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 Photography | Karen and Damitha's Wedding

Our talented friend, Karen, aka the Vintage Cake Fairy, married her Dami, whose parents travelled from Sri Lanka, at Hazlewood Castle on the most beautiful autumn day, Karen's favourite time of year.  All wedding bookings are a massive privilege but when a discerning and artistic professional chooses you for her own wedding it does give you that warm and fuzzy feeling. The couple had two dates and two venues in mind and we were so disappointed that we weren't available on the first date but it was wonderful how things turned out.  The first date and venue they ditched because we were already booked, wow, what a compliment!  And on the first date the weather was truly atrocious all day long but Karen and Dami struck gold on their big day with dry weather and the soft light that if you're lucky can come with late autumn. As recommended Hazlewood Castle wedding photographers we are very familiar with the venue but this was a spectacular and unusual mix of an English castle wedding with Sri Lankan tradition and a dream to capture for a West Yorkshire wedding photographer. Mel from Passion Flowers created the spectacular florals and with Susy from Sweetspaces, the two of them brought Karen's vision for the perfect autumnal themed wedding into reality.  We have to mention the cake, made of course by Karen, because we knew that it would be something amazing.  The couple even sourced a beer barrel (in Wales!) on which Karen's creation took pride of place in the Great Hall alcove.  The civil ceremony in the Old Dining Room was a joy to capture and featured a group of Sri Lankan dancers, who heralded first the groom and then the bride into the ceremony.  After we'd finished the groups we went on the mad but very enjoyable dash around the venue to capture as much as possible of the locations the couple love before we lost the daylight, shortened the day before when the clocks went back. The golden leaves made for some wonderful images and with careful timing and working closely together to make it happen we managed those perfect twilight shots in the castle's courtyard. After the wedding breakfast Karen changed into a red sari, assisted by Dami's mum.  It was an education seeing the skill that goes into fitting a sari.  The warm tones of the wallpaper in the Victoria Room and the soft, low lighting worked perfectly for some pictures before the first dance and the evening party.  We even managed to get all three flower girls together with Karen in some of these pictures, something that had been impossible earlier in the day when one little person really wasn't in the mood to play.  A wedding full of celebration, spent in the company of warm, friendly people, Karen and Dami, we loved sharing your incredible wedding and what an amazing album you're going to have! Thank you so very much for choosing us for your Hazlewood Castle wedding photography.