LE PETIT CHÂTEAU WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

EMMA & CHRIS MIGHT JUST BE SOME OF THE COOLEST CATS I’VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF SHOOTING WITH – AND I THINK THIS IS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY FROM EMMA’S DRESS, THE DOCS AND THAT CUSTOM EMBROIDERED LEATHER JACKET.

LE PETIT CHATEAU WAS A VENUE I WAS DESPERATE TO SHOOT AT FOR A LONG TIME, AND THANKFULLY A FEW YEARS BACK I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CHANCE! I’VE BEEN EVEN LUCKIER TO HEAD BACK THERE EVERY YEAR SINCE. IT’S ONE OF THOSE SUPER COOL VENUES THAT HAS A BIT OF EVERYTHING AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE’S A PICTURESQUE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS PRETTY HANDY FOR A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER. I’VE KNOWN EMMA FOR A WHILE, SO BRIDAL PREPARATIONS WERE SUPER CHILL, WITH JUST HER AND HER FAMILY GETTING READY ON THE MORNING. I LOVE A SLOWER MORNING FOR BRIDAL PREP, WHERE I CAN TAKE MY TIME BETWEEN THE COUPLE AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.

HOWEVER LIKE MOST WEDDING DAYS WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THE CEREMONY, EVERYTHING KICKED INTO GEAR AND MOVED AT 100 MILES AN HOUR. I DON’T THINK CHRIS’ EYES WERE DRY DURING THE ENTIRE CEREMONY, BUT THAT JUST MADE FOR SOME BEAUTIFULLY EMOTIONAL PICTURES WHICH I LOVE. AFTER THE ‘I DO’S’ THE NEWLY WEDS WERE SHOWERED IN CONFETTI BEFORE MAKING THEIR WAY OUT FOR PORTRAITS AND GROUP SHOTS DURING RECEPTION DRINKS. THIS IS WHERE THE LEATHER JACKER FIRST MADE ITS APPEARANCE AND IT’S HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE BEST BRIDAL LOOKS I’VE EVER SEEN AND JUST ENCAPSULATES EMMAS PERSONALITY COMPLETELY.

AS PER USUAL, TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ‘NO GOOD’ IN FRONT OF A CAMERA TURN OUT TO BE ABSOLUTE NATURALS AND I LOVED THE PORTRAITS WE MANAGED TO GET. THE GROUNDS AT LE PETIT CHATEAU ARE TO DIE FOR WITH EVERY AREA BEING PRETTY PERFECT FOR PORTRAITS. I LOVED HOW PLAYFUL THESE TWO WERE IN PORTRAITS AS I FEEL THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE LIKE AS COUPLE WHICH IS ALWAYS WHAT I’M AIMING TO CAPTURE.

CUE THE WATER WORKS AGAIN FOR CHRIS DURING SPEECHES (I’M SEEING A PATTERN HERE). THE TABLE LAYOUT AT LE PETIT MAKES IT SUPER EASY FOR A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER TO MOVE AROUND IN WITHOUT BEING SUPER OBSTRUCTIVE AND GETTING IN PEOPLES WAY. AFTER A QUICK BITE TO EAT IT WAS TIME TO HIT THE DANCE FLOOR! WE MANAGED TO SNAG A FEW LAST MOMENTS OF GOLDEN HOUR, JUST AS THE SUN WAS FADING FOR A FEW MORE PORTRAITS OF THE HAPPY COUPLE.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE AMAZING WEDDINGS WHERE EVERYTHING JUST FLOWS SUPER EASY AND THERE’S VERY LITTLE STRESS, I THINK THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO HOW WELL EMMA & CHRIS HAD ORGANISED EVERYTHING, ONLY DOING WHAT THEY WANTED!

SO HERE’S A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE FRAMES!

P. X

VENUE: Le Petit Château

CAKE: Cakes In Wonderland

MUA: Faye Garnett

LEATHER JACKET: Beth Wilson Embroidery