Highlights from Suzanne & Danny’s Rivington Hall Barn Wedding

Rivington Hall Barn Wedding In Summer

I met Suzanne at The Great Northern Wedding Show, organised by Little White Books. She looked curiously familiar, though we had never met. I remember asking her several times if we had met…but no, never. Weird. I brushed it off as a strange coincidence. Suzanne booked me for hers and Danny’s wedding at Rivington Hall Barn wedding in the summer of the next year. A stunning August wedding was planned. We met up one evening in Chorley for a chat through the day and to look at some albums and ideas for their Rivington Hall Barn wedding planned for the summer. And STILL she looked familiar! But no, we had only ever met the once at the wedding show.

John Foxx & Ultravox

Those of a certain age will remember the band Ultravox, formed by Chorley-born electronic pioneer John Foxx. During our meeting, Suzanne’s dad popped his head around the door. I asked him if he was a musician. Andy laughed and said, “No —motorbikes are my thing..…Suzanne’s Uncle Dennis is in bands”. “Dennis”? I asked. Suzanne nodded. “Is your uncle Dennis Leigh?” “Yes - do you know him?” she asked. “Know him, he’s my musical hero - I have virtually everything he’s recorded for the past thirty odd years!” Oh my goodness, Suzanne looks just like him, no wonder I was convinced we’d met before! Sadly though, ‘Uncle Dennis’ couldn’t make the wedding. I was glad secretly, as it would have put me off my stride a bit!

Suzanne Jayne Beauty Chorley

Suzanne is widely respected in the North West as a brilliant beautician. She is very busy, and somehow manages to juggle a new family, dog and her diary on a daily basis. I have also worked with her on a Mitton Hall wedding, when she was the MUA for Jodie for her Mitton Hall wedding. She comes highly recommended if you are looking for an MUA for your wedding.

Rivington Hall Barn Wedding Photographer

Suzanne & Danny booked me to be their Rivington Hall Barn wedding photographer from that (now famous) meeting we had. The day was to be split between a brilliant church wedding at St Mary’s RC Church in Euxton with a lot of excited guests, with a stunning wedding reception at Rivington Hall Barn to follow. As a Rivington Hall Barn wedding photographer, I was really looking forward to photographing this wedding. The day was glorious sunshine, the bride simply stunning as she arrived in Katy, one of Horgan’s famous wedding cars. With a quick word of encouragement from Andy, and time for a few emotional tears (Andy, not Suzanne…) we were good to go. With over eighty wedding guests waiting excitedly for Suzanne & Andy to walk down the aisle, I was ‘well in the zone’ for part one of my being a Rivington Hall Barn wedding photographer. After the ceremony, it was time for a few family photos and a mountain of confetti throwing…then off to Rivington Hall Barn for the wedding reception. Our timings worked out beautifully for my being their Rivington Hall Barn wedding photographer, as we photographed a few couples portraits while the wedding guests were gathering on the patio for the drinks reception. After about fifteen minutes of my Rivington Hall Barn wedding photography, we joined the guests for a good while before the wedding breakfast and speeches. My day as a Rivington Hall Barn wedding photographer was running like clockwork.

Rivington Hall Barn wedding photography

I really enjoyed my day producing Rivington Hall Barn wedding photography at this stunning venue. I used prime lenses all day for that natural style of documentary wedding photography. The majority of the day was shot using a 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm lenses, for those natural storytelling angles. I am really looking forward to my next Rivington Hall Barn wedding.

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