Kate and Steve (10th July 2010)
The marriage ceremony was held at the beautiful St. Etheldreda’s Church, followed by the reception in Bleeding Heart Yard, London. Unfortunately I was not able to make it to ceremony as I was running a dance class in Birmingham in the morning, however I managed to jump on a train and join Barry after the ceremony outside the church.
The Father conducting the ceremony allowed Barry to take as many photos as he wanted which is always a good start. As I wasn’t there during the ceremony I was unable to capture Barry’s facial expression when he’s deep in concentration – which was a shame as he pulls some crackers!
After meeting the lovely Steve and Kate outside the church we all walked to the Bleeding Heart restaurant, which is tucked away, behind a secret hidden door in the corner of a cobbled courtyard, providing a private and intimate setting for the reception.
The venue is decorated in a very homely style, with framed drawings, fireplaces, mirrors and wooden panels, which although was very dark from a photographer point of view, it was a truly romantic setting.
Speeches brought friends and family into the main room, where we were struggling for space. It was impossible to push to the front crowd so I resulted in climbing onto the window ledge to try and get crowd reactions to speeches.
A sneaky peek over to see how Barry was getting on standing on a chair at the back!
Look who’s busy changing his lens in the blurry corner of the shot below – I love the women’s expression in this photo, shame Barry’s lens switching ruined it 
The speeches were great – its always good to hear about the bride and groom, and I must say there was equal amounts of sentiment and humour. I saw Barry having a little chuckle at one joke (which I won’t repeat) which got everyone smiling.
While I had stationed myself (didn’t want to lose my spot), Barry was on the move, to attempt to get a little closer to Kate and Steve. Whata mistaka to maka – blocked! Funny photo – wheres Barry?
