The second of my Christmas weddings was a Harrogate wedding celebration for Vicki & Simon, who’d married New York back in December.
The weather was snowy, but not quite as snowy as it had been in Central Park where they married OUTSIDE, in the exact spot Simon proposed!
I love that you can marry wherever you please in the States, instead of ‘duly sanctioned places’ in the UK. Though getting married on the beach or in the woods in Scotland doesn’t have quite the same appeal as it does in California…
So – Vicki & Simon had a fun vintage theme throughout, and the grand Victorian Old Swan hotel worked perfectly:
We joined them in the afternoon for a few final wedding party preps, and found her lovely vintage dress hanging on the four-poster
Matching kicks!
The girls and their bubbles
Girls who clearly wanna have fun…
I like this sequence of Vicki getting into the dress, with Simon popping her ring over her lace gloves.
I don’t often post or get pics of me at work, but as Clare & I were together shooting the same preps, she caught this one of me!
I believe this is the shot I took:
A tasty detail of Vicki’s floristry, gloves and ring:
And check out Simon’s awesome man combo! Lovin the textures and pinned cravat!
The team, all good to go!
En route!
A few snaps outside (they were used to the cold after New Yoik, though they said it was moida!)
The gang again, who soon-after made a dubious and entertaining attempt at the CanCan:
I like these relaxed portraits of Vicki & Simon
And this cheeky sequence:
We used this cool peeling green garage door round the back of the hotel for some cool portraits.
Back inside they had a red carpet lineup for dinner guests, who stopped into the lounge for a quick slideshow of New York pics.
I really liked the NYC photos too, so it was nice to add the UK leg images.
My blogs can get a bit long, so to save strain on the ol’ broadband, click (more) below to see the full post…Vicki had really gone to town on the vintage dining room theme. They’d been buying old grannified crockery from car-boot sales and had all sorts of amazing details. All around the room were sweet bowls, candles, lacey touches and ornate frames of their New York wedding pics. It was really intimate, and a nice way to have a meal with nearest and dearest before the evening celebration!
Mmmm, muffins! ‘Eat me!” – Cute.
Somehow, I resisted.
All the old china teacups had lace wrapped baubles with the name of the guest on them (this one says ‘Bride’).
More teacups & touches!
Vintagified cake!
I love this home-made guest book! Inspect if you will beneath NY…
Details everywhere made my life easy!
After dinner and before the evening guests arrived, I popped out for a dusky shot of the snowy Old Swan
Guests arriving:
Probably my favourite snap of the day was of Grandad who’d found a most excellent doorkeepers chair to chill on! Love it.
This geezer was pretty cool too, givin it DSLR & snappy matching shirt & tie. Go on.
It was great to see Vicki & Simon’s lovely pals Emma & Stewart again!
I photographed their awesome wedding at Rudding Park a few years back and it was great to catch up!
Speeches were saved for the evening guests, and were most entertaining.
Simons turn:
Leaving the best man humiliation till last…
First dance:
Second, third & fourth dances…
And a final fave from the day is this one of Simon hugging his folks and Vicki hugging her sis behind, with hidden flash casting cool shadows.
It was great to join Vicki & Simon at their vintage-themed wedding celebration in snowy Harrogate.
May I wish them a long and happy life together!
nb: Vicki & Simon have a private client area containing their wedding & pre-wedding highlights at www.barnabyaldrick.com. If you were at the wedding and would like to see their photos, call or email them for the password.
by Barnaby Aldrick
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