Monthly Archives: August 2008

The other wedding … or not

When we rock up to a country house hotel for a wedding, one of the first questions I ask of whoever’s running the show is always “Have you got another wedding today?” On this occasion the answer was “No”, and everything proceeded normally until the toastmaster started getting folks onto the front of the hotel...

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Gaynor and Steve

Gaynor and Steve’s wedding at The Ritz was all about 24 people having a really nice relaxed day before flying to Portugal for a party. Steve’s daughter Ellie was definitely glad to get her present from her Dad, and I was glad I managed to get a few pictures later in the bar before being...

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Walking the dog

or to be precise, taking it back to Danny Oh’s hair salon in Camden Passage from where we’d borrowed it for a few fun pictures of Simon, the guy helping me, and Kath, the woman he’d married just 90 minutes earlier. More from this wedding as soon as we finish processing it …

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Sandpaper

It’s obviously a good idea to roughen up the soles of your wedding shoes, and if you forget to do it beforehand it’s great if Dad is so organised on the day that he can produce some sandpaper. For best effect though you actually need the coarsest sandpaper you can get, and, if he does...

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Too close for comfort

We’ve seen table decorations and menus catch fire at weddings before, but this is the closest we’ve seen to a bride’s veil (and perhaps her lacquered hair) catching fire. In this picture, the hem of Eleanor’s veil is about 2 inches away from that flame. Luckily she realised the danger immediately after I took this,...

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