I headed down to Bury St Edmonds to day to meet up with Colleen & Paul for their pre wedding shoot around the grounds of the Abbey . I was tempted to put the roof down on the way as the weather was just glorious, but decided that I woud be too windswept after bombing down the A11, so saved it for after.
I have to admit that in all the times I had been to Bury St Edmonds before [ I have friends who used to live there], I had never set foot in the Abbey grounds. Apart from the fact that it was the start of the Easter Holidays and the world and his wife were there, it is a great place for a shoot.
On the way to meet up wth Colleeen & Paul I took a wrong turn and ended up on the other side of town from the Abbey. Knowing it was much of a walk I decided to just park up and walk through – I hadn’t been for amny years so was quite surpised to see the new [?] Debenhams building – very space age and would be worth some photography in it’s own right with suitable lighting conditions.
Had a great shoot around the grounds – I always love the pre wedding shoots. They are so worthwhile as they give me a chance to “get to know” the couple before their wedding, plus everyone who has one says that it really help them to get comfortable in front of the camera.
It wasn’t until we had pretty much finished and had just taken the previous shoot , that I walked past the sign below,
I thought the park keeper, who cutting the grass nearby, was giving us funny looks!! Whoops!!
After the shoot, we were going to stop by what is possibly the smallest pub in the world, The Nutshell, but unfortunately there were already three people in there so there was no room……
