I met the amazing Stephanie and Chris recently to shoot their Engagement photography at Elvey Farm in Kent.. However, this incredibly fun couple had a great engagement story to tell, that included specially made Kit-Kat bars, Norfolk and a bottle of Prosecco!

The actual Engagement took place at The Pigs Spa Hotel in Edgefield Norfolk. It was Thursday 19th June 2014. The effort, hard work and planning that Chris went through to make it such a unique and special time was incredible. He really paid attention to detail.

Stephanie said, “I felt elated and on top of the world and was completely shocked that he managed to get a Nestlé made KitKat scribed ‘Steph Will You Marry Me’. I just couldn’t believe it!”



Chris’s planning was carefully made with a number of people involved including the staff at The Pigs Spa Hotel. The planning began in 2013 where Chris asked Stephanie’s Dad’s permission for her hand in marriage, sensibly Chris had taken him to the pub and with the persuasion of a pint, agreed.

Chris then approached Nestlé with his idea, unfortunately they were uninterested in the beginning. However Chris is very stubborn and after three more attempts he reached the brilliant Rob Marsh who is the European Brand Manager for Nestlé, who helped Chris with the design and making of the enscribed KitKat. With that all sorted Chris then chose the outfit I was to wear to dinner, he briefed the staff at The Pigs Spa Hotel and arranged the flowers and Prosecco. He lastly plucked the courage up to propose! All of this was with only a handful of people knowing!

On Sunday 12th October 2014, I met both Stephanie and Chris for their engagement shoot. Being country people and they wanted a country feel to their engagement images. There is not many locations better than the Kent countryside for this and with that in mind, we headed to Elvey Farm in Pluckley. It gave us gorgeous views, a picturesque farm and lots of mud. Perfect! With acrobatic aircraft and Spitfires flying overhead, you couldn’t get more ‘english country garden’!

Loaded with Kit-Kats and a whole host of other bits, we headed out into the fields and had a lot of fun! It was a real pleasure photographing Stephanie and Chris and I can not wait to photograph their wedding next year. Check out the images below…



To view the full album from this shoot, head to http://client.rosshurley.com/stephanieandchrisengagement/ and enter the password. Only close family and friends can access this and you can gain the password from Stephanie or Chris directly.

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