Anne-Marie & James - Spring Time on the Farm

Anne-Marie and James wanted to have their wedding reception on a farm as they are great animal lovers.  So the venue "Weddings and Wellies" as a natural choice for their spring wedding.  We had done a pre-wedding shoot a few weeks ago on the lane leading up to venue when it was rather wet and chilly after the terrible winter we had just had, showing no signs of warming up.  First of all it was a short drive for me to meet up with Anne-Marie at The Black Horse at Clifton, that itself being a lovely venue for weddings, to shoot the pre-wedding shots.  Everybody was very relaxed, as was Anne-Marie, though when mum came in to the room and saw Anne-Marie in a bridal gown she was overcome with emotion.  After that it was off to the little church in Norithorpe to meet James and his best man (sporting a black eye - sporting accident), the guys were in good spirit and the sun was now shining.  When it came to the wedding James looked so proud of his beautiful bride, the service was lovely as always with the lady vicar, who is always such fun to work with. After the service it was down to the farm on the tractor to the party marque which was set out beautifully as always, very personal to the couple, with pictures of their parents weddings on the cake table, which I thought was a lovely touch.  Duncan the farmer, always seems to like me getting into the cherry picker so that he can take it too the full height, much to the amusement of the guests, though I am always glad to get back on the ground.  We did some lovely shots on the farm, using the field, the lane and found some lambs as well.  I always take a picnic hamper and blanket to sit on the bales of hay, but seeming as the children had demolished them we had to put it on the large round one - but still a great shot.  I know that Anne-Marie and James enjoyed their day and too their guests it was a great and unique experience.