Lains Barn Wedding-Charlie and Pete
A church wedding in Wallingford followed by a Lains Barn wedding reception
Our first Lains Barn wedding of 2017 was that of Charlie and Pete, in April. They were married at St. Leonard's Church, Wallingford, with their wedding breakfast and party at Lains.
As normal for us, Samantha's day started a little before mine. Working together as a husband and wife wedding photography team, Sam will start photographing the bride and bridesmaids getting ready, whilst I am with the bridegroom and his groomsmen. In this case, Sam photographed Charlie, the bride in the family home with her bridesmaids, whilst I was with Pete and his guys at a local hotel, in Wallingford. From there is was a short walk for me and the groom and best men (for there were two at this wedding), to walk across town to the lovely church of St Leonard's. At the church, I photographed guests arriving and entering the church whilst we awaited the bridal party.
For this wedding, as the church was small and narrow, and a full choir was in attendance, there was no room for me to take photos from the front, so Sam and I photographed the ceremony from the rear of the church. After the ceremony, I got out of the church in time for the shower of confetti that followed soon after, whilst Sam was in place for the wedding recessional.
From the church we all made the short drive to the rural Oxfordshire setting of Lains Barn. We photograph at Lains several times a year as a preferred supplier, but we always look forward to it. It's a friendly, welcoming place, efficiently run with staff who understand our documentary wedding photography style, and let us get on with it! After arrival drinks and canapés, Charlie and Pete joined their family and guests for their wedding breakfast; this is a time we use to back up images and to prepare for photographing the speeches. Sam took one of our Fujifilm XT2's with our 50-140 lens to photograph guest reactions from the small balcony in the barn, whilst I concentrated in capturing the speeches.
Once speeches were over, the excellent band The Vents arrived, and Charlie and Pete had their first dance. As usual for us, we stayed for well over an hour after their first dance to photograph their guests partying.
We had a wonderful time with Charlie, Pete, their family and friends, thanks so much for letting us tell the story in photographs.
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