So, last Wednesday was a day I'd been looking forward to for aaages. Yes, it was Ben and Clare's wedding. What I loved about this wedding, as well as the couple themselves, of course, was the way they made it just how they wanted, and in doing so, showed themselves to be people of great taste.
The day began at around 8am at the Lancaster House Hotel, next to the university. Oh yeah, they'd decided to walk in to the ceremony together, which meant they were able to enjoy breakfast together too. The light was still struggling to break across the horizon at this point so I got chatting to some guests, whom I hadn't seen since we all left school in 1998 (is it really that long ago?!). After a brief panic about my camera, I discovered it had been set to 'lock' mode. Regaining my composure, I came back in and started shooting the day, as I saw it, in a mostly documentary style. We got to do a great 'first look' series of shots, when Ben saw Clare in her dress for the first time (maybe I'll get to blog those sometime soon).
Next was the ceremony, and the venue was the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster. This is a stunning building right on top of a hill. A string quartet played a mixture of classical stuff and tunes by modern bands like the Verve & Snow Patrol.
Next was Hipping Hall in Kirkby Lonsdale. This is another beautiful cozy little place, which happens to serve amazing food. We hung out in the lounge for the group shots, then headed off for lunch. Later in the day I got to take Ben and Clare off for a few shots by themselves, and, as it was pretty much dark by this point, we went for some more dramatic, flash-lit pictures. So, all in all, this was such a cool day. Sublimely classy and fun too :)
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