Nicola & Darren, Wedding, Tunnels Beaches, Ilfracombe

March 24, 2013 • 6 Comments

With the kind of dreadful weather we've been having in North Devon recently, it was a pleasant and welcome surprise that we were greeted with such a gloriously sunny day at the stunning Tunnels Beaches wedding venue in Ilfracombe. Always handy for an outdoor wedding!

When I first met with the happy couple, Nicola and Darren, I was glad to discover that they were both massive rock music fans, as am I. Darren and I got chatting about all the gigs we'd been to and the albums we like etc etc...(sorry for boring you Nicola!!).

They even met at a Bon Jovi tribute concert, how much fate do you need?! They then told me about the slight music theme running throughout their wedding day, which I thought was interesting and would make for some unique touches to their wedding day. It's not often you walk into a wedding venue and hear an Iron Maiden track blaring out the music system followed by The Foo Fighters, Depeche Mode and Take That, brilliant!! The guitar plectrum idea was inspired too (see the final photo below).

Needless to say, their wedding day was a success and everyone had a great time, which I hope you can see from the photos below. Nicola and Darren's wedding portraits were shot down beneath the Tunnels Beaches venue on the private beach and we were especially fortunate to get such a gorgeous light down there as the late afternoon sun was fast approaching the horizon. My thanks to Darren's brother and best man John for helping out with the beach photo session and a special thanks to his fiancé Verona for saving my photo bag and camera equipment from getting washed out with the tide and ending up beached somewhere in Wales!!!

All of Nicola and Darren's family and friends were great fun and helped make the day as special as it was. I know this may sound a bit corny, but it is true, it is such a great job being a wedding photographer and being a part of a couple's wedding day is quite special. I wish the happy couple all the best in their married life together and hope they had a wonderful honeymoon in the Big Apple.

Please forgive the length of this blog post, but some weddings are worthy of showing more photos and this is certainly one of those!

MK Collins Wedding Photography Tunnels Beaches