Venue: Hampton Court Palace

I got to know Shabana and Mo during their pre wedding shoot on the river path running alongside Hampton Court Palace. We produced some of the nicest pre wedding photographs of the year so far and chatted about the fast approaching wedding at Hampton Court Palace. We were fortunate enough to have a guided tour around the various rooms, corridors, stairwells and gardens by Laura - the incredibly organised organiser! Laura made sure the wedding day ran incredibly smoothly and I can't thank her enough for the help and guidance in amongst the organised chaos that comes so naturally with an Asian wedding. Fun but hectic!

When the day arrived the weather was touch and go but fortunately we had a spell of great light for our walk around the palace. The wedding ceremony ran perfectly and the afternoon and evening reception had more of a drinks party atmosphere - with Shabana giving a heartfelt speech to Mo and the guests, this was in addition to some close friends travelling from Australia to give an inspired Salsa dance performance.

The whole day had a great vibe, not least because Mo and Shabana are such calm, amicable people.

I was accompanied by one of my long term students during this Hampton Court Palace wedding and here are just a few of my very favourites from the day.

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I really like the simplicity of these images produced during a 45 minute shoot around the stunning Savernake Forest just outside the Wiltshire town of Marlborough and minutes from our home. This time of the year I couldn't think of a nicer rural environment for such a shoot - which is essentially just a walk with very candid photographic coverage.

More often than not we meet couples at or near their wedding venue, I happen to do a lot of these shoots in and around London and Bath and will have more on the blog over the next week or so.

I'm documenting Ross and Louise's wedding at the Royal Society of Arts in London this coming August.

Below are just a few of my favourites from the shoot.

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Ceremony: St Nicholas Church

Reception: Notley Abbey

I documented Thomas and Alex's stunning wedding in Buckinghamshire last month alongside Alexis who has recently enrolled on my Long Term Mentoring Programme.

The couple's elegant traditional church service took place at St Nicholas Church in Barrack Hill and their wedding reception was held at Notley Abbey, just minutes from the church and part of the Bijou chain of wedding venues.

The whole affair ran perfectly, we were even treated with some pretty spectacular weather. Notely Abbey was the perfect venue for Alex and Thomas too - it's incredibly classy yet remains relaxed enough for guests to still completely unwind and enjoy the day.

I also got to work with the talented Jenna of Lucky Sixpence Events, if you're in the early stages of planning your day I can highly recommend her.

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James and Melissa's documentary wedding photography started at their home in Berkshire and I stayed for just a short while before heading into London for their religious wedding ceremony.

After the ceremony, which had quite a few interesting elements to cover, we headed over to Buckinghamshire for the wedding reception at Bradenham Manor - a grand red brick building once belonging to the Earl of Warick, it's also quite a nice venue for documentary wedding photography as the ground floor consists of several large rooms and communal areas and offers a little bit variety in terms of light and space.

It was a particularly enjoyable wedding to document and really came alive when the music started, the Dutch contingent made sure of that!

Here are just a few of my very favourites from the day.

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Ceremony: St Stephens Sparsholt

Reception: Lainston House

We've been very busy over the last couple of weeks documenting a variety of weddings and events across the country - dealing with an assortment of faiths, cultures and varying degrees of exhaustion!

This variety really keeps us on our toes, for instance last Sunday we documented an insane 14 hour Chinese wedding at Greenwich College in London and yet I spent just a few hours documenting Michelle and Nick's charming little English wedding in the Hampshire countryside. But it's up there with my very favourites.

Their traditional church marriage was conducted at St Stephens in Sparsholt by a particularly quirky vicar, this was swiftly followed by a very relaxed and fun wedding wedding reception at Lainston House, just a few minutes drive from the church.

We were incredibly fortunate with the weather, in fact I remember it being almost too sunny at certain moments of the coverage, a far cry from what we've all been dealing with over the last couple of weeks!

Here are just a few of my very favourite documentary wedding photopgraphs from this small wedding in Hampshire.

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