This beautiful autumn wedding took place at Bailbrook house at the end of November (hence the beautiful Christmas decorations) and was a day full of excitement, but not just of the good kind.
I started my work in the morning when seeing the bride Lucy and her girlfriends getting ready at her parents house. Lucy’s parents had only just moved to Bath and part of the house was a building site, it was very easy to see the house’s great potential (apologies, I used to be an architect in my previous job). Sam from Bath Bridal Hair created a very soft and feminine look that went extremely well with the backless wedding dress and special jewellery. Also the family cat decided to lend itself for a very special photograph of the bride’s jewellery.
“Just wanted to say a big thank you for all your effort on Saturday. We had a fantastic day and we’re really grateful for your support throughout! We both felt really at ease and comfortable and the pictures look great!”
As soon as I headed over to Bailbrook House it became apparent that something terrible had happened. It turned out that Lucy’s grandfather had fallen out of his wheelchair and landed on his head in the carpark. He suffered a bad head injury and spent a significant amount of time on the ice cold ground (it was a weekend of icy November storms). Thankfully two of the guests were trained nurses, he was quickly patched up, scooped in and warmed up. Despite the shock he was in excellent spirits and managed to still enjoy the wedding ceremony, despite blood running down the side of his face.
The relief that he was actually fine filtered right through into the drinks reception as people were extremely happy and joyful. Sadly the windy weather made outdoor group portraits rather difficult so we only did a small amount of photos outside in a wind shaded area and instead had fun with the friends group shot inside.
Tom and Lucy chose to have a a casino for their evening celebrations – the guests loved it!
The wedding breakfast soon went underway in the cloisters, followed by some heart felt and witty speeches. Have you ever heard of the book ‘how to be a good wife’ (written in the 1930s)? It makes for excellent laughs in a speech!
The most joyful element of the day by far was the evening casino – one roulette table, one black jack table and a custom drinks bar setup in the Charlotte Room. Needless to say the guests had a great time playing and I had an even better time photographing animated faces.
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