A very English wedding

Sophie and Chris's gorgeous April wedding is such a perfect fit for my blog, I'm delighted to share it with you. Wedding photographer Kevin Mullins submitted these pictures last month, and I hope you'll find them truly inspiring as I do! Sit back and enjoy...

Sophie touches up her make up before the wedding

Sophie looks very much the English rose (honestly, this wedding couldn't be more perfect for us!) She applied her own wedding make up and I love the romance of this picture with the wedding veil and mirror.

Sophie, her flowergirl and parents before the wedding

Making their way to wedding venue Malmesbury Abbey, Sophie and her little bridesmaid are completely caught in the moment. A lovely natural wedding picture. The bridesmaid is carrying a little sheepdog - I love little personal touches like this!

The wedding ceremony - love the trim on Sophie's veil

Inside the abbey, this picture captures a moment without giving too much away. I love the line of Sophie's veil swirling down towards the floor.

Sophie and Chris in church

Inside Malmesbury Abbey. Sophie and Chris look so happy. I'm sure their knuckles are white where they're holding hands really tightly - and they both look fantastic. Sophie's dress is lovely on her, with a fabric flower on one hip, ruched fabric and a lovely full skirt. Chris wears a traditional lounge suit with gold waistcoat and tie.

A perfect wedding picture: Bride Sophie and little bridesmaid

This is my favourite picture from Sophie and Chris's wedding day. I love the back of Sophie's dress, her beautiful complexion (I've wanted freckles since I was 5!) and the way her little bridesmaid is clutching the wedding dress. The bridesmaid is so cute, and her little vintage style dress is perfect.

Great over the shoul­der pho­to­graph of gor­geous bride Sophie

In the beau­ti­ful April sun­shine, Sophie smiles and enjoys the wed­ding day. This is a stun­ning pic­ture with her hair shin­ing in the sun­light, her lovely smile and the light and shadow play­ing across her face.

Sophie enjoys a game of table ten­nis. I hope she won!

What I love most about this oh-so-English wed­ding is the fun and games after the cer­e­mony. The recep­tion was held at The Rec­tory Hotel in Malmes­bury, a pretty period house with lovely gar­dens. The first of many excel­lent wed­ding pho­tos with out­door games, here Sophie has cham­pagne in one hand, table ten­nis bat in the other!

Time for a spot of badminton

Smart suits are all well and good, but relax­ing after the cer­e­mony and hav­ing a great time is impor­tant too… and I love this pic­ture. The young bad­minton player strikes the per­fect casual pose as he serves.

Some­how a cricket bat goes with the gor­geous vin­tage wed­ding dress!

Casual, and strik­ingly fem­i­nine, Sophie will have unusual wed­ding pho­tos to remem­ber! How many brides are snapped lean­ing con­tem­pla­tively on a cricket bat? The wed­ding dress is lovely, sim­ply cut and falling beau­ti­fully to the grass. Sophie’s vin­tage style hair clip is a great touch.

An action shot of Sophie play­ing cricket at the wedding

The out­door games aren’t just for show either, Sophie is happy to get stuck in and enjoys the cricket as much as anyone!

Yes, of course you can run in a wed­ding dress!

… and who­ever said you couldn’t run on grass in a wed­ding dress and high heels? In fact the dress and pet­ti­coats look amaz­ing in this pic­ture, and Sophie’s expres­sion is great!

The guests really enjoy the cricket too!

Every­one enjoys the cricket, and all the wed­ding guests have a whale of a time.

In charge of pro­ceed­ings, this adorable umpire!

The lit­tle brides­maid is adorable in every pic­ture. The lit­tle dress is all the more cute for being floor-length, and it’s clear who’s mak­ing the rules in this match! What a cute umpire!

A great day, full of fun for all the wed­ding guests

… but has our lit­tle brids­maid met her match on the bad­minton court? The inter­ac­tions between guests are caught beau­ti­fully by Wilt­shire wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Kevin Mullins.

The Rec­tory Hotel is the per­fect venue for an Eng­lish wed­ding reception

A more relaxed side of the wed­ding venue: The Rec­tory Hotel is an idyl­lic wed­ding venue.

Chris and Sophie: the end of a beau­ti­ful wed­ding day

At the end of a really amaz­ing wed­ding day, Chris and Sophie brave a storm of rose petal con­fetti to set off on their honeymoon.

Thanks to Kevin Mullins for sub­mit­ting this wed­ding for the blog. I’m proud to share it with you today. What could fit the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog bet­ter than this?! Wonderful.

For more of Kevin’s work please visit his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog.

Stick around to see more blogs this week inspired by Chris and Sophie’s very Eng­lish wedding.