Winter Wedding At Grittleton House, Chippenham | Wedding Photography By Rich Howman

Real Wedding Description

The day actually started out warm as we arrived at Grittleton House, near Chippenham in the Wiltshire countryside, to photograph Lisa and Alex’s wedding. Grittleton House is a delightful venue – it’s actually a private school which operates as a wedding venue ‘out of hours’. It has beautiful well kept grounds – not that we got to enjoy much of them, as shortly before Lisa arrived, the snow started to fall! It turned the already picturesque scene in to a winter wonderland.

The snow continued to fall heavily throughout the marriage ceremony, which took place in the library. After a quick chat with their 150 guests, we all agreed that we’d go outside for a photograph! My assistant photographer, Heidi, did give me a “are you mad” look, as I called out the plan with enthusiasm – basically it involved squeezing all 150 people quickly outside and then back in again as fast as possible! Everyone enjoyed the icy blast, and we were finished within 5 minutes.

A thoroughly memorable day and a truly ‘white wedding’ for Lisa and Alex which gave us some delightful opportunities to photograph both them and their guests in the amazing surroundings, right into the evening.