A Windy Autumn Wedding at Folly Farm Centre near Bristol & Bath

This beautiful autumn wedding took part at the Bristol based Folly Farm Centre. This venue is ideal for weddings as it offers accommodation on site and many couples opt to hire Folly Farm for the weekend so they can have the evening before the wedding for family members and friends to meet and get to know each other.

Gemma got ready in one of the rooms at Folly Farm and was surrounded by her mum, her daughter (the most beautiful flower girl) as well as her best friend. Neil’s room was located around the corner so they couldn’t see each other, but once ready he had to walk past the girls bedroom window to go and meet the registrars.

“Totally in love with the photos! Now to try and decide what to do with them. 😉

– Gemma & Neil”

The wedding ceremony was beautiful and the room smelled amazing from all the flowers Classic Flower Designs had arranged. I particularly loved the huge ‘LOVE MR & MRS’ letters at the front.

After the ceremony all the guests moved into the main reception area for the drinks reception to give the Folly Farm staff a chance to change the room around for the wedding breakfast.

One of the main challenges I face as a wedding photographer is the time restraint between the ceremony and the reception. I need to strike a careful balance between giving the bride & groom space to meet and greet their guests, and utilize the tome for both formal group shots as well as romantic bride and groom portraits.

Due to the warm but rather windy weather we had a little OOPS moment when the bride’s veil took of mid portrait session and got stuck up high in a tree. Thankfully some guests quickly volunteered and rescued the veil.

Once sat for the wedding breakfast the guests enjoyed a series for emotional and very funny speeches (my favourite part of the day!), followed by an amazing evening reception which was dominated by the Blues Brothers tribute band The Blues Others.

Now please enjoy the photos of what was a simple wonderful autumn wedding day!

Suppliers:

Dress – Cizzy Bridal

Bridesmaids dresses – Belle Of The Ball Bridal

Bride’s shoes – Roland Cartier

Rings – Nicholas Wylde

Make up artist – Elle Hitchens

Groom’s outfir – Kilts 4 you

Flowers – Classic Flower Designs

Catering – Thyme Chef

Band – The Blues Others