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A feeling of freedom in Paris (five minutes before the ceremony). 2008

Andrew Roachford of 'Cuddly Toy' fame. 2010

Alice and Armand. 2010

Solemn promises: Wayne, about to marry Julie, standing in front of Italian bureaucracy in Tuscany. The tenth anniversary was celebrated in June 2016, when the couple returned to Italy. 2006

Queuing for party ice cream at Tapeley Park, north Devon, for Liberty's seventh birthday. 2010

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Ceilidh dancing. 2004

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Julie and Wayne at the town hall some days before their wedding in Tuscany. 2006

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Rural wedding in Umberleigh, north Devon. 2010

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Lucy, nearly ready. 2010


Rachael and Stan. 2010

Did the baker notice a slant and then just go with it for the next layers? 2010

Rachael and Stan. 2010

Lucy getting loyal help for an adjustment. 2010

Ceremonial flourishes for a wedding at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

This wedding was one of my favourites purely because it was in Iddesleigh in rural mid-Devon, where I saw links all around me to my favourite photographer James Ravilious. (See his best pictures or read what his surviving wife says about how he made his contribution to English photography.)

Lucy and James. 2010

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I knew I had to get up to this vantage point for the first dance ‒ but I wasn't expecting that! Rachael and Stan. 2010

Kirstie and Stewart, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Surrey. 2008


It's the 'Reservoir Dogs' gimmick

She's putting in so much effort to catch up to a relative who's not even trying!




Nobody had asked ‒ the ceremony must have inspired her!

The now-ubiquitous sight of a compact camera or mobile phone pointed at the happy couple. 2008

Wine or tea, wine or tea? Oh, go on then ‒ wine!

The great British weather never hinders a celebration

Tuscany ties and pockets squares. 2006

Julie contemplative. 2006

Evenings in Tuscany are lovely

I kept my clicks to the very minimum. Yet I clearly wasn't as reverent as this young man


Signed, sealed and delivered. 2008

Loving good wishes from the father of the bride

Any minute now...

Good lad ‒ there was no need to ask him for this smile!

Adriana and Viktor



Promises. 2006

The mood let me get away with this picture in low light without flash ‒ I think the slight movement adds to the moment rather than blurs it

Grandad Masters. 2006

The wonky cake further up this page was a lot of fun – but then this perfection is also wonderful, isn't it?