This wedding took place last month and was my first wedding after the first 2020 lockdown. It was my first wedding that included face masks, blue gloves, social distancing and limited amount of guests. It was a wedding filled with tears, shock and hope. And those were just my emotions! 😉
Lara and Ant had initially planned a two part wedding: the first part being a surprise wedding ceremony at the Guildhall for just close family and the second being a big celebration at Eggbeer Farm in Exeter. While most of my couples postponed their weddings, Lara and Ant decided to go ahead with the actual wedding ceremony at the Guildhall, however not as a surprise. I felt very proud of them for getting married and showing the finger to Covid 19! Love continues and cannot be postponed!
Those of you who have been part of a wedding during the last month will have seen the pesky blue rubber gloves.
Lara and Ant decided to do all group portraits before the ceremony so that the guests could move on to the restaurant after the ceremony while I was taking some more pictures of them alone. So we met at Parade Gardens which is only about 100 metres away from the Guildhall and an excellent backdrop for wedding group shots (note: in the summer time you need to pre-book entry for weddings!). I absolutely loved Lara’s dress and hat with a small veil, it perfectly suited her personality! As you can see by Lara’s big smile: the pandemic did not dampen her joy being a bride!
Personally I struggled a bit with the ceremony at the Guildhall as it just didn’t seem right to only have fifteen people in a room as large as the Alkmaar Room. The ceremony was short, but very sweet! Under the new covid rules only the bride and groom do not need to wear a mask during the ceremony, everyone else has to, including myself. Also photographers are no longer allowed to move around during the ceremony, but have to stay in one place.
After the ceremony we set up a confetti shot outside the south doors of the Guildhall, before meandering into the town centre for some more pictures – in a pub as chosen by the bride and groom! Here is a bit ‘prost’ to everyone who still chooses to get married after a global pandemic!! xx
Looking forward to part two in June 2021!
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