Ashton Court Mansion Wedding

A favourite picture from this wedding - Fran and Jim and a gorgeous blue night sky

Here's another simply stunning real wed­ding from Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. The pho­tographs speak for them­selves and are always, with­out excep­tion, out of this world.

Ash­ton Court is a gor­geous venue for weddings.

Ash­ton Court Man­sion is a lux­ury wed­ding venue near Bris­tol. The house dates from the 16th cen­tury, with a choice of gor­geous rooms for your wed­ding cer­e­mony and recep­tion. The mag­nif­i­cent estate of Ash­ton Court cov­ers 850 acres of woods and grass­lands with breath­tak­ing views over the city. This pho­to­graph is typ­i­cally imag­i­na­tive, tak­ing in the whole venue and the won­der­ful blue summer sky.

Fran looks amaz­ing in her beau­ti­ful dress and those foxy shoes!

This was the wed­ding of Fran and Jim, in August last year. Fran looks fab­u­lous in this amaz­ing white wed­ding dress, with lay­ers of the beau­ti­ful silk sur­round­ing her. The shoes are a bril­liant touch, show­ing Fran has bags of per­son­al­ity and style! Fran’s three brides­maids share the lime­light in this great, colour­ful wed­ding photograph.

Jim and friends enjoy the sunshine!

What a great back­drop for a wed­ding photo. The bright sun­light on those yel­low walls, the fab­u­lous shad­ows from the leaves, the green grass, blue win­dow panes and those red ties… plus Jim hav­ing such a fan­tas­tic time… it all adds up to a very spe­cial wed­ding photo.

Fran’s turn to pose out­side Ash­ton Court — another beau­ti­ful picture.

Fran takes her turn to pose by this mag­ni­fi­cient old tree out­side Ash­ton Hall. The colours in this pho­to­graph are fab­u­lous, giv­ing it bags of char­ac­ter. I adore Fran’s dress and this bright and sunny wed­ding photo makes it shine — Fran’s smile says it all. The colours are won­der­ful: yel­low sun­light, green grass, blue win­dow and the red bou­quet add up to a really rich photo. Love it!

Fran and Jim’s guests min­gle out­side the venue for Pimms on the lawn!

This is a really nat­ural pic­ture of the wed­ding guests, as every­one gets together for a glass of Pimms on this beau­ti­ful sunny day.

Relaxed, and gig­gling — Fran and Jim now hap­pily married

Every wed­ding day has those fan­tas­tic lit­tle moments the bride and groom will trea­sure. I love see­ing them cap­tured on film! Fran and Jim look great together, and they both look fab­u­lous, Jim with a sim­ple tai­lored suit and orange calla lily but­ton­hole, Fran wth her del­i­cately embroi­dered wed­ding dress, ele­gant dia­mond neck­lace and those beau­ti­ful waves in her hair. The splash of colour from the wed­ding bou­quet of red roses, pale red stargazer lilies and orange callas com­pletes a won­der­ful photo.

Essen­tial for a sum­mer wed­ding… bring the Pimms please, Jeeves.

Oh so very Eng­lish, and per­fect for a sum­mer wed­ding: Pimms on the lawn! Even a sim­ple pho­to­graph like this one looks fab­u­lous if you know how… the sparkly colours, rich reds and golden slices of fruit with a dash of green and the blue shad­ows… lovely.

Fran and Jim with their par­ents at the wed­ding recep­tion — a lovely infor­mal photo.

Chris Hanley’s pho­tog­ra­phy swoops from extrav­a­gant colour to sedate, per­fectly com­posed group shots. Here the bride and groom with their par­ents, infor­mal and relaxed inside Ash­ton Court. The lit­tle inter­ac­tions between the group make this a friendly fam­ily photo full of interest.

The bridal party get ready to sit for the wed­ding breakfast

And once again, a fab­u­lous fam­ily pho­to­graph of the top table at the wed­ding. Every sin­gle per­son is doing some­thing dif­fer­ent, look­ing at some­one or some­thing, and as a whole this pic­ture looks amaz­ing. And strangely, uncan­nily rem­i­nis­cent of Da Vinci’s last supper!

Fran and Jim look right at home against their per­fect wed­ding venue

Fran and Jim pose out­side the man­sion house for some for­mal shots, as always with Chris Han­ley these are ele­gantly struc­tured wed­ding pho­tos with a difference.

Fran and Jim look into each other’s eyes in a soft, roman­tic wed­ding picture

The line of trees makes a gor­geous line through this pic­ture, cre­at­ing an idyl­lic sum­mer wed­ding pic­ture focus­ing on the bride and groom. Fran’s smile and the way she’s stand­ing show how delighted she’s feel­ing, while Jim leans towards her ever so slightly. They look very much in love.

Fran and Jim share a pri­vate moment in the shade in a gen­tle breeze

Again mak­ing fan­tas­tic use of the sun­shine and dap­pled light from the leaves of the trees, this pic­ture of Fran and Jim is unusual and really artis­tic for a wed­ding pho­to­graph. The tree is mag­ni­fi­cient as a backdrop.

Fran and Jim enjoy each other’s com­pany for a while

All those acres of land at Ash­ton Court Manor offer end­less oppor­tu­ni­ties for wed­ding pho­tos. In the late after­noon the shad­ows grow longer and make this pic­ture, with bright sun­light and deep shade, just perfect.

Fran is the focus of this amaz­ing wed­ding pic­ture with pil­lars and soft lighting

The archi­tec­ture at Ash­ton Court is stun­ning, the light­ing mag­i­cal. Fran is bathed in soft amber light, empha­sis­ing her beau­ti­ful fig­ure and the sweep­ing, ele­gant lines of her wed­ding dress.

Fran and Jim look so very, very happy together.

I set­tled with the title “Ash­ton Court Man­sion Wed­ding” but I was tempted to call this wed­ding fea­ture Art with a bride and groom in — because well, there are wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers and then there’s Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. This last pho­to­graph is focused entirely on our beau­ti­ful bride and her hand­some husband.

Pho­tog­ra­pher Chris has the skill to take the most artis­tic, exquis­itely com­posed pho­tographs using breath­tak­ing light­ing and colour, and also the most roman­tic, warm and inti­mate images of a bride and groom enjoy­ing their day and totally in love.

Thanks again for sub­mit­ting this wed­ding to Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. Chris Han­ley and wife Claire are a fan­tas­tic team, work­ing together to shoot your wed­ding with­out miss­ing a sin­gle moment or photo oppor­tu­nity. Visit the web­site for more inspi­ra­tion and to find out about their pop­u­lar Cher­ish The Dress pho­tog­ra­phy too.

Here’s another Chris Han­ley wed­ding for you to enjoy: the cel­e­bra­tion of a life­time — a wed­ding in pictures