As a Surrey wedding photographer I try to be a good wedding parent and not choose favourites (although if I was pushed this would be up there with them, but shhhhh do not tell the others!) Jess and Katie’s outdoor barn wedding was everything a quintessential summer wedding in England hopes to be. With an outdoor ceremony and speeches, a dinner cooked outdoors on a spit and a dance floor that spills out into field bathed in the evening light. At the time of writing this, it is with a sadness that The Barn KT9 are no longer taking wedding bookings. Jess and Katie’s wedding was actually the last booking that the barn had and boy did they give it the send off it deserved!

WITH FIRST LOOKS, LOVING AND EMOTIONAL SPEECHES AND A DANCE FLOOR THAT SPILLED OUT ON TO THE FIELD IN THE EVENING LIGHT

This outdoor barn wedding (which is also hosted in the old hangar on the venue) was simply the best from start to finish. The couple got ready in the Shepard’s huts in the site with their wedding parties. It was a really relaxed and beautiful morning. Followed by the loveliest first look sessions that I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Both Jess and Katie were so loved up and into what each other had chosen for their wedding outfits. The couple walked down the aisle together, with a gorgeously celebrant led outdoor wedding ceremony. The speeches were given outdoors with guests sitting upon hay bales, and dinner was served inside the hangar as the sun was beginning to set. More speeches were given as pudding arrived and then after dinner we snuck into the fields with golden hour light for a few more couples portraits.

Thank you to Jess and Katie for sharing their day and to all of their wonderful suppliers for making their wedding day so special.

Venue: The Barn KT9

Catering: The Little Pasta Company

Outfits: Gormley & Gamble, Catherine Deane

Hair and MUA: Hannah Monk

Celebrant: Caz Perry

Band: Charles Can’t Breathe

If like Jess and Katie you are planning an outdoor barn wedding of some kind, here are some galleries of inspiration for you to feast your eyes on – Issy and Ollie’s DIY Marquee Wedding or perhaps Jo and Alex’s Relaxed Garden Marquee Wedding. If you are looking for a safe space with your photographer and are in an LGBTQ+ relationship here is a piece that I wrote about why we still need LGBTQ friendly wedding photographer statements.

Tori and Sam’s Twickenham Rowing Club wedding was on the hottest day of the year and it lived up to the expectation! It was blisteringly hot and was such a wonderful celebration. This wedding kept the production of hand fans afloat in the UK alone! All jokes aside, this wedding with all its temperatures was one of the most fun experiences I have had the pleasure to photograph. Tori’s wedding dress was incredible. Breathtaking actually. Watching her walk down the aisle with her father and friends was so beautiful.

After the ceremony they had some family photographs in the grounds adjacent to the church. Then all the guests walked over the bridge to Eel Pie Island. This is where the wedding was held, as Twickenham Rowing Club is situated on the island. Before Tori and Sam joined their family and friends we took the time to walk by the river (escape some of the heat) and take some portraits of the two of them.

With the air-con in the Twickenham Rowing rowing club saving everyone’s body temperatures, the couple mingled with their guests. After many champagne flutes were filled, the couple started the wedding speeches. These were no joke! They had nearly all of the people in the room crying, multiple times! After some beautiful speeches, the sun set on one of the most gorgeous wedding days that I have been a part of. Tori and Sam shared their first dance which led into the most epic silent disco dance floor!

Thank you to all the wonderful suppliers that made this Twickenham Rowing Club wedding so beautiful…

Venues: St Mary’s Church & Twickenham Rowing Club

Caterer: Heavenly Dish

Cake: Annabelle Allan (Sam’s mum)

Florist: Flowers by Eva

If you have enjoyed looking through this wonderful wedding, then perhaps you may like to look through some of my others? Perhaps Ellie + Kris’s Farnham Pottery wedding or Chris and Claire’s Great Fosters wedding?

This particular Farnham Pottery wedding is especially close to my heart. This is not because I have a soft spot for pottery, but as it happens I have a soft spot for our couple. Ellie is a best friend from years gone by, and we were reconnected (thankfully) through my career. She was getting married. Stepping back into Ellie’s childhood home and family, was like returning to a familiar dream. The bones of the place were just how I had remembered it, but things felt a little different. Ellie’s family and parents were present, but in the space that had once held us as children, now had evolved. Grandchildren roamed the hallways and new partners were introduced. The feeling of the home was exactly how I had remembered it, but the lives had moved on.

I could go on about all the memories that were held in this space for me personally…

So many of my core memories inhabit the walls of Ellie’s childhood home and the people within them. It was a wonderful experience being able to come home to this place and capture such a momentous life event for Ellie and her family. Being able to be present and to look onto such a wonderful family through the eyes of my camera lens was such a privilege. When you photograph a wedding you usually come out of the experience feeling like you have gained friends. Luckily with this wedding I felt like I was returning to them. Now enough of the soppy stuff…

When Ellie and Kris told me they were having a wedding at The Farnham Pottery – I was instantly excited. This venue is so unique and wonderful. As a Surrey wedding photographer I felt instantly creative when I saw the venue. There are so many artistic pieces and elements to this place that it is hard not to become inspired. They were married on one of the hottest May days that I can remember. It was beautiful. With some heartfelt speeches, some of the best catering I have ever eaten on a wedding day (thank you to Hobo Cafe) and a cracking dance floor – this family know how to throw a party .. as you are about to see.

FEAST Your Eyes On This Gorgeous Farnham Pottery Wedding!

Here are the Wonderful Surrey wedding suppliers that helped Ellie and Kris create their perfect day –

Venue: The Farnham Pottery

Caterer: The Hobo

Florist: Castle Street Flowers Farnham

Dress: Modeca

Shoes: Esska

Hair and MUA: The Glam Hub- Olivia Grieshaber

Band: The Choco La’s

If you see some familiar faces through this Old Luxters Barn wedding, then you would be very eagle eyed! The lovely Tom and Heather met me through some of my other wedding couples in their friendship group. For that I am so truly thankful! I love reconnecting with past couples and new ones is so special. I had photographed Guy and Rose’s Holdford Arms Wedding in the Cotswolds which was an absolute riot! This wedding would prove to be just as big of a party!

Gorgeously Autumnal Old Luxters Barn Wedding

Heather got ready with her people at a nearby hotel. The mood was so relaxed and lovely! With her mother helping her into the most beautiful dress, her dad and Heather then travelled to the church in a vintage old car. Getting married in Heather’s church was wonderful. Her choir sang as well as her bridesmaids who sang together during the signing of the register.

Heather and Tom opted for a champagne fizz and pastry reception before heading to their Old Luxters Barn wedding which was a fabulous idea. I think that all weddings should have a pastry selection at their wedding reception! It was a really original idea and highlighted Heather and Tom as a couple, planning something that was totally them. After the pastries the couple had an outdoor reception at the barn, which was lovely for October. With amazing speeches from both Heather and Tom and a lively dance floor, this wedding was just a pleasure to be a part of.

I hope that you liked looking through this wonderful Old Luxters Barn wedding

Venue: Old Luxters Barn

Dress: Wed2B

Florist: Cheeseman Hannah

Cake Maker: Cake By Chloe

Veil: Wed2B

Hair Stylist: Hair By Hannah Haddis

Choir: Quite Voices – Brides choir

Favours: Alzheimers Society

DJ: Eight Ray Music

If you would like some more examples of wedding photography check out Ellie and Kris’s Farnham Pottery Wedding or or Alex and Jo’s relaxed garden marquee wedding.

Kristy and Gabbie were ahead of their time when designing their wedding. Now, when I say that the couple were ahead of their time with their Chaucer Barn wedding, this is because they wanted an intimate wedding way before the wedding industry coined the term ‘micro wedding’.  During the pandemic, the term micro wedding was born to encapsulate smaller scale wedding set ups. When we had out first chat (way before the pandemic was even a thing) Kristy and Gabbie were really set on having an intimate wedding ceremony. They didn’t want hundreds of people, they wanted their VIP’s and an amazing party. This is what they got! Specialising predominantly Surrey wedding photography I was so excited to travel further afield for some Norfolk wedding photography. Not only that but Kristy and Gabbie’s day sounded incredible.

Intimate 30 Person Chaucer Barn Wedding 

The couple and I formed a lovely relationship over the year before their wedding. We travelled to the beach for a very rainy Suffolk engagement shoot and chatted a lot before the day about plans. Which meant that when photographing their intimate wedding it just felt like friends hanging out on a very special day.  The couple had a gorgeous outdoor wedding ceremony, followed by a relaxed reception in the gardens of Chaucer Barn. There are almost too many gorgeous places to take photographs in the ground of the venue, but we took our time and explored many of the locations for some natural couples portraits. Before speeches, and outdoor cake cutting and a fun wedding dance floor. It is fair to say that this Chaucer Barn wedding was one of my 2021 highlights!

What Kristy and Gabbie Said About Working With Me

“We are so glad we chose Jesse to capture our wedding. She did an amazing job, we absolutely love the photos and they capture the essence of the day brilliantly. Jesse is so friendly, warm and welcoming, she made us feel at ease immediately which is a hard task over a video call!

Each step of the wedding planning process Jesse was organised, quick to respond and happy to answer any question big or small! Our photos are incredible and even now all our friends and family are singing Jesse’s praises.”

Thank you for looking through Kristy and Gabbie’s Chaucer Barn wedding. If you too are looking for some more inspiration of Norfolk wedding photography then take a look at Aimee and Don’s Spixworth Hall Wedding.

If you are an LGBTQ+ couple and are looking for an LGBTQ friendly wedding photographer please take a look at Sian and Hannah’s Silchester Farm Wedding or Rosi and Shelley’s micro garden wedding reception. 

There is something very special about this lovely Henley-on-Thames wedding. It is special because this gorgeous garden marquee wedding is just one half of Emma and Roy’s wedding celebrations. Like many Covid couples, they planned a big wedding and then found them selves planning a small wedding too. They were to be married ay Henley Town Hall and then have a bigger wedding the following year. This is something that makes this wedding so special as I am able to continue my relationship with this wonderful couple for another year!

Sweet Micro Garden Marquee Wedding

Emma and Roy were not too fussed about having their Henley-on-Thames wedding ceremony captured on their day, but were invested in having some photographs at the family home by the river. This was a lovely idea as they will have their second ceremony captured this year too. Plus a house on the river is like a dream come true! With a relaxed wedding day and an intimate garden reception and a hog roast catering and mobile bar – this day in my eyes was perfection!

Relaxed Henley-on-thames Wedding and Garden River Party

It was exciting to photograph a wedding in Henley-on-Thames. It was a part of the country that I had not visited or shot a wedding in. Henley was such a lovely town and Emma’s family home where the reception was held was simply gorgeous. Emma and Roy were expecting at the time of this wedding. So it will be so lovely to have their littlest new addition at their next celebration!

If you too are planning a small wedding, check out these blog posts for some intimate wedding inspiration. Feast your eyes on Cathy and Ivans relaxed Surrey marquee wedding or maybe Poonam and Rahil’s intimate Leatherhead Registry wedding. 

When I photographed this Silchester Farm wedding it was very difficult not to smile. Sian and Hannah’s energy and love was so infectious.  It was hard not to get caught up with the emotions. The couple got married on a mild-ish November day. Luckily the venue lends itself to that perfect hygge style cosy feeling for a winter wedding. They each got ready on the morning with their friends and family members, and opted for a first look before the ceremony. This is always a marvellous idea in my eyes! You are almost spoiled for choice in this Hampshire wedding photography location with a Silchester Farm wedding. But in no way am I complaining!

I ADORE A FIRST LOOK 

Sian waited for Hannah in the big outdoor barn on the grounds of the venue. Surrounded by festoon lights and rustic corrugated iron. First look meetings before a ceremony are always (in my opinion) a wonderful event to structure into your wedding day. You get to see each other for the first time without a hundred eyes upon you. It is extremely special and intimate. You get to have a moment with each other before anyone else sees you. Plus, you get your couples portraits out of the way so that you can have an uninterrupted wedding reception! That is why I think that they are always a winner.

Getting Married at A Silchester Farm Wedding 

Is always a special moment. The venue is relatively new so there is a mix of old and new elements. This is a Hampshire wedding photography dream! The barns have been restored but with modern elements and unique touches. The vegetable garden is a gorgeous addition in the grounds and there is even a lake (Sian and Hannah didn’t make the journey there) which is one of the two places you can get married outside.

After Sian and Hannah’s gorgeous first look, they met each other in the barn for their ceremony. With lots of laughter they were wed and stepped outside for confetti and canapés. During the day you could see how much this Silchester Farm wedding meant to the couple and their closest friends and family. After a pandemic is is wonderful to be able to be together again. With some heartfelt and wonderful speeches, this crowd really lent into the party – with dancing, shots and tons more fun!

Thank You so Much to The Wedding Suppliers

Venue: Silchester Farm

Outfits: Rembo Styling (from Still White) and Whistles

Hair and MUA: Katy Djokic

Flowers: Ruby and Grace

Cake: Relish Vegan

Rings: Nicholas Wylde

Catering: Goose and Berry

Entertainment: Chiqas Music

Stationary: Rachel Gannon

If like Sian and Hannah you are looking for Hampshire wedding photography then please do contact me. I love photographing weddings all over Hampshire and the UK – take a look at Sarah and Anthony’s Cain Manor Wedding.

Perhaps you are looking for an LGBTQ+ friendly wedding photographer to capture your day?

If so you have come to the right place. I am an LGBTQ+ ally and believe that all love is the same. Having been bought up with two mothers I love photographing families like mine. If you would like some more inspiration take a look at Amy and Ruth’s Inkersall Grange Farm Wedding or Shelley and Rosi’s gorgeous back garden reception. 

Now this summer Cain Manor wedding was glorious. In saying so, I am completely aware that we are still not in a ‘post- pandemic’ state as a country. However, Becca and Ed’s gorgeous summer Cain Manor wedding was held just as the UK opened up its restrictions. The UK eased restrictions in the summer to allow more than 30 people at a wedding ceremony. Which after the years that we have had  during this pandemic was a wonderful thing. It may be that we had been starved of creativity, but this weddings florals by Meadow Folk were phenomenal. I thought that I had stepped into a literal meadow when I came into the ceremony room.

Home Made Confetti, A Dog Flower Girl and a  Meadow Floral Ceremony

A sit down wedding drinks reception with no band or first dance (don’t get me started on the UK Covid protocol at this point) did not deter this couple from having one of the most heart felt weddings days I’ve ever captured. Becca and Ed are some of the most wonderful people I have ever met. They have so many amazing friends and family supporting them and showing up to celebrate their love. The couple had some of the most personal and emotional speeches that even bought a tear to my eye!

The Weather Did Not Disappoint Us On This Summer Cain Manor Wedding

With a glorious sunny day the couple were able to have their guests hosted outside and we even got a cracking sunset coupes portrait session at the end of the evening. Instead of evening dancing, the couple had laid out a plethora of board games to keep their guests entertained which was a really lovely addition to the days proceedings.

Thank You To The Lovely Suppliers Who Made This Wedding So Wonderful

Venue: Cain Manor

Dress: Anna Kara

Suit: Beggars Run

Flowers: Meadow Folk

The last time I was lucky enough to photograph a wedding at Cain Manor it was a lovely autumnal day. If you too are looking at a Summer Cain Manor Wedding or indeed a Winter one, the please do contact me and I would love to talk about your wedding day.

This Botley Hill Barn wedding was extremely special. Something that the pandemic has taught us is that celebrations can happen any way you would like them. Like many other couples in the last two years, Lizzie and Andy had their original wedding plans derailed. They were married in a micro ceremony during the pandemic and decided to celebrate with a huge party.  They had always planned a wedding at Botley Hill Barn, but this was a chance to do things a little differently.

A Uniquely Constructed Botley Hill Barn Wedding 

As a couple they felt that the vows they had already taken together were special enough. So they were to have all the elements of a wedding, but without the ceremony. Lets call it a deconstructed wedding day! Lizzie and her bridal party got ready in the suite above the ceremony area. The room was filled with laughter and champagne. Lizzie was the calmest bride, taking in all the moments with her friends and family. As there was to be no ceremony, Lizzie and Andy decided to have a first look as Lizzie was to be wearing her original wedding dress that Andy had not seen.

I LOVE a First Look between Couples!

It may have immigrated over from the United States. But the first look tradition is one that can stay in my opinion. It gives you time together away from the hundreds of eyes at a ceremony. Before a ceremony you have time to get your wedding portraits done and then you are still able to enjoy the whole of your reception without interruption! Win win, in my opinion. After a really wonderful first look, Lizzie and Andy were able to enter into Botley Hill Barn wedding in a fun and traditional way. Through a confetti line (which is one of my favourite parts of a day)! After their entrance there was still time for group photographs, speeches and dinner and one hell of a party!

IF you too are planning a BOTLEY HILL BARN wedding

DROP ME AN EMAIL

as I would love to be involved in your day

The last time I was at Botley Hill Barn there was no barn to speak of. So it was such a pleasure to be photographing such a wonderful wedding here today. I am excited to be photographing many more weddings at Botley Hill Barn in the next few years. If you are also planning a belated wedding celebration, check out Rosi and Shelley’s relaxed back garden wedding reception.

Wonderful Suppliers at This Wedding

Venue: Botley Hill Barn 

Dress: Farnham Boutique

Flowers: Nordic Twigs

Caterer: Kalm Kitchen

MUA: Melissa Oldridge and Neecol Whyte Weddings

Cake: Looby Loo Cake Co

Bridesmaids: TFNC London

Entertainment: Greg Williamson Magician

This small and intimate Surrey registry wedding was so wonderful to photograph. Poonam and Rahil had their Leatherhead registry office wedding when government restrictions during the pandemic lifted. Planning a small wedding during a pandemic is difficult. Couples were never sure what was going to be within the governments corona virus guidelines. Luckily Poonam and Rahil were able to get married with their closest friends and family in their Leatherhead registry office wedding. They were to have a second marriage ceremony the year after, with many more guests being invited.

Close and Cherished Surrey Registry Wedding

This Surrey registry wedding venue in Leatherhead is a favourite of mine. With lovely light wedding ceremony rooms and kind and accommodating registrars. They allow a close wedding ceremony to not feel cramped in the space, which is really wonderful. Poonam walked down the aisle with her mother in a beautiful ceremony. You could tell how special their bond was and how happy Poonam was to see Rahil.

Even with shorter coverage on a micro wedding day there is always time for the core important photographs. This Surrey registry wedding was no different! With a micro wedding package of two hours there are still opportunities for confetti, family photographs and couples portraits. Just because the wedding you are planning is smaller, does not mean that the moments in your coverage are less important. If anything they are magnified by how close and intimate the wedding is.

Are you planning a small wedding? Take a look at your full proof plan to planning your micro wedding guide.

CANDID & NATURAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY SURREY

Thank you so much for stopping by and looking at Poonam and Rahil’s intimate Surrey registry wedding. 

If you are planning a smaller wedding and need a little more inspiration, perhaps see Jamie and Demi’s intimate micro wedding at Leatherhead registry office or Hannah and Dan’s sweet Weybridge wedding.