My first wedding of the year at the end of January involved a long drive down to Bristol.  I shot the pre-wedding images the day before the wedding and you can see those here.  The wedding ceremony was taking place at Bristol Registry Office, which is a beautiful building right in the centre.  Jo was getting ready in The Grand, whilst Theo got ready a short walk away at the Marriott Royal.

The day was perfect and taking a bride and groom through Bristol market straight after the ceremony on a busy Saturday was a great experience.  Check out a few of my favourite pictures from the day here and feel free to leave a comment at the end if you like what you see.

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This is the lovely Fiona from Beehive Brides Make-up, in the middle of finishing Jo’s curlers.  I love it when brides embrace the morning preparation shots and are happy to have it all recorded.

I arrived at The Royal Marriott where Theo and his family where all getting ready.  This is Solomon, Theo’s son beating his Dad off the mark.

I think he has a few more years before perfecting his tie-knotting skills.

Gotta love shirts with details like this, subtle and cool.  Plus check out Solomon’s socks below which were purchased to match.

Here’s Sol again waiting in the hotel foyer, holding tightly a box containing the wedding rings.

Nice relaxed portraits of the boys are what we all like before the ceremony.

I think Solomon was eager to get to the ceremony (or relinquish responsibility of the rings!).  Here I was running in front of him firing off loads of shots.  A bit blind, but caught this one where all the gents are looking good and Theo’s looking at his son.  Winner.

I then headed back to Jo, to catch the last minute Bridal preps and a few of her family.

This is the amazing Camilla who had flown all the way from Italy to be here for the wedding.  She spent ages checking herself in the mirror before finally giving up with this “I think it’ll do” shrug.

“Cheese” cake!

Winter sun is in pretty short supply, and just after Jo & Theo had welcomed all their guest to The Rummer Hotel, where the reception was, I grabbed them for the last few minutes of daylight.

I hadn’t realised the huge group of people that had been waiting for us to finish our mini photoshoot, and Jo was smiling at all the attention.

The reception began with the ladies doing some wine tasting, whilst the gents got taken down to the cellar to do some whiskey tasting.

This is one of my favourites from the evening of Theo chatting to the hotel manager.  It reminds me of The Ratpack.

All the guests got given a bottle of olive oil from Theo’s family distillery in Tuscany.  I got handed one and have to say it’s tastier than anything you get from a supermarket in this country.