Ellingham Hall Wedding Photography | Jo & Dougie
When Jo & Dougie asked me to do their Ellingham Hall wedding photography I had little idea just how much fun this wedding was going to be. I hadn't actually met Jo & Dougie until the day of their wedding though I'd spoken with Dougie on numerous occasions over the phone. From this, we'd already struck a real feeling of friendship prior to their big day.
I remember it being an unusually hot day for September, since the week leading up to their day wasn't a particularly warm one. This was my very first time at Ellingham Hall, and before it slips my mind, I want to commend Richard and his staff for a thoroughly friendly, warm and professional job done.
Ellingham Hall a stately home and a real gem of a Northumberland wedding venue. It's located a few miles off the A1 approximately 40 minutes north of Newcastle. If exclusivity and privacy are your thing, then Ellingham Hall is perfect. When I met Dougie that Saturday morning we hit it off there and then, just as we had over the phone.
Dougie's quite old fashioned. As a result of this, he's not on Facebook and prefers talking over the phone rather than emails. Personally, I found him a real breath of fresh air in a world where sadly, contact is sometimes little more than a like, a share or a comment.
Dougie, and several of his guests, are air steward/stewardesses, in fact I believe this is where he first met Jo, approximately thirty thousand feet up! You can just imagine some of the one liners during the speeches..
Ellingham Hall wedding photography & the singing waiters.
When I first went up to Jo's room to photograph her, I thought she looked like Angelina Jolie. Modestly, she thought Dougie had set me up. Dougie also sees the Angelina in her, and our mutual observations were purely coincidental. Like Dougie, Jo was a hoot to be around from the off and she instantly made my job so much easier.
I admit to crying at this wedding, to the sound of two singing waiters. Prior to the speeches I was tipped off that they would appear, but having never heard them before I was unsure as to who or what to expect. They literally brought the house down. Two guys who actually seated the guests as they entered the reception room, and had everyone completely fooled with Italian accents. The guests thought they were members of staff at Ellingham, until one burst into song.
After that, the penny dropped. The emotions struck up by these two were something else. The room was in uproar and guests were waving their serviette's above their heads. There was singing, laughing, screaming and tears of emotion flooding the room.
It was one of the most adrenaline fuelled moments I can ever remember being a part of at a wedding. At the end of their performance, they revealed their true identity. In broad Scottish, it turns out one was from Glasgow, the other, Aberdeen.Thank you Jo & Dougie, for inviting me along.
Are you looking for a wedding photographer for your own wedding?
I'm a Northumberland wedding photographer with a documentary style. As you'll see from the photographs I prefer natural photography and for the best part of a wedding shoot candid photographs. I find that posed and set up photographs can often look a little awkward. Lucky for me, the couples who approach me for their own wedding photography feel the same.
If you'd like to check out another wedding here then you can head over to this beautiful Ellingham Hall wedding with Pippa and Arriel.
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