A wedding in a blizzard in North Buckinghamshire

I think having a wedding on 18th December means, for the bride and groom, in the back of their mind there is the small hope of snow or a crisp icy whiteness on their wedding day.  I’m not sure however that Paul and Claire would ever have imagined the amount of snow they would have on their wedding day.

I can honestly say that throughout the morning it was a full on blizzard, I have certainly never photographed a wedding in the conditions we had.

When I pulled up the the house in the morning to capture the all important shots of the bride getting ready, it was snowing quite lightly and all the roads where clear.  This didn’t last however, after the church ceremony it would be fair to say at least a foot of snow had laid, I felt like I was in the Alps not north Buckinghamshire.

It was an absolutely wonderful day, the relaxed attitude of Claire and Paul was amazing. The blizzard fell all around them but as they could walk to the church they didn’t seem to mind. They just seemed full of happiness that their wedding day had finally arrived.

Sadly not all the guests could make it to the wedding ceremony as it was in a small church in rural Buckinghamshire (I’m impressed with those guests who abandoned the car and walked to ensure they got their though, what great friends!).

After the ceremony it was an unscheduled trip to the pub two doors up, while decisions where made whether we could make it through the blizzard to the wedding reception venue, and if in fact we could get down the field to the converted Tythe Barn when we did make it.

I’m pleased to say we did make it to the reception as did about 75% of the guests.  It was an interesting journey in but well worth it to capture some amazing photographs of an equally amazing wedding day.