Anna Clarke Photography

Anna & James – A Wedding at Orchardleigh House, Bath.

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:15 +0000

I’ve be waiting to blog this beautiful wedding for a while, one of my absolute favourite’s from last year! So relaxed, the sun came out, beautiful venue (have a look here www.orchardleigh.net), a gorgeous and lovely couple and Simon was also filming which is always great (have a look at his site here www.simonclarkefilms.com). Also I had the very lovely Nicola (of Daffodil Waves) along to help me out. It was just fantastic, sun sun sun, yum yum yum!

And here is the wonderful film Simon created!

Sneak Peek – Hannah & Jon – A wedding at Dodford Manor

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:26 +0000

Could this pair BE any more gorgeous? I mean seriously.

Here are a few sneak peeks from Hannah & Jon’s beautiful wedding at Dodford Manor in Northamptonshire. The elements tried to rain on our parade, but we stuck our middle finger up to them and had an absolutely awesome day Check back soon for more images.

Sneak Peek – Faye & Chris – A wedding at Hampton Manor

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:08 +0000

Faye & Chris’ wedding was one of my favourites of the year so far. Super relaxed, the timings of everything were perfect, a great venue, a beautiful couple and the sun was out all day which meant my favourite kind of photos, all light, back lit and sun-tastic. We had a fabulous day and congratulations you guys, I can’t wait to show you the rest of the images!

Danielle & Neil – A wedding at Theobalds Park in London

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:10:44 +0000

So here it is! Danielle & Neil’s wedding. You just saw the e-shoot (here) and here is the big day itself. The ceremony was at Rickmansworth Church and the reception was at Theobalds Park Manor House in London.

It was utterly fab. The sun came out and the love and energy was so positive and infectious. Si spent the morning chilling with Neil, his family and ushers getting ready, eating breakfast and making tea whilst I was with the very beautiful Danielle, all her bridesmaids and mum. The talented Jodie Hazlewood was busy working her magic on the girls, we all had a good old giggle. Danielle chose her flowers based on the meaning of them and each flower in her hair was carefully picked out to represent truth, loyal love and souls to be forever united, which I found such a lovely sentiment. Look out for the totally awesome cowboy dude and his whip too, scary! The über talented magician Paul Roffman was also on hand to wow the guests during the drinks reception, I honestly think he is an actual wizard

Thank you for such a wonderful day Danielle & Neil, it really was fantastic and such a pleasure to get to know you, we’ll definitely be going for another beer with you guys when we’re next in London.

It was all in the detail: notes about the detail on the day from Danielle:

CAKE: “Rosalind Miller” <info@rosalindmillercakes.com> was a custom design from me -each tier having a different favour, red velvet on the bottom, then vanilla and butterscotch, then siciliian lemon and ending with elderflower on top!

MAGICIAN: “Paul Roffman” <info@paulroffman.co.uk>,

BAND: “Joogleberry Acts” <sue@joogleberry.com>,The Princess and the Peas swing band

My dress: JS Couture – London

Bridesmaids dresses – custom made by JJ Dresses to my specifications (each bridesmaids dress was slightly different to suit the individual)

The Flowers: http://www.andrewflemingflorist.net/

The meanings – Phlox – may our souls be forever united(this was in my hair and in neils button flower)
there was also a white chrysanthemum symbolizing truth and loyal love
there were white hydrangea in the table pieces symbolizes heartfelt emotions. It can be used to express gratitude for being understood.

peonies It symbolizes a happy life, happy marriage, good health and prosperity.

the flowers on the table were by Sioned Rodgers – we had her dress the room – the colour of the chair covers was a new colour which was fresh with a neutral palette that worked with the pink and the vintage tones (it wasn’t a themed wedding but this is where the inspiration for some of the details came from)

We made our own chutney (which is something we both love) and I designed the labels (as well as everything else – the invites the programme etc etc) with 2 love bugs holding hands

We had messages in mini bottles at each guest place setting which had quotes from famous poets and musicians inspired by love.

My dad also made a cd with a picutre of us from our engagement shoot on it with a playlist he had created of songs that were playing through the dinner

All the tables were named after our favourite poets and everyones placesetting was written on a luggage tag which obviously lots of guests (our mates) ended up wearing!

We also had musical note paper confetti everywhere which i loved…

The wishing tree was a lovely thing for us as it grew throughout the event with lovely messages on little luggage tags and our guestbook was a repurposed novel ‘ a sociable plover’ which had been handmade and bought in a shop on columbia road market east london and we had a birdcage for the cards as well.

Sneak Peek – Kate & Martyn – A wedding at Cliff Barns, Norfolk

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:26:40 +0000

Here are a couple of sneak peeks from Saturday’s wedding at the amazing Cliff Barns in Norfolk. It was such a beautiful day, uber chilled, the sun came out, Frank the dog was bounding around and the garden games provided endless fun and laughter, not to mention the huge selection of ales at the bar. Congratulations you guys and thank you for such a fab day.

Check back soon for the full wedding.

Have a great day, Anna x

Kate & Martyn – An e-shoot in Manchester

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:22:34 +0000

This beautiful pair get married tomorrow at the fabulous Cliff Barns in Norfolk. We had a great time in Manchester (mainly drinking beer) and I know the wedding is going to be epic. Also check out their great wedding website that Martyn designed therilospens.co.uk

See you in the morning guys!

Danielle & Neil – An e-shoot in London

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Emma & Chris – An e-shoot in Leamington

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:00:34 +0000

Nik & Steph – A Brighton Wedding

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:08:26 +0000

The lovely Nik & Steph got married last year at the beautiful Horsted Place in Uckfield just outside Brighton. The sun came out to play and helped move the odd shower along so everyone could enjoy the beautiful grounds.

There were lots of lovely details thoughtfully placed around the venue all of which were personal to them and Steph even made her own dress, she’s clearly one talented lady.

Nik and Steph are the cutest couple, rarely did their eyes glance away from each other and it’s clear as day how head over heels in love they are. Thank you for having us there to share your big day guys, it was fabulous.

Mark & Charlotte – A London Wedding

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:00:17 +0000

Mark and Charlotte tied the knot last year in London. They had their reception at Davy’s in Canary Wharf, it was really lovely and chilled, even the sun popped out for drinks on the river, bliss. They put so much effort into decorating the place, it looked ace. Charlotte’s sister actually went into labour in the morning would you believe, she managed to hold out until after dinner though before making her way to the hospital to give birth to a beautiful baby girl, Eve.

Congratulations Mark and Charlotte and thanks for having us along to your brilliant celebration.