Wiston House Wedding Photographer: Sussex Wedding Photography: Lisa and Matthew's Wedding at Wiston House, West Sussex

My first wedding of 2012 took place at the amazing Wiston House, in West Sussex.

Lisa and Matt were married earlier in the week but i was asked to cover their "real wedding day" a Blessing in the beautiful church in the Wilton Park Estate.

The day was blessed with glorious sunshine which offered up challenging but dramatic lighting, especially when shooting outside into long angle sun. However, working in the winter light is a passion of mine and i always prefer to go with it rather than hiding away.

After the ceremony there followed a wonderful drink reception where we were entertained by the wonderfully talented harpist Fiona Hosford.

It was a really good wedding to kick off the year and it was lovely to work with my good friends from the "Wiston Dream Team". Flowers were by BO-K, Stationery and sweet buffet by Elegant Stationery, the amazing cake was made by Becky from Consumed by Cake and disco by Disco Fever.

I would also like to mention the amazing Amanda Dean and all the Wiston Staff who was stars as usual.

Here are a few moments of the day, all taken on my Nikon D3s using my 24-70 2.8. 180 2.8 and 10.5 2.8 lenses.













I have had a fisheye for years but always prefer to use it sparingly. However this scene was crying out for it!






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Sussex Wedding Photographer: Yet More Kind Words

Just received another very kind email. Its always a dream to read such nice comments about the work you have done for fabulous clients.

Dear Peter

The photos are fantastic the ones of the dancing and the fancy dress are just brilliant they capture the atmosphere perfectly. You are a genius.!

Can't wait for another event so we can work with you again even I think three weddings would be a little too much. Happy New Year.

Kindest regards


Gail and Gavin

You can see images from Gail and Gavin's wonderful weddings here.

My wedding portfolio can be viewed here.

Wedding Photographer Sussex: Gail and Gavin at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

Gail and Gavin were actually married in August and i had the privilege of being their wedding photographer. You can see some of the images here.

They had also a planned a much larger event for the blessing of their wedding, which was a black tie do held at the amazing Grand Hotel in Eastbourne. This was a surprisingly informal and fun day, although after the summer wedding, i should have been expecting it!

After a short ceremony in the Princes' room for the blessing, the fun began with a drinks reception in the East Quarter and the main event in the stunning Compton Room.

The detail and planning by Gail became a fabulous reality by the the team at Bows Hire and was topped off by flowers by Grand Flowers and finishing touches by Joanne at Elegant Stationery.

After the meal the guests were encouraged to join in the fancy dress theme and as a surprise were entertained by Elvis himself!

Here are a few highlights of the day, all taken on my Nikon D3s.

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The Grand at Christmas: elegant and stunning!









This has become one of my "Signature Images" at the Grand. Love the setting and the light!







The beautiful Compton Room



Following my good friend, Toastmaster Stephen Hall into the wedding breakfast.

Grand Hotel Wedding Photographer: Emma and Keith's Christmas Wedding

Emma and Keith were married at the beautiful Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, East Sussex on the penultimate Saturday before Christmas.

I love working at the Grand during the festive season as it is second to none as a winter wedding venue. The stunning interior combined with wonderful decorations make it the perfect place for a Christmas wedding.

Emma and Keith had booked me at the Wedding Showcase back in March and i had been looking forward to it for quite a while.

The day was extremely relaxed and topped off with a reception in the Compton Room, that had been superbly decorated by Toby and Gemma from the wonderful Bows Hire .

Here are a few favourite pictures from the day. Using the Nikon D3s i was able to produce superb images shooting at 1600-6400iso utilising environmental light to reproduce all the atmosphere of the day as unobtrusively as possible.























You can view my wedding portfolio here.

The Ravenswood Wedding Photographer: Stephanie and Ivan's Wedding

Stephanie and Ivan were married at the beautiful St Nicholas Church, Worth near Crawley in Sussex. It was an amazingly sunny winter's day that welcomed them.

The ceremony was a huge part of their day and following the taking of communion, they left for the Ravenswood, sent on their way by a tunnel of confetti in the dark.

It was a very atmospheric and dark drinks reception but as ever the D3s coped superbly in the conditions, which saw me shooting primarily at 3200 and 6400 iso without any real issues.

Here are a few favourite pictures from the day.

The Grand Hotel Wedding Photographer: Elizabeth and Alan

I love shooting winter weddings at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, especially in the run up to Christmas. At this time of year the hotel is a magical place to be!

Elizabeth and Alan's intimate wedding was the first of three weddings at the Grand i am booked to cover in December.

As the ceremony was at 4pm, the atmosphere was very cosy and warm and together with the stunning interior i was able to take advantage of some great opportunities to capture some beautiful images of the couple.

I was only in attendance for 2 hours, so despite there being only 14 people at the wedding i really had to work flat out to ensure that Elizabeth and Alan receive some great photographs without having to spend all the time posing. Indeed as ever the aim of allowing them plenty of time to enjoy the company of their guests was paramount. This always offers plenty of time for me to capture the details and informal moments at the drinks reception.

Dinner was held in the lovely Gallery Suite, overlooking the main fireplace at the end of the Great Hall.

Although not normally a "camera kit junkie", i am still constantly blown away by the possibilities my Nikon D3s throws up. I am very experienced at "seeing the light" regardless of how feint but this amazing camera certainly allows me to create images in very low light that would have been impossible in the recent past.

Here are a few images from the day, all shot at 1600-6400iso. The only image that has supplementary flash is the cake cutting shot on the balcony of the Gallery Suite which has been used to balance the lighting throughout the image.