Kimberley & Rashpal – Sikh Wedding

E very now and again, a wedding comes along that blows me away.
I don’t always see some of them coming, – sometimes it’s the smaller mid-week one’s that had very little fanfare in the build up and other times you just know it’s going to be something ‘a bit special’.

To describe Kimberley & Rashpal’s wedding as ‘a bit special’ is if anything, a bit of understatement.

It wasn’t flashy or particularly showy even, – I’ve been to bigger and they won’t be offended in me saying I’m sure, grander venues (in that the Sikh temple hall is not the last word in luxury, but weddings are about people and not so much places!), but it was one of those days when the planets all aligned and the fat lady sang her Punjabi heart out all day.

All day from 6am.

I’ve never started a wedding in the dark before other than a Winter wedding once with a 5pm ceremony (a bit mad if you ask me…) but on Saturday 24th October, I arrived at Rudding Park for bridal prep at 6am.

I had some vague plan to possibly capture the sunrise, but upon checking the actual sunrise time, realised at least the first hour would be in darkness.

At the Gurdwara, it was a fluorescent lighting nightmare for the photographer (every image has a different colour cast to rectify, – that’s why B&W was invented…), but a morning of material to be discovered and documented.

I think I pulled it off… At least I hope so…Anyway, enough of my chatter, it’s time for some pics.

All I will add at this stage is that this is Part 01 of 03 (and just the highlights at that) and covers; bridal prep, arrival and various parts of the Sikh wedding ceremony at Tong Road Gurdwara in Leeds. The second and third parts take place at Rudding Park in Harrogate and can be viewed as slideshow based productions below the pictures.

A full gallery with international print ordering facility is available by clicking the link and I cannot wait to attend my next Sikh wedding wherever and whenever it may be, – perhaps in India itself!

 

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Kaylie & Tom – Chateau de Massillan, Provence Wedding

D espite being Provence and early Summer, the forecast for this one was not looking good for the evening, – the last thing you need for an outdoor ceremony and dinner on the terrace. By 8pm it predicted thunderstorms, so not looking good…!! But I am getting ahead of myself…

The first (and only) obstacle I faced in regard to this wedding was a French air traffic control strike. In the days leading up to this wedding is was not looking good, but then improved to a prediction of only 5% of Ryanair flights to France being cancelled.

Mine was one of those 5%, so a hastily booked road trip was arranged with a near 2000 mile door to door drive. That in itself had a number of issues, but I will not bore you with them suffice to say I made it to the wedding with time to spare. Just. Thanks French ATC…not!

Kaylie & Tom chose the gorgeous Chateau de Massillan near Orange in Provence for their wedding, a 2 day affair with picnic and BBQ on Day 01 followed by the actual wedding day on the 28th June.

The bride wore Johanna Hehir and the groom a Leonard Jay suit with the fabulous flowers by local florist Blandine.

The ceremony took place outdoors under the shade of the large plane trees in the chateau grounds where the picnic had taken place the previous day.
It was conducted by the couples good friend George (with accompaniment by the cicadas in the trees) and followed by a refreshing Prosecco and delicious canape reception.

The 4 course wedding breakfast was held in the open air internal courtyard of the chateau and that promised thunderstorm…?

Well it did come as predicted, dramatically with some lightning flashes during mains and a few drops during dessert, but it didn’t come down properly until everyone had moved inside for the dancing with band Beer Pressure.

Kaylie & Tom honeymooned in Provence & Paris followed by Miami & Belize later this year.

Full gallery including print ordering facility is available by clicking the link provided.

Finally, I actually photograph weddings all over France on a regular basis (4-5 times a year) and have a separate site which is firehorsephotographyfrance.com

 

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Sophie & Ollie – Marquee Wedding Photography

 

L ast week was a busy week. The busiest week of the year for weddings with 3, this being the final one.

I shoot more marquee weddings than any other type of wedding or venue so Sophie & Ollie’s West Yorkshire marquee wedding was another typical day in the office for me…and it’s a great office to work in!

Sophie & Ollie’s wedding came about as a result of a wedding I photographed last year for another couple, Louise & Christian with Christian’s parents being Ollie’s god-parents.
I don’t know if that makes Ollie & Christian god-brothers, or something…

So it was another gloriously sunny day in a field on top of a grassy hill in West Yorkshire, unlike our pre-wedding photo-shoot where it did nothing but rain!
The setting was a sweeping expanse of West Yorkshire countryside with the marquee area decorated (and later lit) by dozens of glass lanterns, bales of straw and a err… fibreglass sheep!Later seen sporting an army officers hat…

The marquee itself inside had an alpine theme as the families are all big skiers and Sophie’s parents even have an alpine themed Summer house in their garden.

Sophie wore Pronovias sourced from the Bond Street shop in London and the groom Ollie, traditional morning suit and the 6 adult bridesmaids were dressed in grey.

Flowers were by Tracy at The Butterfly Net and the car, a cream MGB by Sophie’s dad, John and catering by ‘The 3 Acres‘.

The ceremony at St John The Evangelist in Upper Denby was conducted by the very accommodating Rev. Jeff and during the ceremony, Sophie’s sister Frankie sang ‘Grow Old With Me’ by Tom O’Dell.

The evening entertainment was provided by wedding band The Juke Boxers and the couple honeymooned in Tanzania and Zanzibar.

All in all, it was one of those days that just went like clockwork from start to finish and these few images below are just the highlights with a full gallery (with print ordering) facility available by clicking the link.

If you’d like to see more marquee weddings from around the UK and cannot find them on the site, drop me a line and I’ll send you a link!

 

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Nadia & Eric – Chinese Muslim Wedding

T wo of the greatest Swinton Park weddings that I have photographed to date have been on Thursdays with this, Nadia & Eric’s wedding day being the second of these.
The sun shone all day which at any wedding you would want but especially at a Summer wedding and it added real vibrancy to this most colourful of weddings.

The wedding itself was Muslim culture (Nadia’s family) meets Chinese culture (Eric’s family) in a quintessential English country house setting so a fabulous mix visually for a wedding photographer.

Nadia wore a gorgeous traditional dress in a colour I hope she won’t mind me calling peach (but that’s about as close a colour as I can ascribe to it) with silver trim and Eric the groom wore traditional outfit in white with red & silver trim.

The stunning bouquets, buttonholes and floral displays were by Stems with hair and makeup by Debs at Love Hair & Beauty plus Zarina.

A Muslim ceremony followed directly after a civil ceremony in the library with a drinks reception in the drawing room and outside after that.

Then whilst the guests were being ushered into the dining room, I spent a few minutes with Nadia & Eric getting a few pictures of them in and around the house & grounds.

The meal itself was accompanied by a sitar player and were some of the most heartfelt and emotional speeches I have heard this year with 6 speakers, – 3 from each side of the newly merged families.

Then it was cake cutting, bouquet toss and first dance with both a band and bhangra dancers. The photos probably don’t do this bhangra dancing justic as it’s extremely high-paced and energetic!

The evening culminated (for me anyway) close to 11pm with a dramatic firework display by Sirotechnics.

Full gallery with international print ordering facility available by clicking the link.

To date, I have photographed over 40 weddings at Swinton Park and am proud to have been an officially recommended photographer for the last 10 years.

 

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Nadia & Eric’s wedding by Harrogate Wedding Photographers Firehorse Photography.

Sophia & Chris – Papakata Wedding Photography

T he temperature gauge on my car was rising by half a degree every 5 minutes on the fairly brief drive to the other side of Thirsk and Baldersby St James for the Papakata marquee wedding of Sophia & Christopher. It topped out at 28 degrees C by lunchtime so probably climbed higher but never actually felt too hot.

The first thing though was cake. Specifically Toy Story chocolate cake. And ginger beer. (“Lashings of ginger beer”!!) It was Xan, the bride’s brother’s birthday the previous day and I was invited to join the family for the end of their lunch. (Top tip, – make your photographer part of your wedding day and you get better wedding pics. Feed them chocolate cake and ginger beer, you get their very best!)

Sophia wore a Charlie Brear wedding dress from The White Closet, Didsbury and was attended by her 2 bridesmaids, Nicola & Imogen in cream with floral headpieces by one of my very favourite florists, Lucy MacNicoll.

The ceremony in St. James’s church was conducted by Suzanne Jukes and followed by a garden party reception and Papakata marquee next door in the Old Parsonage grounds, the home of Sophia’s grandparents and although the temperature was quite hot, there was plenty of shade within the garden and the heat never became overwhelmingly so.

Canapes and drinks were served on the lawn followed by the 3 course wedding breakfast & speeches in the Papakata teepee style tent with catering by the ever excellent Yorkshire Party Company who I work with on several weddings every year.

The evening entertainment was by ceiligh band Coila all the way from Ayrshire in Scotland with dancing late into the night. Cake was by Bettys of Harrogate and a Yorkshire institution!

What else can I say about this wedding without getting ‘over-flowery’? Well quite simply, it was perfect and a joy to photograph. A great setting, great people and just a really really great day.

Probably the most memorable part of the day for me was the evening and the ceiligh, – so much more fun than a DJ! They can be a tricky to photograph due to their nature, but stay long enough and you can!

The couple will be honeymooning in New Zealand in the new year due to Army Captain Christopher’s commitments. Full gallery with print ordering option available by clicking the link.

 

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Papakata Wedding Photography by Firehorse Photography

Alida & Jonathan – Rudding Park Wedding Photography

S wiss chocolate. It’s the best in the world. Alida gave me a box of the stuff during bridal prep which I then put in my pocket and forgot about until the mid point of their civil ceremony in the Radcliffe room. As tempting as it was, the registrars might have had something to say…

Alida & Jonathan’s wedding at Rudding Park, Harrogate was an Anglo-German affair with the bride being German and the couple living in Switzerland, but opting to marry in the UK.

Wearing a Lusan Mandongus wedding dress from Domino, their wedding ceremony took place in front of approximately ninety guests in the Radcliffe room and was followed by a drinks reception on the terrace outside.

Flowers were by Rudding Park resident (her ‘office’ is in the back of the chapel!) florist Colette and the guests were entertained during the ceremony and reception by a pianist. The gorgeous cake and cupcakes were the work of Amanda Earl at Homebaked Heaven and the evening music by Audio Events and the couple honeymooned in New Zealand, The Cook Islands and Hong Kong. Lucky them!

I don’t think I have ever seen so much emotion on a single wedding day. I’m not talking about wall to wall full on weeping & sobbing from start to finish, but simply genuine emotion both between Alida & Jonathan and between their families & friends.

Even the registrars commented on it and they see it all week in and week out!

The images below and even the slideshow production above are highlights with a full gallery and print ordering facility available to view by clicking the link provided.

To date, I have photographed over 50 weddings at Rudding Park and it is my most visited but a place I never tire of for Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter weddings.

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Rudding Park Wedding Photography by Firehorse Photography

Clementine & Alex – Swinton Park Wedding Photography

S he’s been patiently waiting for 2 weeks now whilst I went to my brother James’s wedding (who also filmed Clemmy & Alex’s wedding) in Scotland followed by a family holiday, but that wait is now over. Drum roll… ta da!

I was especially looking forward to photographing this one it being the latest in a sequence of weddings that began many years ago with the most recent in that chain being Ali & George’s marquee wedding at Jervaulx Abbey in April.

But this was Clem & Alex’s day with a beautiful ceremony at Ripon Cathedral, my second in as many weeks, followed by a reception at the ever fantastic Swinton Park (30-40 weddings covered to date at the venue!) near Masham in North Yorkshire.

It was one of those golden days of early Summer when the sun just shone from start to finish and though it’s the one thing you can plan for, you simply cannot order it.

And they had butterflies! Friends from Australia had arranged for butterflies to be delivered and released during the drinks reception and absolutely no rhopalocera (I looked it up!) were hurt during the making of this wedding day.

Clementine wore Caroline Castigliano from Harrogate Bridal Collection and the bridesmaids grey/blue dresses. The floristry was by a friend Sasha and the car a Bentley.

The bride made the cake! Music during the day was provided by Groove Anatomy with the full band in the evening and the couple honeymooned in Tuscany, Florence and Venice.

Full gallery including international print ordering facility can be viewed by clicking the link.

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Swinton Park Wedding Photography by Firehorse Photography

Amy & Adam – Middleton Lodge Wedding Photography

S o the forecast said to expect a wet day, especially early on, but once again, it didn’t happen that way at all with only one brief (albeit heavy) shower during the meal.

Amy & Adam are both British, but live in Sydney Australia, so organising a wedding from half way round the world was never going to be the easiest thing, but pull it off indeed they did.

Amy wore Maria Chioda, a dress designer from Australia and had her hair done by LA Hair, Yarm and make up by Kate Pymm.

Wedding transport was a pair of cars, a Rolls and an Austin Princess courtesy of GW Holmes, plus a vintage bus for the guests.

Floristry was by Diana Kaye of Yarm and the ceremony was conducted by The Rev. John Chambers at St. Mary The Virgin, Richmond.
(That’s Richmond North Yorkshire, not Richmond Surrey. Or Virginia).

During the drinks reception at Middleton Lodge, Emma White played piano. Amy & Adam’s cake was supplied by The Cake Room Ltd and two bands provided entertainment late into the night, – Beat Street International in the marquee until midnight and then Frankly Jazz in the Cellar Bar until the early hours of the morning.

A great wedding, superb venue and super couple! What more can I say… Not much so I will let Amy:

“We whisked straight off from UK on honeymoon and having a fab time so far – we have just had a look at your website and the photos you have put up look really fantastic! We love all the highlights you have selected to put on and think there is a great combination of pics to tell the whole story of our day. I like the little touches like the gold leaf in my shoe and the bride & groom theme which I’m really pleased about as it makes it individual to us”.

A full gallery with international print ordering facility is available by clicking on the highlighted link.

Middleton Lodge has been and remains one of my favourite venues for a Yorkshire weddings with a real ‘country house weekend’ feel to it and I have been an officially recommended photographer there for over 5 years.

 

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Middleton Lodge Wedding Photography by Firehorse Photography

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