Holdenby House wedding photos – Robert & Sarah

These pictures follow on from my last post with the photos of Robert and Sarah’s ‘pre wedding Bride & Groom’ shoot at Holdenby House.

The day of their blessing was very relaxed and started with Sarah getting ready in the beautiful white room at Holdenby. Isn’t that peacock wallpaper just divine? It was really light and airy too; perfect for photos. There’s usually a lot of nervous (but excited) energy during the preparations. But already having married in the US nerves were nowhere to be seen today. Just Sarah being so excited to marry Robert again and to spend time celebrating with all her UK friends and family.

The blessing was held at Scaldwell church, a typically quaint English village church and just the perfect setting. We hotfooted it back to Holdenby House for the reception as timings were really tight (hence the Bride and Groom pictures being done earlier in the week) but there was time enough to get the all important family photos and for Robert and Sarah to mingle with their guests.

My job was largely to capture the story of the day as it unfolded. Usually during a reception I’m doing a Wacky Races Roadrunner impression trying to get the group and couple photos done, so it was great to be able to just observe and work in a pure documentary style for a change. I wanted lots of pictures of the guests but at the same time wanted more than just pictures of people. Watching and waiting for moments of fun and interest and using the venue to add context to the story was almost therapeutic.

♥ Venue: Holdenby House
♥ Flowers: Julie Anna Flowers
♥ Catering: Portfolio Events

And just because I always find it so hard to choose favourites there’s a fuller set of photos on my facebook fanpage