Today was Gemma and Paul’s pre-wedding photoshoot at Cookham Dean Church and Old Luxters Barn in Hambleden near Henley on Thames.  Coined as ‘England’s best Kept Secret’, Old Luxters is tucked away at the top of a long winding lane surrounded by beech trees and its own vineyard.

Gemma and Paul are getting married next month and I am very excited to be photographing them at these beautiful venues.  Gemma’s grandparents got married at the same church and she and Paul are keen to repeat history by posing at the door and by the lych gate.  The first thing I noticed as I walked up to the church was scaffolding which I was told will be there on the day.  One way to solve the problem is to photograph Gemma and Paul at the gate facing the church.  Hopefully you will agree the view through the gate looking away from the church is also pretty. 

I hadn’t been to Old Luxters Barn before.  It is well worth a visit.   There is a countryside mural on the wall inside which, as you can see, works very well as a backdrop.