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Wedding stories

Every wedding has it's own unique story to tell and over the coming months I want to share a few of those stories:

Gemma and Dave:

I had the pleasure of working with this couple in the middle of an un-naturally dry Peak District Summer. They were both committed hikers and Dave was also a member of the local mountain rescue team.

On the morning of the wedding Dave and his best man had planned a climbing expedition to Burbage Edge so that is where the photographic coverage started. We spent a pleasant hour or so with them before leaving Dave dangling precariously over a precipice.


Our next stop was the Hope Valley and Losehill Hall, where Gemma and her parents were undertaking the final stages of their preparations. Naturally enough there was a certain amount of concern for Dave's safety as well as the problems he would cause if something were to go wrong!!

Of course nothing did go wrong and the wedding went ahead at the alloted time....... well it actually started just a little late as it was the brides prerogative to keep everybody waiting....


The ceremony was an informal, friendly affair then it was outside and onto the lawn for the formal photographs, the champagne reception abd evening festivities.

All in all it was a lovely day to photograph made even more memorable by the quirky start.







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