Aimi & Gareth
Hathersage Church – Ringwood Hall
9th August 2010
Hidden at the back of Hathersage main street is an old Church steeped in history, first built and opened in 1692 and having been burned to the ground in 1723 by a mob, was rebuilt in 1806 and stands as it was, today as the very charming and atmospheric Catholic Chapel of Saint Michael, the Archangel.
Aimi & Gareth were fortunate enough to celebrate the event of their wedding at Saint Michael’s Church on 24th August and we the photographers felt equally privileged.
Set at the foot of a long drive amidst trees and shrubbery both sides to form an arch, meant an attractive shot of the arrival of the wedding cars, beautiful Daimler saloon followed by the Bride and father in ‘Kirby’ an attractively restored classic that never fails to turn heads – service by Cloud Nine wedding cars who never fail to wow their clients with their impeccable style and reliable wedding car service.
The resident priest gave one of the most personable, warm and friendly services
I have come across. Particularly for ourselves as photographers, as we were immediately comforted by the words, you may take whatever photographs you please. Unrestricted therefore, this made it much easier to capture some beautiful images during the service.
After the ceremony and time to be welcomed by the guests we arranged some family groups outside the church.
Later at Ringwood Hall, main groups of all the guests and our very popular ‘all the ladies followed by all the guys’ groups, taken from one of the hotel balconies.
Some threats of showers held off, and we were able to capture the usual reportage (natural shots) of guests partaking in champagne and canapés before the meal.
On this ocassion we were taking photographs up to the main meal service and so we were as usual able to capture shots of the dining room layout, top table, and Bride & Groom’s table settings.
We finished our day on this ocassion with photographs of the cake cutting (a mock up only ) just before guests were invited to enter the dining area.
All in all, an excellent day for both Bride & Groom and their happy photographers.
Aimi & Gareth were invited back to our studio just 2 weeks later for a presentation of the finished images and they showed their appreciation by leaving us with a glowing report and some very kind words. We have published these on the website in the testimonials section.
Nigel Greenstreet.
