Category Archives: Couples & Pre-wedding

I had such a fabulous time with Hannah & Elliot for their West Dean Gardens pre wedding photo shoot the other day.  What a find!  West Dean Gardens is so pretty – even on a wintry Spring day with a flurry of snow outside!  I couldn’t believe our luck when we found beautiful pink blossoms in a stunning white washed Victorian greenhouse and a couple of vintage bikes just screaming out to be carefully borrowed for a shot!  The scenery there is breath-taking, they actually do weddings too (if anyone is interested, I would love to come and photograph your day there!!) – I can only begin to imagine how beautiful the gardens are in-season with the wisteria all along the 300 ft Edwardian Pergola…

Hannah & Elliot are a gorgeous couple – fun to be with and a dream to photograph.  They love relaxed natural photos which hopefully I managed to achieve for them – Hannah did leave me a lovely comment on my Facebook page so I think they’re happy (phew!).  I could have carried on snapping photos all day but I “let” them go (hehehe) after about an hour as we couldn’t feel our toes any more!  Jeez is was cold!  But… a lovely contrast to what their gorgeous summer wedding photos will be in late August at Duncton Mill Fishery – can’t wait!

Nicki Feltham Wedding Photographer

 

 

James & Kylie are such a fun couple and their pre wedding shoot on the beach and Bognor Regis pier was a right giggle – think chip fights and a pretend tea party in a fishing boat!

I’m so pleased I rearranged my busy social life (if only!) for them… it was only a few weeks ago I had booked up to go to Goodwood Revival as a treat on the last Saturday I had left in September… then I got an email from James & Kylie!!  Could I photograph their DIY wedding at Holycombe Steam park on the same date? …  erm … YES please!!  So a quick email back to Goodwood to get swapped to the Sunday and hey presto I was available.  Luckily they did book and last weekend we met on the beach for some pre wedding fun and a save the date photo – that I can’t share till they’ve sent cards out to their friends & family but I’d like to share it eventually as they used a fab new wooden sign I had custom-made.

Here are some of my favourite shots – can’t wait for their big day in September, I’ve a feeling it’s going to be a very fun, happy day!

pre wedding shoot

You don’t have to be getting married to have a couple’s loved up session – on the beach, the countryside or where-ever.  Then you can have some shots that aren’t taken on the iPhone at arms length with the camera pointing back down towards yourselves  😉

A couple of weekends ago I wrapped up warm (but not warm enough!) and headed to a very cold and breezy west beach for a few pre wedding photos with Peter and Rosey who are tying the knot in a couple of months at one of my favourite venues – Bartholomew Barns.  Can’t wait!  It was so nice to get to know them a little better and despite the cold we had a giggle and at least they had lots of cuddling up moments to keep each other warm ❤ !!

Here are some of my favourites from their little shoot – lovin’ the wellies Rosey!!

pre wedding photos
 

It was great to finally meet the gorgeous Lorna & Mike as their big day at Gaynes Park in Essex is coming up fast!  We were so lucky with the weather, such big beautiful blue skies and despite Brighton seafront being chocka block we’ve managed to make it look like they were the only two people on the beach – they may as well have been anyway!

I think…  in fact I’m sure I’m going to have a lot of fun at their wedding – Gaynes Park is beautiful and can only be more so at Christmas time.  I’ve heard so much about their lovely friends too who helped pull off what has to be the most romantic engagement story I’ve ever heard that involved candles and lanterns in a forest, Lorna having to shout YES followed by fire works!  She was totally blown away – I would be too and was whilst they told me all about it with the biggest smiles ever on their faces.  Can’t wait for their wedding day  🙂

I love big family shoots like this – where it’s a present for mum and she has all her children around her with their other halves and children / dogs etc!!  Tricky to get it right, don’t want the photos to be too posed but it’s hard to get everyone in the one photo if they’re all running in different directions!  So we did a few posed but with genuine smiles of course (!) then a few smaller more natural group photos.  Like jumping the breakwaters – aww that was the best!!  Couldn’t have timed it better  🙂  Here are some of my favourites – meet the Bonds!

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