The weather in this country is variable to say the least and on a Saturday in mid November it’s not too surprising when the forecast is for gales and heavy rain. Luckily the rain held off until we were all inside the church. On the bright side the vicar allowed me shoot from the back of the church – no flash of course. (Only got one telling off from the verger because I took a shot of each of the readers and one of the prays – apparently I wasn’t allowed to do this. But unfortunately I’m not blessed with psychic powers…)
So after the ceremony with the rain still coming down we elected to stay in the church to do the main formal groups. This saved everyone from getting windswept and soaked.
At the reception venue, The Haycock Hotel in Wansford, the weather had improved slightly to squally showers and by now it was starting to get a bit dark. So rather than braving the great outdoors I took Lynsey and Tim to their room so that we could take some shots just of them.
At times like these I make sure that I bring my lighting kit with me so I don’t have to rely on having any natural light. A lot of wedding photographers wax lyrical about using natural light at all times, but what if there isn’t any? He are a few of the shots we did. I really like them. I switched on the table lamp to add a little warm glow and atmosphere to the room. There was virtually no natural light as the only window was on another level and it was getting quite gloomy outside anyway.
I asked Tim and Lynsey to cuddle up on the sofa in their room.
For this shot Tim and Lynsey stood on the mezzanine level above the room’s seating area.
For this one I left the light where it was so that it creating a backlight on the couple.
I also love black and white:
So why worry about the weather on your wedding day? You’ll still get great shots and more importantly great memories.
Looks like you had a great day despite the weather.