A Wiltshire Wedding
A Wiltshire Wedding here in my home town of Malmesbury, or a gorgeous late July Saturday afternoon? Yes please! Lotte and Mark had commissioned me to shoot their lovely vintage themed wedding here in Malmesbury in 2011. The wedding was held in my own parish church of St. Aldhelm’s – literally a stones throw from my studio. Followed by a marquee reception back at Lotte’s family home nearby.
It was a poignant commission for me at the time; a few weeks before the wedding Fr. George, my parish priest, announced he would be going away from the parish for a while as he was ill. I tasked myself with not only documenting Lotte and Mark’s wedding, but also getting an environmental portrait of Fr. George too.
Anybody who visits Malmesbury may have seen Fr. George sitting on the wall outside the church. He does it often and whilst I was waiting for guests to arrive I spotted him doing just that and chatting. Snap. My environmental portrait captured. There was the context of the ladies having their photo taken in the background to boot.
I love this picture I have to say – it ticks all the boxes for me from a story telling, contextual and emotional point of view.
Fr. George is still working hard at the parish.
The rest of the day was a roller coaster of sun and laughter throughout. I’ve obviously shot many a Wiltshire Wedding but I can’t remember one where the weather was so kind, given the circumstances and location.
The marque was spectacularly decorated with a vintage theme and the guests enjoyed a revelation or two during the speeches.
Then there was the welly wanging. I’d never seen anything quite like it before at a wedding. It was amazingly funny and, at times, fearfully competitive. I certainly won’t forget it for a while.
As usual a small selection of my favourite images from the Wiltshire Wedding of Lotte and Mark below. If you are considering getting married at St. Aldhelm’s or anywhere in the UK then please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss your wedding photography requirements.
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Some beautiful moments captured, Kevin.
I love the subtle changes you’ve made (if my eyes aren’t deceiving me) to your colour processing too.
Lovely images as always Kevin! It looks like it was a perfect day.
This looks like a fun wedding to document Kevin. That first shot is my favourite – I love environmental portraits like that.
Great expressions and moments Kevin!
In what other country would throwing wellies be an acceptable past-time at weddings? Ah, being British. Aside that, loved the picture of the minister sat prior to the service. Wonderful.
Beautiful story telling as always.
Bloomin (won’t swear) brilliant Kev! So many absolute crackers from this wedding… from the first shot where a ‘normal’ photographer would move forward in to the gates and simply take the ‘group shot’, you’ve told us so much more, to the emotion captured so well throughout, finishing with all the little details that obviously meant so much to bride & groom. Superb work my friend, really wonderful storytelling.
PS I’ve just noticed I’ve commented on this twice! Will teach me to start working before my mind’s had a chance to wake up in the morning ;o) Still, I stand by all my comments, in that this is exceptional work.
Beautiful set of images Kevin and what a marvelous past time of Wellie wanging to incorporate into a quintessential Great British wedding! Love the shot of the bride hugging her father and him looking very choked with emotion!
What a great set of images, stunning, Steve & Sandra.
There are some absolute belters in that edit – lovely work. We don’t see enough welly wanging in wedding photos!
Photo No.1 is fab