Rudyard Sailing Club Wedding

bride and groom making an entrance down a staircase into their wedding breakfast

An Autumn Wedding at Rudyard Lake Sailing Club

Rudyard Lake Sailing Club is, as you’d imagine, set by the waters of Rudyard Lake (wouldn’t be much use if it wasn’t!) in the county of Staffordshire, and it played host to Georgie & Jamie’s wedding reception. Not your traditional wedding venue, but that makes it all the more interesting, right? After having a mega wedding celebration at their church, Swan Bank in Stoke-on-Trent, they retired to Rudyard Lake for food, drinks, and an ace party! Being their wedding photographer on this fun-filled, action-packed day, hardly felt like work at all. These two and their families are some of the friendliest and funniest people you’re likely to meet, and the whole day was pretty much wall-to-wall smiles!

  • bride's sister pops the top off a bottle of champagne with a smile on her face
  • bridesmaids looking at something on a phone
  • brides grandma sat down smiling wearing a white jacket and a rust coloured dress
  • bridesmaids in burnt orange dresses smiling at the bride
  • happy smiling groom with a blue suit and orange tie sat down with his best man
  • bride arriving in a white vw campervan
  • bride arriving at the church holding a rustic coloured bouquet with a white camper van behind her
  • groom sharing a laugh with his groomsmen as they sit down waiting for the bride to arrive
  • bride in a white dress smiling at her groom during the wedding ceremony
  • couple share their first kiss after getting married
  • big confetti group shot in front of swan bank church
  • groom hugging a guest
  • wedding couple portraits at rudyard lake
  • a smiling newly married couple stood in front of of rudyard lake with a number of small boats on the water
  • bride and groom making an entrance down a staircase into their wedding breakfast
  • wedding guests playing dobble at their table
  • bride pulling a funny shocked face as she holds a plate of roast dinner
  • smiling bride looking up at her dad as he gives his wedding speech
  • bridesmaid holding a microphone and smiling whilst giving a speech
  • lady in a pink patterned dress and hat smiling and pointing during wedding speeches
  • bride wiping her eye as her groom gives a speech
  • bride sticking her tongue out at her husband during portraits
  • relaxed woodland wedding portraits
  • guests taking a cheesy grin selfie at a wedding
  • a little boy and his dad playing the toss the bottle game
  • bride and groom pulling funny faces while cutting the wedding cake
  • first dance kiss at a rudyard sailing club wedding
  • wedding guests react to something funny on the dance floor
  • a man and a woman dancing and singing on the dance floor
  • wedding guests cheering and waving on the dance floor
  • a plate piled high with roast potatoes and gravy with a knife and fork stuck in them
  • toddler in a white dress smiling and clapping on the dance floor
  • groom and his cousin holding beers and hugging
  • man in a waistcoat dancing with his arms out wide
  • bride laughing with friends on the dance floor
  • bride and groom doing shots with their guests
  • woman at a wedding reception tipping her head back and laughing

Swan Bank Church Wedding

Swan Bank Church is Georgie and Jamie’s church, and one that they’re very active within and care deeply about. You could tell just by how invested everyone at the venue was in making this the best day for them. The people working at the venue weren’t just venue staff, they’re colleagues and dear friends. This all made for an extra special wedding ceremony, which was followed by everyone retiring to the church hall at the back of the venue for tea, coffee, and cake. LOTS of cake!

Staffordshire Documentary Wedding Photographer

Neither Georgie nor Jamie were fussed about having tons of posed portraits and hours of formal group photos, so that left me to do my thing and shoot their wedding day with a relaxed documentary approach. To me that means not stopping or interfering with any part of the day for the purpose of a photograph, but it also means that I’m not skirting around the edge of the wedding not talking to anyone. Like any other wedding day, I was in amongst their family and friends while I was working, which all helps to relax people while I’m taking photos. And that’s how you end up with the photos of your favourite people looking totally relaxed and being themselves.

Rudyard Lake Sailing Club Wedding

I’m always up for a slightly unusual wedding venue, or a venue I haven’t photographed at before, and Rudyard Sailing Club ticked both of these boxes. Though not your typical wedding venue, it has everything you’d want for a good wedding knees-up. A bar (of course), a dance floor, room for a bunch of people to sit down and have a meal, great views, and a cool, quirky vibe to help make your wedding day memorable.

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