Snow White Wedding

Fiona and Peter on their snowy Eng­lish wed­ding day

It seems so long since we had all that lovely white snow across Eng­land in Jan­u­ary, but look­ing at this wed­ding brings it all back in the most mag­i­cal of ways.

Fiona and Peter were mar­ried in early Jan­u­ary, and the gor­geous win­ter weather really made it a day to remem­ber. The gor­geous win­try white of their wed­ding day is really beau­ti­ful. Pho­tog­ra­pher Mar­i­anne Tay­lor sub­mit­ted their Eng­lish win­ter wed­ding for the blog, and it’s such a plea­sure to share it here.

Fiona’s wed­ding dress with lace detail, and her lovely shoes

Marianne’s style is very much wed­ding pho­to­jour­nal­ism. She cap­tures all the lit­tle details of the wed­ding day, start­ing with these beau­ti­ful pho­tographs of Fiona’s dress — the lace of the bodice is so del­i­cate and pretty — and her shoes. The com­po­si­tion of the pic­ture makes it look very vintage.

Fiona is beau­ti­fully com­posed before her wed­ding begins

As Fiona pre­pares for the big day she looks so beau­ti­ful already. The shape of her bodice suits Fiona so well, and that high neck at the back of the dress is gor­geous. She looks so calm and com­posed too, a very happy, naturally beautiful bride.

The expres­sions in this pho­to­graph are priceless!

That is until the make up artist and hair styl­ist rush in with a per­fectly coor­di­nated, full on attack strat­egy. I love this pic­ture. They look so deter­mined, and Fiona’s face says so much!

The hyacinths are a won­der­ful back­drop for the wed­ding ring picture.

The wed­ding rings are cap­tured in this imag­i­na­tive and beau­ti­fully com­posed pho­to­graph with win­try blue hyacinth buds — very fit­ting for the day. What can be a very ‘token’, ordi­nary pic­ture is turned into real art by Marianne’s skill with her camera.

The lit­tle choco­late box church in Rick­mansworth is idyllic

The roman catholic mar­riage cer­e­mony was held at Our Lady Help of Chris­tians, in Rick­mansworth. It’s a beau­ti­ful lit­tle build­ing, full of char­ac­ter out­side, and (from these pho­tographs at least) tardis-like on the inside!

The bride and groom are all smiles inside the church

Peter and Fiona both smile from ear to ear as they stand together at the altar. They’re clearly made for each other and make a won­der­ful couple.

Peer­ing through the bal­cony rail­ings for a gor­geous photo of the ceremony

I adore these very artis­tic pho­tographs taken dur­ing the mar­riage cer­e­mony itself. First, a shot of the bride and groom at the altar, taken from the rich wooden pan­elling inside the church by Marianne’s assis­tant pho­tog­ra­pher Susanna. While the church itself is so lovely and bright inside, this pic­ture makes a lovely con­trast with the bright shin­ing win­dows in other photographs.

This view of the church from the bal­cony is stunning

The view of the con­gre­ga­tion and of the length of the church is very nicely done. The ele­gant build­ing is sym­met­ri­cal and lit from above the beams, while the full con­gre­ga­tion and the bride and groom in the mid­dle of the pic­ture com­plete a per­fect scene.

Fiona and Peter enjoy the snow out­side Stoke Place on their wed­ding day

Hap­pily mar­ried, Peter and Fiona took their guests along to Stoke Place — one of Buckinghamshire’s very pic­turesque stately home wed­ding venues — for a sophis­ti­cated wed­ding break­fast. And we see how won­der­ful the pure white snow works in the por­trait pho­tographs taken out­side the venue. Fiona’s dress is a beau­ti­fully slen­der shape and suits her fig­ure per­fectly. Peter’s suit in a warm navy colour, and his tie and but­ton­hole are per­fectly coor­di­nated and match with the rich blues in Fiona’s bou­quet. I love every­thing about this pic­ture: the bride and groom, the trees fram­ing the shot and the gor­geous venue in a beau­ti­ful snowy scene. Def­i­nitely a favourite.

Fiona poses with her brides­maids on the stair­way at Stoke Place

This pho­to­graph of Fiona and her two gor­geous brides­maids is really lovely. All three look so happy, the blues of the brides­maid dresses and the blue walls work so well together, and Fiona looks stun­ning in every pho­to­graph… but here with the white fur wraps and white roses this is clearly an ele­gant win­ter wed­ding, and what makes the photo so spe­cial is the crys­tals from the chan­de­lier in the fore­ground. Don’t they look like beau­ti­ful sparkling icicles?

The wed­ding cake and recep­tion room are strik­ing in white and navy

The theme for Fiona and Peter’s recep­tion was white and navy — one of my favourite win­ter wed­ding themes. The cake was very sim­ple, three tiers with navy rib­bon and white daisies for dec­o­ra­tion — sim­ply per­fect. And the venue itself is per­fect for the theme — Stoke Place is a rare treat of a wed­ding venue in that it is pretty much a blank can­vas for you to fill with the wed­ding colours of your choice!

The wed­ding cup­cakes and table votives add fun and sparkle to the reception

Quite often, pho­tographs of your wed­ding details can really make your album — they’re the cherry on the cake, so to speak. And these two are really lovely. Cup­cakes are always pho­to­genic, but this lovely cup­cake tower in white and navy with the shiny sil­ver cases looks gor­geous. The white rose table dec­o­ra­tions and sim­ple lit­tle votive can­dles cre­ate pretty lit­tle high­lights across the tables.

Two strik­ing wed­ding pho­tographs beneath trees in the snow

I’m really delighted to be able to share Fiona and Peter’s wed­ding with you. For me it’s the per­fect win­ter wed­ding, beau­ti­fully made with such an ele­gant win­try theme. I adore Fiona, she’s so very beau­ti­ful and has the most amaz­ing smile. These last two pic­tures are a per­fect note to fin­ish on, I think: the snow in the back­ground and on the branches of the trees, and the way Fiona and Peter hold each other… so very much in love, and so relaxed and happy it shows in every one of their wed­ding photos.

Thanks to Mar­i­anne Tay­lor for sub­mit­ting this wed­ding to the blog. The day is really inspir­ing I think, and the pho­tog­ra­phy is really out of this world. A win­ter won­der­land and a mag­i­cal wed­ding for the blog. I love it!