My first outing as London wedding photographer was at the beautiful Carshalton Water Tower. Marianne is a friend from Drama School that I hadn’t seen for 15 years and when she asked if I could shoot her wedding I knew I had to make it happen.
Initially I didn’t think it would be possible and thought it would be easier for Marianne to find a local photographer.
Fortunately I had booked onto a wedding photography workshop and was in Buckinghamshire the week of Marianne and John’s wedding. As soon as I’d booked the workshop I phoned Marianne and she booked me for her wedding.
When I arrived at Carshalton Water Tower, the venue was a flurry of activity. People were laying out chairs for the ceremony and Marianne’s brother was setting up his piano ready to accompany the ceremony.
Marianne looked stunning in her vintage dress, in fact the whole aesthetic of the wedding gelled beautifully. John used to live in Germany and this was my first wedding involving a Hochzeitskerze – a German wedding candle.
The wedding cake was an incredible doughnut tower mixing the vintage with the modern.
The speeches were so beautiful and heartfelt. Marianne had sadly lost her father a few days before but wanted the day to really celebrate life and love. That is exactly what it was from start to finish.
I captured a few moments of Marianne and John’s first dance before heading off on the drive back to Cornwall. Ordinarily I would stay at a hotel the night of the wedding too but I had missed my daughters 5th birthday to be at the wedding and had promised her that I would be home when she woke the day after her birthday.
Congratulations Marianne and John. I’m so glad the stars aligned and I could be your London wedding photographer for the day!
