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Middle Temple Hall Wedding – London | Jenny & Alan

A London Wedding at Middle Temple

On Saturday I photographed a wonderful wedding at Middle Temple Hall in London and, as promised in my previous post, I am now posting a selection of the images from the day.

The Bride’s lace veil was first worn 42 years ago by her Mother, Andrea, at her own wedding. It was later called upon for two further family weddings before being passed down to Jenny for her marriage.

Jenny and Alan were married at the magnificent Farm Street Church in Mayfair where the wedding ceremony was led by the Priest and college friend of the bride, Father Eric Caden.

After the ceremony the bride and groom and their guests headed across town to Middle Temple and the historic 16th century hall where the first performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was held in 1602!

The fabulous food was created and served by the team from The Admirable Crichton and the tables were decorated with arrangements from florist Simon Lycett.

The couple are both big fans of their home town baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, and had commissioned cake maker Rachel Mount to create a cake based on the team’s stadium. The detail even included copies of the tickets from Jenny and Alan’s first date.

The happy couple are currently on honeymoon in Rome before flying back home to Boston next week.

Engagement shoot in Westminster

Engagement shoot in Westminster, London

On Saturday I photographed the wedding of Jenny and Alan at Middle Temple in London. I’ll be posting some of the images from the day later this week but in the mean time thought I would show you a few of the photographs we took from their engagement shoot last weekend in and around Westminster.

Engagement shoot in Westminster, London

Engagement shoot in Westminster, London

The couple had requested the shoot so they would have a nice image to go with the article about them in yesterday’s New York Times (Jenny and Alan live on the East Coast of the US).

Wedding at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden

bride and groom in london street at night

Between Christmas day and the New Year I photographed a wedding at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. Helen and Andy held their wedding ceremony in the club’s intimate Forest Room joined by just a couple of dozen close family and friends. After the ceremony the we moved down to the Bellini Bar for Champagne before returning to the Forest Room for afternoon tea.

wedding dress hanging up at the hospital club covent garden

The Bride’s gorgeous dress was made for her by Joanne Fleming and Helen was kind enough to let me show you the original illustration for her dress. For me it’s very Grace Kelly!

designers sketch of wedding dress

bride and father in dressing room hospital club

Helen used one of the dressing rooms at the Hospital Club to get ready with help from friend and make-up artist Kate Hughes of It’s All About You. Meanwhile, our groom, Andy and his two best men, Mark and Smiley, prepared themselves at the nearby Covent Garden Hotel before walking across to the club looking very smart in their Richard James suits.

groom and best men walking in London street

bride shows her garter at the hospital club convent garden

I love this photo of Helen and her father, Malcolm, just before they head down to the ceremony. Not only can we see the daring red trim on the netting beneath the bride’s dress and how it is complimented by her Yves Saint Laurent shoes but we also catch a glimpse of her garter which was a special surprise for her future husband. The garter is embroidered with the name of Andy’s team; West Bromwich Albion.

bride holds glass of champagne

red anenomes wedding buttonhole

wedding flowers in forest room hospital club covent garden

The wedding flowers were created by Euphoric Flowers. The bride’s bouquet was made of white anemones and complimented by the red anemones worn as buttonholes by the men and as a wrist corsage by her sister. There were also several fabulous displays of white hydrangea.

bride and groom during wedding ceremony at the hospital club convent garden

wedding ceremony at the hospital club covent garden

a bride and groom on the main stairway of the hospital club convent garden

wedding candles at the hospital club covent garden

a bride and groom on the main stairway of the hospital club convent garden

afternoon tea for wedding at the hospital club

afternoon tea and sandwiches at the hospital club

We managed to have a brief stroll under the Christmas lights of Covent Garden to capture some really atmospheric shots.

bride groom walking covent garden streets at night

bride groom walking covent garden streets at night

In the evening around 150 of the newlyweds friends joined the celebration and, I have no doubt, danced on until the early hours!

first dance at the hospital club covent garden

The happy couple are now honeymooning in Miami before moving on to Guatemala and Belize. What a way to start the New Year!

bride and groom outside the hospital club convent garden

 

Ray Mo

Back at the end of Mo-vember time a good friend of mine, Ray, asked me to capture his hard earned moustache before (under pressure from Mrs Ray) he shaved it off.

I met Ray and his wife, Jo,  when I photographed their wedding nearly 5 years ago in Cornwall.

This image can only be published now as there has been an embargo in place because lucky Jo was to receive a framed print of her moustachioed husband as a Christmas present. Ladies, there are some things you just can’t say with diamonds…