Burley Manor Wedding

Lau­ren and Barry’s lovely Eng­lish wedding

Lau­ren and Barry were mar­ried at Bur­ley Manor on the 6th of Feb­ru­ary this year. I love Lauren’s look — she’s a real Eng­lish rose. Her wed­ding gown is a very clas­sic, tra­di­tional style but with an extrav­a­gant full skirt and ruched fab­ric in lots of lovey lay­ers, while the bodice is sim­ple and looks beau­ti­ful on her slen­der frame. I love this first wed­ding pic­ture for its Eng­lish­ness… a stroll in the woods, with oak leaves lin­ing the ground and the lovely greens of moss and holly fram­ing the bride and groom.

Lau­ren and her Dad before the wed­ding ceremony

Lau­ren and her dad just before the wed­ding. Lauren’s hair is lovely — she has the per­fect oval face for a style that sweeps across her fore­head, with soft curls and the sim­plest of jew­ellery: just a pretty pearl neck­lace and match­ing ear­rings, with nat­ural make up. Lauren’s dad wears a rich red cra­vat and match­ing buttonhole. Photographer Greg from TP Pho­tog­ra­phy clearly puts the bride and her dad at ease for this tra­di­tional wed­ding picture.

Lauren’s pretty brides­maid looks great in this photograph

Lauren’s brides­maid has the same soft curls in her hair, and looks ever so pretty with her white brides­maid neck­lace to match Lauren’s.

Lau­ren glows with hap­pi­ness as her dad walks her down the aisle

I love the expres­sion on Lauren’s face in this pic­ture. As her dad con­cen­trates on the wed­ding cer­e­mony, Lau­ren meets Barry’s eyes and they both look so delighted to be there!

Lau­ren shows off that beau­ti­ful wed­ding dress!

Out­side Bur­ley Manor, pho­tog­ra­pher Greg stops Lau­ren for a pic­ture of that glo­ri­ous dress, and the angle of this pic­ture really empha­sises the full­ness of those cas­cad­ing fab­rics. Lauren’s bou­quet is a lovely style for win­ter, and goes beau­ti­fully with her wed­ding gown. The rich reds and the green of the ivy are a very pop­u­lar com­bi­na­tion for win­ter wed­dings. It’s good to see all the guests admir­ing the wed­ding dress, even the lit­tle ones!

A toast to the bride and groom!

This is a really roman­tic wed­ding pho­to­graph. Lau­ren and Barry, hap­pily mar­ried, share a toast in the wed­ding car. They make a lovely couple.

Lauren’s dress fills the door­way in this wed­ding photo

If you have a wed­ding dress this mag­nif­i­cent, you have to show it off! Lau­ren and Barry share a kiss in the door­way, and I love the way their shad­ows are cen­tral in this pic­ture. Lauren’s dress is amaz­ing, the bodice suits her slen­der fig­ure and the full skirt makes for some fan­tas­tic photos.

Lau­ren and Barry make the most of the New For­est set­ting for their wedding!

I’m sav­ing my favourite four pho­tos, and the ones I think really make this wed­ding spe­cial, until last. Pho­tog­ra­pher Greg from TP Pho­tog­ra­phy cap­tures some lovely scenes dur­ing the for­mal wed­ding por­trait ses­sion. This pic­ture makes the most of the inter­est­ing shapes of the trees, and the sun­light casts some great shad­ows on the for­est floor.

Another lovely pic­ture: the reflec­tion adds depth to this photo

This is another favourite for me: pho­tog­ra­pher Greg makes the most of our Eng­lish weather to take this lovely pho­to­graph of the bride and groom’s reflec­tions in a still pud­dle! The mixed, bright sky and dark con­trast of the hedgerows add loads of inter­est to the picture.

The first dance at Lauren’s wed­ding is a colour­ful affair!

The first dance makes a lovely pic­ture, with the rain­bow coloured lights on the dance­floor, the fairy lights around the venue and can­de­labra all com­bin­ing to add lots of shine and sparkle to a roman­tic wed­ding photo.

A darker pic­ture, almost sil­hou­ettes of the bride and groom

And finally… with the lights faded and the bride and groom tak­ing cen­tre stage, this shot is such a con­trast from the pre­vi­ous one. It’s one of those pic­tures where there’s noth­ing else in the world but the bride and groom, the muted light­ing with scat­tered high­lights on the wed­ding dress, just pick­ing out two big smiles and a twin­kle of fairy lights.

Thanks to Greg from TP Pho­tog­ra­phy for sub­mit­ting this lovely wed­ding to the Eng­lish wed­ding blog. I really love Lau­ren, she’s stun­ning in her wed­ding dress and so clearly enjoy­ing every one of these pho­tographs. See more shots of the wed­ding on Greg’s blog, as well as lat­est wed­ding pho­tos from Dorset and around. Greg — thank you.