Ettington Park Hotel Wedding – Becky & Dean
A traditional wedding day – then an evening of Ibiza magic at Ettington Park Hotel
Ettington Park Hotel Wedding – Becky & Dean. I’ve got so much love for this couple. They moved their date from 2020 due to the pandemic and I remember Dean phoned me up and as well of course arranging to move their wedding date, he made a point to talk to me about how I was getting on whilst my wedding photography business was on pause. I just want to use this opportunity to say a massive thank you Dean, that phone call in the deepest darkest part of the lockdown meant so much.
Ettington Park Hotel is a stunning venue. It has gone through a few evolutions in it’s few hundred year history however in it’s current form as a hotel it has so many original features and an open air church in the beautifully landscaped grounds. Becky & Dean had such a fun lively group of family and friends and working my way through their day with the instruction from Dean of; ‘other than our portraits and groups, you’re the pro, we’ll leave it up to you what you want to shoot’. I have to say I had such a great time photographing these amazing and crazy people from the beginning to the end of their day.
I need to make a special mention about the evening celebrations. Becky & Dean are massive Ibiza fans, as is it turns out most of the wedding party are as well. So rather than have the standard party type of wedding evening, they hired in DJ Markus Flaherty who has had residency in Ibiza, along with a percussionist and a session saxophone player who actually features in a lot of the Ibiza anthems being played. It was mental. Absolutely bonkers mental. Everyone was dancing all night, lots of love and hugs, such a positive vibe, reminded me of some of the house music clubs in London I used to go to when I was younger. Such good times.
Marcus ….you big beautiful bastard !!!
Yesterday was date night and we were at a cocktail bar when I spotted your email about the pics being ready to view so we decided to get a couple more of large drinks in and utilise the local WiFi to see what was what…
Thanks to you, Becky and I spent near on 90 percent of the night crying… tears of happiness, joy and laughter where streaming from 6 o’clock until way after our meal.
You have absolutely smashed it out of the park !! Going way beyond both of our expectations … on the day we where both so focused on certain things we obviously missed all the smaller significant parts…what you have done with that camera is unreal. We have already decided that we will be getting every single photo printed in a book , not one will be left out.
We can’t put into words just how grateful we are and will be throwing your name to any one who is thinking of getting married !!
Thank you so much
From Dean and Becky
Becky & Dean, thanks for these amazing words. It was a real pleasure to be your wedding photographer. Thank you for looking after me, providing food and drinks all day and for just being amazing. Congratulations and here is the story of your day below!
If you enjoyed looking at these photos and you are planning your own wedding at Ettington Park Hotel or anywhere else in the country, I would love to hear from you!
Marcus 07778 919589
Marcus Charter Wedding Photography
marcus@marcuscharterphotography.co.uk