A wedding in Somerset

Char­lotte and Tim held their wed­ding and recep­tion at the gor­geous Eng­lish wed­ding venue Hal­swell House in Som­er­set. Charlotte’s sense of style is what hooked me in to these wed­ding pho­tos by Car­o­line Pilling — I know you’ll love these as much as I do!

One of my favourite pic­tures from Char­lotte and Tim’s wed­ding at Hal­swell House

My favourite pho­to­graph from Char­lotte and Tim’s wed­ding is this one. Every­thing about it is per­fect: the bride and groom look­ing into each other’s eyes, the gor­geous arrange­ment of the wed­ding dress, and — did you notice Charlotte’s fabby shoes?! Char­lotte is a stun­ningly beau­ti­ful bride, a gor­geous brunette with an enchant­ing smile and a lovely fig­ure. She wears an Enzoani dress, ‘Berke­ley’ from Bel­lis­sima bridal in Essex.

Hal­swell House in Som­er­set is a stately Eng­lish wed­ding venue with bags of character

Somerset’s Hal­swell House is an his­toric William & Mary stately home in a won­der­ful coun­try­side set­ting, with rolling lawns and fine views across the Quan­tock Hills. Although it rained on Char­lotte and Tim’s wed­ding day, pho­tog­ra­pher Car­o­line Pilling took some really inspi­ra­tional wed­ding pho­tos mak­ing the most of this exquis­ite Eng­lish wed­ding venue.

Brides­maids shouldn’t have to wear white shoes — not when they can rock these beauties!

The bridal shoes always make a clas­sic wed­ding photo for the album. When the brides­maids’ shoes are stun­ning too, I love to see a pic­ture of those — and these fuch­sia pink open toed shoes from Bar­ratts are fantastic!

Charlotte’s cre­ative use of colour is won­der­ful. These are fab­u­lous wed­ding shoes in royal pur­ple. Wow!

Talk about mak­ing a state­ment! These pur­ple wed­ding shoes are gor­geous. I love the brooch on the shoe, and the way they speak vol­umes about Charlotte’s sense of style!

Bridal prepa­ra­tions look to be a blast as bride Char­lotte cracks open the champagne

Char­lotte has a great time get­ting ready for the wed­ding with the girls. A bot­tle of Veuve Clic­quot adds to the party atmos­phere! Charlotte’s neck­lace and hair­piece are gor­geous, exquis­ite state­ment bridal jewellery.

Groom Tim gets ready for the wed­ding, look­ing great in white

Tim is more sedate in his prepa­ra­tions for the wed­ding, and he looks great in a white suit and ascot tie, with a white waist­coat and full morn­ing suit.

Tim and Char­lotte are all smiles hold­ing hands at their wed­ding ceremony

The wed­ding cer­e­mony at Hal­swell House was very emo­tional, full of smiles and some happy tears (see Car­o­line Pilling’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy­blog for more pho­tos). I love this pic­ture of the bride and groom laugh­ing together. Charlotte’s bird­cage veil is a lovely touch, fram­ing her beau­ti­ful smile. I love the wrap-style bodice and sweet­heart neck­line which work so well with Charlotte’s bridal jewellery.

I love Charlotte’s art deco style wed­ding table plan

The wed­ding table plan is really nicely done. It has some­thing of an art deco style, with a lovely flo­ral back­ing paper, straight dec­o­ra­tive font and rounded cor­ners to each table. I love the lit­tle flower on each table too.

You just can’t get bet­ter than an ice cream cart at an Eng­lish sum­mer wedding!

The ice cream man is per­fect for the occa­sion! I love the quaint lit­tle ice cream cart, his waist­coat and hat… this is the kind of lit­tle extra treat that makes a mem­o­rable wed­ding for all of your guests. It shows on the guests’ faces — eager antic­i­pa­tion in the queue; delight from the guy at the front!

A fan­tas­tic pic­ture of the bridal party, relaxed and happy with splashes of pas­tel blue and hot pink

This relaxed pho­to­graph of the bridal party is lovely, another favourite for me. The nat­ural smiles on everyone’s faces, the bride and groom everyone’s focus, and Tim look­ing straight at the cam­era. I love the colours too: the pale blue brides­maids’ dresses and pink shoes look fantastic!

This por­trait photo of the bride and groom is a classic

Hal­swell house is a stun­ning wed­ding venue with some fan­tas­tic fea­tures. This arch­way frames the bride and groom beau­ti­fully. I love Charlotte’s dress in this pho­to­graph, which makes her the cen­tre of atten­tion in a beau­ti­fully com­posed picture.

The ball­room at Hal­swell House makes a great period back­drop for this very styl­ish wed­ding photograph

Another shot from inside the wed­ding venue, Char­lotte and Tim share a pri­vate moment while pho­tog­ra­pher Car­o­line snaps away. Their nat­ural pose and Charlotte’s smile make this the kind of pic­ture I really love.

Tra­di­tional French style ‘cro­quem­bouche’ wed­ding cake

Char­lotte and Tim’s main wed­ding cake is a cro­quem­bouche: a tra­di­tional French style wed­ding cake made from a splen­did tower of cream-filled choux buns. Driz­zled with but­ter­scotch sauce, dec­o­rated with lit­tle roses, and fin­ished with a sil­ver mono­gram, this wed­ding cake from Lick The Spoon is a bit of a masterpiece!

I can never resist a cup­cake pho­to­graph and these wed­ding cup­cakes look yummy!

The wed­ding cup­cakes always make a lovely pic­ture. Com­pared to stan­dard wed­ding cakes which can look like sculp­tures, cup­cakes always look so lovely and edi­ble! I can almost taste these lovely swirly cupcakes!

The wed­ding recep­tion makes the most of Hal­swell House’s oak pan­elled din­ing room

The wed­ding recep­tion at Hal­swell House is in a taste­ful and ele­gant oak pan­elled din­ing room. I love this curvy pho­to­graph of the wed­ding tables all set out ready for the meal.

Char­lotte makes a wed­ding speech which has every­one smiling

Charlotte’s smile is beau­ti­ful, and as she makes her speech and glances towards Tim, this pic­ture taken from across the room cap­tures a spe­cial moment. The over­all feel­ing I get from these wed­ding pho­tographs is just of a really happy, relaxed and fun wed­ding day. It just seems perfect!

Huge thanks to wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Car­o­line Pilling for shar­ing this wed­ding with us today. There are more pic­tures of this and other gor­geous wed­dings on Caroline’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog. Do visit her main web­site too, espe­cially if you’re look­ing for a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher in Som­er­set, Dorset, Bris­tol or Devon. If you’ve fallen in love with these pic­tures, con­tact Car­o­line as she’ll travel fur­ther afield if you wish!