Contemporary English Wedding in Henley

The Eng­lish Wed­ding blog was launched to show­case con­tem­po­rary Eng­lish wed­dings, and I’m delighted to have this stun­ning day to share with you. Rosie Par­sons pho­tographed Derek and Shella’s wed­ding back in Octo­ber, and cap­tured a won­der­fully cre­ative mix of tra­di­tion and mod­ern styles on the day.

Shella looks beau­ti­ful in a dress by Char­lotte Balbier

The wed­ding cer­e­mony was held on the river Thames, in Henley’s River and Row­ing Museum! I love the choice of venue for the wed­ding, and it goes to show you don’t have to stick with a stately home or hotel to have your wed­ding — choose a fun loca­tion to make your wed­ding really memorable.

Shella and Derek out­side their wed­ding venue on the Thames

The bride and groom look happy pos­ing for the cam­era… and even hap­pier shar­ing the excite­ment of the moment with each other! Rosie cap­tures their feel­ings so well on every photograph. I love the back­drop for these pic­tures — it’s so different!

Trav­el­ling to the wed­ding recep­tion on the river Thames

These are two of my favourite pic­tures, in Rosie’s inim­itable style. The first cap­tures a pri­vate moment for the bride and groom, while the sec­ond tells me they were king and queen of the world at that moment in time!

Paper cranes and colour every­where at the wed­ding reception!

Fold­ing a thou­sand paper cranes is a Japan­ese wed­ding tra­di­tion bring­ing luck to the bride and groom. It kind of fol­lows… if you put that much time into any­thing you deserve some good luck after­wards! They way these cranes are dis­played is lovely — they’re tra­di­tion­ally hung on 25 strings of 40 cranes.

Shella’s place set­tings are very con­tem­po­rary, bright and full of colour. I love the idea of hav­ing dif­fer­ent colours at a wed­ding. Why stick to one colour when you can have twenty?!

Have fun at your wed­ding… go on!

Shella and Derek draw on other Eng­lish tra­di­tions for parts of their wed­ding day… this funky sea­side photo booth is brilliant!

Dusk at an Eng­lish wed­ding… and the cel­e­bra­tions continue

Rosie car­ries on shoot­ing as night falls, where more of the paper cranes are lit up to show their vibrant colours. The wed­ding teepee is fab­u­lous. Con­tem­po­rary Eng­lish wed­dings use imag­i­na­tion like this to be really mem­o­rable. To find out more about hir­ing a teepee for your wed­ding, go to Beau­ti­ful World Tents.

Stella has had the per­fect wed­ding day — and Rosie Par­sons has cap­tured every won­der­ful moment from the first to the last.

At the end of the night, Rosie is still pho­tograph­ing the mem­o­rable moments for our bride and groom, and it’s the lit­tle mem­o­ries a great pho­tog­ra­pher will help you keep. I highly rec­om­mend a visit to Rosie’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog, where you can see more pho­tos of this Eng­lish wed­ding includ­ing the pass­ing boat which appeared to be full of happy pirates!

Thank you so much to Rosie for let­ting me share this — the first con­tem­po­rary Eng­lish wed­ding on my blog.

Con­tact Rosie Par­sons — Devon Wed­ding Photographer

If you love Char­lotte Bal­bier you’ll enjoy The Future of Vin­tage — a Char­lotte Bal­bier bridal shoot on Eng­lish Wed­ding too!