Vintage styled, relaxed and beautiful Hurst House wedding: part one

Ben and Amy. Smiles, gig­gles and hugs in a room full of happy fam­ily and friends. A wed­ding day in a Grade II listed hotel on the South­ern coast of Wales. Hurst House is an ele­gant, styl­ish hotel full of tra­di­tional decor, with 17 rooms for wed­ding guests and you’ll get a real sense of the atmos­phere of the place from Joseph Yarrow’s pho­tographs from the day.

Joseph is a pho­tog­ra­pher I always admire. His images are the per­fect com­bi­na­tion of artistry and doc­u­men­tary style, with detail pho­tos that draw you inside… I love the first images, approach­ing Hurst House — it’s like you’re there.

Then we meet bride Amy, who is beau­ti­ful — I’d say effort­lessly beau­ti­ful, to mean she has a radi­ance that’s noth­ing to do with her wed­ding day, although you’ll swoon when you see her vin­tage wed­ding dress and veil. Amy’s dad is a big part of the wed­ding day, and of course groom Ben — aptly described (along with Amy) by Joseph as “insanely good looking”!

I’ll waf­fle no more — or only to say that this will be a wed­ding blog in two parts. Don’t for­get to come back for more tomorrow!

Dad plays a huge part in this wed­ding day. This pic­ture says it all. Dads are special.

Now you see what I mean by “effort­lessly beau­ti­ful”… Amy is sooo pretty.

A fit of gig­gles fills the entire room as the mar­riage cer­e­mony gets started!

One of the best char­ac­ters in this wed­ding day (and rabbit)

The detail­ing on Amy’s wed­ding dress is lovely. It’s the per­fect dress for her, a lovely vin­tage style with embroidery.

Gor­geous photo of a cello (or dou­ble bass, or maybe violin…)

And as the party gets started I’ll leave you for now and write up part two. Pop back tomor­row for more!

More rab­bit, more smiles and hugs, more adorable kid­dies enjoy­ing the day. More beau­ti­ful shots of Amy and much more of Ben (who I’ve been hid­ing, it would seem!)

And more of Joseph Yarrow’s stun­ning wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy too. In the mean­time, check out his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog and offi­cial web­site at www.josephyarrow.com