Humanist Ceremony Archives - Lawson Photography

Becky & Ric’s wedding at Sandhole Oak Barn

Peter — Tue, 30 May 2017 16:04:51 +0000

Becky & Ric got married a few weeks ago at the fabulous Sandhole Oak Barn in Cheshire. After a very personal humanist ceremony in the main barn (by the lovely Hannah Wore Gill), they had a quick legal ceremony outside by the lake – a wonderful way of getting around the odd restrictions on humanist weddings!

They wanted a relaxed day for everyone to enjoy, not anything too formal or lots of posing for pictures. We love it when our couples don’t want lots of group shots and we were free to roam and capture lots of natural moments

Here are some of our favourites:

Helen & Matthew’s wedding at the Lodge at Ashford Castle

Peter — Fri, 19 May 2017 10:05:18 +0000

Helen was one of Laura’s best friends at school so it was extra emotional to watch Helen get married to the wonderful Matthew (an excellent choice of husband if ever we saw one!). We we also excited to be asked to film the wedding in addition to taking the pictures (more of our film work can be found here: www.lawsonfilms.co.uk)

The wedding itself took place at the beautiful Lodge at Ashford Castle in Country Mayo, which is just a gorgeous part of the world. Their humanist ceremony incorporated both Irish and Jewish traditions – as with all the humanist ceremonies we’ve witnessed, it was wonderfully personal.

Here are some of our favourite pictures from the day, and their highlights film!

Nic & Nicole’s Wedding at The Midland Manchester

Laura — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:28:05 +0000

It was so nice to finally meet Nic and Nicole (we’d previously only chatted over Skype as they live in Belgium). They had planned a wonderfully personal wedding in Nic’s home town, and people travelled from far and wide to celebrate with them. It was a real Manchester wedding too, starting off with glorious sunshine but soon turning to grey skies and drizzle

These two weren’t hung up on the ‘wedding rules’, and decided to get ready together, and walk into the ceremony together, which was lovely. They had a humanist ceremony at The Midland, with personal vows and lots of translation so all the guests knew what was going on. In a nod to Nicole’s Jewish heritage a glass was stomped on at the end, but it was Nicole’s foot which did the stomping Another Jewish tradition which we were so happy they included, was the dancing. Not only were Nic and Nicole launched into the air but quite a few of the bridal party too, slightly terrifying but definitely fun!

Congratulations Nic & Nicole! XX

Zoe & Craig’s Wedding at Wedderhill Farm, Aberdeen

Laura — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:51:02 +0000

Zoe and Craig’s wedding was a labour of love.

They found a quirky farm full of charm, and got to work scrubbing and clearing out the barns to create a totally unique wedding.

Zoe made metres and metres of bunting (Craig cut out the triangles). They hung fairy lights everywhere. Zoe arrived in their old mini (which managed the epic journey from London to Aberdeen!). They had a wonderfully personal humanist ceremony, followed by an ice cream van and sausage and mash, and a massive party – it was brilliant!

Zo and Craig, can’t thank you enough for sharing your day with us – loved it! xx