After weeks of rain in epic proportions, Julia and David woke up to cold December sunshine on their wedding day, which is about the best you could expect.
I don’t need to say much more – Julia looked utterly stunning, and well, you can’t beat a handsome man in uniform can you :-)
Beautiful Flowers by Lucy MacNicoll
Dress by Mia Sposa (York)
Hannah and Mark had a dreamy country marquee wedding, with tons of bunting and plenty of home made elderflower cordial, not to mention afternoon tea and a whole tree inside the marquee. Add stunning weather and lovely, glowy Autumn light, and you have a photographers ideal wedding. I don’t think it gets much better than that!
Florist: The Flower Shop
Dress: Limelight
Catherine and David’s stunning wedding at Goldsborough Hall, North Yorkshire. I adore Catherine’s Jenny Packham dress!
Tori and James got married in a lovely North Yorkshire country church last summer, and somehow I never blogged their lovely cow themed wedding. Yes that’s right, cow theme ;-) James is a cattle farmer, so Tori’s inspiration stemmed from that. There were little cow references everywhere, from Tori’s slippers whilst she was getting ready (see if you can spot them), to the little cow charm favours, and of course the cake.
The reception was at the ever gorgeous private stately home Goldsborough Hall, a personal favourite as I had my reception there nearly 5 years ago, although it feels more like just a year or two.
The flowers were by Lucy MacNicoll – very pretty and summery with the most lovely peonies. I think they have to be my favourite flower. Ever.
My sister Laura and her obliging boyfriend Andy kindly agreed to be my models for half an hour or so, to try out the area around my new home office in the North Yorkshire countryside. Actually I have been here a year next month, but I had a new baby and time flies so I have an excuse (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it). We moved to Flawith from the next village about two miles away, so it’s not like the countryside isn’t familiar, but I had been used to using the grounds of Newby Hall for engagement shoots so I wasn’t sure how it would work out doing the sessions from here instead. I’m pretty lucky to live in a very pretty area, and just down the road is a bridleway, so there’s are plenty of places for lovely portraits as my models will show you. Just down the road is a lovely gastro-pub as well, so we could always go for a G&T or lunch afterwards ;-)
I have a few gorgeous couples coming here for engagement sessions this year, so should have more to post in a month or two.
I just hope Andy doesn’t kill me for posting these. Luckily he lives about 2 hours away so at least I’ll have a head start.
I present to you Steve and Jude’s lovely wedding at Aldwark Manor, which is just a couple of miles from my house. Jude put in a lot of effort to pull off this stunning winter wedding in just a matter of weeks – it goes to show it can be done, it doesn’t have to take years to plan a wedding!
Judith got ready in a lovely light, posh suite overlooking the golf course:
Aldwark Church is very pretty and walking distance from Aldwark Manor, plus I know the vicar well, so all in all it’s a top church!
Judith works in jewellery – can you tell?!
The room was staged by Angel Events in Harrogate, and looked breathtaking. A winter wonderland greeted the guests as they entered the wedding breakfast room, complete with real fir trees (if trees are good enough for Kate Middleton…)
Meeting Jenny was one proof that six degrees of separation do exist, or at least that some things must be meant to be. I was about to go on maternity leave when I fist got an email from her – she was currently living in London with her fiance Charlie and was trying to balance wedding planning with a hectic work schedule. I arranged to meet Jenny’s parents to chat about photography, and in doing so it transpired that I was about to move next door to them in a few weeks time. Thankfully the booking went ahead or future meetings may have been awkward ;-)
I didn’t have far to go for their engagement session, just a few steps over the fence. Their wedding at Newburgh Priory complete with a horse and carriage will soon be on the blog, but for now, here are the gorgeous couple strutting their stuff next door.
Emily and Dan cleverly choose a beautiful October day for their wedding at The Mansion in Leeds, the light was just stunning. I urge you all to get married in the Autumn! Their wedding was seriously nice – Emily and Dan couldn’t have looked happier, and had paid a lot of attention to detail too. What more could you ask for?
The AMAZING flowers are by the lovely Susie at Hart Company
Some of my lovely brides and grooms have had their beautiful weddings featured on some of the UK’s best wedding inspiration blogs recently. You may have already seen some of them, but if not here are the links. If you’re planning a wedding these blogs are packed full of ideas for every type of wedding – go and visit them now!
Lauren and James’s gorgeous winter wedding at Dodmoor House on the wonderful Rock My Wedding blog (also watch this space for their wedding feature on the Dodmoor House website, coming soon):
And don’t miss part two!
Alyson and Matt’s intimate wedding at The Star of Harome on Love My Dress blog – and what a dress!
Joseph and Melanie’s country wedding and all their amazing details at Hipping Hall on Bow Occasions:
There are more features coming soon as well. Your weddings are so blooming lovely!
Ripley Castle is a fab place for a wedding – it’s impressive and imposing from the outside but nice and intimate inside, and it’s set in some really amazing grounds complete with a lake, rose gardens, and lovely woods. As it was November, we didn’t get to spend any time in the grounds on Charlotte and David’s wedding day, but that’s the beauty of a winter wedding – you don’t expect good weather or lots of light! Luckily we’d been to Ripley Castle for their engagement session so they already had lots of photographs in the grounds (I’m bad and haven’t blogged them yet but will very soon!).
Charlotte got ready at The Boars Head in Ripley, just a stones throw from the church and the castle.
David is a farmer and Charlotte a vet, so their cake was very topical! I loved it, so unusual and really good fun. Underneath were mini individual pork pies and waxed cheeses – yum. The best of both worlds.
If you want to see more of this Ripley Castle wedding, there is a slideshow over on my website. Enjoy!
….you guessed it, I am a wedding and portrait photographer. I’m a big fan of weddings and all things pretty. When I’m not behind a camera you’re likely to find me at home (often baking) with Isabella and my three dogs Biscuit, Twix and Crumbs – or escaping to the stables or even the pub. Please email me to arrange an appointment if you’d like to sample some cakes and have a chat about wedding photography in more detail, or if you’d like to book a family portrait. If you’re looking for a friendly, easy going (usually!) photographer/free cakes/a trip to the country you are in the right place.
Big thanks to the lovely
Susie Lawrence for this photo.
