Crystal and John's Wedding

Well, as I mentioned in my post on Crystal and John's engagement shoot, they got married earlier this year, and asked me to be their photographer. It was one of the most exhausting but enjoyable days I've had for a very long time!

When the couple set the date of the wedding, they picked a day that was about a week and a half before the date my wife was due to deliver our first child. Knowing what I did about the reliability of due dates (you can pretty well rely on the baby not to come on the date!) I organised for a good friend and a scary competitor of mine, Allister of a.m. photography, to be ready to stand in for me if I was unavailable on the day. Then we had a thought: why not both do it? So Crystal and John got two photographers for the price of one.

On the day, Al took responsibility for the boys, and I took the girls, and then when the two groups met we changed up as necessary. And it was brilliant fun! We worked hard, and stressed even harder, I suspect. However, the chance to hang out with this great couple all day on this special day, and then to have the responsibility and the privilege of producing the images that would serve as memories of the day, was something that I know we both enjoyed immensely.

The following are my shots; you can see Al's on his flickr site. (Oh, and my daughter was born two days later through being induced. Her name is Charlotte, and she will have posts on here too!)