It was my pleasure to capture the winter wedding story of Lyndsey and Gareth’s big day on Saturday at the picturesque Brecon Beacons wedding venue, Peterstone Court Hotel, near Brecon in Powys.
Snow and ice on the high Beacons roads made my trip from Swansea to the hotel picturesque and hazadous at the same time, but I safely arrived at 8.30am for Lyndsey’s preparations. Lyndsey got ready with her bridesmaids, one of which (Vicky) is a former bride of mine from 2009, together with her Mum, a few friends and her two nephews.
With snow flurries, sleet and rain showers throughout the morning, mixed in with the odd brief sunny spell, the weather remained cold and conditions outside the hotel very icy throughout the day.
I met Gareth with his best man and ushers in the ceremony room for a few photos of the guys together. The room looked fantastic with it’s Xmas decorations and two roaring fires, complete with Xmas stockings hanging from the mantelpieces!
Fashionably late, Lyndsey arrived for the civil ceremony with her Dad, and mixed in with the usual readings were some Xmas carols, accompanied by Neil (one of Gareth’s ushers,) on the piano.
Mulled wine followed the ceremony and as guests relaxed we had fun with the carefully selected group/family photos. All taken in the library while the rain and sleet continued to fall outside.
After the group photos Lyndsey and Gareth braved the weather for a few photos outside the back of the hotel, with it’s views across to the nearby Brecon Beacons, still with snow-capped peaks. We then headed back inside for photos with the trees, before the wedding breakfast.
Guests were seated and entertained with the speeches and cake cutting before enjoying a wonderful meal as the afternoon slipped into evening and then night.
If you were at this special day or know this lovely couple, please leave them a personal comment below. All of the wonderful images from this special day will be available to view from this page, as soon as Lyndsey and Gareth have been into the studio for their champagne preview session, to see them for themselves first.
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Dear Lyndsey & Gareth,
I wanted to be the first here to say congratulations once again to you both on getting married, and thank you for inviting me to document the story of your special day.
I hope you enjoy the sneaky peak images above and look forwar dto showing you all of the images from your big day very soon.
Kind regards,
Nic
Wow! Yet again you have done a outstanding job of capturing the special day Nic! They are beautiful!! It was really lovely to catch up with you and I look forward to seeing the others once Lyndsey and Gareth have selected them!
DUE TO ILL HEALTH UNABLE TO ATTEND LYNDSEY AND GARETH DAI LOVELY WEDDING. IT WAS SOSO NICE TO HAVE A QUICK LITTLE SNEEK AT THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS. THANK YOU NIC
Hi Nic,
The pictures are fantastic and we can’t wait to see the rest of them!
We’d like like to say a massive thank you for your hard work on the day, lots of our friends and family commented that they hardly noticed you were there, which I think is a great reflection on you.
I hope you and you family have a great Christmas and we’ll look forward to meeting with you soon.
Thanks,
Lyndsey and Gareth
I just had to say how stunning all the photos are, gorgeous!