what a feeling..

I love this image.. just kinda makes me feel something..

sneak peek

We couldn't ask for nicer couples. The end.

sneak peek and falling in love..

Saturday morning I'm going to be totally honest.. I had the fear. We hadn't shot a wedding for quite a while and we were about to jump in to a double wedding weekend.. and I knew that the next time we would be coming up for air would be around.. well.. October time.  It felt slightly overwhelming.. and you 100% feel the anticipation and the weight of the amount of responsibility that you're carrying.. I definitely felt it that morning..

48 hours, two weddings and 5000 images later and I am star shaped on my hotel bed.. totally exhausted and indescribably happy.  After Saturday's wedding me and Pete walked back to the car with all our gear and I turned to Pete and said 'I was made to shoot weddings'... coming away from this weekend I can't stop smiling.. we watched two couples so excited about getting married, so excited to have everyone they love around them and all their guests literally giddy to be a part of it.. every single person made us feel so welcome.. we laughed and cried and danced and captured everything.. we didn't want to miss a thing.. and that's the best part.. looking back over the images I can't help but feel so incredibly lucky, blessed.. (whatever the right word is).. to be able to be a part of it.

We hadn't actually met Tamara and Jonno in person before Saturday but looking through their images I can see Tamara.. the way she uses her hands, her mannerisms.. I can see Jonno.. the way he talks and smiles.. I know them.. and in just one day, it might sound silly but we totally fall in love with them... and I know why.. because each and every one of our couples have the most incredible sweet hearts that we just can't help it..

The fear has now been completely replaced with pure giddy excitement and now I just cannot wait to get to know more sweet couples and fall in love with them too...

..words of wisdom..

Recently I've been drawn to writing posts that offer some sort of advice.. whether that be to Photographers or to couples getting married.. and it recently occured to me that actually quite a few readers of my blog are couples who are already married.. who have enjoyed a wedding day.. and they themselves, through their own experiences.. probably have a few words of wisdom that they would want to pass on to others. So I wanted to give YOU guys an opportunity to pass on any words of wisdom that you may have to other Bride and Groom's who are yet to enjoy their wedding day.

So, now that the day is over.. is there anything you wish you could change or wish you knew beforehand? What little things helped you on the day? Is there anything that you would definitely recommend? Anything you wouldn't do?  Anything you didn't realise until the day? Any handy tips? It could be to do with the schedule or the run up, the photography or your entertainment.. it could even be top tips that just made the day itself easier...

If you do have something you'd like to share then add it to the comments below and hopefully we'll end up with a great resource of advice and tips for any couple about to get married..

I think I'll start.. ;)

Steve Gerrard Photography

Joanna Brown Photography