Laura and Toby Whewell – Wedding at Bartle Hall, Preston

For us jobs dont get any easier than this. A wedding at just one venue – Bartle Hall Nr Preston meant we arrived late morning, photographed Laura getting ready, the guys in the bar, the ceremony, the formal pictures and the wedding breakfast, all without having to move our car! My assistant, loves photographing the ‘pre wedding’ preparations with the bride, and todays wedding was perfect for her. She spent an hour with the girls as they painted their nails, applied the make-up and dressed up for the ceremony. Meanwhile I had the tough job of photographing the groom and ushers in the bar! (although we did venture outside for some cheesy ‘Resevoir Dogs’ style Black and White pictures). Laura looked lovely in her fabulous figure-hugging ivory satin dress, complimented by 4 attractive bridesmaids wearing red. And then, just as everything was going so well, the sun came out. Great I hear you say, but for a photographer it means shadows and squinting eyes! The venue is lovely but provides little shade ,so we waited a while for the sun to go behind a cloud before photographing the family groups. What was really nice was the relaxed nature of the formal pictures. We always try and take these in an ‘informal’ style but it really does help to have happy, friendly guests. We bring lollipops for the children (bribery works every time!) but today they were ‘stolen’ by Laura and the bridesmaids – what brilliant pictures we took of them all with red tongues!