Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Alan Knox - Testimonials

I have been so fortunate to have been at the weddings of some great couples and I am very grateful that so many of them have appreciated what I do enough to write to me.
Below are a selection of letters and emails I have recieved.


"Hi Alan,

I just wanted to say a personal thank you for our fantastic wedding photos, it was such a perfect day and both James and I think you managed to capture that in the photographs you took, many of our guests commented on what a "lovely chap the photographer is" you really did fit in well whether it meant chatting to the grannies or getting pictures of the children! Whilst in Mauritius James and I decided to see if we could look at the photos and that was a fabulous evening where we sat with our drinks re living our wedding day.

Many many thanks once again, we are going to recommend you to everyone!!!!"

Natalie Meadley


"Good morning Alan,

Well we are back from our honeymoon already!!! and just wanted to say thank you so much.
Everyone really enjoyed having such a friendly and creative photographer at the wedding.
I hope you also had a super day - it was definitely the best day of our lives and we had an amazing time."

Carol Almond



"Hi Alan,

You rock! Those photos are fantastic, they are just what we had hoped for in our wildest dreams! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thanks again!"

Jo and Alex


"Alan,

Many thanks for you Professional help and assistance on Saturday.

Can only say 'Brilliant'

Thanks again."

Alan Pepperell
Father of the Bride


"Dear Alan,

Now the dust has settled on the events of last week I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you most sincerely for an excellent job at Nicky and Phil's wedding last week. It was splendid having you there in the background and a source of advice when needed. I know everyone appreciated it.

We look forward with great expectation to the photos. How lucky were we with the weather so I hope this, and the setting added to the mood of it all. As you said it is about capturing the emotion and there was plenty of that!

Once again many thanks for an excellent job we wouldn't hesitate to recommend you and your reportage approach and that's even before we have seen the result!"

Richard Hunt
Father of the Bride


"Hi Alan,

We've had a look at the photos and they are great! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for your photography throughout the day. You were fantastic and the photos really tell the story of our day.

Thank you!"

Nicky and Phil Dewhurst!!


"Hi Alan,

Just a quick note to say a massive thank you for Saturday and the months running up to the wedding. You were amazing and helped to make the day even more special. The fact that you even had safety pins to fix my dress, you really did think of everything!!!!!!!

We were really impressed with the service you offered and had loads of compliments from our friends and family as to how professional and friendly you are. We have recommended you to our friends and really hope that you can make their days as special as you helped make ours.

We would love to be able to write a testimonial for the website (although i am sure you have them coming out of your ears!) So let us know if this is something that you would like and we will send something through.

Thanks again and speak very soon."

Lee and Laura
Mr and Mrs Parker


"Hi Alan,

Wow what can I say we absolutely love them!!!! Thank you sooooo much they are awesome. Wouldn't change a thing so good, please change the password for our guests.

Thanks."

Mel & Greig


"Hi Alan,

Wow, we are bowled over, what gorgeous pictures. You've not only got some fantastic pictures of us and our venue but of our guests as well and you really have captured the day for us. I can't even remember having my photo taken most of the time, but I guess that's where your skill comes into it. I'm quoting Simon word for word here - ' Tell the man he's a genius. (But he did have great material to work with.)'

Thank you for the lovely message you wrote in our guest book, it's great for us to have that reminder of you from our day.

You have really done us proud, Alan, we are thrilled, thank you, thank you, thank you."

Sarah and Simon


"Dear Alan,

Thank you so much for all of the beautiful photographs you took at our wedding and for making the whole process so painless. We have received so many compliments from our guests about how great you were on the day and also about the photos on your site.

Thank you."

Sarah & Chris


"To Alan,

We just want to thank you for being part of our special day by taking such fantastic pictures. We are delighted with them and so pleased that so many special memories of our wedding day were captured so beautifully.

Thank you."

Jim & Helen Holdaway


"To Alan,

You did a sterling job as our photographer and the photos are everything we hoped for, you really captured the spirit and emotion of our special day. We have just started sorting through the photos to put some albums together for us and our families. I have already recommended you to a friend of a friend who I think has booked you for her wedding this summer. We wish you the best of luck for the future and hope to see you again at another wedding.

Many thanks."

Rob & Helen


"Alan,

Just a quick note to say thank you so much for the wonderful photos you took on our wedding day. You also helped us out in so many other ways on the day- we really don't know what we'd have done without you.

Thank you so much."

Fiona & Daniel Parker



"Alan,

Dean & I would like to thank you for the wonderful photos you took at our wedding. You covered the day perfectly."

Maxine & Dean


"Hi Alan,

Thanks so much for all your hard work. The photos are fab and you were so helpful, Good luck and we will recommend you wherever possible."

Kate & Steven


"Alan

It seems strange to send you one of your own photos, but we thought you'd like to see how we are using them! Thank you so so much for fantastic wedding photos, not only are we really pleased with the end result, it was also a pleasure to spend so much of our wedding day with you, we will definitely be recommending you to other people.

Best wishes for the future."

Charlotte & Darren Waite


"Dear Alan,

We always knew our wedding day would be special, but being able to share it with our family & friends made it a day we will always remember, we just wanted to write and say a very big THANKYOU! for your massive contribution to our very special day, we had the most amazing time and really enjoyed your company throughout the day. The photographs are fantastic and very personal, they will provide us with treasured memories, we really appreciated all your hard work before & during the day to make it such a perfect occasion.

Love & many thanks again."

Melissa & Trevor


"Alan,

Thankyou so much for capturing our wedding day in such style and so discreetly. We love the pictures..."

Ross & Jess McAulay


"Dear Alan,

Thank you for all that you did to make our wedding day so very special. You were brilliant!"

Marisa & Sven


"Hi Alan, it's Richard here, Richard and Maria from last night. It's 12.30 we're just off to the airport and we wanted to thank you so much for all you did yesterday, absolutely amazing.

I've never heard so many compliments for one person and it wasn't me, it was you who got all the compliments. Also the castle said that they had never worked with such a nice, professional and able photographer as you so that's a huge compliment. So thank you so much."

Richard & Maria


"Dear Alan,

We just wanted to say thank you so much for helping to make our wedding day the best ever. At some points throughout the preparations I really don't know what I'd have done without you!!

You were a star!"

Katie & Mark


"Dear Alan,

Nicola and I just wanted to say how pleased we are with all our lovely photos. We had a fantastic day and we think you have done extremely well in capturing this."

David & Nicola


"Hi Alan,

We have yet to make our selection and from what I saw yesterday it looks like it’s going to be extremely difficult to make a decision as there are so many beautiful shots – we’re thrilled, really really thrilled – Thank you!"

Ian & Tamsin


"Dear Alan,

I would like to thank you for all your hard work - people were very complimentary about your manner and style and most of us didn't realise you were taking photos a lot of the time!"

Richard & Caroline


"Hi Alan,

I just wanted to say a massive thank you for photographing our day - considering we both hate having our photos taken neither of us minded in the slightest and we had a great time having them taken too! Everyone has commented on how wonderful you were throughout the day, and we are highly recommending you to anyone getting married anytime soon.

All our thanks."

Alexandra & Joseph


"Alan,

What can we say apart from THANK YOU! An incredible day. Thank you so much for all your support and guidance in the run up to the wedding and on the day, we had so many compliments about you and are so pleased you were part of our special day."

Lawrence & Leah

Alan Knox

Sunday, 8 February 2009

How do you tie a cravat

I arrived at the house where the groom and the ushers were getting ready. They struggled a bit with the cravats and ended up on google. so for anyone getting married soon and who isn't sure have a look at this:
Instructions for tying Self Tie Cravats and
Self Tie Scrunchie Ties
from www.tomsawyerwaistcoats.co.uk

Here are instructions for tying self tie formal cravats (that is, cravats which are worn over the shirt, for example at weddings).

I hope you find the instructions easy to follow.