It was my pleasure to capture the story of Lee and Karina’s wedding last Friday at a gorgeous boutique Cotswold Hotel, Barnsley House in Cirencester, the capital of the Cotswolds.
The story of the day began with Karina’s preparations. Joined by family and friends popping in throughout, the morning was relaxed as Karina got ready with her daughter Celyn and flower girl Jessica.
An outdoor ceremony was conducted in the beautiful gardens at Barnsley House, where Lee and Karina were married in front of their family and friends in the fresh air. Outdoor ceremonies are still very rare in the UK, probably due to the unpredictable weather, so it’s always nice to capture a ceremony outside.
After the ceremony guests made their way back to the patio area outside the house for reception drinks and canapes. We then took a few family and group photos on the beautiful lawns before Lee and Karina then headed off with me for a 20 minute tour of the beautiful gardens and grounds at Barnsley House.
The gardens of this beautiful Cotswold Hotel were designed by Rosemary Verey who also designed the gardens at High-grove House, the home of Prince Charles and Camila. The variety of backdrops in such a relatively small area made for some fantastic photo opportunities. Our short garden tour ended at the marquee for Lee and Karina to have a pre-wedding breakfast look, before their guests were seated.
A wonderful wedding breakfast in the marquee at Barnsley House was followed by speeches and cake cutting, before guests returned to the gardens for late evening strolls in the warm summer weather.
If you were at this wedding or know Lee and Karina, please leave them a personal message below. All of the wonderful images from this special day will be available to view from this page, after Lee and Karina have been into the studio to see them first in their ‘preview session.’
8 comments
Brilliant Photos and a brilliant weekend. Thanks both for an amazing time!
Dear Karina and Lee,
Just a quick thank you for inviting me to document the story of your special day last Friday.
I hope you enjoyed the weekend with family and friends and look forward to showing you all of your photos soon.
Kind regards,
Nic
The photos are amazing and so are you! Thank you very much for sharing your special day. We had a wonderful week end. Love xx
Amazing photos, and a truly amazing weekend, thankyou both for inviting me to share it with you xxxx
Hello you two, what fabulous photo’s. Nic has done an amazing job. It was truly a wonderful weekend thank you so much for inviting us both LOL. Ala & Liz xx
Thank you so much Nic, the pictures are great I cant wait to see the rest. See you soon.
The photos are absolutely amazing. Thank you Karina and Lee for inviting us to share your truly special day. Lots of luv to u both xxx
Really wonderful photos, captured the wonderful day that it was. Thank you for sharing them with us! x