Charl and Farm | A Spectacular Halloween Wedding | New Hall, Sutton Coldfield

Charl and Farm booked me at the Sandon Hall Bridal Fayre last year. Fortunately Les of Barry James Photography wasn't there so when we got talking to Charl and her mom, along with Rebecca, whom Les and Ste photographed a few years ago, they booked me - and with how well we all hit it off on the day it was definitely the best thing that could have happened.
The wedding took place at the beautiful New Hall Hotel on 31st October. It was a lovely late wedding with a fantastic fun atmosphere. Everything felt very relaxed and everyone had a great time.
With how late the wedding was although we managed to get the few group photographs done in the last of the days light it was all down to flash light for the Bride and Groom portraits. We decided to have a bit of fun and the photos have come out amazingly. It's something a little different and definitely a lot of fun to do!

After the portraits we had a lot of time to just relax and get a great documentary coverage of the evening with the marquee looking stunning with the themed orange lighting. The whole day I think was summed-up by the choice of song for the first dance, Sex on Fire by the Kings of Leon. And why not?! :o)

Here are just a few of my favourites from the day although a much longer post will be coming in the next few days:

Charl looked gorgeous in a stunning gown from Rebecca Jayne's at Mix-n-Match, Rugeley

I love that they picked up on the Halloween theme:

New Hall looks amazing at night, don't you agree?

The magician that they'd booked for the evening did a fajtastic job - and the tricks he performed were amazing. In this one he cut a lemon in half to remove a £10 note which had just been signed by one of the guests of the wedding. It was really tempting to film him doing this on the 5dmarkII and then play it back but I resisted. The reactions that came were great though:

He also made some amazing balloon shapes too - and the creativity to create 'Ghostbuster backpacks' I thought was genius.

I couldn't resist taking Charl and Farm back outside to make us of the available light as the night changed and the 5DmarkII coped remarkably - and with an amazing colour quality when compared with the Nikon D3 files shot at the same time...

The choice of first dance was truly fantastic - and totally fitted Charl and Farm to a T!

I can't wait to hear from Charl and Farm and see what they think, and I know they're going to have an amazing album when we've planned it!

See you both soon. sj.p