When Rachel got in touch with me originally, she booked me for a few hours to shoot her and Ben’s engagement party in Oxford. They were planning on getting married in Switzerland, but wanted to throw a party for their friends and family in the UK prior to that. Three weeks before the party Rachel phoned me and asked whether I would be available for a longer coverage, as they had just then decided that they were going to change their engagement party into a wedding! The short notice was a bit of a shock for everyone involved in the planning, but it did make sense since Rachel and Ben had already put so much time into the preparations, and since all of their loved ones were going to be under the same roof.
Rachel and her bridesmaids got ready at the beautiful Old Bank Hotel in central Oxford, but from there on things got a bit more adventurous. The unusual, and beautiful, ceremony took place outside on a hilltop in Shotover country park. It was a bit of a new situation for us as photographers logging our stuff across a huge hill, but the setting sure was worth it! I really loved the idea of guests hanging wishes onto the branches of the three underneath which the ceremony was held. In fact, there were lots of lovely details to this wedding, not least Rachel’s beautiful flowers from Daisies, and the gorgeous cars, which came from London Legend.
After the hilltop ceremony, it was back to central Oxford for the evening reception at Gee’s Restaurant, which was the perfect setting to for eating and dancing the night away.
Thank you Rachel and Ben for giving me the shock of my life by changing your plans at the last minute, it really did result in one of the prettiest weddings I’ve had the pleasure to attend this year!
What a fabulously quirky wedding and you have captured it wonderfully. I don’t know what it is about your getting ready shots, but I always think they are pretty much perfect. Love the dress too!
Gorgeous wedding and gorgeous photos. That cake looks amazing! Love it!
Oh wow!! I’m in love with this wedding! Beautiful shots. Please could I feature this on my wedding blog? It would be an honour ;) lou xx
Sure, go ahead. :)
Ah thats fantastic thank you!! It will be up in the week :) thanks again – so excited hehe xx
Nicely captured, Love the details and the location…great job
wish the british weather would allow more outdoor weddings!
awesome work marianne!
I know! This one would have been a total mud bath had it rained…
Gorgeous!! This needs to be featured somewhere because it’s a beautiful wedding and you captured all of the details so fantastically!!
Lovely wedding. I love the location. =]
wow what a lovely dress!!!!
awesome details – congrats to the happy couple!
MA-RI-ANNE! This set may be my favorite of yours. From those first two images, I was hooked. And that GORGEOUS image from above the bride as she walks down the stairs – STUNNING. Her dress is also just fantastic.
love your style! this wedding was adorable :]
Oh my gosh.. I agree with Kelly! I think this might be my favorite wedding of yours ever ever ever! Great attention to detail and so much emotion – looove.
Wow! What a fantastic outdoor wedding! Wonderful details and you captured them perfectly.
awesome job, lovely wedding!
Stunning set of images Marianne, and I love the whole idea of this wedding. I wish more couples would try something like this.
Totally jealous of this wedding! Beautiful couple, details and venue!
You did an incredible job of capturing it all!
marianne- you keep turning out some of my absolute favorite work. stunning images, great processing. beautiful work.
Very creative! Both the ceremony and the photography! Great Job!
Wow! The list of gorgeous things at this wedding is just too long! The dress, the flowers, the car, the location, the… everything! Stunning photographs. Like pretty much everyone already commented I was hooked from the start. And the story behind it made it even better!
The jewel-like colours are stunning! I absolutely love this wedding!
Beautiful pictures, I am sure the couple were happy to see the pictures… Composition, on point.
That shot of the father hugging the bride. Priceless. Brought a tear to my eye! Amazing wedding {here here to them braving the outdoors}, superbly captured.
Thank you all for your nice words, I’m sure Rachel and Ben appreciate them as well! <3
great pics from a great looking wedding…
Beautiful images and a beautiful wedding! That dress is to die for!
It is so nice to see a portfolio that truly captures all angles and all facets of a wedding day. Wonderful job!