Devonshire Dome Wedding

devonshire dome wedding photographer

Wedding Photography at The Devonshire Dome in Buxton, Derbyshire

Cassie & Steve’s Devonshire Dome Wedding was my first time as a photographer in Buxton, Derbyshire. If you’ve never heard or visited Buxton, you definitely should. On a gorgeous summer morning like this one, the drive through the Peak District to get there was breathtaking. A great way to start my time as a Devonshire Dome wedding photographer!

Me and Steve went to school together, so when they started wedding planning, he asked if I was free for a beer, and the rest is history. They were both keen to have mostly natural and unposed photos throughout their wedding day. Leaving them free to enjoy the fantastic venue and chatting with their friends and family.

old hall hotel buxton wedding venuebridal prep in the hotel roombridal prep table messmum puts flower girls shoes onunhappy looking flower girlbride having her make up done in the hotel windowpair of little flower girlsmum taking photos of flower girlslittle flower girl with her grandmabride smiling at her make up artistbride having her dress fastenedlast minute dress adjustmentsbride's friend sees her in her dress for the first timebride walking to the wedding venue in buxtondevonshire dome in buxtondevonshire dome wedding venue entranceusher directing people to their seatsgroom waiting patiently with best mangroom waiting in the devonshire dome wedding venuelast minute words of wisdom from father of the groomproud mother of the groomimpressive interior of the devonshire domepensive groom waiting for the bridethree cute flower girls walking down the aislebride walks down the aisle with proud fatherhappy bride and groom getting marrieddevonshire dome exchange of ringslooking into each other's eyes during wedding ceremonyjust married at the devonshire domekeen wedding guest photographersmarried and walking down the aisleballoon man makes heart balloon for little girlguests chatting at the barhappy guest taking photoselderly gentleman having a quiet chatlittle girls playinggiant diy seating planadmiring the impressive ceiling of the domedevonshire dome wedding venuebride laughing during her father's speechthe groom's toastbored little girl during speechesgroom's speech to a large crowdemotional father during the groom's speechwomen having a whisper during the speechesbest man's speechgreat expressions as they cut the cakepeople queuing up for the sweet cartgrabbing sweets from the cartpleading for more sweetskids dressed as policeman dragged off by mumadjusting the dresskids dance off on the dance floorfriends chattingfirst dance in the dome to a live bandfirst dance crashersmiling during first danceelderly gentleman raiding the sweet cartgroup selfie by the sweet cartlaughing at a jokekids entertaining themselves

What Next?

If you’re looking for your Devonshire Dome wedding photographer, click below to check your date and to tell me a little more about the two of you and what you have planned.

CHECK AVAILABILITY

Bridal Prep at Old Hall Hotel

I started the day with Cassie at the Old Hall Hotel, just a few minutes walk from the Dome. It’s a lovely old hotel, and Cassie’s room even had a view of the famous Buxton spring, where people come and fill their water bottles with the town’s most famous export. Cassie was accompanied by two of her cute little flower girls. Everyone who came to see Cassie was distracted by this pair just sat innocently on the sofa. Bless.

The weather was perfect, so we all walked over to the Dome, where I caught up with Steve as he was greeting guests. He seemed calm enough, but a few minutes later, he looked to be receiving some comforting words from his dad. So maybe there were a few nerves after all.

Cassie didn’t leave Steve waiting too long for her arrival, and after her three flower girls had made their way to the front, her and her dad walked down the aisle. It was a great ceremony, with plenty of smiles and laughter. Exactly how it should be.

One Room Wedding Venue

The unusual thing about the Devonshire Dome as a wedding venue is that every part of the day happens in the same space. It’s that big, there’s no need to move furniture around or anything. Each part of the day has it’s own space. So after the ceremony, the guests made their way over to the bar area for drinks and canapés, whilst the kids were entertained with some quality balloon animals! Oh, and another unusual thing about the Dome is the weird acoustics due to the shape. Often you’ll hear footsteps behind you only to turn around and find nobody there, or overhear a private conversation as if you were part of it! Weird indeed.

For their first dance, they’d chosen a live band to provide the music (and yes, they struggled a little with the acoustics!), and after a few verses, they were joined by a few of their family and friends before the party really got started.