the five-string electric violin being played with such gusto alongside him I have no idea, but I do know that I really had to work to get this shot
Special thanks to our pal Richard Harris of Capture It for helping us out bigtime at this wedding by taking the pressure off Ann, who should really have been at home taking it easy.
I was rather taken with this blackboard outside the Seven Stars in Carey Street on Saturday …
sitting quietly in the warm sunshine yesterday round the back of Disneyland (aka The Royal Courts Of Justice).
We’re well into Trespassers William here and that’s them doing “Different Stars” from the album of the same name. I actually think “Lie In The Sound” is a better introduction to the band and it’s on YouTube, but the video’s so banal I really don’t want to post it.
This one’s just bizarre: the band’s called Dark Side Of The Moonshine and I have no idea at all what’s with the Wizard Of Oz costumes …
Sue and Iain got themselves married at Hassop Hall near Bakewell, and in view of the vintage look to both bride’s and bridesmaids’ dresses, some of the pictures were a natural for the old photo treatment …
Sue and Iain were happy for us to invite along our colleague Alison of Purvis-Gisborne Photography to shoot with us and see how we go about photographing a wedding.
Cheers Ali, it was great to see you again and fun having you there!
Two quick tips about lipstick …
1 In the interests of makeup preservation, do make sure there are some drinking straws available where you’re getting ready, and
2 Just before you do your pre-photos lipstick touchup on the day, check that you haven’t got any on your teeth!
A few of our favourites from Sarah and Andrew’s two-counties wedding which included brief encounters with a golf buggy driven by a reincarnated gnome and a pen full of sheep …
OK, I’m the first to admit that Dengue Fever is a bit of an acquired taste, but that’s them doing a song called “Seeing Hands” which I really rate. She’s singing in Cambodian (Khmer?) and for all I know reading a takeaway menu but who cares? If it starts grating just hang in there until -2.00 …
By way of a contrast, here’s the very wonderful Kate Rusby aka The Barnsley Nightingale doing “Who Will Sing Me Lullabies” live in Leeds
My friend Sergio in Arizona just blogged about a wedding at which he second-shot for Ben Chrisman last month, and with their permission here’s a picture of Ben shooting a formal group of bride, groom and bridesmaid with grandma. The explanation is on Sergio’s blog in his “Shooting with Ben” post.
For some reason, we’ve haven’t often posted on here shots of guests taken during drinks receptions or meals, so just to prove that we do them, here’s a few from Sophie and Mathew’s recent wedding, starting with the star of the show herself …
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