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Alex & Ethan | Hyde House Wedding

September 9, 2020 admin

Alex & Ethan were lucky to have their Hyde House wedding…an actual full wedding day…at Hyde House in Stow-on-the-Wold, just before lockdown and Covid restrictions really kicked off in 2020.

It was a chilly day at the end of February, but the main problem was the wind, we’d had storm after storm on the run up to the wedding, and today was a stormy day!

It was all cosy and calm upstairs in the barn though where Alex & the girls were getting ready. Hair & makeup was beautifully done by Anna White.

Beautiful bouquets were delivered by Haze Lea

The boys were in the manor house in the lovely new Groom’s Room.

Alex & the girls were putting final touches to their wedding attire, and everyone, especially Alex, looked stunning.

Alex now had to walk from the barn to the Grange in very high winds…even though it’s not far, everyone got blown to bits! The Grange looked so lovely though and they had a very relaxed ceremony taken by the wonderful Gloucestershire registrar, Jean, who never fails to put nervous couples completely at ease.

It was back to the barn for their reception, where the pianist Joe Pike entertained with his amazing piano playing.

We did the group photos upstairs as it was still too gusty outside, but we did manage to get outside to the arbor for a few couple photos.

The barn looked gorgeous for the wedding breakfast, and the gin favours warmed everyone up!

And the speeches were done before their meal

We did a few more photos indoors in their newly decorated honeymoon suite – it’s gorgeous in there now with the beautiful copper roll-top bath.

The cheese cake was cut to kick off the evening celebrations…writing this during the Covid Pandemic, I wonder when we will be able to enjoy an evening party again, soon I hope!

The evening disco was provide by the brilliant Dukebox Discos.

I always stay till after dark at Hyde House to get a photo of the bride & groom under the arbor.

Hyde House Wedding | Cheryl & Niall

February 12, 2020 admin

Cheryl & Niall’s Cotswolds Winter Wedding at Hyde House was on a day in between Christmas and New Year – Twixtmas – when most people are still snuggled up on their sofa’s watching films and eating chocolates! Not Cheryl & Niall – they and all their family & friends were up for a party at Hyde House!

We were pretty lucky with the weather all day, it was freezing cold and windy, but it didn’t rain, so we were able to get outside for photos.

The girls were getting ready upstairs in the barn. Makeup was beautifully done by Katie Morley – always nice to see someone so happy in their work!

And hair by a friend of Cheryl’s Amanda Piggott. Cheryl and all her bridesmaids & flower girls looked absolutely beautiful.

It was then time for Dad to come in, and a few groups before Cheryl had her chat with the registrars.

Meanwhile Niall and the boys were ready and greeting guests in the manor house before going over to The Grange for the ceremony.

The ceremony barn – The Grange – was beautifully decorated by The Cotswold Wedding Company, who also styled the other barn for the wedding breakfast and drinks areas.

The Vyne String Quartet played beautifully during the ceremony, and the day was also videoed by Roger from Diamond Films – it was great to work with him again.

The ceremony in The Grange was then underway – I love photographing in there, it’s always such lovely light whatever the weather.

Everyone then headed back over to the reception barn to throw confetti. After months of seemingly non-stop rain (apart from today) the grass was extremely soggy, so I advised everyone to stay on the pavement!

Acoustic singer songwriter Alex Harry entertained everyone during the drinks reception.

The beuatiful flowers were by Jessica at Apple Blossom White

It was a pretty windy day so we got some great veil action!

The blossom trees in The Grange, and the wedding breakfast styling was all by The Cotswold Wedding Company.

Lyla from The Cotswold Wedding Company also did the lovely stationary.

A friend Hayley Sale did the amazing cake.

And the bride, Cheryl, did the table plan herself.

And the speeches got underway after the guests had eaten.

The Best Man was VERY relieved once his speech was out of the way!

We did some after dark photos before the dancing got underway. The arbor at Hyde House provides the perfect backdrop for that, and there were a few spraklers flying around!

The cake was cut, and bouquet thrown…Cheryl did very well not to get it tangled up in the overhead decorations!

With Niall’s family being Irish there was a lot of Irish jigging going on. The evening DJ and disco floor provider was Premier Beats Entertainment, the love letters also by The Cotswold Wedding Company. Fantastic day and great fun to photograph!

Click here to see more info about my wedding photography if you are interested in booking me for your Cotswolds Winter Wedding or Hyde House Wedding: Louise Bowles Photography.

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Hyde House Wedding | Hannah & Matt

October 15, 2019 admin

Hannah & Matt were very lucky to have a pretty perfect summer’s day for their Hyde House Wedding in the Cotswolds.

I really do love photographing weddings at this Cotswolds venue, everything is all in one location, the day flows really well, and there are so many beautiful spots for photos at different times of the day, with stunning views over the Cotswold Hills.

The girls got ready upstairs in the wonderfully light getting ready room

Where there is plenty of room to hang the dresses up

The beautiful flowers were by Jackie from Bluebell Wood Florist

Hair was by Robert John Hair in Bristol

And makeup by the very talented Katy Pheiffer

The boys were getting ready over in the manor house – that’s what I love about this place, the boys are there too!

Hannah looked stunning, her dress was from Platinum Brides, designed by Nicola Anne Bridal.

After being very calm and collected all morning, Hannah did finally crack when her Dad saw her for the first time – this was one of the most emotional Father seeing the Bride moments I’ve ever seen, and I was sobbing too!

Then it was time for the short, but nervous, walk over to The Grange for the ceremony

The amazing Ardeton String Quartet played during during the ceremony, and afterwards at the reception. They even took requests during the wedding breakfast so guests could choose songs!

A very much less nervous walk back to the barn for the reception drinks, canapes and confetti!

The beautiful venue styling was by The Cotswold Wedding Company

And the lovely stationary was by Samantha & The Stationery.

Scratch cards are always entertaining…

…except when you don’t win!

But just winning a pound is very exciting!!

Speeches were then underway

Then time for some photos showing off the beautiful bride & groom in the stunning gardens at Hyde House.

The lovely cup cakes and larger cake to cut were by The Cotswold Cake Bee

Both the photo booth and DJ were provided by Oxygen Discos & Events

And a photo under the arbor after dark is a must at Hyde House. Fabulous day!

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Hyde House Wedding | Nicola & Jared

August 6, 2019 admin

Nicola & Jared had an absolutely beautiful sunny day for their wedding at Hyde House here in the Cotswolds – about time too after a very rainy June so far! The sky was BLUE, amazing!

As usual with weddings at Hyde House – it’s so easy for me with the beautiful getting ready room upstairs in the barn.

Nicola’s mum Joanne did all of the beautiful flowers

Hair was by Amie from The Wedding Hair Specialist – I love seeing people happy in their work!

Makeup was by Makeup by Mandy-Lee

It really is a fabulous rooms for getting ready, and nice and light for photos!

Jared & the boys arrived in a snazzy car, already ready…apart from buttonholes to put on. The boys blue suits were from Moss Bros.

Back with the girls, who were ready to put their dresses on

Nicola did look stunning in her dress which was from Tilly Trotters Bridal in Leamington Spa.

Nicola’s Dad & Step-Dad were going to walk her down the aisle – so they both came up to the room for a first look

The Grange, where the ceremony was going to be held, looked so pretty in the blue skies

And the girls all walked over in the sunshine from the barn

where Jared was nervously waiting

They led their guests back over to Hyde Barn for confetti and the drinks reception

The brilliant musician Thom Conroy played the cello during the ceremony, and the saxophone during the reception

I took Nicola & Jared for a little walk round the grounds for photos before their wedding breakfast. I always like to get the group photos done before then as well, while everyone’s still looking smart!

The barn was styled beautifully by Styletopia

The tables & table settings were based around different herbs

Nicola’s brother was MC for the day, and he had a few surprise games for in between courses. Speeches were also staggered between courses.

Hay bales were perfect for a summers day, and they were from The Cotswold Hay Bale Company. There was time to blow bubbles before the cake cutting and first dance!

The cake was from Waitrose and beautifully decorated by Jared’s mum Christina.

They had a brilliant band Smith & Sons who got everyone jigging.

The LOVE letters by Letters 4 Hire

And Photo Booth by The Magic Mirror Company

The Grange, where the ceremony was held, is also a great spot for photos later on, and it’s lovely garden area where you can look over the Cotswolds landscape

Sparklers are always a lovely way to end the photos

Another fantastic day with lovely people and amazing weather!

This blog is in memory of one of Nicola’s bridesmaids, Gail, who has incredibly sadly passed away since the wedding. I met her for the first time at the wedding and she was a beautiful, happy human being, and will be sadly missed.

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Hyde House Wedding | Jade & Sam

August 2, 2019 admin

Well as I said in my previous blog, the beginning of June 2019 was pretty rainy – so unfortunately Jade & Sam also had a very rainy wedding day at Hyde House…for part of it, but the sun did make an appearance later on and we still got some beautiful photos!

Jade & Sam’s Hyde House Wedding started with the girls getting ready in the beautiful room upstairs in the barn.

The stunning flowers were by Laura from Cotswold Blooms

Makeup was by Christine Cara

And hair by Rachel Mulford

The girls did some EPIC jumping for the camera!

One of the great things about Hyde House is that I can photograph the girls getting ready, and then pop across to the Manor House where the boys are usually getting ready.

It was beginning to absolutely TIP down at this point! But The Grange still looked beautiful, and ready for the ceremony

Finishing touches to a stunning bride, and some sisterly words of advice before the ceremony!

Jade’s stunning dress was Essence of Australia from Mae Bridal in Witney, and the Bridesmaid dresses from WED2B.

The beautiful ceremony was then underway in The Grange. Jade’s mum walked her down the aisle. it wasn’t raining when Jade went in…

But it was ever so slightly TORRENTIAL when they came out!!

One of the ushers gallantly went for umbrellas

And then there was a whole wedding umbrella kerfuffle!

Jade was amazing coping with this, and everyone was laughing walking back over to the barn! It’s either that or cry…

There were drinks in the barn while the rain tipped down, and we did the group photos upstairs – thank goodness for that lovely big room upstairs!

I had the pleasure of working with Richard from Aurora Wedding Films who did videography for the day. Once the rain had stopped for a bit we convinced Sam to carry Jade out to the arbor – it was still so wet on the ground!

The venue was dressed by The Cotswold Wedding Company

Hanging lanterns wer by Every Event Hire, and bunting by two of the Bridesmaids.

The wedding breakfast room looked stunning and so colourful on a rainy day.

With calligraphy by Em & Olive

The speeches were emotional…and funny!

There was a big white bouncy castle from All About Fun UK…which was VERY soggy…but Jade & Sam didn’t let that put them off!

It rained on & off all day, but the good thing about having me there all day is that we can be flexible, and do confetti and big group shots later on!

Every time Richard, the video man, and I took Jade & Sam outside for photos, it started raining again! Jade & Sam were amazing though and we got some great photos.

The cake was from Huffkins Bakery

Despite all the rain we had a gorgeous sunset

And then the evening’s dancing was kicked off by their first dance, with the lovely Dukebox Discos as their DJ, and a photobooth from The Oxfordshire Photobooth Company

And a wonderful day, with such lovely people ended for me with the arbor photo after dark. Thanks for having me, it was an absolute pleasure!

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Cotswold Wedding Photography: Roundup of 2018

January 7, 2019 admin

As we start 2019, I’ve done a roundup of my Cotswold Wedding Photography in 2018 and here is a very small selection of all the wonderful weddings I was privileged to photograph last year.

We had some quite extreme weather thrown at us, with The Beast from the East (which kept coming back) in the Spring, and the hottest summer on record turning green grass yellow.

I was back at lots of my favourite local venues and also at some fabulous new ones, and after photographing over 40 weddings I am now enjoying a quieter January & February before the fun starts again!

Some of my most local venues are Blackwell Grange in Shipston on Stour, and the amazing Hyde House in Stow-on-the-Wold. One of my favourite churches to photograph is St. James Church in Chipping Campden. I love The Manor House Hotel in Moreton-in-Marsh, Charingworth Manor, and was excited to photograph my first wedding at the fabulous new venue Lapstone Barn also in Chipping Campden.

Other amazing venues include Eastington Park, Stanton House Hotel, and Rousham House & Gardens.

Some lovely new barns for me: Jenners Barn, Stratton Court Barn & Winkworth Farm.

And I was back at the lovely Wool Barn in Frampton upon Severn.

My first time at the amazing Elmore Court with it’s wonderful Gillyflower reception area, and also my first time at The DeVere Cotswold Waterpark Hotel with it’s beautiful lake views.

I was back at the stately Eynsham Hall near Oxford.

A stunning marquee on a very hot day.

And back at some trusty favourites of mine Cripps Stone Barn and The Barn at Upcote near Cheltenham

A couple of Christmas weddings at The Greenway Hotel & Spa and Charingworth Manor rounded the year off nicely for me. Happy New Year!

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Howard & Cheryl | Hyde House Wedding

December 15, 2018 admin

Howard & Cheryl had their whole Cotswolds wedding at Hyde House – always a good idea as they have everything you could possibly need, and guests don’t need to go anywhere else! Especially now they have the new Grange barn for ceremonies…and photos later!

Cheryl and her Bridesmaids got ready upstairs in the barn, with hair done by Samantha Middleton from Redmill Hair, Banbury; and make up by Nicole Bessell from NB Makeup. While the boys were busy getting stuff ready downstairs, fixing balloons and sorting out tiny little jam jars…they did all the decorations themselves, and the end result looked amazing – especially the table centre pieces which each told a little story of the people on that table, very clever indeed.

This was my first ceremony in The Grange and I loved it, it’s so light and spacious in there, great for photos. It was decorated beautifully with flowers by Flower Thyme, and all the bouquets were stunning as well with very unusual colours. The weather wasn’t behaving, so we had to delay confetti until it had stopped raining later, but that did give us some dramatic skies for photos!

The speeches were hilarious, with Cheryl very bravely getting up to do the first speech and making everyone ‘Whoop’ every time she mentioned their name.

They even managed to get outside to eventually do their pinata in the dark, which had been hanging on the tree all day!

They danced the evening away with music from DJ Cotswold Discos Entertainment.

Fabulous day with fabulous people and thank you for asking me to photograph it!

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Katrina & Jono | Hyde House Wedding

September 16, 2017 admin

I knew Katrina & Jono’s Hyde House Wedding was going to be loads of fun after doing the pre wedding shoot with Katrina & Jono a few months earlier in Lower Slaughter. Plenty of larking around and plenty of fun – they had a white bouncy castle which makes for great photos, and white space hoppers. Fabulous dancing in the evening (especially from Miguel the page boy) and sparklers. It really was brilliant to photograph, and thanks to Shane Young for being my second shooter.

Hyde House was the perfect venue as always. Hyde House Wedding Photography

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Gemma & Chris | Hyde House Wedding

June 5, 2017 admin

Gemma & Chris chose to have their Hyde House Wedding (or Hyde Barn as it used to be known) in Stow-on-the-Wold here in the Cotswolds. I really love this venue – everything is all in one place with the beautiful Fosse Manor next to the barn for the boys to get ready in and meet guests in the bar there. The girls can get ready in the barn upstairs with it’s fabulous Hollywood style mirrors and little balcony where I can do the big group photo from. Gemma was the picture of elegance in her fabulous Manolo Blahnik shoes and dress by Rosa Clara (it had pockets!) Her stunning flowers were created by Jo at Aqua Flowers – always a pleasure to see her.

Everyone had an amazing day with the staff at Hyde House doing a fab job as always – an absolute joy to photograph this Hyde House Wedding for such a lovely couple.