outdoor wedding

My beautiful best friend Louise married someone completely perfect for her, Steven, last Tuesday in sunny Arpino, Italy. To see them both so happy and knowing what a wonderful future they have in front of them made it even more special, and the next day my face ached from smiling and laughing so much.

WHAT A DAY. Completely ‘them’, elegant, fun, booze flowing, music playing (including a song written for them by musical maestro Paige Temperley), some serious shapes being thrown in the evening, the biggest wedding cake you’ve ever seen and a completely joyous atmosphere from start to finish. I’ve seen Louise looking pretty damn gorgeous in the 14 years I’ve known her but on the day she just glowed.. completely radiant. Steven, you looked pretty damn handsome too – tailor-made suit issues and new glasses aside – I know you’ll make a wonderful husband to our gorgeous Louise Caster Sugar.

Here is a preview from the day..

It was a real joy to jump in my car for another solo road trip up to photograph Ben and Gill getting married. I travelled up through Northumberland, crossed the Scottish borders and watched the landscape become more and more beautiful as I got closer to North Berwick where they were set to marry on the beach. It was a wonderfully simple humanist ceremony and I was thrilled to be part of proceedings. Luckily, as rumours at the wedding were that there was no ‘Plan B’, the weather was glorious, not a cloud in sight, and they married under homemade flags which flapped in the sunshine whilst guests sat with their feet in the sand and watched.. Here is a little preview, I’ll post the rest as soon as I can.