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NICKY & RICHARD – ST MARY THE VIRGIN SALEHURST

Nicky and Richard needed an east Sussex documentary wedding photographer. Firstly, we met over a beer or two and got on really well. In addition, Richard is a tree surgeon and I needed some work doing. They married in St Mary’s Salehurst and held their reception in the open Sussex countryside.

Nicky got ready round the corner in Robertsbridge with her parents and bridesmaid Kate. I spent the morning with them before meeting Richard just across the road from the church on what was a beautiful summer’s afternoon. St Mary’s dates back to the 13th century and is the largest rural church in East Sussex.

Following a traditional ceremony was a wonderful reception overlooking the rural Sussex landscape. Richard hand built the stunning bar from enormous slabs of oak as well as creating all the seating inside the marquee. The wedding breakfast had to be dug out of the earth where it had been cooked underground for hours in a pit oven! A traditional Maori method called a Hangi. It’s not every wedding reception where the cooks also perform a series of Haka for the couple. Nicky and Richard jumped up for their impromptu first dance!

The party went on well into the night and the weather held too making for a fantastic, almost festival atmosphere.

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Bride smiling at bridesmaid

Bride tying fathers necktie

Close up of buttons on back of wedding dress

Elderely father of the bride smiling by Sussex documentary photographer James Robertshaw

Groom laughing with friends by Sussex documentary photographer James Robertshaw

Bride arriving in wedding car by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Bride and groom smiling during wedding ceremony

Bride and groom kneeling in church by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Bride and groom walking back up the aisle just married

Guests congratulating couple outside church by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Guests congratulating couple outside church

Bride and groom in wedding car by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Bride on hillside greeting wedding guests

Rural Sussex marquee wedding reception

Wedding reception table with flowers

Wedding guests with classic car

Opening a Hangi pit oven at rural Sussex wedding reception

Champagne flutes laid out on wooden table

Wedding speeches by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Wedding speeches

Wedding speeches

Children playing in marguee at summer wedding

Wedding guests chatting

Bride tickling child at wedding reception by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Portrait of wedding guest by Sussex documentary wedding photographer James Robertshaw

Wedding guests chatting

Weddng first dance

Bride and groom kissing on dance floor

Wedding dancefloor

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