Rachel & Simon

Saturday 27th February 2010, we attended the wedding of Simon Johnson and Rachel Carter, at Fawsley Hall Hotel and Spa near Daventry

www.fawsleyhall.com.

Jo started bright and early with Rachel at Fawsley, where she met some of Rachel's family in the Bridal Suite, including Mum Anthea, Bridesmaids Tracey, Jo, Monica, Hannah, Bryony and the very pretty and cute flowergirl, Penny(Rachel's niece). They were all enjoying themselves and being pampered with hair and make-up, Champagne and flowers (sent to Rachel, by Simon), beautiful red dresses, shoes and matching accessories - According to Simon during his speech, Rachel Loves to shop - which Bride doesn't!!

Ian went over to Cranfield where Simon and his best man, James (Rachel's Brother) were getting ready - not at all nervous, a Champagne helicopter flight to look forward too. Some great pics with the Helicopter guys!

Jo was awaiting Simon and James' Arrival - the blew away the cobwebs (and the hairdo!), but got some great shots of them arriving, so it was worth it. Funny thing was, whilst Jo was waiting for the said helicopter to arrive, three others flew very nearby all within 15 minutes! what was going on in Northamptonshire that day! You wait ages for one, then all three at once.....We were pleased to see the sunshine - well at certain parts of the day anyway, and managed to get some outside shots done of the family and Portraits of the happy couple. This was our fifth visit to Fawsley Hall over the years, but the first time in Knightly Court - Very very beautifully decorated - newly built, done very well in-keeping with the main part of the house, maintaining its luxurious surroundings throughout, with state of the art equipment. Impressive and attentive staff aswell. The time keeping and service couldn't be faulted. The wedding breakfast room looked stunning, very atmospheric and comfortable.

The couple very kindly offered to feed us a meal of fish and chips! Excellent! So we tucked into our lunch in the bar area, very good fish n chips it was too, whilst listening to music played by The Pet Shop Boys! You may think, and odd choice for wedding music, we did too, until we discovered that Simon is a huge fan (probably their biggest!), and now, luckily, is Rachel! 5 hours of The Pet Shop Boys! and you can guess what their first dance was too? Well, each to their own! We joined the wedding reception for the long awaited speeches - very good, we find anticipating the laughter quite an art now!

The band for the evening were called the Jazz Dynamo's (no pet shop boys here!)- a fantastic mixture of music for everyone to enjoy - Rachel and Simon had been practising their special first dance, which everyone enjoyed watching and were impressed by. Rachel especially looked like she was so enjoying the dancing, it was great to watch everyone and capture every moment. Finished off the day with Fireworks and a hog roast - stunning, cold outside, but worth it - mmm crackling.......

It was good too meet with Richard, the guy who filmed the day - nice to work with you Richard, and we hope to see you again at another wedding one day. We thoroughly enjoyed spending our day photographing their special day, got some fantastic pictures as usual; can't wait to do the edit and album design. It's great being a wedding photographer - It's not just about taking beautiful pictures - It's all about meeting some wonderful people and and being part of their special day; It's a job we never take for granted and love very much. We know you will love our photography, so here's a few sneaky one's to give you all an idea. Thank you to all of Rachel and Simon's family who made us both feel very welcome, and for looking after us on the day - much appreciated everyone, and of course it goes without saying - to the new Mr and Mrs Johnson, we wish you a very long and happy married life together forever....x you were great!