Over the course of the last few years I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of the other people in Bristol and the South West who also work at weddings. I love meeting new people and by working alongside them I have had a chance to see those who are also really passionate about what they do. I shot quite a few weddings last year where Claire from The Wilde Bunch had been the florist and I have even more this year. She’s very popular and I can see why. I’d heard from a few of my couples about Claire’s barn out in the countryside and mostly out of sheer nosiness I suggested that I could pop out and take some photos for her while she worked! And so this has grown to become ‘a day in the life…’, an occasional series where I can give people a bit of a behind the scenes glimpse into all the different parts that come together to make up a wedding. On the day we shot this Claire was actually working on the flowers for Natalie and Jamie’s wedding, which you can see a preview of here. It was fascinating to hear about Claire’s background in horticulture and to have a mooch around this aladdin’s cave of crates, jars, ornaments and above all flowers and foliage. A big thank you to Claire for letting me do this and a big hello to the most adorable guard dog I’ve ever met, Boots.
You can see Claire’s work featured in…
Rachel + Al’s wedding day at Barnsley House
Gemma + Darren’s wedding day at Goldney Hall
Brigitte + Graham’s wedding day at Goldbrick House
Love this idea for a series Sam! And the photos are great, Boots looks about as good a guard dog as my soft dogs are!
Loving your images and the colour. You have captured Claire in her element beautifully. Great idea.
a lovely post Sam, and a great idea. The shot of Boots yawning is brilliant
We were so lucky to have Claire do our wedding flowers last year. Not only is she very talented but she’s lovely too. She knew exactly what I wanted when we met and the flowers she provided were absolutely stunning. Sadly the flowers did not last but we have your wonderful images of them for us to keep for always. A lovely blog post Sam and of course, fabulous photos as always.
Love these. She is so so lovely :) best florist in the Southwest I think!
Really lovely shots! I love the dog yawning, especially!
Beautiful documentary and gorgeous details…
Great idea for the series Sam and really amazing photos.
Hey again! Like it a lot :) Gives off good vibes
This is really cool! Makes me wanna live in a farm, and it’s a good thing! :)
beautiful work. wonderful use of light
wow. these are gorgeous! And of course, that dog is just the cutest thing ever.
That is just great! Awesome work.
Love the sleeping dog and the flowers on the table.
Aw, Boots is adorable! Is it him on the van as well? Great shots of the flowers and her working! Makes me want to go buy some flora for my house :)
Great set, love the dog yawning! :)
Excellent Sam, a simple shoot executed perfectly. Really enjoyed looking at these :)
Awesome work Sam!
Dear Sam
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking time out to Capture me at Work in The Barn with Boots.
These images now are VIPs
I very very sadly had to put Boots to Sleep on 7th October.
Twig has arrived and is Fabulous in a Completely Different Vibe.
I would love love to invite you Back up to The Barn … a few years on… interesting Blog op of 2 design icons in Our Chosen Fields.
Thank you
Cxx & Twig ;@)