Spring Cotswold wedding at Lapstone Barn

This time last year, spring was well and truly underway. The sun shone, the birds sang and the lambs were leaping in the fields. And Lowri & Jamie celebrated their marriage in the perfect Cotswolds setting of Lapstone Barn near Chipping Campden. One year on and life is looking so different. But it’s at these times that it’s good to remember how things were and will be again and this lovely wedding really sticks in my memory.

Lowri had spent her childhood in the Middle East and so wanted to bring a flavour of that to her wedding day by covering the entire floor of the lofty Cotswold barn with a collection of stunning kilim rugs. What a great idea!

After photographing Lowri and the girls excitedly getting ready at Lapstone, I made the short journey down the hill to the little village of Weston Sub Edge to photograph Jamie and the guys enjoying drinks and lunch. It was then back up to Lapstone to capture the very special moment when Lowri was fitted into her beautiful crystal encrusted wedding dress with help from lovely Mum Amanda. There was just enough time for the girls to practice some all important dance moves for later, before Lowri, Dad Geoff and the bridesmaids made their way downstairs to be greeted by guests and Jamie in the ceremony barn.

Leaving to rapturous applause, the happy couple made their way outside. Now, this was a first me because while most couples have confetti in the form of paper petals, real flowers or potpourri, aviation mad Jamie along with his beautiful new bride were bombarded with scores of paper aeroplanes! Great fun for everyone! We then spent a short while strolling around the grounds and I caught some lovely shots of the two of them with the spectacular backdrop of the surrounding fields. They were so natural in front of the lens, it made my job so easy.

Back inside, everyone tucked into a delicious meal, followed by some hilarious speeches and then it was time to hit the dancefloor - with Lowri sporting some fab glittery platform pumps to keep her dancing feet pain free well into the night.