It was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Melissa and Philip last Saturday at the High Tide Inn just off the beach in Porthcawl near Bridgend.

After a July full of rain the skies cleared for the day and summer made a welcome return to the South Wales coast for a day.

After photographing Melissa’s preparations at the house in the morning we moved onto the hotel on the seafront in sunny Porthcawl to meet the Groom and the best man and ushers. The sun was out and the sky was blue, so cold lager was needed to keep the boys cool in their suits.

Melissa arrived with her Dad in a fantastic wedding car. A replica ‘General Lee’ from the hit US TV show, ‘The Dukes of Hazard.’

After a beautiful civil ceremony inside the hotel Melissa and Philip took a 10 minute drive in the ‘General Lee’ to a spot further along the coast for some ‘alone time’. This was were we created a fantastic set of stunning bride and groom images.

After 20 minutes it was back in the car to return to the High Tide Inn on Mackworth Road for the wedding breakfast, proceeded with the speeches.

If you were a guest at this wedding and have enjoyed the ‘sneaky peak’ images above, please leave Melissa and Philip a personal message below. After they have returned from honeymoon and seen the images for themselves, all of the photos from their day will be available to view from this page of our website as a slide-show.

Have a fantastic trip to India guys, and safe travelling.

Nic