Wedding Photography at Hazlewood Castle | Victoria and Phil's Wedding

It was a great to work alongside Oliver from Jorvik Wedding Videography during our penultimate wedding of 2019 when we were back as Hazlewood Castle wedding photographers this time for the lovely Victoria and Phil's celebrations. Victoria and her bridesmaids got ready in the Lavender Suite and after the bridal details were photographed Janet stayed with the girls whilst Alex caught up with Phil for his final preps, before the two of us met up again in the courtyard to play with the boys, enjoy some banter and get some great images outside before the wet stuff sent us indoors.  The couple giggled a lot as they married in a civil ceremony in the Old Dining Room and afterwards we managed to get outdoors for just a few minutes for the big group photos and confetti shots before the weather gave us the run around yet again, as it has often done during our weddings this year, forcing us back into the Old Dining Room to photograph the groups beside the Christmas tree. When, thankfully, the rain stopped, Victoria, in her stunning strapless dress, braved the cold and the icy wind to get photographs outside with her new husband while we still had the daylight.  Winter weddings are beautiful but do require a "Let's go for it!" attitude.  The couple were amazing, right there when we needed them in order to get certain pictures done, including some gorgeous twilight photos, which to get the best result are time critical. After the wedding breakfast in the Great Hall and the speeches, including a heartfelt, funny and emotional tribute from Phil's brother, Steve, all the guests assembled for the evening blessing in the Chapel of St Leonard, conducted by the wonderful Reverend Ian Walton.  He certainly is one of a kind! Alice, one of the bridesmaids, sang as the guests took their seats and although we've seen many things during wedding ceremonies, we had a first, a religious blessing which included a set of pink fluffy handcuffs!!!  The end of the blessing was followed by a spectacular firework display which everyone loved, and then back inside into the warmth for the cake cutting and first dance. After the fast pace of the day with so much happening it was nice to sneak off for a few minutes into the Victoria Room with its gold wallpaper, subdued lighting and warm tones, slow things down and capture some images of the new Mr and Mrs Edwards in this beautiful room. Congratulations and thanks a million for booking us for your Hazlewood Castle wedding photography. You two were an absolute pleasure to work with and we can't wait to design an album for you!

Hazlewood Castle Wedding Photographer | Olivia and Harvey's Wedding

It's always a joy to spend the day as Hazlewood Castle wedding photographers and after a lovely couple of hours spent with Olivia and Harvey on their engagement session earlier in the year and finding them to be so easy to get along with, we knew they would be fabulous to work with on their wedding day.  Theirs smashes our current record for the earliest church wedding ceremony we've photographed, as Olivia wanted their day to be as long as possible and booked the ceremony and wedding photography at St Mary's Church in Gomersal for 10.30am, making the girls' preparation photographs at our bride's parents' home extremely early, but we did spare a thought for the hair stylist and make-up artist who must have been up and ready for action in the middle of the night!  Olivia had chosen a dress which was "different" and it was truly spectacular.  She looked incredible; absolutely stunning!  The weather forecast for their day was depressing to say the least and we honestly thought we'd be forced to work indoors for the whole of it.  We always feel a pang of disappointment for our couples when the weather forecast is awful, especially for a summer wedding, and we did have almost gale force wind and the rain tormented us a couple of times, but fortunately it held off for Harvey's arrival at the church in his dad's Porsche and photos outside before the ceremony, including Olivia's arrival with her incredibly proud dad.  The ceremony was beautiful and afterwards the couple greeted their guests at the door with rain clouds looming large.  The wet stuff reared its head as they made their way down the path to the gate to be showered with confetti, as well as drizzle which got faster as we travelled to Hazlewood Castle, but thankfully it cleared before we arrived and much better weather greeted the guests for the drinks reception and allowed for photos outside for a while at least, and when it rained again we took ourselves into the Victoria room and made the most of the beautiful subdued lighting in there. The Great Hall looked spectacular dressed in soft pink, the speeches were both funny and emotional, as great speeches should be, and afterwards, although the wind was challenging, the couple didn't let it stop them from getting outside and around the castle grounds.  We loved spending time with this wonderful couple and their lovely families at their fabulous venue, which offers so many opportunities for wedding photographs.  We were so happy to be able to make the most of it before the first dance and evening celebrations started and the icing on the cake was a set of twilight pictures in the castle's courtyard, the final chapter of an amazing day spent in such great company.  Even the wind gave us a break for those last few shots.  Congratulations Mr and Mrs Craig, we wish you a very long and happy marriage and we appreciate so much that you chose us to share your big day.  Thanks a million!

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