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Voco Oxford Thames Wedding Photography - Gemma and James

The Voco Oxford Thames, and Radley Church, Abingdon, wedding of Gemma and Thomas. Oxfordshire wedding photography by Sam and Steve Photography

A summer wedding at an Oxford riverside hotel

A bride and groom portrait in the gardens of Voco Oxford Thames Hotel
Wow! These are absolutely incredible! You guys are truly very talented!
— Gemma and Thomas

In July 2021 we had the pleasure of being the wedding photographers for Gemma and Thomas wedding at Radley Church, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, with a reception at Voco Oxford Thames Hotel. As usual, our day started with Sam covering Gemma’s preparation at her family home, whilst Steve was with Thomas and his family. The couple had a lovely church wedding at Radley church, and departed in a gorgeous classic car for their venue, stopping of with us at some local fields for some couple portraits before heating on to their reception at Voco Oxford Thames.

Voco Oxford Thames is a high quality Oxford Hotel to the south of the city. It is ideally located on the side of the River Thames, with lovely grounds and gardens that lead down to the river. There are gorgeous gardens, ideal for bride and groom portraits as in the photo of Gemma and Thomas above. The hotel is part of the IHG group, and is fully licensed for wedding ceremonies, which means couples can have their whole wedding day at the hotel, and they and their guests can stay the night in a top quality hotel. We have photographed weddings a number of times at Voco Oxford Thames, and thoroughly recommend it as a wedding venue. The staff are attentive and professional, there are plenty of places for photos and you can book a toast master/master of ceremonies to ensure your day goes to plan. As Oxfordshire wedding photographers, we are pleased to be recommended suppliers for 2022.

As always, we photographed Gemma and Thomas in an unobtrusive, relaxed informal way, as well as of course capturing some group photos and portraits of the couple. We stayed well into the evening, after the couples first dance, to capture some candid photos of the couple and their guests enjoying the late evening light in July.

Here are a selection of photographs from Gemma and Thomas’s Voco Oxford Thames wedding.

If you are planning a wedding at Voco Oxford Thames, or at any other Oxfordshire wedding venue, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us here:

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Stratton Court Barn Wedding Photographer - Emma and Simon

The Stratton Court Barn wedding of Emma and Simon. A rustic Oxfordshire barn wedding near Bicester in the September sunshine

An outdoor wedding at an Oxfordshire rustic barn location

A bride and groom laughing at Stratton Court Barn, near Bicester

We photographed the lovely Stratton Court Barn Wedding of Emma and Simon, on a sunny September day in 2019. It is always a priviledge to photograph at this lovely Oxfordshire barn location; not least in that it is just three miles from our Bicester home! Stratton Court Barn is a gorgeous rustic location to host a wedding. Set in the Oxfordshire countryside, but convenient also for Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, Stratton Court is a sole use wedding venue, fully licenced for wedding ceremonies. As well as the large ceremony room, that can seat 90 guests, there is also a separate bar and lounge area for the wedding guests to have a drink, and of course for the post wedding dancing. When you add in the dedicated bridal preparation room and the lovely gardens and fields surrounding the venue, Stratton Court really is a perfect place to get married in Oxfordshire.

Stratton Court Barn Wedding Venue, Near Bicester

For Emma and Simon’s big day, the weather gods smiled on them, and they were able to have their wedding ceremony and their wedding breakfast outside on the courtyard of the barn. We know Emma and Simon well, as friends, whom we got to know at a local pub. In addition Ness (one of Emma’s bridesmaids) and Sean, who run the wonderful Chilterns pub The Blackwood Arms, are also good friends, who gave us good advice when we ran a pub several years ago. Emma’s other bridesmaid Louise we also know well (she also runs a pub; the Red Lion, Penn!)

A Bride and Bridesmaids having fun at Stratton Court Barn, Near Bicester

As usual, Sam’s day started with bride and bridesmade preparation at Emma and Simon’s home. In my case, I was with Simon and his best man at a Turkish barbers in Bicester! (I made a mental note never to have my ears and nose waxed - ouch!).

I arrived at Stratton Court with Simon to photograph his family and guests arriving. Sam arrived with Emma and the bridesmaids. I photographed the ceremony from the front and to the side, including the part when the couple have to step in side to do the legal part of the ceremony (due to the arcane licencing laws in the UK). Sam as normal was stationed at the back of proceeding, to be in pole position for the first kiss photo and the couples recessional.

Karin, the wonderful wedding co-ordinator at Stratton Court Barn and her team did a great job of ensuring Emma and Simon’s guests were well supplied with drinks and canapes. After a few group photos in the nice garden area, we joined the wedding party for a wonderful ourdoor sit down meal. The courtyard at Stratton Court Barn is perfect for an outdoor wedding breakfast. After some amusing speeches, the bride and groom enjoyed mingling with their guests in the summer evening sun, before the partying and dancing started. As always, we stayed well into the evening to capture the dancing, as well as a sparkler run.

A bride and Groom on a sparkler run at Stratton Court Barn Wedding Venue, Near Bicester

Thanks so much to Emma and Simon for having us along, and also to Karin and her team, whom we always enjoy working with.

Here is a selection of some of our documentary wedding photos from the day.

If you are looking for an Oxfordshire wedding barn location then Stratton Court Barn should be at the top of your list. And, if you would like a husband and wife team of wedding photographers to photograph your Oxfordshire wedding, we would love to hear from you! You can contact us by clicking the button below.


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Cotswolds Hotel and Spa Wedding Photography-Daisy and Luke

A spring wedding at the lovely Cotwolds Hotel and Spa, Chipping Norton. Cotswolds Wedding Photography by Sam and Steve Photography

A Spring 2020 Cotswolds Wedding

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We photographed Daisy and Luke’s wedding at Cotswolds Hotel and Spa (also called the Cotswolds Club) on 1st March 2020. Based just on the edge of Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds, this is a lovely venue with 114 hotel rooms, a marquee for the ceremony and a spa, not to mention a great golf course! Daisy had specifically requested no portraits or group photos for her wedding day, so, as we are documentary wedding photographers this was fine by us! Both bride and groom got ready at the venue, with Sam with Daisy and me with Luke. A wet and windy day meant most of the wedding took place indoors, and the ceremony in the large marquee at the venue. It also meant Daisy and her Dad came to the ceremony by golf buggy!

Daisy and Luke’s wedding was a really fun day and great to photograph, with their young son stealing the show in his scaled down Audi!

Below are a some of their wedding photos.

At the time of photographing this wedding, we could not have imaged the changes that were coming to life here in the UK due to Covid-19. At the time of writing (May 3rd), this was the last wedding we photographed. So far, we have worked with our couples to reschedule 21 weddings for this year. Take care everyone, and stay safe.

If you are planning a wedding and would like a husband and wife team of documentary wedding photographers, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us below.


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Oxford Marquee Wedding Photography - Rebecca and Andrew

The Oxfordshire church and marquee wedding of Becky and Andy. Documentary style photography and videography from Oxfordshire wedding photographers Sam and Steve Photography

an islip, Oxford church wedding followed by a marquee in a family garden

Islip church wedding photography of a bride and groom being covered in confetti
Ahr these are brilliant thank you so much great quality. We enjoyed having you both! You are both so lovely.

— Becky and Andy

Becky and Andy’s Oxfordshire wedding in May 2019 had a distinctly Scottish flavour! Although Becky grew up near to Oxford, Andy and her both live near Inverness these days, where Becky works as a midwife and Andy is in the armed forces. Andy’s family, friends and work colleagues ensured that plenty of Highland attire and men in uniform were on show on the day!

As usual, Samantha started the day with Becky’s bridal preparations at her parents home. In the garden was the marquee for the reception. I went to a nearby pub, the Red Lion in Islip, where Andy was getting ready and he was meeting his groomsmen. For their church wedding, a piper was on attendance. After a lovely ceremony, and a guard of honour for their confetti run, Becky and Andy made the short journey to the marquee by means of a vintage Landrover. Plenty of party games were on show including, ferret racing, a first for us at a wedding! The couple were piped into the marquee for dinner. Highlight of the speeches was an amusing self written and performed song from Becky sister!

After the speeches, and an wonderfully executed first dance, lots of partying took place and as usual we stayed well into the evening to photograph the merriment.

It was an absolute pleasure to be Becky and Andy’s photographers. Here is a small sample of their wedding images.

We also were pleased to capture some video of the day for Becky and Andy. Although we are very much photographers firstly, when we are both in the same place one of us can shoot some video. We can also leave a camera on a tripod running for the ceremony and speeches. However, we would recommend a full time videographer if funds allow of course. You can see the video highlights package we gave them here:

If you are planning an Oxfordshire wedding and you would like two documentary wedding photographers at your wedding (perhaps shooting a little video!), then we would love to hear from you. You can contact us here:




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Oxford University and Bodleian Library Wedding | Daisy and Adam

Bodleian Library and Lincoln College Oxford Wedding of Daisy and Adam. Documentary wedding photography by Sam and Steve Photography

An Lincoln College Chapel wedding and Bodleian Library reception

a bride and groom walking by the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
Thanks Steve and Sam!! They are amazing :). We have been looking at them all weekend!
— Daisy and Adam

Daisy and Adam’s wedding took place in March 2019, and we were delighted to be their wedding photographers. They had met several years ago whilst studying at Oxford University, and both went to Lincoln College. Although they now both live and work in London, they naturally chose the chapel of Lincoln College for their wedding.

As we are Oxfordshire wedding photographers we often get to photograph weddings in the lovely city of Oxford (we are based in Bicester, 10 miles north of the city). It was a real treat for us to be photographing in Oxford again on this rather windy early Spring day.

Our day began with Sam photographing Daisy’s bridal preparation at the nearby Old Bank Hotel, whilst I was with the guys getting ready at one of the guest rooms at the college available for former students to visit. Daisy and Adam had booked a DIY video package from a company called Shoot It Yourself, based in Witney. Several of the wedding party therefore had video cameras and were shooting video as the preparations went along; you can see one of them in the mirror photo in the gallery at the end of this blog.

Their ceremony took place in the lovely intimate chapel of Lincoln College, which afforded lovely light through the stained glass windows onto the proceedings.

A wedding taking place at Lincoln College Chapel, Oxford.

Whilst the register was being signed, their guests enjoyed some live music from the rear of the chapel. Once the ceremony was over we photographed Daisy and Adam’s confetti run, before they headed over for a short walk for a pint in their favourite pub from their student days. The White Horse on Broad Street is a quintessential Oxford pub and has featured several times in the TV classic “Inspector Morse” and the spin-off’s “Lewis” and “Endeavour”.  As they entered the pub, the customers burst into song, singing “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...” to the bride!

Daisy and Adam enjoying a pint, whilst Sam and a cake, whilst Sam ask congratulates them!

Daisy and Adam enjoying a pint, whilst Sam and a cake, whilst Sam ask congratulates them!

After their drink, they made the short walk down to the famous Bodleian Library, for their reception and dinner. The Bodleian is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, is the 2nd biggest in the UK, and hosts over 13 million books. Many of these books are extremely rare and valuable. The “Bod”, as it is known by Oxford students, was also used as the Hogwarts library in several of the Harry Potter Films. For Daisy and Adam’s wedding, the main Divinity School was beautifully laid out with elaborate table decorations and colourful up-lighting. This and the catering were arranged by the wonderful Bayley Eyley from Be Eventful. The amazing flowers for the wedding were provided by the talented Joanna Carter, from Joanna Carter Flowers.

As usual, we stayed well into the evening to capture the dance floor partying, before finally leaving for the short bus ride back to Bicester.

Below are some of the photos from the day.

If you are looking for documentary style wedding photos for your wedding, whether in Oxford or further afield, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us below.

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Eynsham Hall Wedding Photography | Lisa and Ash

Oxfordshire wedding photography of the Eynsham Hall wedding of Lisa and Ash by Sam and Steve Photography. Documentary wedding photography of a snowy winter wedding at an Oxfordshire country house hotel.

A Snowy Winter wedding at a Grade II listed Oxfordshire Country House Hotel

Eynsham Hall Wedding Photography by Sam and Steve Photography, Lisa and Ash

For this featured wedding, we are going back to early February 2019, and a snowy landscape for the wonderful wedding of Lisa and Ash. Their wedding took place at the fabulous venue of Eynsham Hall, near Witney, Oxfordshire. As we are Oxfordshire wedding photographers, its a venue we know well and always look forward to photographing there. Its also a wedding location that Lisa knows well, as she is the Eynsham Hall Wedding Specialist! As such, she gets to meet lots of photographers and other wedding suppliers, so we were thrilled that Lisa and Ash chose us for their wedding photography; they were particularly keen on our documentary wedding photography approach. The couple also chose a great selection of other wedding suppliers, most of whom we knew well, and they are credited at the end of this blog post.

Our day started we Sam going straight to Eynsham Hall to photograph Lisa’s wedding preparations, whilst I made the short walk from our home to Lisa and Ash’s Bicester house. After taking some photos of the guys getting ready, I joined them in a fun ride to the venue in a classic VW camper van, equipped with surf board (Lisa and Ash had a beach theme to the whole of the wedding, mostly due to their love of the Pacific island Fiji). The beach themed camper van was an incongruous site as we travelled the snowy Oxfordshire country roads to Eynsham Hall!

The wedding ceremony took place in Eynsham Hall’s Red Room which was brilliantly lit by the winter sun pouring in through the large windows; it really was a treat to be able to photograph the ceremony with such wonderful natural light. After the ceremony, we took the opportunity for a shot walk outside in the cold and snowy gardens, sharing portrait opportunities with the couple’s videographer, Our Big Day on Film.

Dinner took place in the amazing Green Room where the beach theme continued, aided by some wonderful flowers by Penny Blossoms and an incredible cake by Karen from Cakes By Kit . A running joke for the speeches was “Dilly-Dilly”, from the current Bud Light TV commercial, hence the strategic placed bottles of this beer.

After dinner, a number of evening guests then arrived to enjoy the disco and photo-booth, as well of course the odd drink or two! As usual, we stayed well into the evening to capture the evening’s partying, as well as a final flash lit portrait of Lisa and Ash in front of their wonderful wedding venue.

Their full list of suppliers, as well as a sample of some of their photos are below.

Flowers: http://www.pennyblossoms.co.uk/

Flower Arch: https://skymeadows.co.uk/

Cake: http://cakesbykit.com/

Videography: https://www.ourbigdayonfilm.com/

Light up Letters and DJ:

 https://www.facebook.com/orangediscotheques/

Brides Dress: https://www.maebridal.co.uk/

Groom and Groomsmen Suits: https://richardpaulmenswear.co.uk/

Brides Hair & Make Up: 

http://agmhair.com/ and 

http://www.charlie-jennings.co.uk/

Bridemaids Hair/ Make up: http://rubyrougemakeup.co.uk/

Photobooth: https://www.pixxelboxx.com/

VW Van: https://vintageweddingday.com/

Sweet Cart: http://bowtiquechaircovers.co.uk/

Brides Rings: http://www.biagiothejewellers.com/

If you are looking for Oxfordshire wedding photographers and like the idea of a husband and wife team photographing your wedding, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us with the link below.


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Eynsham Hall Wedding Photography | Helen and Kieran

Eynsham Hall documentary wedding photography of Helen and Kieran’s wedding. Reportage style wedding photography by Sam and Steve Photography.

An outdoor wedding at a luxury Oxfordshire venue

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Thank you Sam and Steve for capturing our day so beautifully!
— Helen & Kieran

We photographed Helen and Kieran’s lovely Eynsham Hall wedding in May 2018, and what a wonderful wedding it was.

Situated near Witney in the Oxfordshire countryside, Eynsham Hall is a luxury Oxfordshire country house hotel with fabulous gardens, lovely stately (but not stuffy!) rooms, and excellent staff, it is a perfect venue for a country wedding. We always enjoy photographing at Eynsham Hall; Lisa Marie Gardner, the wedding specialist always ensures everything runs to plan, but in a calm and efficient way. As documentary wedding photographers, we like to blend in during a wedding day, and not seek to take over and organise proceedings, and the team at Eynsham understand this perfectly.

Our day began as usual with Samantha photographing the brides’ preparation, whilst I was with the groom and groomsmen. As both of them were getting ready at the venue, this was easy for us to do, whilst at the same time keeping in touch with each other. This wedding was our first with our new Fujifilm X-H1 camera, which Sam used all day and loved working with.

One of the joys of photographing weddings at Eynsham Hall is the facility for holding the ceremony outside, which Helen and Kieran elected to do. The May weather gods smiled on them, and rain stayed away for the duration of the ceremony, and for their guests to enjoy the gardens and the ample drinks and canapés served by the Eynsham team.

We loved photographing Helen and Kieran’s wedding, and stayed as is usual for us well into the late evening to photograph the dancing and partying they enjoyed with their guests.

We were thrilled with the lovely review they gave us on our Google page, thank you both so much!

The couple used a number of quality wedding suppliers as follows:

Dress - by Rosa Clara from Mariee in Nantwich, Cheshire

Cake - M&S.

Flowers - Bloomin Events.

Suits - Henry's of Banbury

Orange Discos (part of the package with Eynsham).

Bridesmaids dresses - True Romantica, Kenilworth

Matted Wedding Album- Folio Albums, designed by Sam and Steve Photography

The following is a collection of some of the photos we provided Helen and Kieran.

If you are looking for documentary style wedding photography at Eynsham Hall, or of course any other venue, we would love to hear from you.

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Tythe Barn Wedding Photography|Stephanie and Daniel

Oxfordshire documentary wedding photography of the Tythe Barn Wedding of Stephanie and Daniel by Sam and Steve Photography

An late autumn wedding at a wonderful Bicester barn wedding venue

A bride and groom walking in the Autumn sun after their wedding at The Tythe Barn, Bicester

The Tythe Barn, Near Bicester is one of our favourite wedding venues. Its a lovely wedding place to get married, with gorgeous surroundings, a lovely green lawn, capacity for 155 seated guests inside for the barn, and the adjacent Cow Shed for another 40 guests to spread out into. It also has the Nook, another adjacent building, where the bride and bridesmaids can get ready before making their big entrance. As we are Bicester wedding photographers, its also very local to us. 

Stephanie and Daniel chose the Tythe Barn for their November wedding. We had met them at one of the Barn's very successful Weddings Fairs the previous year; we attend these regularly as we are one of their recommended wedding photographers.  Samantha as usual started our photography of their wedding with the bride and bridesmaids in the Nook. In my case, I arrived a little later on to be in time for Daniel's arrival. We were blessed during the day with some late autumn sunshine, and the light streamed into the barn during the ceremony. As always, photographed throughout the day (apart from when everyone was eating!) to capture the key moments of the day, including a lot of fun on the dance floor.  

Our thanks to both Stephanie and Daniel for letting us tell the story of their day; you can see some photos from their day below. 

We hope you liked Stephanie and Daniel's Tythe Barn Wedding Photos!

If you did, we would love you to comment below, or share using the social media buttons. If you are getting married at the Tythe Barn and would like documentary wedding photography from two photographers, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us here

Steve

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Crazy Bear Stadhampton Wedding Photography|Gemma and Ted

The Crazy Bear, Oxford wedding of Gemma and Ted. Documentary wedding photography by Sam and Steve Photography 

A September wedding at a wonderfully quirky  Oxfordshire Wedding Venue

A bride and groom surrounded by fairylights at Crazy Bear, Stadhampton

When Gemma and Ted asked us to photograph their September Wedding at the Crazy Bear, near Oxford, we were delighted to say yes. Situated in the Oxfordshire village of Stadhampton, the Crazy Bear is a great place to photograph. With our style bring mostly that of documentary wedding photographers its a great place to work, full of interesting and quirky details. 

Created in 1993, the Crazy Bear is both a wonderful venue and a destination place to eat and drink. It has unusual and inventive details, including a double decker London bus as a reception. It also has attached to it an eighty acre working farm! Its a really fun and top quality venue to visit and, of course, to get married in. 

For this wedding, both the bride and groom were getting ready at the venue, which meant both Sam and I could travel together. As usual, Sam photographed the bride and bridesmaid preparation, whilst I was with the groom and groomsmen. One of the great things about venues like the Crazy Bear is that the ceremony, reception and partying all take place within the same area; this means guests do not have to travel, and for us, we can get "into" the wedding and look for the moments our style of photography is all about. On this September day in 2017, we had somewhat variable weather which meant we were photographing indoors a lot. The lighting in the venue is lovely but quite challenging at times, but nothing that our Fuji cameras couldn't handle.

All in all, a lovely day, and we are looking forward to photographing at the Crazy Bear again in 2018. 

Steve

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Tythe Barn Wedding Photography-Jen and Dave

Oxfordshire wedding photography of the Tythe Barn Wedding of Jen and Dave. Documentary wedding photography by Sam and Steve Vaughan

A gorgeous Rustic Barn summer wedding near Bicester

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Jen and Dave’s wedding at the Tythe Barn  was a lovely wedding to photograph. The Tythe Barn is one of our favourite venues, and being Bicester wedding photographers, is only 2 miles from our home. We will tell you more about their lovely day shortly, but, firstly here is a short photofilm from some of our photos. 

We met the couple a year previously at a local wedding fair, and we immediately connected with them. They had a clear vision of what they wanted from their wedding photography; not too much posing, and time away from their guests, but instead a story telling approach. Who was there, what happened when, etc. As documentary wedding photographers, we immediately empathised with them and their plans. The Tythe Barn in Launton is a gorgeous venue; it’s a lovely place for a wedding ceremony in its own right; however it is also adjacent to St Mary’s Church, so couples looking for a church wedding with a local rustic barn for their reception are well catered for. Jen looked amazing in her dress from Wed2B, and as always, the staff at the Tythe Barn took care of proceedings efficiently and without fuss. 

We were blessed with lovely weather on this August day, apart from a short rainstorm, which left us with a gorgeous rainbow over the barn, as in the photos below.  

We were thrilled to get a lovely review from Jen and Dave, as below: 

Much more than Photographers! Their portfolio of work was just what we had hoped for- few formal shots but mainly pictures capturing people having fun and enjoying the day – documentary photography at its best. Mixed in with these natural shots they captured some special moments between us as a couple and took some beautiful ‘arty’ shots of the two of us. The best bit for us was that they were also unobtrusive and you would never have known they were taking the shot! If natural, perfectly captured shots taken by two amazing people are what you want then look no further, you have found your photographers!
— Jen and Dave

Here's a short selection of some of our photos from their day. 

Jen and Dave's suppliers were:

If you are planning an Tythe Barn Wedding, and are interested in documentary style wedding photography from a husband and wife team, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us here.  

 

 

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Lains Barn Wedding-Charlie and Pete

A Wallingford, Oxfordshire church wedding followed by a reception at Lains Barn, Wantage. Oxfordshire wedding photography by Sam and Steve Photography

A church wedding in Wallingford followed by a Lains Barn wedding reception

A bride and groom having a first dance at Lains Barn, Wantage

Our first Lains Barn wedding of 2017 was that of Charlie and Pete, in April. They were married at St. Leonard's Church, Wallingford, with their wedding breakfast and party at Lains. 

As normal for us, Samantha's day started a little before mine. Working together as a husband and wife wedding photography team, Sam will start photographing the bride and bridesmaids getting ready, whilst I am with the bridegroom and his groomsmen. In this case, Sam photographed Charlie, the bride in the family home with her bridesmaids, whilst I was with Pete and his guys at a local hotel, in Wallingford. From there is was a short walk for me and the groom and best men (for there were two at this wedding), to walk across town to the lovely church of St Leonard's.  At the church, I photographed guests arriving and entering the church whilst we awaited the bridal party. 

For this wedding, as the church was small and narrow, and a full choir was in attendance, there was no room for me to take photos from the front, so Sam and I photographed the ceremony from the rear of the church. After the ceremony, I got out of the church in time for the shower of confetti that followed soon after, whilst Sam was in place for the wedding recessional. 

From the church we all made the short drive to the rural Oxfordshire setting of Lains Barn. We photograph at Lains several times a year as a preferred supplier, but we always look forward to it. It's a friendly, welcoming place, efficiently run with staff who understand our documentary wedding photography style, and let us get on with it! After arrival drinks and canapés, Charlie and Pete joined their family and guests for their wedding breakfast; this is a time we use to back up images and to prepare for photographing the speeches. Sam took one of our Fujifilm XT2's with our 50-140 lens to photograph guest reactions from the small balcony in the barn, whilst I concentrated in capturing the speeches. 

Once speeches were over, the excellent band The Vents arrived, and Charlie and Pete had their first dance. As usual for us, we stayed for well over an hour after their first dance to photograph their guests partying. 

We had a wonderful time with Charlie, Pete, their family and friends, thanks so much for letting us tell the story in photographs. 

If you are looking for a Lains Barn wedding photographer, or reportage wedding photography elsewhere from a husband and wife team we would love to hear from you. You can contact us here

 

 

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Tally Ho Bicester Wedding Photography - Zoe and Daniel

The Tally Ho Hotel, Bicester wedding of Zoe and Daniel. Photography by the husband and wife team of Sam and Steve Photography. 

A bride and her father approaching the groom at a wedding at the Tally Ho, Bicester

An Oxfordshire Wedding in the Spring

The 2nd week of April 2017 took us to the local (for us) Bicester wedding venue of the Tally Ho Hotel, Arcott, near Bicester. Zoe and Daniel, the bride and groom we had met previously; not only had we photographed their engagement shoot last May, but they were also guests at Gemma and Daniel's wedding last summer at Eynsham Hall, whose wedding we also photographed. 

Zoe and Daniel met through a mutual love of football; Zoe is a Leeds United supporter whilst Dan is an Aston Villa supporter (like me!) We met them at a Tally Ho Hotel wedding fair, and we immediately "clicked" with them as a couple. They also decided on several other wedding suppliers that day including Zoe's amazing wedding dress from Rachel at Butterfly Bridal, Bicester. Their fantastic cake from the wonderfully talented Karen of Cakes by Kit was also selected at that wedding fair. 

Zoe and Dan's wedding was great fun to photograph. The early Spring summer poured in to the ceremony room and bathed them both during the wedding ceremony. Rain soon arrived however, and the spring temperatures meant much of the wedding party took place indoors in the relatively low light of the hotel. However, as always, our Fujifilm cameras copied brilliantly with the different lighting.  After some funny and touching speeches, the evening party soon took over, and we as usual spent the evening enjoying the fun and capturing it for the couple. A final photo on the lit bandstand at the Hotel meant our day came to an end.  

We were delighted to receive this review soon after from Zoe, via our Facebook Page:

We booked the lovely Sam & Steve for our wedding & we are so happy we chose them for our big day. We had a great pre-shoot and loved the pictures and instantly knew we had made the right choice. They were more than just photographers, helping out with bows & cravats; and Sam was great at keeping me calm! Was just like having some extra mates around to help out!You hardly notice them taking pictures and they capture the day perfectly, we even received 8 or so pictures on the night that we got to pass round our friends & family which was such a nice touch. Thanks so much!
— Zoe and Dan

Thanks guys, we loved photographing your wedding. 

A selection of Zoe and Dan's photos are below. If you are looking for Bicester Wedding Photography and like the idea of a Husband and Wife team photographing your wedding in an unobtrusive, documentary style, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us here. 

Steve Vaughan.

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