Amp & Johnny (married) - a low key, hip, DIY, East End wedding.

Anne-Marie, know to her friends and family as AMP, finally met me just over a week before her wedding. When she suggested the initial meet be for a drink and a chat in The Dove on Broadway Market then I knew it was meant to be. Even more exciting was when she revealed that she and Johnny lived in one of the architect Erno Goldfinger's buildings in East London - I have a soft spot for a well considered bit of late 60's brutalism.

When I arrived in the day itself, it was all systems go as AMP tried on five (yes, five!)  vintage dresses before settling on the one she would eventually wear. I got well aquainted with their incredibly cute kids,    and before we knew it, it was time to head off to Bromley Register office for the ceremony.

True to the DIY spirit of the day the ceremony was warm but low key, with close friends and family. Everyone headed back to theirs for champagne toasts and nibbles before their friends left to go and decorate Hanbury Hall, the venue for the evening merriment.

I left in order to try and get some shots of the hall being decorated but quickly found myself stringing bunting, filling balloons with helium and attempting to erect a DIY photobooth complete with props purloined from the halls various storage areas. 

At the very end of the day, I managed to steal AMP and Johnny away for some couple shots. I knew there were some great and incredibly picturesque streets nearby in Spitalfields, but hadn't banked against the most beautiful backdrop just a stone's throw from the party venue. it was one of the old merchant houses but semi derelict and covered in peeling paint in the most amazing hue of washed out pink and accompanied by mini grafitti - little monks parading along the side of the pavement. It quickly became a favourite spot.

It was an amazing experience for my first ever wedding - seeing the love between Anne-Marie and Johnny, and being allowed to be part of their special day was beyond touching and I want to say a big thanks to them.

Anyway, to the pictures...