An Intimate wedding

My husband and I have been lucky enough to work with top UK photographers Damien and Julie Lovegrove over the last four years on various projects and over that time Paul and I have found a mutual love for photography.

We were delighted to be asked by some friends of a friend, if we would take some group shots for their wedding. Well obviously we said yes and said if they would be happy to, we would like to cover their whole wedding from getting ready to the first dance......lucky for us, they said yes.

We went to meet the bride, Nina and her bridesmaid, Claire at the Hotel Du Vin in Bristol where they were getting ready to do some pre wedding shots. The room was quite dark, but the bathroom which was on a mezzanine floor had a massive skylight, perfect to get these shots.

The wedding was at The Kings Arms outside Bath which is a fabulous country pub in a beautiful setting.

The couple decided to have a spiritual blessing which was led by the bride's Godmother. The couple were married the day before in a registry office to legalise the marriage.

The guests all stood in the front courtyard as the bride came through the pub into the guests.

The service was lovely and we were able to get a number of lovely shots which capture the mood.

We took so many lovely photos throughout the day. It was so relaxed and informal with the guests being treated to a fabulous Lamb Spit Roast (given to Nina and Tom by Jamie Oliver as a wedding present!). Here are a selection of our favourite shots.

We had a lovely time and would like to thank Tom and Nina for letting us photograph their wedding. To see all of the photos go to

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If you would like to find out more about Ruth and Paul photographing your wedding, prices start from as little as £500.

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A Modern Gold and Cream Affair

I've recently presented a mood board (above is a much smaller version with just a selection of images) to a client who wanted to have a gold and cream theme. Usually this would lend itself really well for a more traditional style wedding, especially seeing that it will be a winter wedding (November), but the couple wanted a modern element to the wedding.

The bride has chosen Orchids for her bouquet, which are perfect with their cream petal and gold centre, but we are also going to introduce calla lillies to the design too. The bridesmaids will have a small bouquet of calla lillies and the groomsmen will have calla lily buttonholes, but to pull the two flowers together, for the centrepieces we have chosen to combine a few different ideas from the mood board. We will be using tall centrepieces as the venue (Pittville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham) has extremely tall ceilings.

We will be using the orchids in the centre of the vases as in the left hand picture and then at the top of the vase a ring of calla lillies. Out of the top we will be using large leaves (as in the middle picture) sprayed gold coming out of the top and gold sprayed beargrass hanging over the edge with gold pearls treaded onto the ends. These are to be the main feature of the room. Very striking. We will also be using the centrepieces to put on tall white columns going up the aisle for the civil ceremony.

To add further elements of gold to the scheme, we will be using gold chargers, gold gilt chairs and we will also be using gold mood lighting to light up the coloumns and ceilings.

I'm very excited about how striking this wedding is going to look and can't wait to see the finished result!

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