It was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Eiry and Andrew last Saturday at one of my favourite Gower wedding venues, the Oxwich Bay hotel.
After visiting the house in the morning it was a short 2 minute drive to the beautiful Llandybie Parish Church between Ammanford and Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire. At the church I met Andrew with two sons Joseph and Harry, plus the other pageboys and best man and usher.
Eiry arrived with her Dad in a beautiful old Ford for a lovley church ceremony followed by a massive confetti exit before getting back in the car with Andrew for the hour drive to Oxwich Bay on Gower. Before arriving at the hotel we stopped off at the popular Gower wedding photo location Oxwich Castle ruins. However as soon as we arrived the heavens opened and a 15 minute cloud-burst meant that we were all scrambling for cover under archways in the ruins to try and keep dry.
Not deterred by the rude weather interruption, we still manged to get some great shots of Andrew and Eiry together in amongst the ruins, which make a dramatic backdrop for wedding images. Then we headed back down the hill (negotiating the flooded parts of the road,) and arrived at the Oxwich Bay Hotel Marquee.
After 15-20 minutes of family group photos, we headed off to the beach (now bathed in sunshine with some great moody clouds,) together with the bridal party. We ventured down the beach as far as the children’s legs would allow, just far enough to reach the sand dunes which always provide a stunning location for wedding photos on Gower. Joseph and Harry got to let off balloons and despite wearing full page-boy suits, enjoyed digging and playing in the sand as all young children do.
It was then a walk back (piggy back for the boys on Andrew,) to the hotel for the wedding breakfast, which was proceeded by cake cutting and speeches.
I hope you have enjoyed the ‘sneaky peek’ images above and would like to invite you to leave Eiry and Andrew a personal message below. All of the beautiful images from this very special family day will be available to view from this page, from Thursday August 26th when they return from honeymoon.
Nic
