When Best Friends Get Married…

Introducing…

The Bride: Jessica Bauermeister – number two of seven siblings (all beginning with J!)
The Groom: Douglas Faulkner – best friend to said Bride
The Venue: The stunningly beautiful Wasing Park
The Florist: Lindsey Kitchin of The White Horse Flower Company
The Vicar: Rev Becky Bevan (well known for causing much giggling amongst her congregations with her unique sense of honesty and wit)
The Photographer: lucky me!
Some might say Jess and Doug had the ‘A Team’…we might say that we did too!

This day was a day of proper ‘hurty cheeks’ from smiling so much!
This was a day of real, genuine celebration of the love between two soul mates.
This was a day that I felt so honoured to be a part of…

This was the day that Jess married her best friend, Doug.

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This was a wedding full of special touches. A wedding that illustrates that you don’t have to spend a fortune to make it beautiful. As a pair of young sheep farmers, Jess and Doug’s inspiration came right out of the countryside they love so much. Jess’ bouquet was simple, yet stunning and had a ‘just gathered from a summer field’ feel to it – appropriately tied with wool instead of ribbon.

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This day was just so full of fun! Yes, there were plenty of emotional moments but most of all laughter.

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Even Rev Becky was in with the sheep theme with her special stole!

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Jess was quite possibly one of the happiest brides I have ever had the pleasure of photographing and just about managed to stop skipping long enough to eat something!

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And then there were a few quiet moments, long enough to say, ‘We’ve just got married!’…

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And after all of the celebrating, delicious food, laughter and dancing were done…the cows were there to say goodbye. A perfect end to a country wedding!

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All that’s left for me to say is a HUGE ‘thank you’ to Mr and Mrs Faulkner for the privilege of telling your story with my photographs. What a very special story it is!

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