Abbey House Gardens Malmesbury Wedding Photographer
Shanneen and Russell approached me to be their Abbey House Gardens Malmesbury Wedding Photographer way back in 2009. Shanneen had a big wedding to plan and spectacular it was too. When Shanneen told me she was getting married at The Abbey House Gardens I became a very happy little wedding photographer. The Abbey House gardens are in my home town, here in Malmesbury, and is a place I have visited many times myself. Its the home of the very famous “Naked Gardeners” – Ian and Barbara Pollard and is a huge tourist attraction in Malmesbury.
At that point I had never photographed a wedding at the gardens and looked forward to the wedding immensely over the two years that followed. Of course, when the wedding came I was not disappointed. It was just wonderful in every aspect; Ian, Barbara and Donna their very able wedding planner had worked with Shanneen to create a perfect wedding. They got married in The Belvedere in the Abbey House and that followed with a lovely garden party complete with birds of prey, stunning gardens and a lovely view of the Abbey itself.
Later, Shanneen, Russell and their guests had a wonderful wedding breakfast, complete of course, with the traditional speeches both emotional and funny in equal measures. Whilst the wedding was unfolding I couldn’t help but be attracted to some of the beautiful garden ornaments and features – these were and integral part of the wedding and as such it made sense for me to include some of those in my favourites shared below.
As always at weddings I keep my eyes on the little ones too. I love eye contact between subjects in my images – I genuinely believe and simply movement of the eyes to lock onto someone else can make an image. In the instance of small children, I prefer to see them engage with me as the observer. I love the expressions on babies and children’s faces and I capture as many moments of them as I can.
As usual, a few of my favourite images from the Abbey House Gardens Malmesbury wedding. If you are considering getting married at this great venue, please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss your wedding photography requirements.
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Love your posts Kevin, inspirational for all of us
Great images as always Kevin – the look on the kids face (when the three are sat on the sofa) is priceless!
WHAT an amazing venue Kev. I’m in awe of the topiary! Love the shot of the cheeky lads, worked well. That negative space shot with the sky is becoming a signature of yours too. Fab as always Kevin.
Love the details, the grounds look amazing, and great processing as always.
Great pics as ever, love the post work and especially great pics of the kids
Yep, I’d have to agree with the comments about the cheeky pageboy. Top shot. And stunning garden views …. a new career as a garden photographer?
Stunning pictures, Kevin. They have such rich colours and a real sense of fun. The images of the children are full of character!
You’ve done it yet again, I’m more inspired with every blog post.
I love your ability to capture kids just at the right moment, the one with the page boy(?) and the baby one at the end are fantastic.
Fantastic work again Kevin, love the three boys on the bench and the babies expression – priceless!
You are always in exactly the right place at the right time – fantastic images perfectly captured. When it comes to spontaneous emotion you are a master.
The shot of the three boys on the bench just made me laugh out loud. It’s always such a pleasure to look at your work.
The picture of the kid on the couch making the face is one world-class fabulous shot. I love that kind of quirky thing. Also I like your other work as well. Can’t wait to hear how the Fuji xpro 1 works (assuming they fix the chatter from the lens -has to be an easy software update -I hope.). Best of luck to you in your work. God bless.