Looking back on 2012 and looking forward to 2013 …

The end of one year and the start of the next is always a great time to sit and reflect on what’s in the past and what is to come. I’ve had the best year yet in my photography business and wanted to share with you images from all my 2012 weddings. A further blog post will cover family photoshoots and also bump to baby sessions.

My wedding year started in March, when I joined Julie and Peter for their celebrations.

May then saw me at Jo and Christian’s wedding at Hamlet’s Hotel … a bright, warm and fun day!

June was a busy month, with three wonderful weddings, first, Joanna and Tom in Lenham …

Followed by Jade and Callum and their Archbishop’s Palace wedding …

And hard on their heels was Emma and Mark’s wedding at St Edmund’s in Canterbury. Pink, stylish and fun!

I had a couple of weekends with “back to back” weddings, ie a Friday wedding followed by another wedding on Saturday. Tiring but inspiring!

Pamela and Daniel’s wedding at Hadlow Manor was such an example. The summer of 2012 was quite a tough one, weatherwise, but the sun shone for this couple … and they were the first of my four weddings at Hadlow Manor in 2012!

The following day saw the celebrations of Carolyn and Daniel who were married in Woodnesborough on a day that was alternately sunny, raining, sunny … you get the picture!

When I mentioned rain, I immediately thought of my next wedding at Lympne Castle with the lovely Frances and Phil – egg and spoon races, Bombay Sapphire Gin as wedding favours, cake made by the groom … gorgeous!

Rowhill Grange was the venue for Emma and Luke’s outside wedding which was delayed until the rain stopped. But it didn’t dampen their enjoyment of the whole day!

August was filled with weddings – six of them in total! Such an amazingly busy month with very individual and personal weddings. Such as that of Tasha and Nick who celebrated a windy outside wedding at the Blazing Donkey. As far as personal details go, this couple filled their day with them!

And the weather was hotting up for Lydia and Peter’s wedding in Whitstable and then at Provender House near Faversham. With a beautiful wedding cake made by Peter’s sister, and whole host of bridesmaids and some dashingly handsome groomsmen, the ingredients were all there for an amazing day!

I returned to Hadlow Manor just a few days later for Julie and Noel – oh the giggling! This image makes me smile every time!

Another hot day in August saw me luckily by the seaside for the Dover wedding of Jakki and Colin. A very unusually styled wedding dress and a love poem … gorgeous!

Another two weddings followed in quick succession … and my first wedding at Quex House for the fabulous Charly and Mark – another lucky couple who managed to dodge the rain!

And a trip to the south coast of Kent for Sarah and Ray’s Sandwich Guildhall wedding with a super set of wedding guests and lots of post-wedding dancing in the sunshine – their wedding day was super hot!

Another four weddings followed in September … starting with teachers Rosie and David and their very large wedding celebrations in Chilham and Faversham. The couple had decided on a sharing wedding breakfast and the choice was amazing!

Teresa and Ray were another of my Hadlow Manor wedding couples on a beautiful and very warm September Saturday!

Another new venue for me, the wonderful Newlands Chapel and the fantastic Kily and Ed. Oh Kily, you took everyone’s breath away when you walked into the chapel … and you looked … gorge!

I also joined Hilary and David for their celebrations at Mount Ephraim – a beautiful wedding venue on a gorgeous late September day.

And my wedding season stretched into October and my last wedding at Hadlow Manor was that of Carole and Peter. Fabulous, fun, relaxed and very entertaining … and the widest of smiles too!

The weather was changing … and for my last wedding of the year, it was 6 degrees and gale force winds. It was great to see out my year for a Faversham wedding and Heather and Andy’s wedding at the Parish Church was windy, cold and full of emotion. And the memories of getting “the” sunset shot will stay with me for ever!

So, that was my year in weddings. I love hearing from all my couples and sometimes even with good news of additions to their families. I’m so looking forward to 2013 and meeting lots of new brides and grooms and creating the most amazing memories. Happy New Year!

If you are interested in discussing your own wedding photography requirements, do email me sam@samanthajonesphotography.co.uk and you can find out more about the current packages on offer by clicking here.