The photos!

Probably the thing I was most excited about in the aftermath of the wedding was seeing the photos. Four weeks to the day following the wedding we therefore made the journey down to Salisbury to Helen's studio to see what she had in store for us and to choose the photos for the album. We'd been looking forward to it not just to see the pictures but also because we love spending time with Helen and always end up having a laugh. The fact we get on so well was almost more important than the brilliant quality of her work when it came to us deciding to use her. 

Almost immediately upon arriving our dog Henry disgraced himself. Things were set to get better though and we sat down with hot drinks to watch a slideshow of the photos. I might be biased but I thought they were extraordinary. The creativity of some of the compositions blew me away. Overall when seeing the photos two things struck me - first the sheer joy, not just on my face but on everybody's faces, and second the vibrancy and colour of the photos. Everything was so vivid and it brought back the most amazing recollections of the day. 

Then came the hard part. From the 547 photos we were shown we had to narrow them down to 60 for the album. Needless to say we failed. Our initial shortlist was 127 photos which we managed to narrow down to 120. At the end of the day I don't really mind the extra cost as the album will be with us forever and I want it to be the best reminder of our perfect day as it can be. We're currently busy being very picky customers and are embroiled in the process of approving the album. Thus far we're on the third version with most of the revisions being to reinstate the original images/ sizes/ colours. Seems like Helen knows best after all. With any luck we'll have the albums in time for Christmas. That's a big tick beside Christmas presents for parents!