Christina & Adam's Gascony Wedding at Chateau de Lisse
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CHRISTINA & ADAM'S GASCONY WEDDING AT CHATEAU DE LISSE
It's fair to say that this South West corner of France (if not all of France actually) has not had quite the gorgeous weather that early Summer normally brings and so it was for the Gascony wedding of Christina & Adam. It wasn't terrible, stayed dry and was sunny even as their wedding day progressed, but it was not hot...which for a wedding day is maybe a good thing.
I think this was either my 6th or 7th wedding at this stunning venue, Chateau de Lisse, expertly run by Jo and her team.
For Christina & Adam's wedding, I met up with them the day prior for a pre-wedding type shoot around the grounds and chateau in order for them to get a sense of what we could achieve on the actual wedding day and this was followed by a meal at a restaurant in nearby Nerac.
THE WEDDING DAY
On the wedding day itself, Christina wore an especially fabulous to photograph Madeline Gardner wedding dress with hair & makeup by friend and bridesmaid Jade.
After a ceremony conducted in the chapel by Father William, the guests were provided with sunglasses for the drinks reception. Sunglasses? Surely they brought their own? Ahh...see pictures! (Just for a bit of fun, Christina & Adam provided a table of colourful sunglasses. I had my eye on some gold one's, but somebody nabbed them before I could get my hands on them).
Flowers were by Faith from La Couer Savage, catering by Jean-Marc @ Chateau de Lisse and the excellent band, Bright Lights, possibly the best wedding band I have come across to date in France (yes, that good!)
And the first dance? Well I witnessed and photographed it the day prior when they had a practise and then on the evening of their wedding, it went down a storm. Possibly even rivalling it, then friend and bridesmaid Simone sang 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse live with the band.
All in all, a great wedding, a joy to photograph & film and the results...well the results can show that far better than I can describe the day in words, so without further ado...
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"Where to start?!..... I can't recommend Simon highly enough. He photographed and videoed our wedding in June in France. He immediately made us feel at ease and afterwards many of our guests commented that they felt the same. He fitted in as though he was one of the guests which resulted in fantastic natural photos of everyone. During the getting ready shots my bridesmaids forgot he was even in the room. Lovely manner with the kids too.Oh and the photos and video are brilliant!"
Christina
SUPPLIERS AT THIS WEDDING
Venue & Catering: Chateau de Lisse
Dress: Madeline Gardner
Flowers: La Couer Savage
Band: Brightlights