If the Bride wants fairytale... she gets fairytale!

Everything was spot on... the weather, the venue, the dress, the shoes, the car, the golf buggies, the duke of marlborough ... hold on! Golf buggies? the duke? the weather?! Yes!

Had a great day shooting the wedding of Nicky and Mark on Saturday, starting out at Nicky's house in Warwick, then the ceremony at St Mary's in Warwick and onwards to the reception at the one and only Blenheim Palace , a world heritage site that is home to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough (they live in the wing next to the wedding reception venue) and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

Golf buggies were hired to zip around the Palace grounds, and the weather was just amazing. Honestly I could spend hours in those grounds taking photographs of beautiful brides and grooms! Really looked forward to it and really enjoyed the time I spent there. Wedding photography is definitely a privilege, I don't care how corny that sounds!

Big thanks to everybody on behalf of the couple and myself. Both venues were stunning and the fairytale wedding was one to remember!

Mr and Mrs Handley

I'm on a roll this weekend, yet again somehow I've managed to post the latest wedding in record time! Seriously.. I'm too busy to be this fast! Or too excited?! Must stop drinking green tea at night. Seriously though, I'm a night time camomile man, yes... I got older this week.

Anyway back on topic... today saw me shooting Joanne and Adrian's wedding over in Tamworth, and at Newton Regis for the reception. Big thanks to all involved, including Anita at Brittons Caterers for feeding me and my assistant. Food is always the key to a man's heart!

The day was chilled out, the bride was traditionally late (though the blame lies with the bridesmaids we're told!) and the weather stayed dry if a bit chilly! Goose bumps all round! We love England.

That's enough of me...

Just to finish off to let you know the Simon at Flipstorm UK is currently working on my website showcasing the current project, soon to be exhibited at The Drum, the website will be www.strongbrum.com but don't go there just yet, it's not up :P

Joy and Paul... Married!

Possibly the quickest blog post I have ever posted... I shot a nice small wedding today over in Bromsgrove, sunny and bright Bromsgrove, so I have a bit of time this evening to show you a few highlights, a few simple moments of expression that I thought were worth sharing.

Hope you like the images:

Gemma and Neil... Scott!!

etting a break from preparing the exhibition coming up, Gemma and Neil kindly hired me to cover their wedding day yesterday, and as ever I want to share a few highlights with you...

The wedding took place at St Mary's in Selly Oak and the reception at Corus Hotel in Solihull, where Frank looked after everybody very well. Many thanks to all involved on behalf of the happy and very chilled out couple!

Not much to say today as I'm absolutely ready for a warm cuppa, english summer is in full downswing, and to put my feet up for a change! Just time to say Gemma and Neil... CONGRATS.. you are a very cool couple, nice and relaxed and I'm sure you're going to have a great time in Mexico... I'm kinda jealous! If you need any spanish phrases just let me know! And Neil.. I want to see sombrero photos on facebook when you get back!!

Joanna and John ... Married!

Coventry.... what more can be said... when the whole wedding breakfast receives word that their "football club" has won 0-2 and yours has lost 2-0 (yours being the club that relegated theirs many years back ;) ) then it's never a good thing to be the only Villa fan in the vicinity when the beer and wine has been flowing for a while...

Lovely couple, good weather, friends together, real good craic (yes I'm half irish)!

Enjoyed shooting Joanna and John's wedding the other week and thought I'd share a few highlights from the day. The b+w bias is pure coincidence, the whole set of previews is mixed as per my usual style... still waiting for the special couple who hire me to shoot all black and white!

And just a couple others... guess where these guys were off to...

This little missy loved it...

So there you have it... wanted to post this up for you to have a mooch.. extremely busy with the exhibition, check the post below this one!

The B-Strong exhibition is coming very soon!

Just a quick note to let you all know that the B-Strong exhibition is well under way and the next couple weeks will be extremely hectic but ultimately positive, educational and uplifting... Check out the venue's own entry, written by them, regarding the exhibition I'm shooting.. their theme, my images..

http://www.the-drum.org.uk/event/b-strong-by-damian-brown

Couple more happenings to show you when I get a chance... very hectic with weddings too.. it's that time of the year!

Until then... a preview (albeit with me in it instead of the artist that will be in the real version!)

And then became ... Becci and Mike Erbilur-Gray!

Cool couple, nice mix.. british.. turkish... and the smell of those cupcakes... yes, I've forgotten the rain already!

The wedding took place at Wethele Manor, a 16th century farmhouse out near Leamington Spa.. definitely a place worth checking out for a venue if you're local. The staff worked hard along with the bridal party and not even a spot of english summer downpour could beat the day... it was beautiful, a good laugh too! And those cupcakes... (well no I didn't try one, I'm not that pushy! Plus the photos of me shooting at weddings that are appearing on facebook aren't doing me justice!)

Definitely want to wish Becci and Mike all the best, I'm sure while they're out there in sunny Sri Lanka right now they'll be thinking of us all trying to work out what weather we'll get next! One of you lovely couples need to take me abroad to shoot your wedding ;)

As always, here are a few favourites and, as the youth would say, a few randoms from the wedding day:

And sorry.. I have to add this just for myself...