Wedding Weekend

At last, 5 minutes to think about writing a post!

I started my new job at Benenden Heath Care society on Wednesday, working in the member services department helping people with information and benefits. After having a busy week learning new things I had the weekend to look forward to – I went to a friend’s wedding and got loads of lovely shots, like this one!

Our friends Matt and Lauren were the lucky couple and it was a fantastic day. We met Fran (one of Jon’s old friends) at about 11am and drove down to Derby. After getting lost a couple of times and guessing what the ceremony was going to be like, we got there on time and ready for the wedding. After the ceremony I broke out the camera and staked out the best spot much to the annoyance of the hired photographer. I got some really great shots – this one’s of Lauren and her Gran, and I knew exactly what post production I wanted to do with it.

I wanted to make it look like an old film photo, so after a few tweaks in Lightroom I put it through Photoshop to get rid of some rubbish on the floor, make it greyscale and add some texture. I’m really proud of how it turned out.

From the church we headed to the lodge where the wedding breakfast would be held, and had a fantastic three course meal – the cheesecake was huge! Afterwards the hired photographer got Matt and Lauren to run towards him as he snapped some photos, so I took advantage of this and got a rather good photo of the couple; I just love the look of determination on their faces.

Right up to the end of the day everyone was laughing and have a good time, even when Lauren threw the bouquet you couldn’t help but laugh when you saw all the girls jumping for the flowers.

Have a great week – let’s hope I have chance at the weekend to do some father’s day cards!

Sam