Category Archive: Orchardleigh House
Orchardleigh House | Wedding 365 project#74
I could so easily have titled this 365; “But Mummy I’m nervous.” 74 days in to this and the feature is developing as indeed my documentary wedding photography style has, so it’s been a timely departure from more recent weddings to visit the 55th wedding I shot, which was back in August 2007, at Orchardleigh House in Somerset. I see the very raw and early stages of reportage developing from a more traditional style of work I presented at the time. What was happening? The bridesmaid is the bride’s daughter and just prior to departing for the ceremony, she was engaging in a little ‘but I’m too shy for this’ moments. Sensing the slight tension in the room I sidled over to capture the image. Two things occur as I revisit this wedding photograph from 2012. A wider shot may well have shown the size and majesty of the room, which would only go to reinforce why a child may feel slight apprehension over the size of her task ahead. The second factor is sound. As I develop my sound product where I record elements of the day as a ‘radio documentary’ to later sit beside stills of the day, the soft reassurance and nature of this moment would have been complimented with audio.
SOMERSET WEDDING VENUE: Orchardleigh House
SHOOTING DATA: Canon 5D, 24-105mm lens at 55mm, F4, 1/125, ISO 640
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Orchardleigh wedding photography
“After our gorgeous day at Orchardleigh, we had the most amazing honeymoon in two different destinations. Steve surprised me with a four night stay at the Chedi Hotel in Oman, I was thoroughly spoilt and waited upon. We then flew back home to collect Brooke and headed out to Orlando for ten days with Micky Mouse and Tinkerbell. A completely different honeymoon but such fun. We’re already looking forward to going back. The new year brought lots more changes; I fell pregnant! Whoopee, time to eat cakes and get fat again. October 1st saw the arrival of our lovely baby girl, Sienna Maria, weighing 5lb 12 oz. She’s adorable, the image of her dad and big sister. How unfair is that?! We moved into a new house in December and with hard work, lots of labouring and no social life, we’re nearly there with all the improvements. You never know, next year we may be able to sit back, relax and enjoy it all.”
