To be honest, when you’re at a wedding every week, there could be the expectation that you’ve seen pretty much everything that could happen. But not in my wildest dreams could I have expected to be involved in something like James and Lauren’s wedding. Over the space of two days, I had the opportunity to document something that I’ve never ever seen nor could possibly expect to see again – a circus wedding where every guest was dressed up, circus performers did amazing acts, a well trained dog brought the rings down the aisle and photographs with a motorbike that not only was the bride’s father’s labour of love, but in essence a family heirloom.
After over 10 years together, Lauren decided that 2012 (having a February 29th which traditionally was the day women are “allowed” to propose to their partners) was an apt opportunity to propose. She hung a banner on a bridge over a motorway and shocked the life out of James as they drove underneath. And here they were with beaming smiles, Lauren dressed as a showgirl and James as an circus ringmaster, getting married in The Spiegeltent surrounded by the most colourful set of guests the world will probably ever see.
I need to thank my awesome friend Ian who filled in at the last minute when Kristen was taken ill – he’d never photographed using Canon before but read the manual on the morning of the wedding to figure out where all the buttons were and took a whole bunch of amazing photographs which are intermingled in the images below.
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1. so glad there were no clowns at this circus party. they’re kinda scary.
2. i can’t decide which outfit was best (other than the bride+groom) the muscle boy or elephant
3. i’m currently finishing up the book The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and this post kinda brought it to life for me.
All kinds of awesome! What a fun concept. Love, love, love the shot from the back of “gold sequinned hat & jacket man”. :)
I absolutely love this wedding, so unique, so colourful, so amazing…
amazing! what an incredible couple to go with their heart and plan the day they want not what everyone expects them to have.