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  • Halloween Themed Covid-19 Lockdown Wedding :: Jade & Thomas

    Halloween Themed Covid-19 Lockdown Wedding :: Jade & Thomas

    I ran out of space trying to come up with the right title for this blog post.

    To truly do Jade & Thomas’ day justice the title should be:

    Jade & Thomas’ Beautiful, Autumnal, Halloween Themed, Fully Vegan and Covid-19 Safe Wedding Day at Whirlowbrook Hall

    Amidst all the disappointment and heartbreak of 2020, Jade and Thomas managed to carve out a beautiful, intimate wedding celebration on the day they always intended to get married, which happened to be the anniversary of their first date.

    They do still intend to have a ‘proper’ wedding day next year once they are allowed to have all their friends and family in attendance, so with all being well this is only part one for these two.

    For me it was great to be back at Whirlowbrook Hall, almost 2 years since I was here last for Amarise and Mike’s Christmas themed wedding.

    I must say I was very impressed with how the staff at Whirlowbrook Hall had managed to maintain excellent service levels despite current restrictions.

    This was even more impressive to me when I realise it was only actually one person running pretty much everything front of house, with a skeleton kitchen crew making the food.  Having worked in hotels before myself I would never underestimate what a huge amount of effort went into the running of the day.

    For me, having not photographed a full wedding day since March, a clear 7 months prior to today, it was a true return to form.  Yes there were only 11 guests, and they couldn’t sing or dance, this was still a heck of a wedding day.  

    Not just a great Covid-19 safe wedding day, a great wedding day by any standard.

    And of course it rained for most of the day, so there was some normality at least.















































































  • Winter Wedding @ Whirlowbrook Hall :: Amarise & Mike

    Winter Wedding @ Whirlowbrook Hall :: Amarise & Mike

    A Christmassy Wedding

    When you get married a few days after Christmas your theme is pretty much set.  Come to think about it, I don’t really think Amarise and Mike had a theme as such at all.  It really was all about being chilled out, relaxing and enjoying the day.

    This relaxed attitude ran all the way through the day.  I joined the girls as they were getting ready in the Sycamore suite of Whirlowbrook Hall.  For December it was a beautiful day.  The sun was beaming in through the window and it was actually rather mild.  This seemed somewhat ironic actually since the Australian leg of their wedding a few weeks prior was pretty much rained out.

    Whirlowbrook Hall in the Winter

    The weather is a true test of a wedding venue like Whirlowbrook Hall.  The Hall is surrounded by beautiful scenery, so in the sunshine you cannot go wrong when it comes to getting some portraits.

    Where things can come undone is when the weather is not so favourable.  Fortunately for us, this was not tested today, however, I’m confident that there would still have been plenty of  indoor options in a place like this.

    I have actually been following Whirlowbrook Hall on Instagram for a while so it was lovely to finally get up there to an actual wedding.

    To be honest, I’m probably not the right photographer for you.


    The Photos

    If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that nobody ever reads what I write on this blogs.  All you guys want to see is photos, and that’s fine because I’ve got a load to show you.

    Here is a small selection of highlights from the collection.

    Oh, and if you are as impressed as I am with the flowers, make sure you check out Moss and Clover Kelham.