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Yesterday, on possibly the toastiest day of the year yet, I met Matt & Nigel at Woodlands Hotel for their pre-wedding meeting. We chatted through the details of their upcoming civil partnership (shaping up to be a lovely downtempo affair with a whole 14 guests, including them!) & got straight down to the photos. The light was lovely and as usual it took a little while to settle in, but by the end I had them enjoying themselves around the grounds. Have a looksy at the top ten below.
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Matt was funny – he thought I reminded him of Austin Powers, taking photographs. Whether it was my teeth or me shouting “You’re an small burrowing animal with sharp teeth” I don’t know.
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I can’t work out which two way intro shot I prefer, so I’ll post both. Consider this one the outro!
I’m looking forward to joing Matt & Nigel on their big day. I don’t think I’ve done such a small guestlist before, so there’ll be loads of time to get great portraits of everyone!