Leicester Wedding Photographer Ian Bursill

The penultimate wedding of 2011 saw me travelling down the A14 to Northamptonshire to the Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Burton Latimer and afterwards at Rushton Hall for the wedding of Mark and Jill. The morning was split between bridal prep, then a quick 15 minutes down the local pub with the boys and then back to the house to complete the getting ready shots. The ceremony itself was great with a very friendly & accommodating vicar, but was a challenge as it was so dark inside. However, the Nikon D3, along with the vibration reduction on the amazing 70-200mm II VR lens and a very steady hand ensured that fairly light work was made (do pardon the pun) and all without the use of intrusive flash.

The rest of the day carried on in the same vein, throwing up some very challenging low-light conditions, but the flash only came out for the group formals which were carried out in one of the grand rooms at Rushton Hall. I do love the challenge that shooting winter weddings throws up, they are completely different to summer weddings for several reasons, the obvious one being the limited amount of daylight you have to work with, but also for the quality of the light when the sun is so low in the sky. The sun came out briefly during the bridal prep in the morning, helping to create some lovely lighting but unfortunately retired behind cloud cover for the rest of the afternoon. My personal favourites selected to tell the story of the day are below.