Emma & Steve - The Village Hotel - 11th June

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As a Yorkshire Wedding Photographer, I had the pleasure of spending Saturday just gone with Stephen & Emma as they tied the knot at The Village Hotel in Hessle, East Yorkshire.

The forecast was for intermittent rain throughout the day but when I arrived with the groom first thing in the morning, the sun was shining and I thought that the weather men had got it wrong once again! How wrong I was!

I spent a great hour or so with the boys photographing their preparations and got them outside to create some really nice lit portraits, at this point the sun was still with us.

After leaving Stephen in the hands of my good friend Howard from Silver Lane Wedding Cars, I drove over to the Village Hotel to photograph Emma making her final preparations with the girls.

Emma is good friends with the registrar who officiated the wedding ceremony and I was so appreciative to be allowed total access to photograph the whole ceremony. This is not normal so I took full advantage and captured so many lovely glances and moments as Stephen and Emma shared their vows. I almost died a death when the bride began her walk down the aisle as the heavens opened in a very extreme way, but it didn't stop the magic - Emma even said that rain was lucky!

We managed to get the group shots done outside during a break in the rain and then whisked Stephen and Emma off to the Humber Bridge area for their first 'Penny Drop Session' where mother Nature continued to throw us curve balls!

A first class wedding breakfast was served by the hotel followed by emotional and hilarious speeches by the boys. Ben, Stephen's best man, was totally on top form and had the room in stitches as he systematically tore the groom apart and put him back together again! Stephen and Emma met whilst they were both working on cruise ships - Emma as a beauty therapist and Stephen as a dealer/croupier so it was very apt that they had arranged Blackjack and Roulette tables courtesy of the fantastic Casino Knights to entertain between the wedding breakfast and evening reception. Steve stepped up and showed that he still had the magic and looked like he had never been away from the casino.

The evening party started with dancing early and Phil Calver of Chrysalis Discos' set up looked amazing. I left Stephen and Emma with a packed dance floor and the party in full swing and I'm really looking forward to sharing their story with them in the next couple of weeks.