Giulia & Ernest – Wedding Photography at Hungerford and Elcot Park

Giulia and Ernest’s wedding was quite an international occasion, with many of the guests visiting from Italy and California, and we could really have done with some of the sunshine they are used to at home. The British summer is rarely that co-operative though and the rain which started during the late morning wedding service at St Lawrence’s church in Hungerford, continued for the rest of the day.

Photography of the day started with Giulia and her brides maids preparations at Elcot Park Hotel, shortly after breakfast. The wedding dress looked stunning when it was just hanging up in the room and when Giulia was wearing it she looked quite the fairytale bride. After a few photographs outside the hotel, it was time for me to go and meet Ernest at the church in Hungerford. The groom looked very dashing in his suit and we managed to get a few shots of him, ‘best man’ Anna and the ushers outside the church as it started to lightly rain. As Giulia and her dad arrived at the church in a very impressive looking vintage Ford, the rain was starting to get harder and that was just about the last chance for any photography outside for the rest of the day.

After the service, there was time for some photographs inside the church, before it was back off to the Elcot Park Hotel for the celebrations. Regardless of the weather, Giulia and Ernest had a lovely happy wedding day and I was very happy to be there as their photographer. Here are a few preview shots from the day. The beautiful wedding cake was made by Giulia’s mum Costanza.