It was my pleasure to document the story of Tom and Sian’s wedding day last Saturday at the beautiful Gower wedding venue, the King Arthur Hotel in Reynoldston, Gower, Swansea, South Wales.
The story of the day began at Sian’s parent’s home in Killay, with Sian’s two bridesmaids and flower girl. After a very calm morning I made my way down onto Gower and the King Arthur Hotel, to meet Tom and the guys.
One of Gower’s most popular wedding venues, the King Arthur is always a favourite local venue of mine to document a wedding at, with it’s fantastic garden, lake and meadow in ‘full-grass’ during this time of the year. The last time I visited the King Arthur was in the snow of last December!
After a few shots of Tom with his best man and usher, there was plenty of time for some reportage coverage of guests arriving and enjoying the Gower sunshine, before the bridesmaids arrived, followed by Sian and her Dad.
After a beautiful civil ceremony in the main room, everyone moved outside for drinks and canapes. Tom and Sian slipped away after 10 minutes to make the short trip in their car across Gower to the Oxwich Castle ruins, for some ‘bride and groom’ photos.
As usual we seemed to have the castle ruins and it’s grounds almost completely to ourselves apart from a few foreign tourists who seemed to think they had stumbled across a real ‘Welsh’ Prince and Princess!
We spent about 20 minutes at Oxwich Castle before returning to the King Arthur Hotel, to be greeted by the guests still outside and ‘armed’ with buckets of confetti. A few carefully selected group and family shots followed, which were all done and dusted within 15-20 minutes, ensuring the flow of the day wasn’t disrupted, and everyone still had big smiles on their faces.
Tom and Sian were announced in to their wedding breakfast and decided to conclude their speeches and cake cutting before sitting down to eat. I stayed through the meal (thank you for the food guys, it was delicious,) so that at the end of their main course, Tom and Sian could escape one last time for a few more ‘bride and groom’ photos in the grounds of the King Arthur, making full use of the wonderful garden, it’s lake and the meadow.
If you know Sian and Tom and/or were part of their special day, please leave them a personal message below. All of the images from this special day will be available to view from this page, once Tom and Sian have returned from honeymoon and been into the studio for their champagne preview.
9 comments
Dear Sian and Tom,
Wanted to be the first here to say congratulations once again.
Thank you for inviting me to document the story of your day. I hope you like the above ‘sneaky peak’ images and I’m looking forward to showing you the complete story of your day on your return from honeymoon.
Have a great holiday and safe travelling.
Kind regards,
Nic
Hi Nic
Thanks for the sneak preview! We are currently on honeymoon and cant stop re-playing the day over and over so it was really lovely to see some photos and jog more memories. We cant wait to see the rest now!! Thanks for all your hard work on the day – you were fantastic.
See you soon
Best Wishes
Sian and Tom
Tom & Sian – you both look gorgeous & so happy! Sorry we couldn’t be there to celebrate with you, will look forward to seeing the rest of the photos soon!
Wow, these are wonderful, thanks for letting me share your special day at the weekend and can’t wait to see the rest – fantastic pictures
xx
Thank you Nic for all your hard work.You made everyone feel so relaxed and so many guests commented on how friendly you were.Thank you for adding to Sian and Tom’s day.You seem to have really captured their happiness(even in these few pictures) and we cant wait to see the rest!
Beautiful pictures. They really capture just how perfect the day was. Absolutely love them all and can’t wait to see the rest. You both look so so happy. It really was an amazing day and these photos truly show how amazing it was. Sian and Tom were so happy on the day and these pictures really portray their happiness.
Love to you both and can’t wait to see you soon.
Kel and Danny xx
Just wanted to say what a beautiful day, you both looked gorgeous, and I’m so happy for you. I hope your honeymoon has been as special, Wendy xx
(Thank you card received on collection of album & package:)
Dear Nic,
Thank you so much for our fantastic wedding photos. It has been great working with you, and the photos are just perfect.
Best wishes,
Sian & Tom
Hi Nic
Really chuffed that another of our photos has been selected for a wedding magazine! It’s a great photo.
Thank-you for letting us know – will have to get a copy. We have been showing off the album and everyone loves it.
Take care
Sian and Tom