Maria and Robert's Wedding at Nonsuch Mansion

Maria and Robert had their wedding at Nonsuch Mansion at Cheam in Surrey, which does sound like an odd sort of name the first time you come across it, although it is close to the site of Nonsuch Palace, built by Henry VIII and long since demolished.  Interesting though this fact is, it doesn't shed much light on the origin of the name and if anyone is in a position to enlighten me I would be most grateful.

Maria is from Sweden and a lot of her family had made it over for the wedding and were busy helping her get ready in the bridal suite at Nonsuch Mansion.

Maria was incredibly relaxed during the bridal preparations and great fun to be with.  Her hair and makeup were done by Diane Cundell who provides mobile hair and beauty services in Sussex and Surrey. You can visit Diane's website at:

http://www.dianesmobilehairandbeauty.com

Nonsuch Mansion is one of the best wedding venues I have come across, the way it has been decorated is stunning and the service and catering are second to none.  It's one of the few venues that you really would struggle to fault - even the wallpaper in the gents is outstanding!  

And if you have anything like reasonable weather, there are extensive grounds to have your wedding photographs taken in.

Maria and Robert had a wonderful wedding, with fantastic weather at an amazing venue - it couldn't be better!

If you are getting married in Surrey then Nonsuch Mansion is a venue that should be high on your list, I'm back there for a wedding in a few weeks time and I can't wait.  You can find out more about weddings at Nonsuch Mansion on their website: 

http://www.nonsuchmansion.com/

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Please don't step on the bride!

Just a quick one from Saturday's wedding in Hove, Sussex.  You pick a nice out of the way little spot during a quiet part of the evening for some nice fluffy dress photo's.  OK, so it's on the first floor just outside the lift, but there's no one around and you get away with it, in fact things are going swimmingly.  Until you feel the urge to say something really daft like "Thank goodness no one wanted to use the lift!"

..."Ding!!!!"

Yes, she did stop in time - luckily it wasn't the Sussex Ramblers Association with large muddy boots and awash with several pints of Harveys!

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Gritte and Stephen's Wedding at Rosslyn Hill Chapel and Camden Lock

Gritte and Stephen had their wedding at Rosslyn Hill Chapel near Hampstead Heath and their wedding reception at the Camden Lock Holiday Inn a few weeks ago... actually it was several weeks ago now, I'm desperately trying to play catchup here!

Gritte got ready at the Holiday Inn, ably assisted by family and friends.  All the wedding flowers were supplied by Lulu, who wanders streets broad and narrow, selling flowers from a barrow, while simultaneously campaigning to become Mayor of Camden.  I don't know how Lulu has got on with her political aspirations, but her flowers were certainly a vote winner.

Rosslyn Hill Chapel is a lovely and incredibly well hidden little place, you really wouldn't have a clue it was there unless you knew about it.  Gritte and her family are from Germany and had borrowed the priest from a German Church in London to conduct a lovely Anglo-German ceremony. 

Both Gritte and Stephen are very keen archers and their archery club formed a tunnel of arrows for them after the ceremony.  The original plan was to use bows as well, but the logistics of transporting bows and arrows on the tube (as well as the danger of arrest) proved a little too much.

The view from the top of the Camden Lock Holiday Inn is really quite spectacular and Camden Lock itself provides some fantastic backdrops - even the graffiti looks cool.

Shy about doing your first dance?  Gritte and Stephen's top tip is to wear a cunning disguise so no one will recognise you!

Gritte and Stephen had a brilliant fun fulled day and the weather couldn't have been more perfect for them.  The Camden Lock Holiday Inn is a great venue right at the centre of one of London's most exciting areas, you can find more information on their website.

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Jane and Antony's Wedding at Eastbourne Registry Office

Jane and Antony had their wedding at Eastbourne Register Office followed by a reception at Bibendum.  Jane got ready at the Pier Hotel, which is on Eastboune seafront directly opposite the pier (yes, I can hear you shouting "The clue's in the name, Mick" but it's never safe to make assumptions).

Jane had her hair done Donna from Crowning Glory, who is definitely one of the best hair stylists around, needless to say she looked stunning!  You can see more of Donna's work for a wedding at Birling Manor we did a while back.

The weather wasn't terribly clever this time around, so we did the formal group photographs inside and then spent a few minutes getting a bit more romantic before heading of to the very cool, laid back party atmosphere of their wedding reception at Bibendum, where Jane's Mum played a terrible trick on the happy couple during the speeches.  This involved the use of several front door keys and a number of thoroughly wicked accomplices, although in order to preserve Jane's modesty and reputation, I shall reveal no more.

Jane and Antony had a brilliant day with lots of very happy people and Bibendum is a great venue for for smaller family weddings, you can find more details on their website: http://www.bibendum-eastbourne.co.uk/

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Migrant Hawker

Back to dragonflies again, this time a female Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta), which I found sunning itself on a bush.  I did see the male version of the Large Red Damselfly from a previous post, but he really was not going to play ball with the camera.

Don't worry, she's not really stuck in the spiders web:

To get these I had to lean quite a way into the bush, hanging on to it with one hand to avoid becoming one with nature, which left only one hand to hold the camera - normally I would have used a tripod, but it wasn't an option.  Camera shake (and there was lots of it given my oddly contorted, one legged stance) was eliminated with a hotshoe mounted SB800 speedlight and a fair bit of luck!

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