Wedding Photography at Clevedon Hall – Becki and Mike

Becki and Mike – Wedding Photography at Clevedon Hall

What a wedding! Absolutely gorgeous styling from Becki and Mike with huge amounts of effort from family and friends on the lead up to and morning of the wedding. The couple chose a theme of silver and black with white flowers and green foliage as well as a books and authors names for the styling of the library for their wedding breakfast. Becki was so passionate about their Big Day. She was really excited about all the little details and everywhere you looked in Clevedon Hall were elements of the couples personality. With everything from a massive sweet stand, to a his ‘n hers wedding cake, wishing trees, huge photoframe and props, room divider covered with images of the couple, present table adorned with hundreds of pretend presents in their colour scheme, lanterns with candles, bling vases filled with flowers, light up cocktail bar and beautiful strings of baubles hung from the balcony over the great hall. It was simply STUNNING and guests were wowed by the effort!

Becki and the girls were oblivious to the Mother of the Bride and the male part of the wedding party grafting away on the morning of the wedding. Tucked away in the uppermost part of Clevedon Hall they had a relaxed morning having their hair and makeup done and enjoying a glass or two of champagne poured from personalised Moet bottles. (As far as I’m concerned there couldn’t be a much better way to start the morning of a wedding!) Loved Becki’s hair. She chose to wear it up in barrel curls off her neck and I could see why when I saw the Lillian West gown she had purchased from Clifton Brides. An elegant keyhole backed design with high neckline that suited her incredible figure perfectly. The lovely thing about the boys also getting ready onsite is that I can pop back and forth and capture shots of what the guys were also up to. In this case they were tucking into a mountain of food that had been packed for them and cracking open even more champagne. Mike chose a black lounge suit by Austin Reed suit in contrast to the groomsmen who wore grey.

Guests arrived to music from a string quartet as Mike made his way around to speak to people as they took their seats. Becki and her ‘maids descended the grand staircase and walked straight down the aisle where Mike was waiting. A lovely ceremony, with personal poem written and read by Becki’s sister Kirsty, ended with the bride and groom leading their guests out to the fountain to be showered with congratulations from well wishers. After the tradtitional group photos on the lawn we headed infront of the house to capture some more fun and silly imagery that the couple had found on pinterest that they like the idea of recreating. After these, I asked the girls to sit by the water together and I shot some relaxed pictures of the bridal party chatting before Mike replaced the ladies and we went onto the couples portraits. One of the lovely things about Clevedon Hall on a sunny day is the easy flow of imagery that can be created around the water. So many different angles involving reflections, the house, beautiful skies, the options are endless. Luckily videographers Steve and Brad were just as enamoured as myself with these lovely backdrops and we just let the couple relax and enjoy their surroundings asking them to cuddle and walk and ignore as as much as they could.

When we headed back to the Hall guests were taking their seats so I grabbed a few images of everyone chatting before the bride and groom were presented into the room. Speeches started the meal and it was great to see all four speakers getting everyone laughing. Delcious food as always was followed by coffee served in the orangery before the couple and guests headed outside to begin welcoming the evening guests.

The evening celebrations began with cutting of the cake and opening of the Dame Rosa Burden room so guests could start on the sweet buffet and begin popping their messages onto the wishing trees. This was followed by a surprise slideshow for the groom as organised by his bride. Becki had prepared lots of their memories to music which were projected onto a big screen for Mike and all the guests to watch. She then descended the staircase as it finished and the newlyweds went straight into their first dance as confetti rained from the balcony. Guests then had a bit of a dance and indulged in a cocktail or two before we headed out to watch a firework display over the lake. The fireworks ended with the biggest surprise of the night…a brand new Range Rover with personalised number plate from Mike for his new wife. Wonderful to hear the gasps of the crowd and see the delight on Becki’s face. That’s one wedding gift that I won’t see topped for a while!

Evening buffet of hearty ploughmans was served when everyone headed back inside, and the band for the evening, ‘The Wedding Band’, fronted by Sarah Eden-Winn from BBC’s The Voice, started to play shortly after. Lots of dancing shots and guests having a great time were captured as I made my way round the venue which by now was alive with 250 of Becki and Mike’s friends and family. My last image of the evening was a silhoutte of the bride and groom in the archway one of the corridors leading off the balcony, as Mr and Mrs Wong took a moment to themselves to watch their guests enjoying themselves. The perfect end to a spectacular wedding. Congratulations Becki and Mike, I hope you had the greatest of days.

Here are some images of Mr and Mrs Wong’s special day on 28th August 2015 at Clevedon Hall. Please do like our facebook page to be notified when more are online in the next few days.

Dress –Lillian West at Clifton Brides

Venue – Clevedon Hall

Bridesmaids Dresses – Little Mistress

Flowers – Flowers by Gem

Hair – Naomi from The Beauty Spot

Photographer – Interlace Photography

Band – The Wedding Band

Videographer – Steve and Brad from Wedding Filming Company

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