Charlotte and Noahs Wedding at Clearwell Castle - 16/12/09
We traveled up to Clearwell Castle in the Forrest of Dean near the Welsh Border after a long day in the studio. We had a couple of rooms booked in the Wyndham Arms Hotel and upon arriving we discovered that the hotel had a wonderful oldie world pub/restaurant. After a delicious meal and a couple glasses of wine we retired to our rooms, looking forward to the wedding the next day.
Our couple, Charlotte and Noah contacted us at the start of November to explain that they had booked Clearwell Castle as a last minute wedding and were organising everything within 5 weeks. It is an incredible testament to them both that they organised such a beautiful wedding in such a short space of time.
As always we send a photographer to both the Bride and the Grooms preparations, and we can both honestly say we had a really lovely morning with them, and felt like we had know them for ages, despite the fact we had only chatted on the phone a few times prior to their wedding day!
Charlotte and Noah had booked Andy from Memories on Film, who we recommend whole heartedly as their videographer, and had asked him to shoot some footage in Super 8 as well as the standard format. Andy's always a pleasure to work with and he even shot a bit of footage with our new Canon stills camera that also does full HD video, showing us what the camera can do. Having tried a little since, I can safely say its best left to the experts as I know my effort will be nowhere near as good as his work!
After a really emotional, moving service we were pushed for time given the fact it gets dark early at this time of year so after the confetti and a few group shots we took a little walk with the Bride and Groom and got some gorgeous images as the light faded away.
We stayed with the wedding party through the wedding breakfast and into the evenings entertainment, getting some great shots of their first dance. We also stayed to watch and photograph some amazing fireworks, even through the rain came along and tried to damper our spirits! After such a long day, a 5 hour drive home was just too much so we stayed a second night at our hotel.
It was so clear to everyone who was at their wedding that Charlotte and Noah are really in love with each other and they are the epitome of the perfect couple.
We really wish you all the very best for your future together and we'll certainly remember you as one of our favourite couples.
On a slightly different note, Charlotte and Noah set up their own Wedding Website to give all their guests plenty of information on the local area plus details on their special day, which we think is a great idea, so we recommend if your getting married to get one done asap!
