Cotswolds marquee and family home wedding photographer
Plenty of London couples have a Cotswold address somewhere in the family.
This page is for them.
A parent's farmhouse, a grandmother's garden, a village church they've known since they were small. Getting married there is less a venue decision than a family one, and it comes with its own logistics. I photograph these weddings as they happen, stepping in only when a bit of direction actually helps.
35mm film for the romance, digital for the documentary truth of it all.
The day
What changes at home
There's usually no schedule printed on a board by the door. That suits me.
The house
The day starts in the house. Getting ready happens in a bedroom that has been a bedroom for thirty years, and somebody's aunt is always in the doorway. I stay out of the way and photograph it.
The light
Marquees are flat and dim in the middle and bright at the edges, and old houses have small windows. I work with the light that's there rather than flooding the room with flash, which is where film earns its place.
The plan
Send me the plan, even if it's a sketch on the back of an envelope. Where the ceremony is, where people eat, and where the weather sends everyone. I'd rather know plan B than discover it.
A recent one
Rousham House
A marquee on the lawn, in a garden Kent worked on in the 1730s.
Rousham is near Steeple Aston, about twelve miles north of Oxford: Oxfordshire, on the edge of the Cotswolds. It holds only a few weddings a year, and they're usually outdoors or in a marquee.
Rousham House, Oxfordshire
The practical bit
If you're planning from London, the trains, the recce and the timings are on the main Cotswolds page. The Documentary Collection is £2,200 for ten hours, with 35mm film included, and extra hours are £235. The full details are on the pricing page.
Oxford, the Cotswolds
And further afield
Send me your date, your venue and a line or two about the day you're planning. I'll reply within a day or two, usually sooner.