Folly Farm Centre Wedding Photography

Folly Farm Centre Wedding Photography

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
Catering – Thyme Chef
 

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bride having her makeup done folly farm

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wedding guests looking into a door

groom and ushers folly farm

bridal preparations at folly farm

flower girl lifting up her dress

folly farm wedding girls getting ready

bride putting on her dress at folly farm wedding

mother of the bride helping bride with her wedding dress

bride putting on her shoes

bride enjoying a drink during the preparations

bride putting on her wedding veil

wedding guests waiting for the ceremony

wedding guests waiting for the wedding ceremony at folly farm

groom and son waiting for the bride

bride getting ready for the wedding ceremony

bride walking down the aisle at folly farm

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wedding ring exchange

bride and groom exchanging wedding rings at folly farm

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bridesmaid taking a photograph of the bride and groom kissing

bride and groom walking down the aisle at folly farm centre

bride and groom walking outside with their children

bride's veil blowing in the wind

bride and groom kissing at folly farm centre wedding reception

bride hugging a little girl at the wedding reception

smiling father holding his son

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bride's veil blowing away in the wind

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wedding guests getting the bride's veil out of a tree

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bride holding a beautiful flower bouquet

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the bride's face during the groom's wedding speech

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bride looking at her happy son during the groom's speech

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wedding bingo winner

flower girl writing a love note

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wedding guest with his son

children playing outside during the wedding

kids feeding the pigs at folly farm wedding centre

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bride and groom having fun cutting the cake

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bride and groom first dance folly farm

bride and groom hugging during the first dance

flower girl swirling her dress on the dance floor

wedding guests having fun

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groom and father of the bride having a drink

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blues others fband guests dancing

wedding reception band playing

wedding reception blues others band

wedding reception party at folly farm

outdoor wedding portrait at folly farm

For more information & to check availability:

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I’m located in Bath, Somerset.

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Striking Wedding Ring Detail Photography

Striking Wedding Ring Detail Photography

A circle has no beginning or end, and is therefore a symbol of infinity. It is endless, eternal, just the way love should be. For many, the wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger of the left hand. This is because the vein in this finger was believed to lead directly to the wearer’s heart.

Today is leap day which is also known as Bachelor’s Day or Ladies’ Privilege. This is an Irish tradition by which women are allowed to propose to men on Leap Day, 29 February, based on a legend of Saint Bridget and Saint Patrick. I thought you might like this fun fact about leap day.

So today I am dedicating a whole blog post wedding rings. Once thing you will not know unless I have photographed your wedding is that I don’t really sit down during a wedding phoot for longer than it takes me to eat a meal (so not long). While you and your guests eat I usually use my time to photograph wedding bouquets, wedding decorations, the wedding venue and, you have guessed it, the wedding rings. Personally I love jewellery and I send a huge thank your too all my amazing couples for light heartedly parting with their precious new jewelry for me to photograph it while it’s still new, shiny and not scratched.

I placed this ring on a pretty embroidered pillow I found during the bridal preparations.

Taking good detail photographs is not difficult when you know how to. Looking for good natural light as well as interesting backdrops and textures is key. So is a good macro lens so you can get really close.

But I also like to have a little bit of fun with the rings. I especially like to use them in combination with any other important items, like the wedding bouquet, the cake toppers, the wedding stationary or any other special decorations.

​According to tradition, the marriage is doomed if the groom drops the ring during the ceremony.

I have personally never witnessed anyone dropping a ring during the ceremony, but I have seen many rings that didn’t want to get onto the fingers (probably due to nervously sticky fingers) and one time the best man had actually forgotten the rings in his hotel. Needless to day those facial expressions were priceless. But that is for another blog post.

Occasionally incredible things happen. A few years back I photographed a summer weddings and, as usual, used the wedding reception to go outside and photograph the rings. I found a small garden area in the courtyard with a fairly old and rugged looking stone sculpture sitting in it’s middle. I though the texture would make a great backdrop for the macro shot and only when I placed the rings on top of the sculpture did I notice the stream of tiny spiders crawling all over the stone. Once I had placed the rings I waited patiently to see what would happen and it wasn’t long before the spiders started crawling all over the rings. I took quite a few pictures, but one stood out to me as the little spider reached it’s tiny leg up towards the sky and this was my shot of the day.

The spider on the stone.

Wedding rings have been said to have curative properties. For instance, in 19th century Ireland, rubbing a wedding ring on an injury or sore was thought to heal it. They also believed that pricking a wart with a gooseberry thorn through a wedding ring would make the wart disappear. In Somerset, they thought that rubbing your wedding ring on sore eyes would remove any infection. It’s a good job we know better today, as wedding rings may carry germs if they are not cleaned often!

The perfect shot for a thank you card.

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St Michael in Great Badminton Wedding Photography

St Michael in Great Badminton Wedding Photography

A Summer Wedding & Marquee in a Field

If ever there was an ideal setting for a picture perfect wedding, Manor Farm in Gloucestershire was it. The sun was shining and the swathes of cornfields reflected the golden light. Chris, the groom and resident farmer had yet to harvest and the field outside the farmhouse was beautifully picturesque with the spectacular wedding marque situated amongst the swaying crops.

I had visited Manor Farm earlier in the summer to take some engagement pictures of Becky and Chris, an excellent opportunity for us to get to know each other better, and a chance for them to get used to having a lens pointing towards them and feel more relax in front of the camera before the wedding day. You can see their engagement portraits here.

I also took the opportunity to explore the local setting and so as I arrived on the morning of the wedding, I already knew that the beautiful cornfield would reward me with a stunning sunset at the close this already promising day.

When ‘Badger’ decided it was a good idea to do her name justice, despite being freshly washed for the wedding.

I started my wedding reportage at Becky’s parents’ house, which was just ten minutes down the road in the neighbouring village of Nettleton. As the preparations started, the relative calm was somewhat disturbed by Badger, Becky’s adorable dog. She had already been washed, groomed and prepped for the big day, but whilst the bridal party started getting themselves ready, she managed to sneak off, have a good dig in the garden (honouring her name) and returned covered in mud! She did have the good grace at least to look pretty guilty and the laughter that ensued helped to relieve any last minute nerves.

The church is attached to the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort, Badminton House and was built in 1785 by Charles Evans, in the style of St Martin in the Fields in miniature.

With the bride ready and groom waiting we set off to the ceremony at St Michaels in Great Badminton. The grade 1 listed church on the estate of the Duke of Beaufort has a stunning interior with particularly high-backed benches, that you can just peek over. The traditional ceremony, touching and poignant, was followed by a few portraits in the church grounds, an idyllic wedding backdrop, before we headed to the reception marquee standing prettily in the  field.

The marquee really did look fabulous with beautiful decorations adorning the inside and I faced my fear of heights to take the group shot from the top of a cherry picker! I was delighted to get the picture without a trip, slip or fall!  My good luck didn’t extend to the videographer however, one of the couple’s friends using his drone to film the day. The battery ran out while the drone was flying over the middle of  the field. He did locate it but it took him a couple of hours and he found it just as the light, which was out of this world, was fading, and as I captured my farm-yellow sunshine, spectacular sunset.

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Roman Baths Sunset Wedding Photography

Roman Baths Sunset Wedding Photography

The Roman Baths is one of the most iconic places to visit and and many people still don’t know that you can get married in the area around the famous bath and celebrate your wedding within the premises. Due to the daily opening hours you can only book sunrise ceremonies at 8.30am or sunset ceremonies from 7pm.
 
I have photographed a beautiful sunrise wedding and you can find it here.

“We received the USB and prints and wanted to thank you – they’re really great photos, and really capture the fun that we were having! I must say that I really enjoyed myself – and everyone seemed to have a nice relaxed evening and love the ceilidh.”

Susan and Mark chose a sunset wedding with a ceremony set for 7.30pm. Following a short and humorous ceremony, everyone enjoyed a relaxed drinks reception around the baths, followed by a sit down dinner upstairs in the terrace. Speeches were short, but sweet and the ceilidh dancing in the Reception Hall started at 10pm. For me this was a real hands-off wedding which I hugely enjoyed, I was truly the fly on the wall to capture the evening’s enjoyments!

Suppliers:

Rings – Sipsons
Make up artist –
Groom’s outfit – Ted Baker
Wedding Cake – The Cake Architect
Flowers – Secret Garden
Ceiligh Band – Spill the Whiskey
 

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Thank you for making it to the end of my posy. 🙂

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(or so simply say hi)

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When Dad is missing at the wedding (a moment in pictures)

When Dad is missing at the wedding (a moment in pictures)

Over the years I have learnt to ask specific questions during the pre-wedding meeting, one of which is directed at the bride: “Who is going to walk you down the aisle?”

You can and should never take the answer to this question for granted as there are various family circumstances that might change the answer to the question. Most brides answer with ‘Dad’, but some brides might not have a good contact with Dad so chose mum or Dad might no longer be around to walk his daughter down the aisle.

“Such a special photo for you to capture ❤ Thank you Betty!”

This was the case at Ed & Colette’s wedding at Aldwick Court Farm last year. Sadly Dad had passed away after short illness when Colette was a teenager and her brother stepped up to walk her down the aisle. During the ceremony and shortly before Ed and COlette exchange vows and rings both mothers stepped forward to be with their children. Colette’s mum grabbed her hand and I saw the ‘Dad’ tattoo which made him very much part of the moment, the day and their wedding.

For more information & to check availability:

(or so simply say hi)

2 + 3 =

I’m located in Bath, Somerset.

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phone   +44 (0)7984 029 639

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