Castle Green Hotel Wedding

Sally & Josie booked me for their Castle Green Hotel Wedding from a wedding fair organised by Little White Books back in the Spring. This was going to be a brilliant winter wedding at the Castle Green Hotel. Castle Green Hotel is situated in Kendal, and is a superb venue. Modern, with a touch of traditional, a Castle Green Hotel wedding is a perfect choice and describes itself as…

“Nestled in the market town of Kendal our Lake District venue is a luxurious 4* wedding venue set within 14 acres of spectacular gardens and woodlands. With over 50 years’ experience planning and hosting weddings, your wedding team will ensure that your day with us is unique and memorable in every way. We can’t wait to make your wedding dreams come true!”

Same Sex Wedding at Castle Green Hotel

Sally and Josie’s same sex wedding at Castle Green Hotel was going to be an intimate event, with select family and friends. The girls told me back at the wedding g fair that they just wanted their story telling without ‘loads of that posing stuff’, which is good news to me. I love being allowed to document a wedding day in my natural style. This same sex wedding at Castle Green Hotel was also going to surprise me here and there. Especially with the amount of love and emotion there was for these two lovely ladies.

Same Sex Wedding Ceremony

The ceremony was simply awesome. Neither Sally or Josie knew what each was going to wear for their Castle Green Hotel Wedding. Sally took her position in the Garden Room first, together with all the excited wedding guests. She was nervous, excited and desperate to see Josie’s face as she entered the room…Sally ‘just isn’t a dress kinda gal’ and for Josie to see her in a wedding gown…well, mind blown! And it worked a treat. Josie literally gasped as she walked down the aisle with her proud dad. Then tears. Then laughter. Some more tears, and we were good to go…

Winter Weddings in the Lake District

I love working all around the North West (and beyond!) and love winter weddings in the Lake District especially. The gorgeous light and crisp, cold weather that comes with a December wedding didn’t disappoint. We had snow. Not much, but enough to dust the ground with a beautiful white base - perfect for Castle Green Hotel Wedding photos. The temperature was minus five degrees too, but we didn’t care! In fact, it never bothered any of the 30 or so guests when we were shooting the family group photos.

Castle Green Hotel Wedding Photos

There are lots of areas to work at Castle Green Hotel wedding photos, with stunning gardens and nearby woodland. We opted to ‘stay local’ as the floor was very slippery and the girls didn't want to get their stunning wedding gowns muddy. Quite right too! The family groups were taken on the balcony next to the main restaurant, while the girls were photographed down in the garden and on the main lawn. I love sun flare and opted to capture as much of it in camera as I could for Sally & Josie’s Castle Green Hotel wedding photos. On hand too, was the ever helpful Nicola keeping an eye on proceedings and keeping everything timed to perfection. Thanks Nicola!

Ashleigh Wood Vocalist

The evening entertainment was hosted by the very talented Ashleigh Wood. Great fun to work with, and what a voice!! Ashleigh started the evening with a brilliant game of Mrs & Mrs - a fairly embarrassing experience for our newlyweds! After cake cut, we were on to first dance, interspersed with a great set from Ashleigh, plus a double-double father and daughter dance with the girls and their respective fathers and step fathers. A brilliant day all in all.

Here’s some of my favourite images from the day…