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Asha + Brian’s UK Destination Wedding at Peckforton Castle

Pete — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:09:39 +0000

When you live in the UK, it’s hard to see it as a ‘destination wedding’ location, but when you think about it – Britain IS a very beautiful place. It might not be sunny, but it sure is green! And what’s not amazing about a real life castle?

Asha & Brian came all the way over from Dallas to have their wedding at Peckforton Castle, and seeing as there’s quite a lack of rain over there at the moment, even our inclement weather was something of a pleasant novelty! So much so that half the wedding party went for a run in the morning as they were enjoying the mild weather – out door running is apparently a lot harder in the heat of Texas!

Peckforton Castle was recently subject to an arson attack so were a little worried to see what shape it was in. We’re very happy to report that the damage is completely hidden from view, and I dare say that the new marque for the evening reception might actually be an improvement.

Here are some of our favourites:

Pretty shoes by Badgley Mischka

Asha’s little brother was best man, and a fabulous job he did.

This is about the 4th time this poor tie got tied, but perfection takes time:

Asha looked absolutely stunning in her custom made wedding dress.

Having sorted out the legal stuff back in Texas, they had a lovely humanist ceremony – still my favourite type of service!

I think these next four images are my favourites from the day

Asha & Brian were such good sports romping into the woods for us!

Excellent speeches

Thanks for letting us be a part of your amazing wedding, Asha & Brian. Hope you’re having a wonderful honeymoon!

Thanks RMW!

Laura — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:53:48 +0000

Those lovely ladies at Rock My Wedding have recently posted a fab article all about choosing the right photographer. I was delighted to see a few shots from Rachel and Julian’s Moroccan wedding included in the post!

Featured in Wedding Magazine!

Laura — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:28:44 +0000

I love magazines excessively, I always have a pile of them not too far away. I was very excited to add the June/July issue of Wedding Magazine to that pile, as Rachel and Julian’s fabulous Moroccan wedding was featured! Here are a gazillion pictures of it…

Rachel & Julian’s wedding in Marrakech – Slideshow!

Pete — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:56:07 +0000

Here, finally, is the slideshow of Rachel & Julian’s Moroccan wedding adventure! As this was our first destination wedding we were beyond excited to be part of it all and we’re really happy with the pictures we got. We want to go back soon (but maybe not for too long, it’s pretty hot)!

All of their wedding pictures are now online and available to view here – if you were a guest and need a password then please get in touch: peter@lawsonphotography.co.uk or try Rachel & Julian’s married surname!

The day before Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Marrakech – a Slideshow

Laura — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:53:23 +0000

Here is the slideshow from the day before Rachel & Julian’s fabulous destination wedding in Marrakech. They had a fun tour of the Marrakech Night Market (Djemaa el Fna) followed by a ride back to their villa by Caleches (horse drawn carriages) which gave us a great chance to capture some of the sights of Marrakech. The night ended with some wonderful food up on the roof terrace of the villa – we even had a sunset! This was all organised by Rosena and Fred of Boutique Souk who were amazing!

All of the day before images are now online and available to view here – if you were a guest and need a password then please get in touch: peter@lawsonphotography.co.uk or try Rachel’s old surname!

Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Marrakech – Part One

Laura — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:15:22 +0000

As if being in Marrakech and hanging out with lovely people on a rooftop eating delicious tagine isn’t enough (see previous post about the night before!), we were totally spoiled on Saturday with an amazing wedding to photograph! The weather was better than it had been all week and we were raring to go. As with most elements of their amazing weekend, the credit must go to Rosena and Fred of Boutique Souk for their impeccable planning, organisation and attention to detail.

Rachel had chosen the perfect dress…

I love how excited she is in this picture!

Meanwhile Julian returned from a morning of golf with the boys…

I had to get a portrait of Rachel in front of that awesome door!

The day before Rachel told us how “un-photogenic” she is…WHATEVER!

Gordon was a very proud Dad!

The girls…

Mum Ingra looked beautiful!

This is where Rachel gets it from!

The ceremony location (in the garden) was so beautiful!

Their daughter Lily is a total crowd pleaser!

Talented friend Kate made the bouquets…

It was HOT!

Time to get married!

So much joy, I love it!

Married!

Some congratulations…

Canapés and mingling!

These guys were fantastic!

We snuck off with the bride and groom for a few portraits around the villa…

Such a cute family!

Love this shot of the bridesmaids and groomsmen!

And finally, the bouquet toss…which as you can see didn’t quite go as planned!

Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Marrakech – Part Two

Laura — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:55:12 +0000

Here’s the second half of Rachel and Julian’s big day, let’s start with some table details…

How amazing does this look?!

Erica’s pictures!

I love this next one

Yummy food!

Time for speeches!

The first dance was a LOT of fun!

Shisha pipe fun…

Dancing in the rain!

And what better way to end the evening than a refreshing dip?!

Magical!

Rachel and Jules, we can’t thank you enough for choosing us to photograph your wedding…it was amazing!! X

Rachel & Julian’s Wedding in Morocco – The Night Before

Laura — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:08:05 +0000

When Rachel and Julian asked if we would consider shooting their wedding in Morocco we didn’t think twice about it. For a start, we have always wanted to do a destination wedding. Plus I have always wanted to visit Marrakech. Also we had already met Rachel’s side of the family at her sisters wedding last year and knew that everybody would be lovely We decided to make a holiday of it and stay for a week (under the pretence that we would be getting acclimatised to the hot weather!), and had been looking forward to it for months. Normally when you think about how awesome something is going to be, it never quite lives up to the expectation; but this wedding was everything we hoped it would be and a lot more!

Aside from the beautiful venue, the exciting details, the fabulous weather etc. we were blown away with how welcoming Rachel and Julian were to us, we really felt like part of the wedding. The event organisers, Rosena and Fred of Boutique Souk, were also incredible…anyone thinking of getting married in Marrakech should get them on board!

The evening before the wedding there was lots planned for all the guests, so we met them over at their villa and followed them like paparazzi for a few hours! Here’s the lovely and exceptionally smiley Rachel…

You may recognise Erica and Martin from our website (we photographed their gorgeous wedding last October!)

We headed to the night market in Marrakech where there was lots of mingling and a guide who led us to the awesome mint tea!

Here’s Julian. Believe it or not he is JUST as smiley as his bride!

After the tour we jumped on ‘Caleches’ (horse drawn carriages) which took us back to the villa. Despite being a total wuss to start with (we were sitting up with the drivers), I absolutely loved it! Plus they don’t go very fast so we were snapping away trying to get cool street scene shots!

Crazy traffic!

This is my favourite, I may have to get this up in our house somewhere!

Time to introduce the amazing villa…drum roll please….

An amazing roof top party had been arranged, it was simply stunning!

Erica was being a dutiful sister/bridesmaid and taking Polaroid’s for the place cards (you’ll see them soon on the wedding post!)

This guy had some crazy pouring skills!

And finally here’s a shot of the almost Mr & Mrs…