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Thursday was certainly a touch warm, didn't realise just how warm until I stepped outside after being in the comfort of my lovely refreshing air conditioned workroom and wham, it hit me like walking into the path of 50 hairdryers. I soaked up a few rays then beat a hasty retreat. Then last night we had thunderstorms and quite a downpour which I thought was quite refreshing until I remembered that my washing was still on the line. Just how do you accommodate for the British weather in your wedding plans? Most brides fear the rain, but a heatwave can be just a big a challenge. I have that type of hair that only has to have any threat of any type of moisture, rain or humidity, and it reacts with such extremity that I resemble the iconic images of Albert Einstein, without the moustache I hasten to add.  In this blog, let's deal with a hot wedding today. You wake up on the morning of your wedding day and the sky is blue and the sun is shining. Absolutely fantastic, fabulous new...

Jones & Co Photography Featured in Surrey Life Magazine. 'Great Gatsby Inspired Wedding Style' - Front Cover We are really excited to see that we have been featured in this month's (April 2013) Surrey Life Magazine . The images that have been used are from a vintage shoot that we did recently at Loseley Park near Guildford - using all local people and places and it just goes to show that wealth of talented people, suppliers and fabulous locations we have on our doorstep. One of the images has been used on the front cover and others have been used in the Style Guide, with most of them being used full page. We have had a fabulous response to the article already so a big thank you to all those involved with the shoot and to Matthew Williams , editor at Surrey Life for being so enthusiastic about out imagery! I will post a full write up with lots more details about the shoot later along with a few more images and let you know all about the different people I worked w...

Very Successful Farnham Wedding Fair. Wow - what a busy day I had on 17th February at the brilliant Wedding Fair organised by Prestige Wedding Fairs at the Farnham Maltings . It is such a great place to exhibit with it's different rooms, cafe and art and craft works displayed around the building. Although it was cold and misty when the exhibitors arrived by the time the fair opened the sun was shining and that seemed to bring you out in your hundreds! I spoke to so many people and I always love hearing about your wedding plans - in fact I didn't stop talking all day, something that Jason wasn't surprised at! So thank you all so much for stopping by and taking the time to look at my work. I had some really lovely compliments about the albums and large prints on show and loads of comments about the stills and motion production that was running throughout the day. I had some super 'neighbours' on the day - the gorgeous gowns and the lovely ladies, Claire a...

Claire & Rob's Wedding at Northbrook Park It was the most superb day on Friday for Claire and Rob's wedding so I thought that I would let you have a sneak preview of a few of the images from the day. Northbrook Park , just outside Farnham is a wonderful venue for a wedding and Jason and I were so pleased to be able to share in this special day. Claire ready and looking just lovely! The very dashing Mr Smith. It was a very romantic ceremony with two readings and a few tears and a round of applause and they were announced as husband and wife. The September weather decided to show us that Autumn was upon us but nothing dampened the spirits of the guests who continued congratulating and celebrating in the Vine Room whilst the rain fell outside. We had a brief spell of clear weather and headed out into the gardens for some photographs of family and friends before the Wedding Breakfast. Claire & Rob catching a quiet moment in the Walled Garden The O...

Part two of this amazing day. The stunning collection And for the finale - the charity auction. We were all hoping that we could raise a bundle for Breast Cancer Care and the brides and guests didn't let us down. There were some superb items in the auction from beauty treatments, bespoke ceramics, individually designed head pieces, a photography session to a chauffeur driven ride in a vintage London taxi to name just a few. Roy did a great job of getting hands raised and the bids came in. Then came the final auction item - a gown from the new Madeline Isaac-James collection. Well I have to say that this was a very popular item! Hands shot up all around the room and the winning bid was placed by a lovely lady. As it turned out her Mum, who was with her, had suffered from breast cancer but now thankfully was completely clear. What a deserving winner and I think it made everyone tingle and bought it home to us all just what a great charity this is, fighting for s...

Wow! What can I say about the No.10 Catwalk Show at Northbrook Park - just that it was the most fabulous event and I was honoured to be part of it. I went along for most of the day photographing the whole event from the Vine Room being transformed by gorgeous chair covers and bright pink bows from Ambience Venue Styling and the softening drapes and pink lighting from the lovely Liz at Stress Free Hire - really made the rooms look special. Pretty Pink Ribbon Special cupcakes by Tiers Of Delight Gaynor from Enfleur creating some stunning arrangements including this amazing bouquet Liz transforming the Vine Room More pink! More suppliers arrived to set up and continue making the Orangery look super. It was so nice that so many people wanted to give their time and expertise to help with this fantastic charity. Sarah from Creative Candi had a beautiful display of all pink sweets in lovely glass jars, BCC name tags and pink sweetie bags and pink ribbon on ...

I was contacted recently by the wedding organisers at Farnham Castle to supply some shots of a wedding blessing I photographed in the chapel. It was a beautiful day and it was fantastic to be able to photograph in the chapel as not many people have been lucky enough to use the chapel for their wedding or blessing ceremonies. Farnham Castle are working on this - they have plans to appoint a vicar to conduct the ceremonies in the near future, very exciting! I thought I would post an image of the day to show you what a cosy place the chapel is and how perfect it would be for such an intimate occasion. www.jonesandco.co