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What a wonderful day at Pendrell Hall! With a rustic church ceremony, some dappled light, a charming young couple and a full welsh male voice choir, this was truly a day to remember.
While this is a wedding venue where you can get ready and hold both your wedding ceremony and your wedding reception Emily and Tomos had decided to tie the knot at All Saints' Church, Lapley around 15 minutes away. All saints is a beautiful medieval church situated in rolling fields and lush woodland of the Staffordshire countryside, made all the more beautiful on this occasion by the turning autumn leaves.
We were lucky too because the weather held out, with mild temperatures and some lovely late autumn sunshine. That is until later, during the party, when the rain chucked it down. But by then of course, everyone was too busy dancing and having fun to worry about it.
This was not my first time as a Pendrell Hall Wedding Photographer, but it was my first time offering a combined package of both wedding photography and wedding videography there. Shooting both wedding video and wedding photos s a challenge that many uk wedding photographers try and take on but in reality few succeed. For me, it is a whole lot easier because I started out in weddings as a wedding videographer, and also because of my background filming and directing tv for so many years. So when it comes to all those key moments, I know not just creatively what to do to get, for example, a great couple portrait shot and but also simultaneously, how to film those moments to get the best from my couple. It’s about logistics and experience as much as it is about creativity.
But what it’s also about is the people and the chemistry. From the moment I started chatting with Emily and Tomos I knew we would hit it off. In fact it’s true of all my couples. I deliberately only shoot a select number of weddings per year, i don’t pack them in. The chemistry needs to be right between you and your wedding photographer or wedding videographer.
With these guys though, I’m sure the chemistry would always be right, as they and their friends and family were brilliant; warm, kind, funny and fun and full of love and joy. An amazing day at an amazing wedding venue with amazing people.
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