Wedding at Old Thorns hotel

Emma and Gary's wedding celebration was a beautiful event that took place on a warm October day. The couple incorporated sand as a symbol of their blended family, which allowed everyone to participate in the ceremony. Today my role was to assist and second shoot for a great local photographer that was my college mentor!

The day started out with the beautiful bride to be in the bridal suite. Where she was joined with her two sisters, her daughter and her lovely mother.

Everyone was buzzing with excitement and I could tell that today was going to be pretty epic.

It wasn't long before the bubbles started flowing and the giggles started. I soon learnt that the bride was a fellow Celt YAY! So not only was the bride beautiful funny and smart she was also Scottish. Where I soon learned there would be some traditional Ceilidh dancing...... More about that later.

So while the girls finished up their make up and getting into their dresses, I went on the hunt for the ceremony room! I soon found the Hampshire suite all i can say is WOW the natural light, the gorgeous decor and the panoramic views of the golf course all added up to a pretty special ambiance.

As the guests started to arrive I couldnt help capturing a cheeky little moment between the couples son and his grandparents! He completely melted my heart

Luckily the bride did not keep us waiting too long and i think we can tell by the look on the grooms face he was pretty blown away at the first look of his soon to be bride. The cermony was very relaxed and heart warming with plenty of smiles, you could literally feel the love in this room. The couple chose to do a ring warming ritual where both wedding rings was passed along to each guest for them to pass on their good wishes and positive intentions.

Just look how smitten they both look!

After the ceremony there was time for some real heartfelt congratulations! and a pretty impressive cocktail selection! Freshly made ready for the guests to mingle and catch up on the joyous day.

When it came to speeches this little guy certainly had some fun with his half sister! He was honestly sooooo cheeky I loved it! There was some great stories shared and lots of banter (my personal favourite)

There might have been some sneaky tequila rose going around.... Good choice in my opinion!

The whole day ran pretty smoothly and everyone was slowly limbering up for the very important Ceilidh dancing ..... but first CAKE

And a little dance and maybe a cheeky snog... Well they have just tied the knot after all ;-)

The dancing was crazy! I LOVED it there was just soooo much energy on that dance floor, I had no idea what would happen next. Definitely would love to do another Scottish wedding because it was EPIC.

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