A marquee wedding – Richard and Henrietta
Usually I don’t bother following the weather forecasts. You’re gonna get what you’re gonna get. But I have to admit to hoping that it would at least be dry for Rich and Hen’s wedding as they’d chosen to have a marquee reception and really wanted to have a garden party feel to their day. The forecast wasn’t good but come the day, we were blessed. The sun shone big time!
The wedding took place at Mears Ashby church which is beautiful inside with lovely architecture. Dominique, my second shooter and trusty sidekick, photographed from the back getting some of the big dramatic architectural based photographs that I love, whilst I got some close-up, intimate pictures of the ceremony from the front. I had to smile when I saw that the Vicar was using an iPhone as a prompt for his words (behind his bible noone else could see it, made me chuckle!).
After the ceremony we headed to Hen’s family home just 5 minutes away. Everyone seemed to have a really great time enjoying champagne and canapes in the sunshine. A wedding at home always makes for a relaxed atmosphere. Lots of personal touches added to this as well including Hen’s homemade wedding cake and the horse racing table plan, a passion of Rich’s.
After dinner one end of the marquee was opened-up to reveal a secret dance-floor, with blacked out walls and lots of twinkly lights. The perfect backdrop for a first dance. Then on came the flashing lights and some serious shapes – this crowd liked to party!
Oh, and there was a gorgeous gorgeous sunset which always make me very happy indeed.
♥ Dress: Ian Stuart, from Vanilla Bridal
♥ Bridesmaids dresses: Fairytale Weddings
♥ Hair: Johnny at Seckingtons
♥ Cake: Handmade by Hen, decorated by Goody’s Cake Company
♥ Flowers: Manic Botanic
♥ DJ: Matt Potter
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