Nicole and Jonathan - a wedding at Yaxley Hall, Suffolk

A little bit of blog catch-up from earlier in the season.

Nicole and Jonathan got married in April at the beautiful and intimate Yaxley Hall near Eye in Suffolk.

Even if you do have the wonderful barrel vaulted music room of Yaxley Hall as a back-up, planning on having an outdoor wedding in April is a brave move indeed.

So I was delighted when Nicole and Jonathan’s bravery paid off, the sun came out and they were able to have their ceremony in the orchard garden.

Yaxley Hall has been around for over 500 years and the old English meaning for Yaxley is Cuckoo Woods. It was a little early for any cuckoos to be calling but the blue tits, robins and dunnocks were in full song as Nicole walked through the orchard towards an expectant, and somewhat emotional, Jonathan.

After some family shots on the lawn in front of the hall we spent some time with the bride and groom getting some nice portraits before heading to the marquee for the speeches and wedding breakfast. A tremendous amount of effort went into dressing and decorating the marquee, bunting, fine china, home-made cinder toffee, cupcakes lots of lovely cupcakes! There was even a full size shabby chic dresser brought in especially for the table plan, fantastic.

After their first dance the floor was invaded by Nicole’s bridesmaids and despite some very high heels her maid of honour, Lydia, preformed a Busted style leap, very impressive.

As we departed the party was in full swing and it looked like it was going to be a very good night indeed.

Here are a few shots from the day.

Nicole and Jonathan - Yaxley Hall, Suffolk from Brian Egan Photography on Vimeo.

Jubilee beacon lighting at Morston Quay

After a long day shooting a wedding on Saturday and edits on Sunday it was nice to relax a little yesterday and head to see one of the two Jubilee beacons being lit.

The pleasant weather meant a really good gathering and Norfolketc kindly opened up their grounds where a local band entertained the crowds and barbecues were provided for people to bring their own food to cook on.

Four local children led a torch-lit procession to the beacon before it was set alight along with over 4000 around the rest of the UK.  The other local beacon was on top of Blakeney Church which could be seen from Morston and with an almost full moon rising as the beacons were lit there was a great atmosphere.

Here are a few shots from the evening.