The British Are Coming

Actually they're already here. Have done two weddings this past summer involving citizens of the UK. Both were an absolute blast for me to photograph and I met some really nice people. The first was on July 5th on Carolina Beach. Jenna was like this cool free spirit girl  from California, and James is from the UK. They got married at 9:00 in the morning & it was hot. Don't think our guests from the UK were used to our humidity, but nobody complained as it was a beautiful Carolina day. After the ceremony we did a bunch of family shots followed by romanic images of Jenna & James. Afterwards we went to Havana's restaurant on Carolina Beach. They have a beautiful room on the second floor, that's just perfect for a small post ceremony luncheon. I learned something new @ this wedding. It's sort of a tradition at some weddings in the USA for the bride & groom, after cutting the cake, to smash a piece of cake in each others face. Not so in the UK, I guess. During the cake cutting I had the camera focused on the bride & groom. I should have had it focused on the groom's mom as her expression was priceless; she thought they were mad @ each other.

     The second wedding was at Ocean Isle Beach. Rachel & Alex got married on the beach & had their reception at the Isles restaurant. Rachel wore a beautiful simple dress. She had a bunch of family and friends who came over from the UK. They had such a good time. The toasts were long & meaningful. Food was great and the Brits knew how to drink.  All & all a fantastic wedding. Around sunset we went down to the beach to take advantage of the light to get some more pictures. Overall it was a great wedding. Among the many things I'll remember is the flower girl. She had the cutest British accent I've ever heard.