Roz & José’s Lake District wedding with amazing scenery, with Jaye Peg Photography
A glorious wedding in the beautiful Lake District, an adorable couple and fabulous rainbow styling touches! This is a wonderful wedding to inspire you all – we do hope you love it! Do click through to the full feature for Roz and José’s supplier recommendations and reviews. We loved reading about their day!
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How did you choose your photographer?
We interviewed a few photographers. Jaye really understood our vision, and she was able to do make up as well which meant less contractors during very uncertain covid times.
Were you pleased with your wedding photographer? Do tell… we love a brilliant review!
Jaye Adams was fantastic. Not only was she incredibly supportive with every wedding cancellation due to covid, and followed what we wanted, she went above and beyond to take as many candid photos as possible and stayed late to capture special moments. We also arranged a post wedding photo shoot to go out into the Lakes and capture the real beauty of Roz’s home. The photos speak for themselves, they’re stunning.
Tell us about your venue – what made this place special for you?
Our wedding venue was ideal for a small wedding with the whole venue to ourselves, meaning that we could party into the night without worrying!
Did you love wearing your outfits? How was the dress / suit shopping experience?
Roz had her dress custom made, with rainbow fabric in the back – nobody was expecting an even vaguely white dress, so the whole outfit was a surprise for the guests, with a little added ‘Roz’ in the back! José bought a three piece Hugo Boss suit and felt amazing because it was tailored perfectly and helped the day feel even more special.
Did you hire a florist? Tell us about any floral amazingness
We didn’t hire a florist, Roz made the button holes out of old piano music (as she’s musical!) and her bouquet was made out of recycled Harry Potter books by Literary Bouquets. We wanted the flowers to last a lifetime, and be environmentally conscious in the process.
As cake lovers here at English Wedding we’d LOVE to know who made your cake, and how delicious it was?
Our cake was UNREAL!! It was made by Cakes by Hannah in Yorkshire. Our wedding was re-arranged five times due to the pandemic, and we had to completely change our cake design every time as we were in a different season! The cake itself was gluten free and rainbow layered…and most importantly it tasted phenomenal!
Tell us about any special personal touches, or creative projects you made yourselves
We arranged all of the decorations ourselves, with rainbow helium balloons above every table (which the groom and best man took hours filling and placing!), Roz made all of the button holes and corsages for the women, the place names were made out of recycled wine corks (collected over a long time!!) and the wedding invitations and love heart emblem were designed and made by Roz. Each table also had recycled wine bottles with fairy lights in, and we gifted these to our guests when they left the next day – all of them still use these for dinner parties and we often get photos of them featured on table settings which is really lovely!
Did you personalise your vows or have any wedding readings? What were they?
Our vows were personalised. José is Venezuelan, so he read his vows in English, and Roz read her vows in Spanish – each guest had a copy of the translation on their chairs.
What was your first dance song? Why did you choose it?
Our first dance was a Bachata song – ‘Bachata en Fukuoka’ by Juan Luis Guerra. We are both Latin dancers, and we actually changed our song choice just before we danced because it just felt right!
How did the pandemic affect your wedding plans? Do you have any advice to share with couples planning their weddings right now?
Our wedding was cancelled five times due to the pandemic and when we were finally able to tie the knot we were still heavily impacted by restrictions. Most significantly, none of José’s family were able to attend as they live abroad and flights were not allowed to enter without isolation. We only had 34 guests, and had one friend each. Worst of all, no dancing was allowed!! That’s the hardest thing to look back on, particularly having attended other weddings since with dancing! Our advice would be to keep your wedding small, only with people that you truly love, and try to keep it simple with contractors and other people involved. It’ll save you a massive headache if anything needs changing!
Favourite wedding suppliers
Jaye Adams (Jaye-Peg Photography and make up artist),
Cakes by Hannah (gluten free rainbow cake)
3 Comments
Abraham Overvoorde · January 9, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Great photos and wedding Jaye.
Sam and Louise Photography · February 2, 2022 at 1:44 pm
That’s a location and a half isn’t it! Stunning!
Roz and José's Broadoaks Country House Wedding | Lake District Wedding Photographer · February 5, 2024 at 6:30 pm
[…] Roz and José originally booked me to be their lake district wedding photographer for a November 2020 wedding at Broadoaks Country House Hotel. But the coronavirus pandemic had other ideas, in fact we had a to reschedule quite a few times. It really puts you an emotional roller coaster, along with your clients, when plans are regularly thrown into doubt. We eventually settled on a date in June and even though plans had to change they day itself could not have been more perfect.As well as being Roz and José’s wedding photographer, Roz had asked me to look after her wedding makeup too. Upon arriving at Broadoaks Country House the first person I saw was actually José, we had all got to know each other really well through various Zoom calls and meetings, and after saying hello I then headed on to look after Roz.Working as a wedding photographer and a makeup artist in the Lake District is great fun. I absolutely love my job (or should that be jobs?) and it is always nice to be asked to provide both services. This really shows how much the client values you and the services that you offer. What also helped at Roz and José’s wedding was that the wedding ceremony was later in the day giving us ample time to move from makeup application to starting to capture Roz and José’s wedding photos.José is Venezuelan and his and Roz’s original plan was to get married overseas. It sounds selfish but I am really pleased that they ended up getting married in the Lake District. There was a beautiful mix of English and Venezuelan touches throughout the wedding, not forgetting lots of details that allowed them to express their personality on the day, details that were unique to them.Just before the ceremony started Roz walked all the way down the Bridge Lane, outside the grounds of Broadoaks Country House, to the main entrance where her father was waiting with a motorcycle. What happened next was such a brilliant thing to witness and also photograph. Roz sat sidesaddle on the motorbike as her father drove it up the hotel driveway as the wedding guests clapped and cheered. Working as a lake district wedding photographer I get to see lots of different things at weddings, and this was one the best. That’s definitely a high bar to top now! As Roz dismounted her trusty steed the wedding guests took their seats ready for the wedding ceremony to begin. I always enjoy photographing all these little moments before a wedding ceremony, with the smiles and nervous laughter for what is to come.Roz and José’s wedding ceremony was full of tears of joy, plenty of laughter and the odd interruption in Spanish from members of José’s family who were watching over Zoom. They had both written their own vows, José’s in English and Roz’s in Spanish, and it was beautiful to hear them (even if I didn’t understand some of what was being said). I had felt a strong bond with Roz and José throughout the planning of their wedding and it really is quite difficult to photograph a wedding when you have a tear in your eye. The attachment that I felt to them as a couple meant that I was really invested in taking some great photographs to truly tell the story of their wedding.The drinks reception followed the wedding ceremony. Roz and José only wanted a few group photographs which allowed me more time to document the candid moments, and for some natural wedding photography. We also had a piñata and it was so much fun to watch and photograph it. Wedding photography isn’t always about heading to the nearest lake or view point in the Lake District. It is the people that make a wedding and it is great to be able to have the time to photograph them enjoying the wedding celebrations. The views and vistas could wait for Roz and José’s post wedding photoshoot the following day.Before the wedding breakfast Roz, José and me made some time for their bride and groom portraits. There are so many great places for wedding photographs in and around Broadoaks Country House Hotel. You are almost spoilt for choice and because each couple is different I always try to do something different for them. As a lake district wedding photographer I get to visit venues like Broadoaks Country House quite a few times throughout the year and it is always good to try something that you have not done before. I also think it makes it more interesting for your clients when they see their wedding photos for the first time. For Roz and José I made use of a couple of different locations at the hotel and then we took a short walk down Bridge Lane for a view across the valley.Speeches were held after the wedding breakfast with a beautiful speech from José’s brother that was delivered over Zoom. Even though family members from overseas were unable to attend the wedding because of the travel restrictions at the time, it was really nice to see the little touches that kept them involved and a part of Roz and José’s wedding. Photographing speeches at a wedding is always great fun and the speeches were followed by the cutting of the wedding cake.At the time of Roz and José’s wedding, there were unfortunately still restrictions on weddings in England in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This included restrictions on what could and could not happen during a first dance. So we decided to do the first dance outside by the beautiful fountain at the front of the hotel. The evening light was beautiful and for me it was the perfect end to the perfect wedding for Roz and José as I photographed them dancing a salsa. It is the little things like this that make every wedding unique and special, and a joy to be a wedding photographer for.Roz and José’s wedding has also been featured on the English Wedding Blog […]