RT Weddings Photography

Wedding Photography at Stoke Place

November 18, 2008 on 8:15 pm | In Weddings Revealed |

I was very pleased to be invited back to Stoke Place in Stoke Poges near Slough for my second wedding there of the season. This wedding for Jenny and Darren took place quite late on a Sunday afternoon in November. You may recall my last wedding at Stoke Place in back in August and Jenny contacted me after reading my blog article. Although I did take some pre-wedding shots outside the majority of work was taken indoors as it was dark by 4.30pm. This time Steve came and assisted me as the 2nd photographer and we certainly made a great team on the day.

Stoke Place is an ideal wedding venue for a winter wedding and has many indoor locations which suit an indoor wedding. Having also photographed a wedding back in the summer mainly utilising the outsides and the grounds, this wedding gave me an opportunity to utilise more of the interior.

All of the photography took place at the venue itself and the rain cleared for a few minutes enabling a quick set of shots with the groom and the boys.

The ceremony started at around 4pm and the ambient lighting really did add to the warm, cosy atmosphere of the wedding.

We had just enough time and light to take one aerial group shot of all the wedding guests before moving back inside to continue the group shots.

We had some fun taking the group photographs and everyone seemed happy to participate which is always good.

We couldn’t miss out the traditional confetti shots and also made use of some of the other locations inside the venue for a few romantic shots.

I always like to utilise the stairs whenever possible and with Steve assisting we also managed to take some of the camera flash shots outside, capturing natural ambient light from the background and using some side flash to lighten the couple.

We then moved on to the greeting line and my shooting of the grooms shoulder I managed to capture some great expressions as the guests entered the main hall for the wedding breakfast.

After capturing the speeches it was time to cut the cake and on to the first dance.

As part of my service I also offer evening portraits using my mobile studio set up. The couple and their guests took full advantage of this after all, it all adds to the couples wedding photographs.

I really enjoyed photographing Jenny and Darren’s wedding day and once again it was good working alongside Steve. If you would like me to photograph your wedding or would like a dual photographer service then please give me call.

By Dean Robson - RT Weddings Wedding Photographer for Hertfordshire and Essex