Category Archives: autumn weddings

We met at primary school… a Welsh wedding

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Claire

wedding blog photo (35)There’s noth­ing like a real love story to brighten up a cold morn­ing… and Alice and Jamie’s story is a lovely one. Both liv­ing in Lon­don now, they went back to their child­hood home of Wales to get mar­ried last year. Alice has writ­ten her own story of the wed­ding day which is as enchant­ing as the images of the wed­ding. And she looks so incred­i­bly beau­ti­ful in lace and pearls…

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All the pho­tographs are by Cam­bridge wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Jean-Luc Benazet. I have some­thing very spe­cial to tell you about Jean-Luc at the end of this wed­ding blog, but for now I’ll leave you to read Alice and Jamie’s wed­ding story.  Read more…

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An English rose and a Ukrainian sunflower

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Claire

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This real wed­ding is bright, excit­ing and full of colour: from the vin­tage fire engine, Jezebel, to the strik­ing sunflowers-which-are-better-than-sunflowers… it’s a stunner.

Man­ches­ter based Vick­er­staff Pho­tog­ra­phy sub­mit­ted the wed­ding for our lovely lit­tle blog, and I was delighted to see a glo­ri­ous day unfold through one fab­u­lous image after another. There are some amaz­ing shots here which I know you’ll love to bits. I do — these guys are really special.

When Ivanka sent me her wed­ding report explain­ing all the Ukrain­ian wed­ding tra­di­tions included in her day — well it was more than the icing on the cake. This is a very spe­cial wed­ding and I’m sure you’ll love it — and learn some­thing too*  Read more…

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Romance, tears, kilts and sunsets

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Claire

Neil Wed­ding Video– Heaton House Farm Cheshire from silk wed­ding videos on Vimeo.

This gor­geous wed­ding film by Silk Wed­ding Videos needs very lit­tle intro­duc­tion. A beau­ti­ful bride in a ruf­fled wed­ding dress; her gor­geous (and tear­ful) groom in kilt and sporren; an idyl­lic Cheshire loca­tion and about as loved up as a wed­ding video can be.

Wed­ding video highlights:

  • the adorable brides­maid watch­ing prepa­ra­tions in the morning
  • tears from the groom and his heart­warm­ing vows
  • a lovely Scot­tish accent and bag­pipers to go with it!
  • dogs in col­lars made of roses. Eat your heart out Tamara!
 Read more…

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English Wedding best of 2010: real wedding

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Claire

Another favourite wed­ding fea­tured this year was from March — in this case it’s the wed­ding dress I absolutely adore: the vibrant red is out of this world. Bride Gemma is stun­ning and wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Amy Wass is one very tal­ented lady. Enjoy!

red maggie sottero wedding dress

One of my favourite Amy Wass wed­ding photographs

Rhinefield House

Rhine­field House is a lux­ury wed­ding venue with bags of character

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The wed­ding cer­e­mony — the opu­lent set­ting makes it really special

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The wed­ding speeches embar­rass Gemma, just a bit!

To see the full post just click Stun­ning Red Wed­ding.

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Malmesbury Abbey wedding

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Claire

Time for some­thing a lit­tle bit awe inspir­ing, I think! How about a beau­ti­ful wed­ding in a 12th cen­tury Eng­lish abbey?

Malmes­bury Abbey is a uniquely impres­sive church, and Mark and Laura were lucky enough to be mar­ried there in the late sum­mer. Only parts of the abbey are still stand­ing, as it dates back from the 1100s — but restora­tion work means the church can still serve as a parish church for daily ser­vices and wed­ding ceremonies.

Pho­tog­ra­phy is by Magic Pho­tog­ra­phy’s Alli­son Dench, a Berkshire-based wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher who I love for her abil­ity to cap­ture all the most roman­tic moments of a wed­ding day.  Read more…

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English autumn wedding

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Claire
A favourite photograph of Liz and Jon, so much in love.

A favourite photograph of Liz and Jon, so much in love.

The first engagement shoot I ever featured on English Wedding was of Liz and Jon - a Cheshire bride- and groom-to-be whose lovely photos had me completely hooked.

Two months have absolutely flown by, and I can now very happily blog Liz and Jon's wedding day for you. This couple wear their hearts on their sleeves - so the photos might just bring a tear to your eye. They did for me!  Read more…

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