Chateau de Clauzade wedding — DESTINATION WEDDING FILMS & PHOTOGRAPHY

It wasn’t my first visit to Chateau de Clauzade, that took place last year when weddings were not happening in France so some of us were making the best of things in other ways. Such as this ‘styled shoot’: Chateau de Clauzade Styled Shoot.

But almost 1 year later to the day, Bella & Pete’s (real!) wedding took place. Unlike so many others this year that have been or are postponed weddings from ‘21 or even ‘20, this was a scheduled one.

The forecast wasn’t great. So often, at the start of the week prior to any weekend wedding, the meteo predicts storms and rain for the Saturday. By the time we get close, the risk has (usually) diminished. There was still a threat later on, but it didn’t happen, but during the ceremony we had the lightest of showers at the one time of the day when ZERO rain was predicted. The weather eh…

The wedding weekend kicked off with a relaxed BBQ ‘welcome party’ on the side lawn of the chateau hosted by Bella & Pete and I love attending these things because it makes all the difference between being on the inside of any couple’s wedding.

Here are a few pics from that…

The Wedding Day itself… Well as above, the forecast had not been looking great but had improved in outlook sufficiently for at least the ceremony to take place outdoors.

Sadly the meal itself had to be moved indoors. Not because it rained (because it didn’t) but the risk factor was too high. It’s a great barn, but one of the reasons most couples plan a wedding in France is to have a near total, if not total, outdoor wedding. One out of two due to circumstances wasn’t too bad at least.

The ceremony itself was conducted by Pete’s dad and despite a couple of drops of rain, went well and ended as planned with the confetti canons fired in perfect symmetry.

Prep & Ceremony pics as follows:

And then, as is traditional, a drinks reception / cocktail hour followed with champagne & canapes on the side lawn, with a handful of formal pics and a short bride & groom only session.

Live music makes a MASSIVE difference at any wedding and at Bella & Pete’s wedding we had Tom Smith and his band Tomorrow doing a live acoustic set.

And onto the final chapter of the day, - the meal, speeches, dancing, macarons…

Below the pics is a list of all those who made this wedding happen but if you were a guest at this wedding and have the password, click here to go to the full gallery of over 500 images.