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A beautiful relaxed festival style New Forest Wedding

September 7, 2017 by Jerry Fenner Leave a Comment

Wedding dress in the garden New Forest wedding
Lacing up the wedding gown during the preparations for a New Forest Wedding
The brdie and her bridesmaids in her parents garden in the New Forest
Arriving at her wedding in the New Forest by rustic horse carriage
Getting married under the trees in the New Forest
Beautifully decorated setting for their New Forest wedding
Kissing under the trees at their New Forest wedding
Vintage filter for a New Forest wedding photograph
Father of the bride giving his speech at this marquee wedding in the New Forest
Pretty girl running across the field at New Forest wedding
Checking his cravat before wedding photography in the New Forest
Wedding photography in the New Forest, Tom and Gilly posing with their initials
First Dance in the marquee at their New Forest wedding
The family joining the bride and groom during the First Dance New Forest wedding
Cutting the cake at their New Forest wedding
Groom playing in the band for the evening entertainment Cash Converted new Forest wedding
Festival wedding lighting in the New Forest

Festival style wedding at “not” a New Forest wedding venue

Festival style telling their own story

Gillie and Tom’s festival style wedding was a marvel of what you can do with vision and energy. The festival theme totally reflected their life together, what they enjoy doing and how they spend their time, and their social life. And in fact, it turns out we hang out at the same festivals such as the brilliant Larmer Tree.

“Not” a New Forest wedding venue

No, in fact their venue was a working farm hidden away in the New Forest. They chose it because Gillie used to walk across it when she was younger and then used to take Tom there too. And having looked around at more conventional settings, they chose this one. Which meant an awful lot of working getting everything together, such as the marquee, the loos, the electrics, the caterers, so much. But they did it.

Conducted by a celebrant

To make the wedding truly their own, it was conducted by a celebrant and incorporated many themes. The legal wedding had taken place a few days earlier at a registry office but it was this festival wedding in the New Forest that they regarded as the important event, witnessed by all their friends and family.

Storytelling weddings

The wedding photography you see is of course just such a small part of day but still captures the story, from the preparations at the New Forest home where Gillie grew up, arriving on a horse and cart so reflective of the rural community. The ceremony itself under the oak tree for which the venue was chosen, dad’s speech (and not shown here, but Gillie breaking tradition by making a speech herself) and that whole lovely festival theme. Not forgetting Tom’s band playing in the evening, with Tom on the double bass.

Do it your way

And all of these just goes to show you don;t have to follow what the magazines tell you is the latest fad, the must have thing – just do it your way. It’s your day. And it’s amazing how much you can DIY – do it yourself. Except the photograph of course. Don’t just get a long selfie stick, get a professional in.

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