Jess and Phil hitched Burgh House, London

Wow, doesn't the summer feel like a LONG time ago now??!! I started to look through Jess and Phils beautiful August wedding a few days ago and instantly had a smile on my face. It is no secret that the weather for much of the summer months last year was pants. Massive, huge, pants. I seemed to be dancing a thin line in between severe weather warning after severe weather warning. It seemed everytime the forecast for the weekend rolled around it was predicting a wet, grey weekend.

NOT FOR JESS AND PHILL!! Hell no, their wonderment wedding weekend rolled around and it was hot and sunny. When I say hot, I actually mean scorching!!! A blisteringly beautiful blue sky of a day.

I did look like a shiney purple thing by the end of the days shooting but the suffering for my job was well worth it. Jess and Phil had been FANTASTIC fun meeting up and nattering before their big day. I knew this was going to be a kick ass wedding and it was all of that and more.

Plus, how many weddings have such a dude of a cat with a bow tie??! Called Thor. Yes, he is probably the coolest little dude I am going to meet (even if he was terrified of me when I tried to stroke him eek!)

As Thor couldn't make it to the wedding in person so Jess and phil had a card board cut out of him that was very popular in the photobooth later that night (see pictures at the very bottom of the post).

Jess and Phils wedding was so much fun, everyone was having the best time, dancing, drinking, laughing and good times. Just what a wedding should be about, you rock guys!! Thanks for having us along for the day,

My husbands Karmann Ghia never looked so good.....

So on Sunday, I got the chance to meet the beautiful and rather lovely Amie. I had been scheming to do a shoot with her for a few weeks and we eventually managed to set a date for the 5th February.

For half the shoot I wanted to use a backdrop and experiment with some studio lighting. I don't use lighting much, being in love with natural light for most of my portraiture, squeezing every last drop of sunshine out of a day, but it is always good to expand your skill set and have a go at something you might not normally do.

The second half of the shoot was going to be outdoors (back in my natural light domain) using my other halfs VW Karmann Ghia. On Saturday afternoon, a few flakes of snow fell. Then a few more and by the time we had trundles to our local for a warming pint that evening, there was quite a layer of snow on the ground.

Soooo beautiful, but by Sunday morning, our shoot day, the picturesque snow had sadly turned into grey sheet ice and was not looking good at all!

So the Ghia part of the shoot was cut a tiiiiiny bit short, but I'm hoping to harass Amie in to shooting again when the weather gets a bit better. As I type this, there is THICK freezing fog outside my window. It is actually quite spooky and not a lot of fun at all!!!!!

Here are some of the photos from the second part of the day. My hubby said his car never looked so good.... should I be flattered or annoyed at him??!!

Thanks for stopping by peeps,

lots of love

Bethan xxx

RocknRoll Bride Feature - Purple haired winter shoot.

Aaaaaah, the crazy amount of joy a feature on RocknRoll Bride can bring, what a hit ha ha! Ok, ok, so I'm a bit overexcited but wouldn't you be??


It is just a crazy good feeling to see your work on such an amazing blog that I spend faaaaaaar too much time reading, go check it out peeps!

http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2012/01/a-winter-themed-shoot-a-bride-with-purple-hair/

Here are the rest of the photos from the winter shoot too, hope you enjoy :)