Hampton Manor Wedding

Bride Laraine shows off her fab­u­lous dress before the wedding

Time for a treat as once again wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Han­ley has shared a gor­geous lux­ury wed­ding with us all. The set­ting is Hamp­ton Manor in Arden, near Birm­ing­ham. It’s a splen­did 19th cen­tury manor house with stun­ning period fea­tures, very much sought after as one of the most amaz­ing wed­ding venues in England.

A gor­geous artis­tic photo of Laraine before the wedding

Laraine and Stephen were mar­ried in June 2009. Laraine wore a beau­ti­ful strap­less white wed­ding dress and fin­ger­tip length veil — used to great effect in this pho­to­graph! Laraine’s pose is relaxed and very soft and fem­i­nine, while the doors to either side of her add a strong struc­ture to the pho­to­graph.  I love this picture.

Laraine makes the most of wear­ing a wed­ding dress — I can almost hear the lovely ‘swish’!

Brides who’ve com­mented on wed­dings I’ve fea­tured before on this blog have all said that wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers Chris and Claire Han­ley are a plea­sure to work with, putting brides and grooms at ease, and mak­ing sure they enjoy the whole expe­ri­ence… and it’s in pho­tos like this one that their magic shines through… Laraine looks won­der­ful skip­ping along the cor­ri­dor in her gor­geous gown!!!

Stephen looks fan­tas­tic — his suit is beau­ti­fully tai­lored, his smile relaxed and very happy!

Groom Stephen looks fan­tas­tic in this pho­to­graph — I love the suit, his pose and how chilled out and happy he looks! Plus the swirling back­ground on the wall behind him seems to frame the pic­ture per­fectly — a really nice, thought­ful wed­ding photo.

The per­fect vin­tage wed­ding car for an amaz­ing stately home wed­ding venue!

With a venue as stun­ning as Hamp­ton Manor, you have to arrive in style. The vin­tage car is really classy and fits per­fectly with the time­less set­ting for Laraine and Stephen’s wed­ding blessing.

Laraine and her brides­maids arrive in vin­tage style for the wedding

Laraine and her brides­maids pose for a lovely pic­ture in the wed­ding car, the win­dows like lit­tle photo frames around each of the girls!

The cham­pagne is ready for a toast to the bride and groom!

The bride and groom! After the wed­ding, Laraine and Stephen make their entrance at Hamp­ton Manor. This cre­ative photo frames the bride and groom twice, with the door­way open­ing and the rows of cham­pagne sparkling to either side of the happy couple.

Stephen and Laraine out­side Hamp­ton Manor

Out­side the doors of Hamp­ton Manor, the bride and groom pose for another strik­ing pic­ture. I love the sym­me­try of this one, the detail­ing around the top of the arch­way, the plants and again the relaxed and happy feel of the photo.

Stephen and Laraine enjoy the sump­tu­ous sur­round­ings of Hamp­ton Manor

Out­side Hamp­ton Manor is fab­u­lous, with won­der­ful period fea­tures. Inside it’s the height of mod­ern lux­ury with styl­ish decor in every room and has plenty of oppor­tu­ni­ties for unique and lux­u­ri­ous wed­ding pho­tographs. Hamp­ton Manor has been described as “world class” by the famous wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Damien Love­grove. It’s the per­fect loca­tion for the best wed­ding pho­tographs you could ever wish for.

I love the mir­ror thing! This is a great photo.

With the focus of this pic­ture on the bride and groom, the angle of the photo with the reflec­tions is cap­ti­vat­ing! I could look at this pic­ture for hours try­ing to fig­ure out how the mir­ror thing works, but my eyes are always drawn back to Laraine and Stephen. Magic!

The wed­ding cake is a tower of roses and petals

Stephen and Laraine’s 5 tier wed­ding cake is a work of art. Dec­o­rated with the most del­i­cate of sugar roses in white with a hint of coral, it’s absolutely beautiful.

Hamp­ton Manor is full of spec­tac­tu­lar photo opportunities

Did I men­tion Hamp­ton Manor’s lux­u­ri­ous inte­rior? I think this pic­ture of the bride and groom says it all! The chan­de­lier behind Stephen and Laraine is aston­ish­ing, with rows of crys­tals refract­ing the light to cre­ate a lovely atmos­pheric photo of the bride and groom. Laraine’s wed­ding gown is beau­ti­ful in the soft light­ing, with swathes of fab­ric twist­ing around her feet to show the dress in all its glory.

A lovely photo taken as the sun sets, Laraine and Stephen in the spotlight!

Out­side Hamp­ton Manor after the sun sets on their wed­ding day, the photo oppor­tu­ni­ties just get more cre­ative. This sim­ple photo of the bride and groom in the manor’s lovely gar­dens is lit beau­ti­fully, cast­ing Laraine’s dress in a flood of light.

Bride Laraine is bathed in blue in a gor­geous con­tem­po­rary wed­ding photograph

Laraine could be a model for a top wed­ding dress designer in this blue and gold por­trait. She has such an amaz­ing fig­ure, per­fect for her dress which looks so beau­ti­ful in the blue light­ing. I love the colours in the pic­ture — I’d also love to know where it was taken!

Laraine and Stephen framed by the win­dows of Hamp­ton Court

A quiet moment for the bride and groom after the wed­ding. This pic­ture could have been caught by chance, look­ing from out­side the wed­ding venue at the bride and groom. I love the colours, the blue of the win­dow panes and the warmth of the lamps inside the venue. Most of all, the warmth of the moment shared between the bride and groom is just lovely.

The fire­works against such a gor­geous back­drop look amazing.

And to fin­ish off the per­fect sum­mer wed­ding day, just a few fire­works — don’t they look amaz­ing out­side the manor house! Another lovely pic­ture full of colour and light — and the ideal note to end on.

Thanks to Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy for sub­mit­ting another fab­u­lous wed­ding for the blog. Not only is every photo stun­ning, it’s a real plea­sure to see inside the top UK wed­ding venues. Hamp­ton Manor is mag­nif­i­cent, and I can’t wait to see where Chris will take us to next!

Please visit Chris’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy web­site for more infor­ma­tion on The Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy Expe­ri­ence, and watch this space for a spe­cial fea­ture on Cher­ish The Dress pho­tog­ra­phy, as cre­ated by none other than Chris Han­ley himself!