Colourful Castle Wedding

Les­ley and Amir are a stun­ning cou­ple — and their wed­ding pho­tos are a treat!

I was in the mood for some­thing bright and cheer­ful when I found this wed­ding on Andi Goodman’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy site — and it’s just a feast of colours and tex­tures — a stun­ner! Not only that, the bride and groom are so very gor­geous, I had to fea­ture this! Enjoy…

Bovey Cas­tle is a thrilling wed­ding venue with dra­matic scenery

Andi was at the venue early in the morn­ing to see this gor­geous sun­rise on the day of Amir and Lesley’s wed­ding. A great start to what turns out to be a beau­ti­ful Octo­ber day.

Les­ley is sheer ele­gance in her beau­ti­ful hal­ter neck bridal gown

Les­ley is slen­der and wil­lowy, and her back­less wed­ding gown flat­tered her fig­ure. Her designer wed­ding dress was cov­ered in del­i­cate embroi­dery giv­ing it a very clas­sic, vin­tage style. The hal­ter neck also looks very beau­ti­ful on Les­ley, and she empha­sises the shape of her gor­geous wed­ding dress in this pho­to­graph taken before the ceremony.

Les­ley and her best friends just before the wed­ding ceremony

Groom Amir with his best man and usher

Sit­ting with her friends before the wed­ding begins, Les­ley just looks amaz­ing. Amir spends the time before the wed­ding with his best man, and he’s the pic­ture of hap­pi­ness! The pho­to­graph is a great one too, with the exquis­itely carved ban­is­ters at Bovey Cas­tle fram­ing the shot.

Amir and Les­ley make a strik­ing cou­ple and look won­der­ful together

Les­ley and Amir are a very, very hand­some cou­ple. And both look born to wear their wed­ding day fin­ery! The soft shad­ows in both of these pic­tures look won­der­ful. Amir looks great in his top hat while Les­ley wears a sheer veil, and lit­tle gold hair­pins with pearls to com­ple­ment that gor­geous wed­ding dress.

The wed­ding cer­e­mony room was dec­o­rated to per­fec­tion in autum­nal colours

The wed­ding was in Octo­ber and the theme and colours were rich autum­nal shades, with every­thing from golden orange flow­ers to lux­u­ri­ous cop­pery tones, reds and bur­gundy in the wed­ding flow­ers. I love this piture of the chair cov­ers at the recep­tion — it’s per­fectly arranged and makes a great photograph.

The rich colours and tex­tures of the flow­ers make a fas­ci­nat­ing picture

The wed­ding flow­ers are stun­ning, from Lesley’s bou­quet through to the table dec­o­ra­tions, with calla lilies in rich golden colours tak­ing cen­tre stage. These two pho­tographs cap­ture the colours beau­ti­fully. Makes you think wow, doesn’t it. I don’t know what the red seed heads are, but they add such flavour and per­son­al­ity to the wed­ding flow­ers. The wed­ding was on the 31st, so the shape of these is a lit­tle rem­i­nis­cent of pump­kins… per­fect for Hallowe’en!

The wed­ding cer­e­mony in Bovey Castle’s Cathe­dral Room

Andi took this lovely pho­to­graph dur­ing the wed­ding cer­e­mony itself, which was held in the cathe­dral room of Bovey Cas­tle, a beau­ti­ful regal style room with bal­cony and gor­geous wooden pan­elling, which can cater for up to 150 wed­ding guests for your wed­ding cer­e­mony. Amir and Les­ley share a very happy moment, huge smiles on both their faces — clearly a case of “hap­pily ever after”!

Cap­tur­ing the very best of the wed­ding speeches!

The speeches look great. I love look­ing at pho­tographs of wed­ding speeches, because it’s a great oppor­tu­nity to see what your pho­tog­ra­pher can do… so many emo­tions, pre­cious and fleet­ing moments where you laugh until you cry, with thought­ful moments, roman­tic mem­o­ries and embar­rass­ing sto­ries galore! Andi gets it just right: Les­ley and Amir help­less with laugh­ter at the best man’s speech. Two great pictures.

Those smiles tell such a fab­u­lous story of this won­der­ful wed­ding day!

Out­side, Amir and Les­ley have a for­mal por­trait ses­sion and every­thing comes together beau­ti­fully for some roman­tic, dra­matic and beau­ti­ful wed­ding pic­tures. I love how these two put their hearts into those won­der­ful smiles every time! This pho­to­graph of the bride and groom hints at a very inter­est­ing sky, with the beau­ti­ful Dart­moor val­ley view in the background.

Bovey Cas­tle — a breath­tak­ing Devon wed­ding venue

One of my favourite pic­tures, this is Bovey Cas­tle in all its glory. What a mag­nif­i­cent wed­ding venue. Set in the heart of Devon, in the beau­ti­ful Dart­moor National Park, Bovey was orig­i­nally a manor house, dat­ing from 1880 and with a colour­ful his­tory to its name. This pho­to­graph really makes the most of the clouds and blue sky, turn­ing the cas­tle into a truly dra­matic set­ting for Amir and Lesley’s wed­ding day. I love this pic­ture — a pretty blue sky just wouldn’t have done it justice.

Les­ley and Amir on the bridge in the grounds of Bovey Castle

From dra­matic vis­tas to idyl­lic land­scaped gar­dens in the grand­est of styles, Bovey Cas­tle has it all. This is a clas­sic view and deservedly so — you’ll see sim­i­lar pic­tures in Bovey’s own wed­ding brochure. Andi makes the most of the still waters and reflec­tions to cre­ate a beau­ti­fully com­posed, colour­ful pho­to­graph of the bride and groom. It seems a world away from the pre­vi­ous pho­to­graph of the cas­tle: this is a pri­vate, roman­tic pic­ture and makes such a lovely contrast.

A relaxed but tra­di­tional pho­to­graph of the bride and groom

The beau­ti­fully tended gar­dens at Bovey Cas­tle make a fan­tas­tic play­ground for a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher! Relaxed and happy, Les­ley and Amir laugh together as they take a walk along the lawn… I think it’s the top hat, but Amir looks right at home! Les­ley holds her dress with such poise and ele­gance too. They could be lord and lady of the manor in this picture.

Les­ley and Amir in sil­hou­ette out­side the hotel spa — a very happy ending

It’s a shame every wed­ding fea­ture has to come to an end, and this is one I’ve really loved writ­ing. With the hotel spa in the back­ground, Les­ley and Amir hold hands in this last pic­ture, as dark­ness falls on their wed­ding day. I do like the sil­hou­ette idea — the win­dow and the soft light­ing behind make this work so well. The per­fect fin­ish­ing touch to what I’m sure will be a won­der­ful wed­ding album! Les­ley still looks stun­ningly beau­ti­ful, and Amir is still grin­ning I’m sure!

Thanks to Andi Good­man for sub­mit­ting this wed­ding. I’m impressed that he was on loca­tion as the sun rose, and still there after it set! I’ve really enjoyed those lush autumn colours, the mag­nif­i­cent set­ting and the absolutely stun­ning bride and groom! Andi has just relaunched his web­site so please do take a look — Andi Good­man Oxford­shire wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher and you can find out more about Andi and his work on his new pho­tog­ra­phy blog.