30 Sep Georgia & Jake’s Wedding at Morley St Peter
Georgia and Jake’s wedding at Morley St Peter in Norfolk was a real standout occasion for me.
The venue, the moated 16th-century pile known as Old Morley Hall, couldn’t feel more remote. Tucked away in the tiny South Norfolk parish of Morley St Peter, the hall sits alongside the medieval St Peter’s Church, with little else around it. It’s one of those locations where you arrive and immediately think: what a place to get married.
I did happen to notice the enormous Texan flag flying from the ramparts, too. A hint as to its owners, perhaps.
The location wasn’t the only thing that caught my attention. Quite a few of Jake’s guests seemed to share his love of motor cars. As something of a car geek myself, it was brilliant to find a handful of beautiful classics dotted around the wedding, alongside something rather more unusual — a racing car that Jake and his friends had built themselves. It was to have a starring role later in the day.
The guests were also wonderfully receptive to the camera, often inviting me to photograph them while posing, pulling faces and generally having a good time. I love that. It makes the day fun for me, but more importantly, it’s usually a pretty good indication that we’re in for a brilliant wedding. And we certainly were.
Georgia and Jake looked as though they had stepped straight out of a Hollywood movie. Fortunately, they were also completely up for making the most of their surroundings.
At one point, the three of us jumped into the back of a car and escaped down the road in search of the evening light. Georgia thought nothing of walking barefoot, wedding dress and all, straight into the middle of a Norfolk cornfield.
I barely had to pose either of them. Everything just seemed to happen naturally.
At times I had to remind myself that I was photographing a real wedding and not working with a couple of professional models.
The car that Jake and his friends had built was brought out for the confetti, and I was rather pleased to avoid being run over in the process. I was there for the shot, though — and thankfully, I got it.
It was one of those wonderfully bonkers wedding moments that you couldn’t really plan in a traditional sense, but which tells you so much about the people getting married.
For me, that’s what makes a wedding memorable. It’s not necessarily the grandest venue or the most elaborate production. It’s the people, the personalities and those unexpected moments that could only happen at their wedding.
Georgia and Jake certainly gave me plenty of those.
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