Great day today. Set off for Hazlewood Castle about 11.00am and we were soon bombing along the M1 link road which the Highway Agency kindly provided for us. Its really handy and in what seemed like a few minutes we were were “lugging” all our camera equipment up to the “Lavender Room” where Helen was getting ready for the biggest day of her life (so far) . When I say “we” I mean my partner Andrea Barrett and I.
Once at the very top of the building and a quick pause for breath, we introduced ourselves to the in-laws and the bridesmaids. Helen’s Mother and Father were also there, so we took time to photograph them.
Helen was very calm and seemed to take everything in her stride, no Bridezillas here! After a quick fifteen minutes with the Bride we went downstairs to find the Daniel the Groom , Bestman and the rest of the Ushers. I headed for the bar feeling confident they would be there but no, they were in the Chapel with the Vicar discussing the forthcoming event, very suprising.
Hazlewood Castle is a lovely venue to hold a wedding at, well every girl wants there own fairy tale castle dont they!
The Bride and Groom got married in the Castle immediately followed by a blessing in the nearby Chapel. When the ceremony was over all the guests posed for a large group shot in front of the Castle. It great for photographers because shooting off the castle steps in great for this type of picture as you can see above.
We shot the family pictures inside because it started to drizzle a little bit but once these were out of the way and the rain had stopped, we took the Bridal Party outside, to well, have their pictures taken, and as you can see, they enjoyed themselves.
The wedding went like a dream and the Bridal Party were just riotous and were so funny. Daniel and Helen were great and were “up” for anything so it made our job a lot easier, I can tell you.
“Call to Dinner” was at 5.00pm so as soon as we photographed them coming into the room we got on with designing their slideshow which we show before the “First Dance” on a giant screen. Before this we recorded the speeches for prosperity and whisked the happy couple out for 10 minutes so we could take some pictures in front of the castle in the flood lights. These pictures are great and so dramatic, and really add that special something to the final wedding album.
The slideshow went down a bomb and the happy couple felt like “Film stars” they told us afterwards. Well they might not be “film stars” but they were certainly were “stars” to us and made our job a lot more enjoyable. Thank you guys
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