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A wedding in a zoo?!  We knew this was going to be fun right from the start.  Then we met Janine and Scott, who are so lovely, and they told us about how relaxed and fun they wanted their wedding to be – no ‘formal’ pictures, loads of time -we could have squealed with happiness.

We started the day around the corner at the Doubletree Hilton, where they were both busy preparing.  I went to see the bride…

It was a fun morning!

How amazing is this button bouquet?!  Janine spend about 18 months making this, and started dreaming about buttons.  Totally worth it.

Meanwhile Pete went to see how Scott was getting on…

I LOVE this one…

Rings, check.

Dress time…

Time to get to the zoo!  Oakfield House is a beautiful old house surrounded by greenery (and a few lions!).

I couldn’t pick one from the seconds before Janine walked up the aisle, so here’s the series…

The ceremony was really lovely (and very emotional!)…

The sun came out again!

Make sure you check out Part Two below for the rest of this awesome day!

One of the best things about Janine and Scott’s wedding was the amount of time they allowed for relaxing, mingling, eating, drinking and enjoying their day.  It meant we could leave them alone for ages before going for a wander around the zoo to get some portraits.  There were so many gorgeous spots it was awesome

Celebrities for the day!

Aren’t Janine and Scott the CUTEST?!

Gotta love a random phone box!

We popped over to Bora Bora…

…only kidding, it was in fact the fascinating grass section!

Back to the partay.  Sambuca anyone?

We were visited by a few animals…

Time for some speeches!  Scott was fully prepared for tears…

Here they come…

…Yep they got him!

After the speeches we were led off on a little safari around the zoo.  It was so brilliant to walk around after hours when the zoo was closed to the public!

Lions, much like our cat Puddington, mostly snooze during the day…

We headed for the jaguar house…

Dinner time!

It’s impossible not to love penguins.

But I think tigers are my favourite

Obviously they love animals, what with the zoo setting and all, but wow that’s a lot of pets!

After the sun went down Pete and I followed the sound of roaring and found the lion and lioness play fighting.  It was amazing to see them so active, here’s the lion who followed Pete up and down for a while, scary!

Anyway back to the wedding!  First dance…

…followed by karaoke!

Thanks Janine and Scott for having such a fun wedding and picking us to photograph it!  Say hi to Mickey for us! x