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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Marrakech – Part One

As if being in Marrakech and hanging out with lovely people on a rooftop eating delicious tagine isn’t enough (see previous post about the night before!), we were totally spoiled on Saturday with an amazing wedding to photograph!  The weather was better than it had been all week and we were raring to go.  As with most elements of their amazing weekend, the credit must go to Rosena and Fred of Boutique Souk for their impeccable planning, organisation and attention to detail. 

Rachel had chosen the perfect dress…

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I love how excited she is in this picture!

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Meanwhile Julian returned from a morning of golf with the boys…

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I had to get a portrait of Rachel in front of that awesome door!

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The day before Rachel told us how “un-photogenic” she is…WHATEVER!

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Gordon was a very proud Dad!

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The girls…

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Mum Ingra looked beautiful!

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This is where Rachel gets it from!

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The ceremony location (in the garden) was so beautiful!

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Their daughter Lily is a total crowd pleaser!

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Talented friend Kate made the bouquets…

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It was HOT!

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Time to get married!

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So much joy, I love it!

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Married!

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Some congratulations…

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Canapés and mingling!

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These guys were fantastic!

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We snuck off with the bride and groom for a few portraits around the villa…

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Such a cute family!

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Love this shot of the bridesmaids and groomsmen!

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And finally, the bouquet toss…which as you can see didn’t quite go as planned!

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Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Marrakech – Part Two

Here’s the second half of Rachel and Julian’s big day, let’s start with some table details…

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How amazing does this look?!

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Erica’s pictures!

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I love this next one

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Yummy food!

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Time for speeches!

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The first dance was a LOT of fun!

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Shisha pipe fun…

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Dancing in the rain!

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And what better way to end the evening than a refreshing dip?!

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Magical!

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Rachel and Jules, we can’t thank you enough for choosing us to photograph your wedding…it was amazing!! X

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Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Morocco – The Night Before

When Rachel and Julian asked if we would consider shooting their wedding in Morocco we didn’t think twice about it.  For a start, we have always wanted to do a destination wedding.  Plus I have always wanted to visit Marrakech.  Also we had already met Rachel’s side of the family at her sisters wedding last year and knew that everybody would be lovely :-)   We decided to make a holiday of it and stay for a week (under the pretence that we would be getting acclimatised to the hot weather!), and had been looking forward to it for months.  Normally when you think about how awesome something is going to be, it never quite lives up to the expectation; but this wedding was everything we hoped it would be and a lot more! 

Aside from the beautiful venue, the exciting details, the fabulous weather etc. we were blown away with how welcoming Rachel and Julian were to us, we really felt like part of the wedding.  The event organisers, Rosena and Fred of Boutique Souk, were also incredible…anyone thinking of getting married in Marrakech should get them on board!

The evening before the wedding there was lots planned for all the guests, so we met them over at their villa and followed them like paparazzi for a few hours!  Here’s the lovely and exceptionally smiley Rachel…

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You may recognise Erica and Martin from our website (we photographed their gorgeous wedding last October!)

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We headed to the night market in Marrakech where there was lots of mingling and a guide who led us to the awesome mint tea!

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Here’s Julian. Believe it or not he is JUST as smiley as his bride!

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After the tour we jumped on ‘Caleches’ (horse drawn carriages) which took us back to the villa.  Despite being a total wuss to start with (we were sitting up with the drivers), I absolutely loved it!  Plus they don’t go very fast so we were snapping away trying to get cool street scene shots!

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Crazy traffic!

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This is my favourite, I may have to get this up in our house somewhere!

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Time to introduce the amazing villa…drum roll please….

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An amazing roof top party had been arranged, it was simply stunning!

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Erica was being a dutiful sister/bridesmaid and taking Polaroid’s for the place cards (you’ll see them soon on the wedding post!)

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This guy had some crazy pouring skills!

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And finally here’s a shot of the almost Mr & Mrs…

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Ali & Steven’s Wedding at Belle Époque – Part Two

Here is part 2 of Ali & Steven’s fab day – sorry it’s been a while coming!

Some of their lovely table details:

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What an awesome cake this is!

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Speeches:

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The speeches were funny:

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The bride working her minions:

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Fun in the bushes…

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Followed swiftly by the 1st dance!

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Hope you two are enjoying married life! x

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Ali & Steven’s Wedding at Belle Epoque – Part One

Ali & Stephen are awesome, we had so much fun at their wedding.  The Belle Epoque in Knutsford is such a cool and unique venue, and the fact that the sun was shining all day was the icing on the cake.  It was an emotional day, with a few tears and lots of laughter, and Ali and Stephen looked so happy to be getting married.  We’ve decided to give these guys a couple of blog posts, so stay tuned for Part Two which will include reception details (including the amazing cake!), speeches and dancing.  For now, here’s the first half of the day!

Check out the blue sky

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Beautiful dress…

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Beautiful Bride!

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I want some wings!

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Meanwhile Steven was mingling in the sunshine!

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Dress time!

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LOVE this one!

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The girls…

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Time to get hitched…

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The FEAR!

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The three stages of ‘the kiss’!

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Some happy people…

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We went for a wander with Mr & Mrs…

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I am in love with this next one!

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Phone boxes ROCK!

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Thanks Ali & Steven for making our job so easy! X

Stay tuned for Part Two coming soon!

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