Hatch house - Charlotte and Sam - Wiltshire wedding photography.

Charlotte and Sam gave me full documentary reign and I loved it.

Charlotte and Sam!!!! What a day, what a wedding!! If there was ever a wedding where I thought “I wished these guys had paid for a 2nd photographer to help me” this was it haha!! But I would have done the whole thing again in a heartbeat.

Half the time I didn’t know where to point my camera as the music and mayhem kept continuing.

I think this wedding contains many of my personal favourite shots I’ve taken so far in my wedding photography journey. The license and trust they gave me to be creative in the style I love. The two very different amazingly beautiful venues. Charlotte and Sam are just a beautiful couple who do not leave each other’s sides. The freedom I was allowed with no group shots, no portraits, no cake shot, just purely free to capture the day. All of this came together on the day and I absolutely loved it.

I was in my element.

So how did you guys first meet?

I went for dinner with my sister and fancied one more drink & went into Charley’s bar in Gillingham where I hadn’t been in years and there was Sam!

My sister did all the hard work, asked him loads of questions and then told him I liked men to be confident, so he asked for my number!

How did Sam pop the question? Anywhere nice?

We were staying at The Pig, Nr Combe for Sam’s birthday in a beautiful room where we’d stayed for my birthday a few years before (same room) and Sam wrote me a note on the pad in the room.

He handed it to me saying it was a really important note, as I read it (Will you marry me?) he got down on 1 knee.

What made you guys choose the venues?

Sam’s mum & stepdad got married at Hatch House a few years ago. We fell in love with how laid back it was and how beautiful it would be to marry outside – thankfully the weather was gorgeous!

We had the party on Sam’s stepdads land, which is simply the most beautiful setting.

What theme was the inspiration for your wedding?

Simply laid back, relaxed and not too much fuss! A bit of a festival vibe!

What made you choose “Ho Hey” as your first dance?

Sams in a band and since I very first saw them play a gig and since then, they play Ho Hey, Lumineers. We love the words and how fun it is!

Any tips for future bride and grooms planning their big day?

Do exactly what you want! Don’t feel like you have to follow tradition. Enjoy yourself throughout the planning and the actual day! Don’t get stressed!!!!!!

Finally, (The best bit of any wedding) where is/was your honeymoon and how was it?

Minimoon – Went back to The Pig for 1 night- same room as Sam proposed in! And then we went to Mevagissey, Cornwall for a beautifully sunny week.

Big honeymoon – still planning!!!