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From our wonderful bride Danielle:
Our Story
We were in the same halls of residence at University and were introduced by our Best Man Andrew – we have been together 13 years!
Our Wedding
I grew up in Berkshire, not too far away from the venue. The venue had everything on the estate – church, garden room for reception, a castle barn for the wedding breakfast and cottages and dovecotes for the wedding party to stay the night. I also stayed in the farmhouse, Home Farm the night before the wedding with my bridesmaids which is also on the estate. I also loved the style – the church was more a chapel – super tiny and very old – I think it’s Benedictine. The rest of the estate was a beautiful backdrop.
For me our day was all about the finishing touches and making sure our personalities and style rang through from the flowers, to the table settings, food, decor and music. We also wanted it to be incredibly fun for our guests and hopefully be as different and as modern as we could be from any other wedding. Most of all we wanted the day to be the most wonderful and memorable day with the people we loved.
The Bride
I wanted a more fashion-forward dress, no lace and wanted my dress to be memorable. I didn’t want to be traditional; I guess this stems from working in Fashion and for Net-A-Porter. I also wanted to be able to move around and dance with ease (we did a little dance routine to Stevie Wonder for our first dance that incorporated a lift so I needed to move!) and have sleeves after all a English wedding in April may very well be a little colder.
Trying to find my dress was the hardest part for me, it’s was so outside my comfort zone. I originally was going to go for a 30s style dress and have a more Gatsby esquse champagne silk dress made for me but I suddenly realised that I did want to wear white and feel more bridal. I was blown away by the service at Temperley
The Flowers
I’ve always been a huge fan of Scarlet & Violet, my favourite florist in London with the most exquisite wild flowers that are more bohemian in style than formal and the perfect match for my English country wedding. I met up with Vic (Owner of S&V) over the course of a year to plan and work out what would suit the venue. We decided on a vintage muted pastel colour palette which had muted parchment blush pinks, whites and greens all soft and relaxed. Garden roses, ranunculus sweet pea, blush lilac, cherry blossom (it’s an April wedding after all!) magnolia and gypsophila. We had three areas to decorate with flowers – the church, garden room for the reception and the barn.
I carried a loose and meadow bouquet with touches of cherry blossom, garden roses, lilac, ranunculus, very soft parchments to pinks, with soft creams tied with grey grosgrain ribbon. My bridesmaids on the morning of the wedding gave me an Astley Clark gold and diamond wishbone pin to place on the ribbon on my bouquet. The Bridesmaids were wearing dove grey/champagne colour palette so their bouquets were similar to mine but with a slightly different colour focus for each to suit their personalities.
Scarlet & Violet provided us with loose hair flowers a mix of large single flowers and smaller buds and lots of gypsophila so we could use as we wanted gathered, dotted or one single in the hair. The bridesmaids all had a mixture of roses and gypsophila in their hair whilst I just stuck to gypsophila placed around my braid as I didn’t want to take the focus too much away from my veil.
Venue: Wasing Park Weddings, Berkshire | Dress: Temperley London | H&M: Sarah Varney | Groom: Mr. Porter | Stationery: Jessica Tibbits | Shoes: Christian Louboutin | Floral Design: Scarlet and Violet, London
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March 8, 2020
"Oh my goodness!!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We are so overwhelmed by how perfectly you have captured our day and the love / fun within it. Matthew and I cannot stop watching the film as it truly is like reliving those special moments. You are both so incredibly talented at your craft and we're so thrilled to have been able to work with you. We're the most grateful that we have this wonderful film, to watch again and again in all the years to come! It is honestly better than we could have ever imagined.
We're so sad that our journey with you both is now over! You have been such a joy to work with and have given us the most treasured keepsakes of our wedding."
"You have been such a joy to work with and have given us the most treasured keepsakes of our wedding. "
FROM LONDON
Ella x Matthew
"Oh my goodness, I don't even have the words. It's just perfect guys, it has literally blown us away.
You have embodied our day so perfectly, all the little details, the moments we had forgotten, so much laughter and silliness, it really feels like us, and that was so important to us, so thank you.
You were undeniably the perfect choice, not only for incredible vision, style etc, but for the fun and joy you also brought to our day. We love that we got to share this with you.
Thank you for creating something we will cherish forever, it really means the world to us.
Sending lots of love!
Beth & Ryan x"
"Thank you for creating something we will cherish forever, it really means the world to us. "
FROM LONDON
Beth x Ryan
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The Full gallery is insane!! I am blown away by how many strong shots are in here - like I CANT believe it!
It was such a pleasure to work with you. Thank you for all of the creativity and good energy. You guys captured these special moments so beautifully. I am over the moon! The colors, the emotions, the lighting... its amazing. You guys knocked it out of the park."
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Laura x Todd
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FROM the USA
Alisha x Tyler
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FROM NEW YORK
Erin x David
"Your film brought us to tears! We have watched it again, and again, and again. It is so incredibly wonderful. We love the mix of color and black & white imagery, the music choices are perfect, and you brilliantly captured the subtleties and emotions of the day. Thank you so much for adventuring across the world to be a part of our wedding, for your hard work, and for creating a film that we can revisit for the rest of our lives to relive this beautiful day. We appreciate you both."
"you brilliantly captured the subtleties and emotions of the day."
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Samantha x Austin
"Words cannot describe how happy it makes us to look at these recordings of time. Tim not only captured the look of this wedding - but above all - how it really felt for us and for our guests. Whenever we look at the pictures, all the excitement and bliss comes right back!"
"Whenever we look at the pictures, all the excitement and bliss comes
right back to us"
Josephine x Ben
"Their photography was so elegant, stylish, yet without pretense. We really loved how positive and excited they were about the wedding and the fact that their
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Hallie x Jason
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Anna x Samer
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With Love,
Lisa & Russell"
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