Thornton Manor Wedding Photography

Thornton Manor wedding photography featuring Kate & Mike on a gorgeous October day.

The bride & groom married in late autumn at Thornton Manor, a luxury wedding venue in Cheshire. The huge manor house is full of character, the immaculate grounds and Grade II listed building giving plenty of scope for my relaxed style of creative documentary photography.

Kate & Mike are such a lovely couple, very easy-going, making it clear I was to just do my thing; no formality & no awkwardness, just a natural, composed approach to the wedding day.

They were married at St Michael’s Church in Widnes, surrounded by family & friends. It was highly unusual but very funny when the bride arrived at church ten minutes before her bridesmaids; their wedding car had taken a wrong turn! Kate wore a beautiful Mori Lee wedding dress paired with Vince Camuto shoes, and her bridal bouquet was by Amelia Jane Flowers. After the nuptials, outside the church the wedding guests had just enough time for a confetti toss and a handful of group photographs before speeding off in white limousines to Thornton Manor. It was time to celebrate!

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Creative Weddings at Thornton Manor

It was my first visit to the stately home, considered (with good reason) one of the North West’s premier wedding venues. Thornton Manor is full of nooks & crannies and bursting with character. I was able to creatively make the most of the limited but beautiful light (it was an October wedding after all) as it filtered through the manor’s windows. We were blessed with a very dramatic evening sky so I took the new husband and wife outside for some very relaxed portraits. The image of the bride and groom walking towards Thornton Manor with the wind catching the wedding dress is one of my favourite photographs. It was then time to enter the ornate banqueting hall for the wedding breakfast and some very funny speeches. My full-frame cameras overcame the dark interior with ease [Note to iPhone photographers- don’t even bother].

Off-Camera Flash For A Packed Dancefloor

The evening reception saw wedding band Soul Revolver playing to a packed dancefloor. This was a great time to take my flashes off-camera, and really create some cool and interesting shots of the guests throwing shapes! I love taking a wide-angle lens really close to the action; I find at this time of night, no one notices or even cares about the camera. Just before sneaking off I even had time to take the bride & groom outside for one last epic night-time portrait.

A really fabulous day being a Thornton Manor wedding photographer. I’m very much looking forward to my next visit later this year! I hope you enjoy this small selection of images from the day. It was great to work with my friends at Lovebug Films, and a shout-out to Lousise Jacob Photography who assisted in the morning by photographing the groom and his groomsmen. Bye for now!

Mother of the Bride hugs flower girl happy bride smiling in the kitchen bridesmaid drinking bucks fizz as glass overflows bride has group hug with four bridesmaids bridesmaid fastens buttons on back of wedding dress bridesmaid helping bride into dress as bride looks out of the window wedding veil fixed into place on bride's head brides manicured hands holding bridal bouquet silhouette of bride in veil in front of window a card addressed to the groom groom reading letter from the bride groom walking to church groom and groomsmen cross the street St Michael's Church in Widnes exterior bride with bouquet looking out of limousine window bridesmaids looking at wedding limousine Father of the Bride looks at bride in window of wedding car Bridal party entering church flower girl and pageboy walking up church aisle holding hands bridesmaids walking up aisle waving at wedding guests bride and dad walking up aisle with linked arms bride hugs groom during wedding vows as guests applaud grand interior of church bride and groom exit church holding hands and smiling bride and groom walk out of church with bridesmaids confetti toss with bride and groom in the middle smiling and walking groomsmen taking selfie photograph with vicar pageboy looking embarrassed getting kiss from bride chauffeur walks next to white limousine with birds flying overhead Limousine arrives at Thornton Manor bridesmaids wait for bride outside front entrance of Thornton Manor bride and groom kiss beneath tree outside Thornton Manor bride and groom holding hands outdoors bride and groom stand beneath three arches in grounds of Thornton Manor newlyweds holding hands and smiling in front of large green hedge beautiful silhouette of bride and groom in garden sunlight catches bride's dress as she walks with husband under tree canopy Bride and groom under epic sky outside Thornton Manor hand holding lighter lights candle wedding breakfast in the grand banqueting hall male guest places floral headpiece on flower girl bridesmaid drinks champagne in lovely light from window bridesmaid high fives flower girl four bridesmaids laughing and chatting together near window bride twirls wedding veil beneath ornate window bride and groom walk down corridor holding hands bride and groom walk into room cheering father of the bride chinks champagne glass with bride female wedding guest laughing at funny speech Bride hugs her dad lady wipes away tear during wedding speech groom stands to make speech crowd applauds groom as he holds pageboy groom holding microphone with bride clapping and smiling wedding guest at table gives a thumbs up best man makes his speech groom holds head in his hands with embarrassment hands holding funny photograph of groom wearing fancy dress elderly gentleman looks at funny picture of the groom groom hugs his dad with mum watching bride and groom hugging in front of packed wedding guests finger point at guest wearing rubber horse mask male guest holds rose in teeth and female guest flicks her hair bride and groom holding hands while dancing bride and groom have first dance inside Thornton Manor bride hugs groom on dancefloor bride and groom dancing hand in hand wedding guests dancing inside banqueting hall bride and groom kiss under arch at night Creative evening portrait of bride and groom under arch outside Thornton Manor