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Roman Baths | Naomi & Will
Roman Baths wedding A Roman Baths wedding for Naomi & Will – strictly a Bath Guildhall and Roman Baths wedding, ceremony and evening reception, in the city where they met. A ceremony in the Alkmaar room in the Guildhall – a former courtroom. Drinks reception and meal in The Banqueting Room and then a short walk to the Baths for evening drinks and dancing. Like many of my wedding bookings, this wedding has links to others. In this case, it starts with the wedding of Amy & Chris in 2015 at Nutfield Priory. The next is the wedding of Amy’s…
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Old Luxters Barn | Christina & Nick
Old Luxters Barn wedding Old Luxters Barn is an old 18th-century barn located in the Hambleden Valley, just north of Henley-on-Thames. A quiet spot in the English countryside. My car’s sat nav decided to take me there on a convoluted route from Sussex. The barn is part of the Chiltern Valley Winery, Brewery and Vineyard. Customers clutching cases of drinks could be seen in amongst the wedding guests prior to the ceremony. The wedding ceremony, meal, speeches and dancing took place in the barn. The courtyard for drinks was warm enough to be outside in early October, with the Stretch…
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Barnett Hill Hotel | Emily & Sam
Barnett Hill Hotel wedding Barnett Hill Hotel, part of the Alexander Hotel Collection, is a 4-star luxury hotel in the Surrey Hills, above Wonersh and just south of Guildford. It’s pretty hidden, set on 26 acres and surrounded by woodland. A Queen Anne-style, but Edwardian mansion, built in 1905 by Frank Cook, the grandson of the travel agent, Thomas Cook. The Red Cross used it as a convalescent home during WWII and became their National Training Centre. Alexander Hotels bought the Grade II listed house in 2016, to join their portfolio of luxury hotels such as Alexander House, Great Fosters…
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Brookfield Barn | Ria & Dominic
Brookfield Barn wedding Brookfield Barn is just a few miles down the road from my house but strangely I’d never shot there before. So a new Sussex wedding venue to me, but a bride and groom that I’d seen before. Like many of my wedding bookings, this one came from word of mouth. Or rather, they attended the wedding of their friends at the end of 2021 and saw how I captured that wedding day. So a reversal, the wedding guests become the couple, and the previous couple become the wedding guests. I once shot a wedding with three previous…
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Chelsea Old Town Hall | Eimear & Max
Chelsea Old Town Hall wedding Chelsea Town Hall is one of the London wedding venues, like Old Marylebone Town Hall, famous for its celebrity weddings. Stars like Judy Garland, Richard Burton, Hugh Grant, Bobby Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Marc Bolan, stood on these steps for the confetti. A wedding venue described by The Independent newspaper as ‘one of the hippest places to get married’. This time it was the Irish couple Eimaer and Max who chose Chelsea Town Hall to get married in. The wedding would remain local after the ceremony too. London Registrars It is a curious thing how…
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Weddings in 2023
Weddings in 2023 – a busy few months The way wedding bookings fell for me in 2023 was rather intense. Over 90% were over just four months – it was a full-on period of shooting, processing, and delivering while managing a new addition to our family (see the end of this post). 2024 weddings are a bit more spread out across the year so far. While the bulk of the weddings were in Sussex and London, there were also weddings in Devon, Cheshire, Rutland, and Suffolk. From Country estates to village halls, a tiny, ancient chapel to grand University buildings.…
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Music Room Brighton Pavilion | Andrea & James
Wedding ceremony in the Music Room The Music Room at Brighton Pavilion. I’ve shot weddings at Brighton Pavilion several times but this was the first ceremony in the Music Room. Usually, they have been in the Red Drawing Room. But the larger Music Room can only be used in the evenings, once the Pavilion has closed to the public. I arrived, in the rain, and was allowed in as they closed the doors to the public. They then escorted me to the kitchen – they assumed I was a waiter! Music Room Brighton Pavilion This room is described on the…
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Steyning & Cissbury | Jazmin & Will
Sussex wedding in Steyning A local Sussex wedding for Jazmin and Will. A Steyning church wedding ceremony and a Cissbury Barns wedding reception. Coverage starts where Jazmin was getting ready with her bridesmaids, friends, and her mother, at The Piggery near Cowfold. A ‘luxury staycation venue’ in West Sussex. The wedding ceremony was a twenty minutes or so drive south, in their village of Steyning near the South Downs. I’ve been to Steyning many times, but never to the church of St Andrew and St Cuthman. It’s rather unique as churches go. Not least with the steps down from the…