Abingdon Gardens Pre-Wedding Photos

Another location I have spent a while at this year is Abingdon Abbey Gardens.  It's such a great location for portrait shoots, and I have a few weddings in the area in the coming months, so it's been great to scope out the area in preparation!

Blenheim pre-wedding shoots

It's been a busy couple of months with pre-wedding photo shoots; getting the images photographed in the lead up to the wedding rush so that my lovely couples have their signing boards.

This month I have mostly been around the Woodstock and Bladon area, so here are just a few from these shoots...

Anne-Marie and Lawrence, pre-wedding shoot in Oxford

I met with Anne-Marie and Lawrence in Oxford City Centre a few weeks before their wedding to ease them into photography for their wedding day, though they were complete naturals and needed very little direction.  I'm looking forward to their wedding next week at St Aloysius Church and St Hilda's, two beautiful venues.

Emma and Noel - pre-wedding shoot in Oxford

I met Emma and Noel at a wedding last year, when Emma was Bridesmaid, so was excited to be asked to photograph their wedding later in the year at Heythrop Park.  Emma and Noel are super sweet, so it's going to be a fun wedding to photograph.

Amy and Anand - Heythrop Park pre-wedding photo shoot

Amy and Anand are getting married at Heythrop Park later in the year, so they travelled down from High Wycombe to have a pre-wedding photo shoot with me around the venue grounds. This was the perfect opportunity to speak with their lovely wedding coordinator, Michelle, and find out a little more about their wedding plans.  The couple are a natural in front of the camera, so are ready to feel at complete ease on the day.

Kay and Tom - Blenheim pre-wedding/family shoot

I met with Kayleigh and Tom at Blenheim to capture some photographs of the two of them and their gorgeous boy in the lead up to their wedding.

Kay and Tom are marrying later in the year in their local village of Stonefield. The wedding is going to be fantastic, and as I have photographed some of their friends weddings previously I'll love catching up with their lives.

Jo and Cathal - Heythrop Park pre-wedding shoot

Jo and Cathal flew in from Qatar to have their pre-wedding photo shoot, so we took the opportunity to walk around the grounds of Heythrop Park in Enstone (the venue of their wedding) to have a chat about their day and capture some photographs.

I'm really excited for their wedding. They have friends and family flying in from all over the world, so it's going to be a real party for them.

Georgina and Andy - Milton Hill House pre-wedding photo shoot

Georgina and Andy are getting married later in the year at Milton Hill House, so we decided that this would be a great place for their pre-wedding photo shoot, so they could see where I would be photographing them and talk through the running of the day.

The couple are adorable, so I'm really looking forward to photographing their wedding and I feel the pre-wedding photo shoot really helped them to relax, ready for the big day.

Laura and Tom - Brill Hill Pre-wedding Photo Shoot

Laura and Tom are getting married later this year in Gloucester, so I headed to Brill Hill to photograph them before their wedding to get them used to being in front of the camera... we needn't have worried, they are complete naturals and I cannot wait to photograph them in May!

An engagement shoot for a gorgeous couple

I was recently contacted by a couple living in America, who were coming to Oxford for the summer to study and work. They'd recently become engaged and wanted to celebrate this in Oxford with an engagement photo shoot… It's sometimes difficult trying to organise a shoot (or wedding) with people living overseas, they maybe don't know their schedule, or their ideas of what might be possible in Oxford aren't actually a reality, but on this occasion our ideas were in sync and Shannon and I were able to send e-mails back and forth to get a brief together (which was essentially a traditional Oxford look; academic, old and stylish) and an idea of where would be best for their photo shoot.

They are an absolutely gorgeous couple, so easy to photograph too. It was a pleasure to work with them and I just wish I lived in America so I could photograph their wedding too!