Last weekend I joined Emily & Owain for their wedding photos at East Riddlesden Hall near Keighley in West Yorkshire!
With it’s historic Airdale Barn festooned in twinkling lights, intimate gardens and the ancient house reflected in the pond, East Riddlesden Hall is a delightful wedding venue!
This lovely pair actually married almost a year ago and this is third of their glob-trotting wedding celebrations! Emily has Canadian / Chinese roots and Owain has Welsh / Scottish heritage, so various cultural traditions were integrated! They started with The Greeting in red Chinese outfits, before slipping into white dress and tartan kilt. Plus Scottish Tablet cake was brought by guests – made almost entirely of sugar – to keep energy levels up for the evening’s dancing!
The stars of the show were their nearly 1 year old wee lad Berwyn – who spent the day merrily being passed around in his mini kilt getup (fortunately with nappy and not True Scott) – and Dad’s cute pooch Maxi, who took the cuddles and abuse from the kids in their stride.
A relaxed affair, most traditions were dropped, and we did family and couple pics pre-ceremony. The blessing itself was hosted by the groom’s brother David, where 6 pals were invited up to offer fun speeches about the happy couple. After the confetti tunnel there was a lovely long afternoon of refreshment from at funky cocktail and global nibbly stands. Speeches were dropped for off the quick cuff thank yous, before everyone settled along long social tables for a delicious carve your own roast Welsh lamb and a mezze feast from Nomad Catering!
Their mountain cake was cut for dessert and instead of a first dance then the Ceilidh band spun guests into coupley spirals and do-si-do carnage! The weather had loomed ominously all day, but thankfully held when we needed it to, and before I hit the road I took advantage of drizzle for a few funky quick back-flash snogs in the rain!
I love shooting weddings across Yorkshire and it was great to be back at East Riddlesden Hall and to work alongside the amazing Eleanor and the fab suppliers!
So grab y’sen a steaming mug of Yorkshire tea and hit play on the slideshow below to check out Emily & Owain’s wedding highlights slideshow…
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OMG! What a day!
Here’s wishing this pair huge congratulations, a wonderful life with little Berwyn!
Big love,
♥️ Barnaby 
A massive out to the wonderful suppliers that worked together so well to bring the magic at East Riddlesden Hall:
Venue: East Riddlesden Hall (@eastriddlesdenhallweddings and @eastriddlesdenhall_nt)
Newlyweds: @echan159 and @Berwynbear
Cake: Three Little Birds Bakery (@3littlebirdsbakery)
Catering: Nomad Catering by James Brown (@nomadcateringjb)
Music: Price of My Pig Ceilidh Band (@priceofmypig
