Journal
Weddings, in full, and the occasional thing I have learned along the way.
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The morning of a wedding
What actually happens in the two hours before a ceremony, and why I always arrive for it.
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What to wear for couple portraits
Twenty minutes, comfortable shoes, and nothing you have to keep adjusting.
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The group photograph list, honestly
Eight groups, twenty minutes, and then you get your own party back.
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The best light of the day is not when you think
Work backwards from sunset. Everything else on the day can move; the sun cannot.
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Elin & Mateo · Lisbon
Tiles, a tram, and a first dance on a roof at eleven at night.
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Nadia & Lucas · Val d’Orcia
One chapel, two cypresses and a drive that took longer than the ceremony.
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Ruth & Danny · Puglia
A masseria, forty guests flown in, and a lunch that ran until the light went.
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Clara & Ade · A Bristol townhouse
A city wedding that never left one building, and did not need to.
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Sofia & Ben · Yorkshire, in the rain
It rained from two o’clock. Looking at these you would think they had planned it.
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Hana & Marcus · A Kent orchard
Thirty people, one long table under the trees, and a ninety-one-year-old who danced.