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.