I could smell them before I could see them and they smelt great (I hope that's not a very creepy thing to admit!).  They smelled posh.  They smelled like people getting ready for a wedding.

And for a change I wasn't there to photograph the bride.  Oh no, this photograph had been longer in the making than a 'mere' wedding photograph!  I was there to photograph my EXTREMELY camera shy friend Karen before she left to attend her brother's wedding.

I have known Karen for approximately seven years and in all that time I have never been allowed to photograph her.  I've photographed her children many times but never Karen and never the whole family.  So this was kind of a big deal :-)

Do you know what finally made her say yes to my persistant suggestions? (alright I admit, I was nagging!)  Karen was most concerned that if she mysteriously disappeared there would be no decent pictures of her to put in the Herald!  So here's her mugshot for the Herald...

May we never actually see it in there!

And with a very limited choice of backdrop and the clouds not playing ball by covering the sun and all in a rush before they left...how gorgeous is this family?

Kudos to our very talented friend Brigitte Celestin who created Karen's dress and wrap!

And Karen, how about we don't leave it another seven years?!