It was one of those typical spring days when one minute the sun was shining and the next guests and photographers were dashing across the lawn for cover. Wendy & Ben's guests weren't concerned in the least even though there wasn't a square inch to spare in the little conservatory. Hopping on to a corner seat I caught this lovely shot of the bride grinning at one of her young nephews. Just as I was about to take a second shot the little lad's mum turned to me with a grin and said, "I'm always telling my children not to stand on chairs, now what am I going to say to them?" "Perhaps" I said, "When they grow up they will be taller than me, then they won't need to stand on a chair"! We both laughed!
 

During the reception in the marquee the rain had come down heavily enough to prevent the children from going outside. Fortunately the showers gave way to a beautiful summer's evening and as I walked across the field to photograph a few guests I spotted some of the children racing down to look at the sheep. Putting a spurt on myself I managed to capture the moment they arrived by the paddock - they were far too preoccupied to notice me and my camera.
 

Having just taken a few group shots, one of the ushers was rounding up the girls for a shot with the bride and groom. Some of them were alongside the bride & groom but we were still waiting for a few stragglers. As I turned to speak to Clare & James she playfully put her veil over the groom's head. Click and I'd got the shot. The couple loved it so much, they chose this picture for their thank you cards.
 

I'd just finished taking pictures of the bride and groom away from all the guests and still had my long lens on the camera as I headed back to join everyone. A good opportunity I thought to take some candid shots of guests chatting away, enjoying themselves. Hopping onto a low wall, partially hidden by a few large, exotic looking plants, I slowly panned the scene capturing close up shots of Valerie & Neil's guests. I thought that no-one had spotted me until I swung my camera over to the right and there in my viewfinder was a very puzzled little girl with her mum trying to work out what on earth I was doing. I love the bemused expression on the little girl's face and her Mum's wry smile which says, "no-one else spotted you, but we have!"
 

I’d just finished taking pictures of Sean & Cheryl following the signing of the Register. As I turned round to see how many guests were coming forward with their cameras, the couple’s two boys together with their cousins got out of their chairs to get a better view of what was happening. I grabbed this very cute picture of the children before they dashed forward to hug Sean & Cheryl. I learnt later that this is one of the family’s favourite pictures.
 

I'd just asked Charlotte if I could l take a couple of shots of her on her own. These two boys were having none of it. I saw them running across the grass and could tell there was no way they were going to miss out on anything. I love the interaction between Charlotte and the older boy. This was a real fun wedding and I was thrilled to be able to capture fun moments such as this.
 

I love this fun picture which was taken at the Matara Centre just before the guests were called in for the wedding breakfast. It was obvious as these ladies gathered round David that they were going to make this a group picture he would remember. As soon as I realised what was going to happen I set my camera on rapid fire and captured a series of very funny pictures. I can report that the groom recovered fairly quickly from his 'uplifting' experience!

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