The Wedding Guests

Why I Love this Wedding Photo

From a wedding at Hampton Court House in 2014

This photograph is one of my favourite wedding images from the beautiful wedding Rose & Edward at Hampton Court House some five years ago.

As you will have established, whilst we are waiting for weddings to resume due to the pandemic, I have been dipping into my archives.

This particular image always makes me smile. It's lovely for so many reasons. From a technical point of view, I love the light in this image.  The Library at Hampton Court House has double-sided windows, meaning it's a brilliant place for a documentary wedding photographer like me to explore.

My role at a wedding is to tell the day's story, and I love to observe the guests being themselves. My imagination runs wild with this image. I see the two ladies having a lovely time. Perhaps they haven't seen each other for a while, and they have a lot to catch up on.

The Gentlemen, on the other hand, are a little slower at socialising, perhaps.

It's a beautiful image. A Storytelling image. And yes, of course, most of the photos from the day show the total happiness and love between Rose and Edward and their friends and family. But I always love looking out for these exciting moments-within-moments.

This post is part of my Why I Love this Wedding Picture series where I describe why I, as the photographer, love a particular image or series of photographs. You can, of course, see some full Wedding Stories and even more on the Journal and Wedding Photofilm pages.The Library at Hampton Court HouseThe Library at Hampton Court HouseThe Library at Hampton Court HouseThe Library at Hampton Court House

Want to see another from this series?

Take a look at The Wedding Couple from a Wedding at Abbey House Gardens