Ade and Bex booked me to cover their wedding at Morland Church with a marquee as a follow up in one of Ades’ parents fields. The setting for this wedding could not have been better and everyone had a ball. The gates were tied in the traditional Cumbrian way at the church too and cost a few quid to cut free. Bakerwood supplied a massive marquee which was placed in a family owned field in Newby, just 5 mins drive from the church so we had lots of time for photographs and to catch people mingling.

This post is very image heavy, but this was a long day with a ton of great images as a result and I wanted to show everyone the great locations available to anyone getting married up this neck of the woods.

The sun shone, birds sang, people smiled and we went to work producing a portfolio of nearly 850 images. I would put the kettle on….

Penrith weddings
Lots of the Girls getting ready and the curious cat.
photographs by lake district
Lots of the boys getting ready and larking about on tractors.

Bex’s dress was supplied by Jacinta Cooper and the team at Kokoa bride in Penrith. Jacinta even came along personally to fit Bex into the dress.

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Bex during her dress fitting
Penrith wedding photographers
Lacing up the dress at the back. Nice when it is done by a professional.

 

Cumbria and the borders.
Reportage shots should all be black and white… If only.
wedding photograph with a tractor
One last shot at the farm..

Once we were at the church in Morland, people were starting to come in from all over, so we used this time to capture some of the guests arriving down the church path. There must have been ten people looking out for the bridesmaids arriving!

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guests arriving at Morland Church.
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The arrival of thew Bride…
Grasmere photographers
Moments before heading in..

The Vicar at Morland could not have been any better. Vicars that realise that you have a job to do too and know that you will be as unobtrusive as possible are worth their weight in gold. It falls to the inexperienced photographers in rural churches to turn the milk sour. We on the other hand were as quiet as mice.

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What a great church.
bride and groom kiss in penrith.
3..2..1..applause.
Images near derwent.
Signing the register.
fine cumbria
I think people brought extra confetti.

 

cumbria and lancashire
This shot looked great in colour and much much better in black and white.
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The walled gardens next to Morland church made for some great photographs.

Over the road from the church is a garage that is fairly beaten up and weather worn. It was a location from the moment that I clapped eyes on it as the huge green door would look great as a backdrop for a country wedding. Before I finish, the cars were supplied by Cars of Distinction, but not this one below!

 

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The car at the garage ran out of tax in 2002. I’ll bet it hasnt moved since way before then.

 

 

cool car in morland.
the car at least served the purpose of being a reflective makeup checker.

 

lakes images beautiful
I will use my digital crowbar and cram in one more from the garage.

 

volkswagen photographs from events.
The boys (and some of the girls) are massive vw fans, so I made them some Beastie Boys style chains. P.S. RIP: Adam Yauch

 

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Some of the guests, as we arrived with a little time to spare before going in for the meal.

 

carlisle photographers.
After the meal, time was ours in abundance so we used it to grab a few more shots in the village.

Ades’ grandfather had a commemorative bench nearby and it was lovely to photograph the two of them sitting on it and around the pond. That aside, we went to Adrians grandmothers back garden which has some beautiful trees in the old quarry at the back. I was blown away by this location.

penrith suit hire and wedding dress shops, Kokoa Bride
Bex’s dress looked incredible in the evening light… Good choice.

 

eden valley wedding images with cars of distinction.
Work it girl!.. She’s a natural and they are few and far between.

 

weddings on bowness on Solway
What a great Bride to photograph. This might be my favourite of the day.

Sorry that this post is so long, but we managed to cram in a huge amount in the time that we spent at Adrian and Rebeccas wedding. There are fewer places in Cumbria with as much to photograph as in the Morland area. I have another wedding in Morland church next year and am looking forward to it immensley. Thankyou Adrian and Bex.. All of your images are online now and guess what? You are on the blog!!!!!