So I headed over to Poland to attend a small wedding and ended up as the impromptu photographer. I only had two lenses with me, both wide but thankfully they were both just about fast enough to deal with a dark venue without a flash.
The venue was a beautiful catholic church where the priest did the ceremony in both English and Polish for the benefit of both the families of the couple.
Outside a beautiful, old, communist era bus sat waiting for us to take us to the reception venue following the ceremony in the church. The weather held out just about long enough for us to get the the reception before letting out an eruption of temporary heavy sideways rainfall and strong winds.
Despite there being a definite language barrier I still got to meet some great people and was invited to toast the marriage of Sam and Ola on their wedding day, in the Polish fashion, with many many shots of Vodka (or at least, in my case, just a few).
p.s I have changed my photo format slightly on the blog to make images easier to view without the slideshow – any feedback would be appreciated… Enjoy.
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Fiona Lansdown
July 22, 2012
What wonderful photos Fri, thank you. We look forward to seeing some more soon.
Fiona & Andrew
Carol Jones
July 23, 2012
Lovely photos;lovely people;lovely day! we look forward to seeing more in August!!!! Many many congratulations Sam and Ola. Carol and Mike xx
Hilary Ellis
July 23, 2012
These photos are fabulous Fri, really capture the fun, romantic atmosphere of the wedding!
Hilary, Stuart and Pamela
Hilary and John
July 23, 2012
Lovely photos. Thank you so much!
Hilary & John (Sam’s second cousins)
Vancouver Island, Canada