Emotional September Wedding at St. Thomas’ Church in Lancaster with a reception at the Midland Hotel in Morecambe

I always love a trip to the Midland Hotel so photographing Heather and Andrew’s September wedding was a real treat.  The ceremony was at St. Thomas’ Church in Lancaster with the reception following in the art deco coolness and customer service excellence of the Midland Hotel.  I know Heather and Andrew had a wonderful day – you could see it all over their faces – but I really did too.

Because I enjoyed it so much, I cam up with a little list of the highlights of the wedding – from my eyes:

• The warm sunny weather.   Given that the day was book ended by some less dry and less sunny weather it felt like even more of a treat!
• The beautiful autumnal colours of the flowers, the bridesmaid dresses and the decorations at the Midland.
• The awesome kids.  Hannah and Hugo looked super cute as flowergirl and pageboy and Onur’s enthusiasm for everything about the day really was contagious.
• The spread of food that Amanda, bridesmaid and host of the bridal preps, put on to make sure everyone was fed and watered before heading to the church. Amanda: “Help yourself, Val.”  Me: “Yes please!”
• Andrew’s emotional face when he saw Heather walking down the aisle to him looking amazing – and a little emotional herself it has to be said!
• The live band at the church expertly playing a mix of classic and modern hymns being enthusiastically sung by the guests.
• Heather and Andrew *dancing* down the aisle after they’d been pronounced man and wife to “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
• Taking the newlyweds for a little walk, laugh and air kiss of the statue of Eric Morecambe along Morecambe promenade before heading across to the reception  I know they appreciated a little time together and I got some great shots of them looking relaxed, happy and so in love.
• When we headed out onto the 3rd floor balcony to get a shot of the sunset and the wind was so strong that it took Heather’s veil right off!  Thanks to some quick thinking from Andrew, it was quickly recovered and put somewhere safe.
• The little elements of mathematics that were a feature of the decorations at the hotel making a nod to the mathematician in Heather – such as the prime numbered tables and the geometrical candle holders.
• The staircase at the Midland.  I’ll never tire of looking at it, photographing it or walking up and down it!

Anyways that’s enough of me going on about what a lovely day it was for me (because I could keep going on!).  Have a look at some of the pictures and see for yourself. Congratulations to Heather and Andrew!  If you are getting married and want someone to take natural, storytelling pictures of your wedding, then please get in touch.

As always, it was great working alongside Andy who is one half of LLG Photography on the day.