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Suffolk Wedding Photography - Catherine and Allan
It was great catching up with Catherine and Allan again. We first worked with them when shooting their pre-wedding shoot so it was lovely to see them again, especially after such difficult times for everybody.
Catherine and Allan chose a traditional church wedding ceremony for their spring wedding in Suffolk. St Mary’s Church is a pretty little church in the Suffolk village of Harkstead near Ipswich. And as numbers were restricted to 15 guests due to Covid-19 rules, it was the perfect size for Catherine and Allan’s intimate wedding ceremony. We were able to get some great images of the church using drone photography. The images reminding us of how lucky we are to be Suffolk wedding photographers.
On the day we arrived early to capture Catherine and Allan getting ready for the day. The wedding parties were in good spirits and we got some great candid and group images of everybody before they left for the ceremony.
Natural images by local wedding photographer
Allan surprised Catherine by arranging a traditional horse-drawn carriage to take her and her family to the church. This was provided by Hawthorn Heavy Horses and made a magical addition to the day.
Harkstead Church was surprisingly light inside (many churches are a little dark) which enabled us to capture some lovely images of the ceremony. Now, as East Anglian wedding photographers, we’ve seen most things at weddings. But this was the first wedding where we’ve seen the bride ring the church bells herself to announce the news of her own wedding. And that wasn’t it for bells, as the couple left the church, they were serenaded by friends ringing handbells in celebration.
Outside the church were friends and family keen to congratulate the couple in a socially distanced way. Which was lovely for Catherine and Allan. The sun was still shining so we took the opportunity to get some more formal photographs and group shots.
Catherine and Allan then boarded the horse drawn carriage to be taken to Harkstead Village Hall for a little ride around the village and surrounding countryside. The images we took were gorgeous and the black and white ones of the carriage in motion look like they could have been taken 150 years ago. That’s Suffolk’s landscape for you.
