Santorini Honeymoon Sunset shoot. 29th june 2016

After a day on the beach we are going to have a wedding photo shoot at sunset on our balcony , Jan has brought her wedding dress for this occasion .

Sunset is directly in front of our private balcony with the "Caldera" volcano over to the left with Fira town on our right .  Sunset is about 8.30 ish , but the low setting sun illuminates the white buildings for about 10 minutes or so starting about 8.10 - 8.15 . So i have only a short time to get the photos i want with the lovely warm light.

I have set the 5dsr with a 17-40 wide angle on a tripod, shooting at f10 , and varying iso between 200 and 400 , with flashgun and large diffuser . I have also set the external flash synq speed  to 1/200 - 1/60 th so the camera  exposes for the background and the flash freezes any movement.    in theory anyhow :)

                                                                 1/125 th  iso 200  f10

                                                              1/100 th  iso 200  f10

                                                                       1/60 th  f10  iso 200

 Now we have lost the warm light,  i am using a slower flash synq to give longer exposure for the darkening conditions , and allow more of the natural light in combination with slightly higher iso .

                                                                    1/60 th  f8  iso 400

                                                                     1/15 th  f10  iso 400

                                                                   1/10 th  f10  iso400

                                                              10 seconds , f14  iso 100

                                                                  15 seconds , f14 iso100

                      After a successful shoot we are now going out for a walk and a snack :)

              Love the statue sitting on the building with No feet!     thought it was a person initially :)

                                                       A Last phone shot by our pool

                                                         Another great day in Paradise :D

Post Wedding Garden Party - june 25 th 2016

 After our Wedding ceremony  HERE

We are now going to take the bus back home for our garden party , on the no 60 which Jan used to travel on with her brother years ago   .

 But first, Jules who has been kindly taking the pictures for us today, wants to do an Abbey Road cover style image......

     On the back seat :)   listening to beatles and other old 60 s music blasting out ,  Party time :D

         We wait for everyone to make their way to our house before walking down so the confetti can be thrown :)

No we can go in to view the wedding cake ...........................   and  Prosecco is waiting ...........

                                               Buffet in the conservatory ,  it didnt last long  lol

                                                                       The Cake

                                               Butterfly cup cakes and on the top...........

                                  The Terrible Twosome and ourselves  ,     how cool is that!

                                                            Let the party commence.........

                            
                                 Dave, Tanya and Gina who came a long way to be here today:)

         Tanya, Paul and Jakey  who came all the way from down south and met up with Dave and Gina who came down from the Lakes for our big day.  Thanks Guys :)

                                                             My new step daughters

                                                         Time to throw the bouquet :)

                                                                                  Take 1 !

                                                      Up it goes, straight up!!!!!!!!!  haha

                                                 and straight Down!!!!!!!!   lol

                                                                              Take 2

                                                             Who is going to catch it?

 

                                                                                Ellie :D

                                                        Gina's glass has run out Again................    

                                                Time to cut the cake................................

                                             Garden Party selfi , courtesy from Dave

The end of a fabulous day , We would like to say thanks to everyone who helped and attended.

                                            Next stop ........................... Santorini :D


In the morning , i found Jan has been decapitated :(     

Happiest Day of my Life 25th June 2016

It has been a while since my last blog,  i/we have been so busy getting all preparations for Our wedding.
The house and garden have been all decorated/planted ready in time for our big day and garden party.

Saturday June 25th came really fast and we where constantly looking at the weather forecast every hour watching it change from looking great to being rather wet!
The big day arrived , Jan spent the night at her sisters, while I stayed at home to finish putting out all the decorations and table/chairs in the morning with help from Jack,Laura and Ellie (Jan's Kids )

                                                        Garden before the gazebos went up .

The morning of Our wedding, its blue sky but with dark clouds approaching,  We are all travelling to Wallasey town hall in a vintage bus , a wedding gift from Barry/Lisa.  After finishing putting up the tables and chairs ect, we are waiting in the conservatory and the heavens opened!!!!!!    its chucking it down and not one of us has an umbrella.      The bus is due to pick us up at the top of the road at 10.15 , it is now 10.25 and just as its stops raining we all make our way up to the pick up point.
   No bus yet!   i was a bit worried by this point naturally , but eventually just after half past it came and we all piled on for the 25 minute journey.

                                                                Arrived at the Venue

                                                         Jan arrives with her Dad .

                           We all go into the reception room where the ceremony will take place.        

There is a delay, the music cd wont play in the player!     after a few minutes of trying Jack has decided to play the music from his phone while walking behind the bride.

                                              Best man Pete and myself before the ceremony.

                                                           Theo playing with bubbles

                                                                   Here comes the Bride

                                                                          The vows.

                                             Struggling to put the ring on Jan's finger!     Doh!

                                                                The  Happy Couple.

                                                                         Signing the book

                                                                   My new family :)

                                                Walking down the  The magnificent staircase

                                                 Thanks to Gina for her "slanty" image :D

                       We walked out to take photos just as the blue sky makes an appearance .

                                Attempt at throwing confetti , its a bit too windy here  ......

                       Now to take the Vintage bus back to our home for a big garden party....................