Amy & Jamie at Queodon Hall, Parklands, Photography
Photography at one of my favourite venues, Quendon Hall, in North Essex.
I’d been looking forward to this wedding for some time. Amy is a really fun girl, full of life and very bubbly!
Photography started at Quendon Hall, a few hours prior to the ceremony. Amy was, of course in great spirits, and even in rollers and without any makeup, looked fabulous! Amy’s dress was fantastic and totally different to anything I’d seen in along time, totally stunning. It’s always refreshing to see something different.
Amy’s flowers were a simple affair, cream roses in a standard bouquet. and looked very pretty.
It took Amy a surprisingly short time to get ready! (I was expecting hours!) and we were soon at the point that she was popping on the dress. Now, that last statement was not entirely accurate... more like 15 minutes of gently teasing the dress into place, ruffling, fluffing, tugging and placing. However, from my personal perspective, we walk out of the room and the Bride isn’t wearing a dress, we walk back 15 minute minutes later and tadah... It’s all done.
Amy and Jamie had hired a magnificent horse and carriage from the Ostler Carriage company. Magnificent is the right word, the horses were huge and incredibly well presented.
At this point, St. Mary’s was calling, so it was time to head on to the groom... Had I known what was coming next, I would have spent more time with the horses...
So, did you know there’s a St. Mary’s Church, Newport, Saffron Walden and a St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden? Actually, I did, however, the coach company bringing, alllll of the guests apparently didn’t. To make matters worse, Jamie’s father had followed the coach, and then got totally lost.
I guess there is a lesson to be learned, but I’m not sure what it is! Jamie had spoken at length with the coach company, and they had assured him that they knew exactly where they were going, when Jamie offered to draw them a map...
Anyway, in the end, we were 45 minutes down. No problem, we had plenty of time at Quendon, I knew, so it was time to get on with the ceremony and cracking on with the photo’s! I gave Vince, the front of house at Parklands a quick text to let him know we’d be late and got on with it!
The ceremony was nice, an American Vicar who gave a very pleasant service, we came to an agreement, that I would be allowed to quietly walk around the church and get some shots during the ceremony, and that suits me down to the ground
I do love a good confetti shot and today was fab! Lots and lots of confetti and loads of people keen to throw it. I am Really happy with this photograph... Because of the time constraints, we had to move on quickly, Quendon was calling. The group shot was first, and then some smaller family shots, which we had to do indoors.
The great thing about photography at Quendon Hall is that it just doesn’t matter what the weather’s doing. The rooms inside are stunning with lots of natural light, which really lend themselves to photography.
The dining room was decorated beautifully, with roses matching Amy’s bouquet. Absolutely stunning.
The meal was pretty much the norm, however, all of the guests were in a real party mood, and there was dancing between the courses! Well, I just had to get some photographs! It’s things like this that really makes a day. People can make a day great, they really can. Amy’s guests were determined that she was going to have the BEST day.
After the meal, I managed to grab Amy & JAmie for a couple of quick photographs outside. Quendon Hall looks stunning lit up at night and I love to take advantage of it.
All that was left then, was the first dance and we’re done. Well, I was anyway, I imagine the party was ... memorable, to say the least... It’s day’s like these, that I wish I could stay, just a little bit longer!
Stephanie & Simon, Great St. Marys, Sawbridgeworth & Parklands.
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The wedding photography of Stephanie & Simon, Great St. Marys, Sawbridgeworth & Quendon Hall, Parklands.
I had a really close call with the weather today, I thought it was going to start pouring down from the moment I arrived! Thankfully though, we managed to get all of our pictures outside.
Special mention has to go to Rick and Linda who spent all winter preparing their garden for the wedding! Many thanks to Rick for the guided tour of the grounds, it just goes to show how good a garden can look if you’re willing to put some effort in! I am not worthy…
Stephanie wasn’t ready when I arrived, of course, in fact, she was still at the hairdressers! It wasn’t a problem though, we had plenty of time. It wasn’t too long before all the girls were ready and we got some great shots of them in Ricks garden. Lovely.
When I arrived at the church, there was nobody there! I had a small moment of doubt, was it the right church??? Of course it was, everybody and I mean everybody was at the pub! Small note to self, head straight to the pub, bypass the church…
Anyway, everyone arrived on time, and the service soon began. Great St. Mary’s is a lovely church for photographs, the grounds are nice and the interior is quite bright. Sadly though, as is often the case with church weddings, we were restricted to a couple of shots from the back of the church.
After the service we had ample time to cover the formal photography in the grounds of St. Mary’s. We finished with the confetti shot at the gate and then headed on to…
Parklands.
Sorry everyone, I didn’t manage to get the name of the company who owned the fabulous car…
Anyway, back to Parklands, Quedon Hall, it is always stunning. Stephanie was very cold, I gave her the choice inside, or out? For her, there simply wasn’t a choice, it had to be outside. Not once did I hear her complain about being cold.
We got a selection of photographs outside, covering all of the grounds. I have to admit, we were a lot quicker than normal, I was really worried that the heavens were going to open any minute!!!
Many thanks to Kevin, who took his Best Man duties seriously, and really helped round people up and keep things moving… however, no thanks go to Kevin for shouting through the window how warm it was inside!!! Cheers mate, we were just a little chilly outside!
Here’s an unusual photograph, me!!!! As taken by the Grooms Mum, it’s me and Kevin, the Best Man. With a little help on the framing she could be a really great photographer!!!
Thank you very much Stephanie & Simon, and all the guests, I had a lovely time. I’m really sorry you guys didn’t have the weather you hoped for, but all said and done, it was a great day as far as I’m concerened.
PK.
Susan & Gary, Quendon Hall, Parklands, 2nd Jan 2010
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Congratulations to Susan & Gary, our first wedding of 2010! A lovely day, lots of fun, with everyone still very much in party mode!
Photograph of the day has to be this lovely sunset, taken around 3.30pm.