Natalie & Andy - 23rd April 2011

My starting point for today's wedding was the Manor House at the Norton Park Hotel in Hampshire where the bride Natalie was getting ready. It's the first time I've shot at this location and was overwhelmed at the variety of places to take images with an aesthetic surrounding. There's a huge lake and beautiful wooded grounds with a number of rustic outbuildings and a Hampshire barn, which is used as a wedding venue, albeit not ours today. We were destined to travel about 10 minutes away.

I shot with an old mate and impassioned full time award winning pro photographer Paul Shergold - a member of our cooperative who runs his own photography business Sheer Gold Photography from Gosport in Hampshire. Paul is getting married to the lovely Nicola Saxon in August this year and I'll be shooting that one too with Nedine O'Brien. Paul is pictured above at the venue for today's wedding - The Clock Barn at Tufton Warren farm in Whitchurch, Hants.

All the suppliers to the Clock Barn are as local as possible, reducing their environmental footprint and making their impact on our planet's finite resources more responsible. I get fed up with hearing "greenwash" propaganda by opportunist companies seizing a marketing ploy and cashing in on environmental trends without actually doing anything significant, but the staff I met at the Clock Barn seemed genuinely committed to making a difference. The level of service was excellent and grub was fresh and locally sourced. I'd certainly recommend it to others.

There were four generations of Andy's family in attendance today, so we couldn't miss the opportunity to photograph them all. On the far right, on grandma's lap is Amy the daughter of Andy and Natalie. In the centre of this shot are Amy's three great grandparents and far left is her granddad trying unsuccessfully to look like he loves having his photograph taken.

This is an internal shot of the barn. 60 minutes beforehand, the Deputy Registrar Tim had been conducting the wedding ceremony.

Andy and Amy having a stroll in the grounds of the Clock Barn.

None of these cars were hired for the wedding. Andy's family and friends are enthusiasts and mechanics and the cars ended up featuring in a number of the day's shots. The sun was cracking the slabs for most of the day with a 27 degree high ensuring that those wearing suits were melting for most of the afternoon. The grounds of the Clock Barn were fortunately landscaped well with good trees for shade cover.

Not one cake but about 200 cup cakes and a regular fruit cake topped this stack. To say they were well received would be the understatement of the year. Made by hand and with love by Jenny from CutiCups.com pictured here with her work (or should that be works) of art.

As always, we only show a handful of the day's images on our blog. For a larger set please feel free to click the link here for the TPS Website. Back in London for next week's wedding (no not that one paid for by our taxes, but the lovely Keri's cousin Laura. I'll be working with Nedine again for that one, so watch this space folks.