Wedding pics from the Ice Hotel in Sweden, Cap Lazare in the Seychelles, and an Asian wedding

I love all kinds of weddings, anywhere in the world, and have been fortunate to have shared many, many interesting couples exciting weddings from Australia  to Pakistan to Scotland, and many countries in between in 5 different continents. Just a glimpse of possibilities… am sure your wedding would be amazing too, so get in touch if these pics inspire you. xx Elaine

http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk and on Facebook  and here – http://www.leedsweddingphotographers.com

PS we also create interesting wedding videos, so can come as a team.

So much love went into preparing for this exotic beach wedding in The Seychelles

natural and fun wedding photography

Sierra Leone couple's wedding at Coco ocean Hotel in The Gambia

Traditional cultural wedding in Nigeria

Arty Asian wedding pics

Collage of Asian wedding pictures

Sophie and Victoria are SO happy!

Sophie and Victoria had a very emotional Civil Partnership wedding ceremony, so taking their photos was a dream! Despite the bitter cold we even got some photos outside, which considering it was the end of January and their was snow on the ground, was quite a feat!

Sophie and Victoria's love shows!

Talking of feat, well feet, here are their feet in matching wellies

Two brides in wellies!

See more from this wedding on http://www.leedsweddingphotographers.com/?p=23027

It will soon be time to start planning your wedding, or maybe you have already started. There will be so many questions and so much  to consider, from where you are going to hold your wedding, to who shall you invite and what your theme or colour scheme should be,  then there is the choice of menu, your first dance music, possible entertainment for you and your guests, and probably first in the list will be your amazing wedding dress.

Will it be creative, memorable, great fun, a wonderful day out for everyone,  – just the best day ever?  I sincerely hope so!

However, once the food has been eaten, the speeches listened to,  the excitement and memories of the whole day, will soon blend into one, so the race to see your pictures or wedding video begins.  Everyone turns to Facebook to see what your wedding was like, and its great to share your pics amongst your friends, but have you ever seen the blurry, or dark photos which tend to get posted?  The ones your chosen photographer takes though, should be a great source of delight, in conjuring up those special moments , even bringing back what you were thinking at certain times of the day, so once you see those, am sure you will be really happy with all your hard work with family and friends input. Treasure this! It will be a day – or days  in the case of multi-cultural or Asian weddings – to remember, even when some of those special people are sadly no longer around …

Maybe I will even be there to see you wedding – well I most definitely will be, if you invite me to be your wedding photographer!

xx Elaine

Fun and unusual wedding photos from around the world by Reel Life Photos

wedding proposal re-enactment

True love - 34 years on ... !

How romantic!

Roche Abbey standing tall

Isn't she lovely?

Is she a godess from Roman mythology I wonder...

Love the way the light caught her cheeks.

Togetherness

Majestic arch and brilliant sky frame this couple beautifully

Graham & Gill

the happy couple

Gill and Graham travelled all the way from Canada to renew their wedding vows in  South Yorkshire, to celebrate 34 years together and to have the big wedding they never had.  This will take place in a church today, so more piccies to follow!

One of my favourite pics of Gill and Graham here...

See here to contact Elaine of Reel Life Photos about your wedding or visit http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk to see loads and loads more wedding photos! – in the galleries, All Day Wedding Pictures and storybook

xx Elaine and Cuban videoman Jorge

bride coming down stairs at Weetwood Hall

The Chinese couple from this wedding at Weetwood Hall chose just posed group pictures out of well over 1000 images they had to choose from so thought I’d re-dress the balance by showing some I would definitely recommend they chose for their wedding album… no pressure of course though to accept my recommendations!  Their wedding reception was held at Maxis in Leeds – a grand 12 course traditional Chinese Banquet – where the bride changed from her champagne-coloured wedding dress into a variety of Chinese costumes, in colours ranging from traditional Chinese red to a shimmering amber and even a regal outfit in purple.  The ritual tea ceremonies were wonderful to behold too: all in all a fabulous wedding!

family guests during wedding ceremony at Weetwood Hall in Leeds

Bride and groom cracking up laughing during their wedding vows in Leeds!

Tears of emotion during wedding ceremony as couple say their vows

wedding vows

Bride and groom cracking up with laughter during their vows!

The Kiss

Bit too young to sign the register, artn't they?

Time for another kiss!

The Happy Couple!

The Gentle Touch...

Yet Another Kissy Pic!

Bride showing love and respect for her Grandmother

Father of the Groom

Bit of a windy day as bride and groom leave Weetwood Hall after their wedding ceremony

In the Mirror

before the wedding but expressive bridal portrait to finish on....

See here to contact Elaine of Reel Life Photos about your wedding or visit http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk to see loads and loads more wedding photos! – in the galleries, All Day Wedding Pictures and storybook

xx Elaine and Cuban videoman Jorge

visit our International Destination wedding page too…

See the first part of this Ice Hotel Storybook wedding album

and a revised version showing the whole of the Ice Hotel wedding album

Shadowy shapes show mystically as the bride wafts on to the Ice Chapel

The Ice Chapel glows to welcome us in...

Its just adrenaline that is keeping Zoe warn!

The bride arrives. Steve is SO happy!

Ice Chapel wedding ceremony

Sealed with a kiss!

All eyes on the bride!

Walking down the aisle at the Ice Hotel Chapel

Congratulations!

Zoe and her dashing groom Steve and photos with bride's Mum.

Too Cool!

Contact Elaine if you are planning your exciting wedding abroad – be it icy as above, or hot and exotic – we travel anywhere for lovely people’s weddings (lovely on the inside that is…) see our  destination wedding page http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk or our Contact Us Page. Zoe and Steve also had a UK Blessing and masked ball evening reception See more Ice Hotel pics here…

Kath against the red wall on the staircase coming down from the bridal suite

Kath & Simon’s wedding reception at Carlton Towers

Light pours in through the grand windows during wedding reception at Carlton Towers.

wedding speeches

all the kids taking pics of Kath & Simon cutting the cake

Kath rushes down the grand staircase to rejoin the rest of the wedding party!

Kath and her friends a thoroughly enjoying themselves listening to their friends play music

See more pictures inside Carlton Towers  here. and more photos from the Kath & Simon’s wedding at Kippax church and wedding reception at Carlton Towers.

To contact Elaine of Reel Life Photos or  visit http://www.reellifephotos.co.uk to see loads and loads more wedding photos! – in the galleries, All Day Wedding Pictures and storybooks

Michelle & Keiron’s wedding was very different from the normal mixture of posed family groups and reportage pictures that make up most weddings.  Starting at the bride’s house full of mirrors and black and white with red walls in the boudoir, I knew we were in for a fun day.  Michelle and I had never met in person till that moment – but had got to know each other through lively descriptions of her family life by email, the first of which arrived when I was in Egypt back in February this year.

Michelle’s highly confident and fun little boys are the light of her life … They even gave her away and during the wedding reception did a double act delivering the funniest wedding speeches ever!

Michelle had a burlesque hen night so was not shy of showing off her lovely figure and flamboyant but practical wedding boots.

The vicar – Father Paul – at Mill Hill  Unitarian  Chapel in Leeds is no stranger to the media,  as used to work for the BBC, so he was happy for the Jorge and me to move around during the service to get a good variety of shot.  The whole emphasis being on making the bride and groom’s day.  They even sat round chatting and drinking champagne in church with the guests after the ceremony!

Michelle couldn’t wait to get outside and play with the kids by the water fountains

in Leeds city centre.

Fun band act during the evening wedding reception at Smokestack in Leeds.

First band playing – taken without flash to reflect the true night colours.

Bridegroom Keiron with his Dad outside Smokestack in Leeds during evening wedding reception.

Drummer from second band during evening reception at Smokestack in Leeds.

Keyboard player at Michelle & Keiron’s evening wedding reception in Leeds

World famous musician friend of Michelle & Keiron’s playing at their evening wedding reception in Leeds

Michelle’s wedding guests get in on the act too!

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This is a relatively new wedding venue.  It has a contemporary feel to the styling with plenty of interesting reflective surfaces to make wedding photography indoors that little bit more exciting.  The main reception is held upstairs which rather discourages anyone from wandering around outside, which is a pity.  There is a balcony with plenty of seating so smokers tend to congregate there in a sociable manner.

The sofa on the balcony with the neutral blue-ish background makes for a comfortable alternative to standing up like a bus queue  for family wedding portraits!

wedding guests get a ringside seat in comfort viewing the proceedings from the balcony

Downstairs  by the infinity pool, these surreal plastic armchairs that look as if they should be soft, add another dimension to outdoor wedding photography.

Groomsmen by the infinity pool .

Wedding guests by reflective surfaces inside KP Club in Pocklington

Toast during speeches at wedding breakfast

Sascha & James by infinity pool at sunset over KP Club in Pocklington

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This is a recent winter wedding, as chosen by the bride and groom from hundreds of possible images. 

We always take plenty of casual, non-posed pictures, documenting the full day, so the couple are free to make up their own album according to their personalities.  The very same original images could just as easily be made up into a fun wedding storybook with all the kids running riot and the happy exchanges between wedding guests,  or a more relaxed, classical view of their day.  The couple are consulted at every stage of the image selection – usually spending around 3 hours with us going through their choices and if they decide to go for a designed storybook album – as this couple did – they are free to get involved in the final layout, as its their personal wedding album, not just an exercise in arty design. 

Emotions, expressions and important relationships between families are usually the key reason for their preferred images being included in the album – some choosing mainly of themselves and other showing the full story of their day. In this storybook they even included the pictures about the fire alarm that sounded – just as the bride was about to change into her wedding dress in the morning – and the firemen visiting their hotel in Leeds while everyone piled outside on the opposite pavement,  to wait for the all-clear!

Below is a selection of pages from Hayley & Chris’s wedding album…