Aldwick Estate Wedding Photography - Martin + Nilly
Just 3 days after having the pleasure of photographing Martin & Nilly’s wedding at the Bristol Registry Office, it was off to Aldwick Estate for the main celebrations!
Aldwick Estate is a familiar venue for us and we have the honour of being on the recommended suppliers list. I also have the authorisation from the venue to fly the drone (if required) despite the venue being within Bristol Airports controlled airspace. Aldwick Estate is a lovely rural, rustic wedding venue with its own vineyard and is fantastic space to celebrate a wedding inside or out, whatever the time of year.
We arrived a midday about 2 hours before the ceremony. This gave us plenty of time to take a look around, checkout the best places for photographs and capture some of the smaller details such as table settings, all before any guests arrive. It was also a great opportunity to fly the drone for some aerial photos of the venue whilst it was quiet. This involved a phone call to Bristol ATC to get permission to fly but they were aware of my intentions that day and approved the flight. Once that was completed, Martin and Alvin (the best man) headed off to get changed so we paid a visit to Nilly and the Bridesmaids getting ready in the house on site.
Nilly and Martin wanted a ‘first look’ private ceremony in the Old Barn so Martin waited with his back to the entrance doors as Nilly walked up to him and touched him on the shoulder. It was a very quiet, emotional moment for the pair of them as he turned around to see Nilly. After a short time together, the couple headed out for some immediate family and wedding party photos.
The main ceremony took place in the Old Barn led by Celebrant Kat Hector and was romantic and witty at the same time and included a couple of readings. The ring exchange was followed by the Turkish tradition of cutting of the red ribbon that linked both the wedding rings that they were wearing. All the guests headed out for confetti followed by the wedding reception and the ‘wedding’ breakfast. After some couple photos in the early evening, the party started with the first dance but after 30 seconds, turned into a surprise Turkish Halay with the band Hazir which everyone dancing to the beat of the drum and the zurna (a woodwind instrument).
