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Stephen & Marguerites wedding at Quendon Hall, Parklands, Essex

So, this Sunday I had the pleasure of photographing Stephen & Marguerites wedding at the beautiful Quendon Hall in North Essex.

We woke up to the most amazing, beautiful day, perfect for wedding photography, and I have to say, after months of really hard winter weddings, it puts more than a little spring in your step to wake up to some sunshine!!!

Stephen just arrived at the same time as me, and I have to say he was pretty cool and calm. Generally most guys really can’t concentrate at this time, but he was certainly holding it together.

After a few photographs of the grounds I headed up to see Marguerite. She was looking stunning in a beautiful… towel!!!  No, I didn’t take any pictures, it may not seem like it, but I do have a heart!

shoes at Parklands, Quendon Hall, Essex

Anyway, I got some great photographs of the shoes, flowers, dress. The bridal suite at Parklands is absolutley perfect a photogrpahers dream, lots of space, lovely natural light, through the large windows, and the room is decorated in really theatrical colours. It makes a massive difference to have this sort of high quality space available, it makes our job so much easier!

As promised, I left Marguerite to it and headed downstairs to grab some shots of the guys.

The Sunglasses at Parklands, Essex.

From that point on, it was go, go, go!!! Guests arriving, registrars (The Uttlesford disrict registrars are GREAT by the way) The only thing that remained was to get some last minute photographs of Marguerite in all of her finery.

To say that Marguerite looked absolutely great is just not good enough, she looked FABULOUS. I think that every choice she had made regarding dress, hair and make up was perfect for her. I particularly liked her hair, and dare I say it, the Tiara really worked, I know it was painful darling, but it was worth it! (Well I would say that wouldn’t I? I didn’t have to wear the thing!)

The bridal suite at Parklands, Essex.

Soon after it was W-time, so I headed downstairs for the actual ceremony. I have to say that considering how incredibly nervous they were both so obviously were, it all went so smoothly. Poor Stephen fluffed a few lines, but no problem there! Honestly Stephen, I’ve known Registrars do it, so it’s no biggie Obviously your wife may not let you live down so quickly, but that’s her perogative!

The ceremony at Parklands, Quendon Hall

So then everyone spilled out into the grounds for the formal photographs outside. Now I’m not saying it’s Melissa, the fornt of houses fault (but it is), but when we came out, it wasn’t as sunny as the day started, but as any photographer will tell you that’s not a problem at all, just so long as it’s not bloody raining!!!
We started with the obligatory group shot of everyone that has become the norm, followed by the family shots. There is one thing that’s an absolute truth in the photography and film industry “Never work with Animals or Children!” How true! Marguerite had 2 very young bridesmaids and we just could not get them to stand still, for love nor money! Thankfully their mum was a bridesmaid and we managed to get a few shots of them before they ran off screaming and rolling on the floor… Ah kids, you gotta love ‘em!

After the formals, we went  for a quick walk around the grounds at Parklands to get some lovely photographs of the Bride and Groom in the stunning grounds.

Bride & Groom, Parklands, Essex

It was nice to see the blossom on the trees, and the daffodils out, all of which made a nice backdrop for the photographs of Stephen & Marguerite.

After the cake shot we headed back to the main lawn to get some informal shots of Bride, Groom and guests. This was when something quite strange happened… Marguerite announced that she wanted to throw her bouquet. Now you may think this happens at every wedding, but in fact it is very rare! most Brides pay too much money for their bouquet to lob it at someone, but Marguerite was adamant!

Bride throwing Bouquet at Parklands, Quendon Hall, Essex.

Now I’m not saying this was a setup, but COME ON, it went straight to the chief Bridesmaid!!! Unfair! In fairness though she does deserve it, she was lovely (but cheeky).

I think everyone had a great time, Parklands, Quendon Hall offers a wealth of opportunity for wedding photography and Stephen & Marguerite were lovely, as were their friends. I have some great shots, especially with the spring flowers coming through, and I had a great time.

Congratulations guys, I hope you had a really great day and I know you’re going to have a great life together, because you’re great together…
PK x