East Lodge Country House Hotel in Rowsley, Derbyshire, won the Hotel of the Year award in 2009, so natrually we were looking forward to photographing Lissie and Gareth’s wedding there. We were not disappointed. Great couple, great venue, and lovely gardens for drinks after the ceremony and for their wedding photography. For a while it looked a bit iffy with the weather, and the big group photo had to be done in the scout hut, but then it stopped raining, the sun came out and we were able to go outside and play.
The beautiful East Lodge with it’s ornamental lake and gardens:
The fancy four poster bed makes a good prop
Still not sure if Gareth was nervous about having his picture taken or getting married?
As if on cue it turned into a beautiful summer afternoon. Perfect.
Ok – worked it out. It was the speeches he was nervous about. Needn’t have worried though. Couple of good jokes in there Gareth, and in our opinion you aquited yourself admirably.
No problem for Lissie though. She has to stand up in front of a room full of school kids every day, so her speech was a breeze.
