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Peckforton Castle Weddings | Asha & Brian

Beautiful Life — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:10:41 +0000

A little while back Asha & Brian called me all the way from Dallas in the USA and asked to book us to film their wedding at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire. I was really looking forward to filming their wedding as it’s a stunning venue for wedding photography and videography. And with guests travelling in from all over the world, including the USA and India, it was the perfect backdrop for their day. After the bride and groom preparations they had a “Humanist Ceremony” in the castles Hexagonal room followed by a fantastic bride and groom time with the wedding photographers in the woods where the light was just amazing!! The wedding breakfast and the speeches were great and later that night Asha threw her bouquet which was followed by their first dance. Anyway, here is their cinematic wedding video highlights from their Peckforton Castle weddings. Enjoy!!

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A few thoughts from Asha & Brian

1) Why did you want to get married in a castle in the UK? We wanted to get married at “home” and the venue was suggested to us by a family friend who also got married there, and its a castle, come on!
2) What was unique about your wedding? Our wedding was unique because we had guests from all over the world, India, all over the US
3) What was your favourite part of your day? Our favorite part of our wedding was our ceremony, we had lovely readings and a friend sang Adele “Make You Feel My Love”
4) What do you love about being married? We love being married. the end.
5) Why did you choose Beautiful Life to film your day? I honestly chose beautiful life photography because of your professional looking website, videos, and feel I got from it. Planning a wedding across the sea took alot of trusting my gut about vendors.
6) Any advice for future bride and grooms? My advice for future brides and grooms would be to relax! everything will turn out beautifully and also to not try to please everybody! its not possible.

Wedding Suppliers we used

Ceremony – we had a humanist ceremony conducted by Shirley George.
Dress – I designed my dress and bought lace and worked with Nahzly Montilla, a dress maker here in Dallas
Shoes were by Badgley Mishka Cake
Cake was by Helen at the Little Cakery Co.
Flowers were by allison
Stationary by William Arthur
DJ Lee Kennedy from Sunset Disco Nights
Make up by Vanessa Rowland at Peckforton Tranquility Spa.
Hair by Ann Gray at Peckforton Tranquility Spa. Centerpieces- by Eventures

Oliver & Jessica ❘ Wasing Park Barn Wedding, Berkshire

Beautiful Life — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:22:07 +0000

Another fantastic couple!! Oliver & Jessica live in Australia but travelled back to the UK for their Wasing Park Barn wedding in Aldermaston, West Berkshire. The sun was shining and the tree’s were in full blossom and so it was the perfect day for any wedding videographer or wedding photographer to capture some stunning imagery. Oliver & Jessica had their civil ceremony in the Ceremony Barn Anyway, here is their Wasing Park Barn wedding video highlights from their day and a big thank you to Oliver and Jessica for making me feel so welcome.

Here are a few thoughts from Oliver and Jessica

Q1) What was the favourite parts of your big day?
My stand out moment was when we went outside after the meal. Jessica was stood under a blossom tree and smiled over her shoulder at me. That image was something I’ll never forget. I just thought “Wow, She’s Stunning!”. Jessica’s friend Emma Masters and her cousin James Harding played an acoustic version of Bryan Adams “I’ll Always Be Right There” during the ceremony. They had only rehearsed it together once, 10 minutes before the ceremony but they pulled it off brilliantly.Everyone finishing the night by singing New York New York in a circle with Jessica and me in the middle.

Q2) What do you love about being married?
Knowing that you’ll always have each other and being able to build plans for the future together.

Q3) Why did you want a wedding film of your day?
Everyone had warned us that the day would be a blur so we wanted to capture as much of it as possible to re-live it over again and share it with our children in years to come. We’d seen the wedding video Shaun had done for our friends Neil and Hannah and it was exactly what we wanted.

Q4) Any advice for future bride and grooms?
Enjoy it! It can be easy to get distracted by so much going on, but it’s a day about the two of you.

Wedding Venue: Wasing Park Barn, Aldermaston
Wedding Dress by Maria Chiodo
Makeup and hair by Anna Woolcott
Shoes by Belle
Stationary by Jane Clifford (mother of the bride)
Cake by Marks & Spencer
Flowers by White horse flower company.
Wedding Film by Beautiful Life
Wedding Photography by Jane Snell and Jennifer Evans (friends).

Philip and Rachel’s Wedding

Beautiful Life — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:46:33 +0000

Last year I filmed Liane and Adam’s wedding near Windsor and was thrilled to be back again in June filming her sister Rachel’s wedding. The day started at Rachel’s parents house with Bridal Preparations. It was a beautiful sunny day and everything felt very calm as I arrived. Once the Bridal preparations had finished I set off to All Saints Church in Laleham where Rachel and Philip had a lovely ceremony. The wedding reception took place at Stoke Palace Hotel where the rest of the day seemed to fly by. Here’s the first part of their wedding video covering the Bridal preparations and I hope to upload some more of their wedding video if I get time before Christmas.

Cooling Castle Barn Wedding Video

Beautiful Life — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:43:04 +0000

Cooling Castle Barn is about 8 miles north of Rochester in Kent and is a fantastic wedding venue for great wedding video and wedding photography shots. I loved my time here as the location and buildings had stunning features and natural light giving me plenty to play with throughout the day. Cooling Castle Barn actually comprises of three barns named the Fathom (which is where the wedding ceremony took place), the Heritage barn (got the bar) and the Tither Barn where the wedding breakfast is held. We had some heavy downpours throughout the day but we managed to get everything we needed for the Wedding Video!!

The day started with Jemma’s bridal preparations which was pretty relaxed. My approach was the usual “fly on the wall” storytelling style where I kept as much in the background as I possibly could. I prefer natural shots and love to work with available light collecting nice creative imagery that gives me plenty of choices when back in the studio editing the wedding DVD. So here is the first part of Jemma’s Cooling Castle Barn Wedding Video covering the Bridal preparations. Enjoy!!

Sarah & Richard – Rowton Castle Wedding

Beautiful Life — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:08:40 +0000

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Here’s another Rowton Castle Wedding!! We had a fantastic time capturing Sarah and Richards wedding video and photography at Rowton Castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire . We had pretty good weather all day, a beautiful 17th century castle and some fantastic grounds surrounding Rowton Castle and a lovely couple to work with. Rowton Castle was is a fantastic place to have a wedding and certainly provides some great opportunities for wedding video and wedding photography. Both Joy and myself loved our time at Rowton Castle and wish Sarah and Richard all the best in their future together.

I would love to share the Bridal preparations video with you which is below. The rest is coming soon. The photographs were taken by my lovely wife Joy and the link can be found here: http://www.beautifullifeuk.com/photographyblog/2010/07/10/rowton-castle-wedding-photography/

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Langley Priory Wedding Video

Beautiful Life — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:22:24 +0000

Had a great day at Langley Priory yesterday. I was filming and Joy was photographing the wedding of Wendy and Ed. Langley Priory is a beautiful Grade II listed country house with rose gardens, amazing lawns, fountains and surrounded by magnificent countryside. We got some great wedding photos and wedding video which we will be posting soon.

The guests and Groom were due to arrive on an old london red bus, which got lost and they were all twenty minutes late for the ceremony. But they found the venue in the end (close call) and Ed and Wendy had a nice romantic ceremony. Congratulations Ed and Wendy!! Anyway, here is their wedding video

Looking forward to editing the wedding Video and wedding photography that we got on the day as this venue was really unique. Please contact the office if you are interested in our Wedding Photography and Wedding Video and wedding DVD services.

Venue Website at www.langleypriory.co.uk

Nottingham Wedding Video – Woodborough Hall

Beautiful Life — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:33:23 +0000

I filmed another Woodborough Hall Wedding on Saturday. The weather stayed fine and as always Woodborough Hall and Tillyboo Events organised a fantastc wedding. Here is a sneak preview of Dave and Beverley’s Wedding Video.

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Wedding Photography Prestwold Hall

Beautiful Life — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:56:44 +0000

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Whilst editing wedding videos and corporate projects my wife Joy is usually at her desk next to me editing her maternity, family and wedding photos. This week was an exceptionally busy week as we attended four weddings between us and covered some pretty vast distances. From Liverpool to London, from flash floods to hot sunny days we had a very tiring but enjoyable week. Have a look at some of Joys photos here or visit her blog at by clicking here

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