Bride and groom dancing with guests at their Essex wedding in a tipi on a farm.

Victoria & George’s Essex Tipi Wedding

I was a middle of a field, shooting a festival, when the message arrived from Victoria letting me know she was going to marry George.

How pleased I was to hear that news! Tor is one of the happiest wedding guests I have met over the years so I knew her day was going to be full of smiles and a lot of dancing!
Victoria married George at the St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead on a sunny day in early May, it was a full house of many familiar faces.

Then we headed off to the farm, there was quite the set up a tipi for the bar and dancing and a marquee for the wedding breakfast. There was so much attention to detail and it all paid off, it was a beautiful and fun filled celebration, just like the future George and Victoria have ahead of them

  • A hairdresser holds up a mirror so a bride can see the back of her hair in the mirror. She's smiling.
  • Bridal preparation at home in Essex.
  • A woman putting on her wedding dress is lifting up the skirt with white gloves on. She laughs looking at the camera as her mum is under the dress making adjustments.
  • A man holding a baby.
  • The bridesmaids are in long green dresses sat on sofas in a conservatory, the light is streaming in and casting shadows.
  • Mother of the bride is wearing a pale dress and white gloves. She's helping her daughter walk down the stairs in a wedding dress.
  • Mother of the bride in the middle of the photo at home before the wedding.
  • Grandad with a baby.
  • Green 1951 Bentley in the drive.
  • The bride dressed and ready for the wedding.
  • Bride with her family at home before the wedding.
  • Bride with her family at home before the wedding.
  • People arriving at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead
  • Groomsman smiling at camera.
  • Wedding guests outside St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead
  • Guests arriving at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead. It's a sunny day in May.
  • A small girl in pigtails is stood in the sunlight outside St. Mary Magdalene Church in Essex.
  • A wedding at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Essex.
  • The bride is laughing at her bridesmaid who is holding her dress up outside the St. Mary Magdalene Church in Essex.
  • A woman in a white dress and veil, holding a bouquet of pink and orange flowers. She looks at her dad before the wedding ceremony. Her bridesmaid are behind her in dark green dresses. It is May and sunny.
  • Bride looks at the groom during their wedding ceremony in St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead.
  • A wedding ceremony in St. Mary Magdalene Church Great Burstead. The groom puts the ring on the bride's finger. Some women are singing hymns.
  • A wedding ceremony in St. Mary Magdalene Church Great Burstead.
  • A wedding ceremony in St. Mary Magdalene Church Great Burstead.
  • Family leaving the church after wedding.
  • Wedding guests outside St. Mary Magdalene Church in Essex. Man in sunglasses.
  • A small boy stands among adult guests laughing.
  • Man holding confetti.
  • The mother of the bride in a dress, with a coat and hat, is standing among the wedding guests under the trees.
  • People throwing confetti and the bride and groom after their wedding in the St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead. It's a sunny day in May.
  • People throwing confetti and the bride and groom after their wedding in the St. Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead. It's a sunny day in May.
  • A photograph of a newly married couple kissing. The St. Mary Magdalene Church is in the background and the wedding guests are around them.
  • A woman with dark hair in a wedding dress has confetti in her hair and is laughing.
  • Bride and groom in a 1951 Bentley outside the church in Great Burstead.
  • 1951 Bentley driving down the road in Great Burstead.
  • A man in a top hat on a sunny day. Wedding guests in the background.
  • Wedding guests at the church in Great Burstead.
  • St Mary Magdalene Church, Great Burstead, Essex.
  • Ellie of Get Ahead Hats in Essex at a wedding
  • Black and white reportage wedding photographs. People sitting on benches.
  • Black and white reportage wedding photographs in the garden. Flower girls, groomsmen and bridesmaids walk along the grass.
  • Bride with her grown up bridesmaids.
  • Flower girls in an Essex garden.
  • Guests in hats enjoying sunshine in the garden.
  • Guests in hats enjoying sunshine in the garden.
  • Guests in hats enjoying sunshine in the garden.
  • Two women in hats at a wedding.
  • Bride and groom posing in the family garden under a tree.
  • Bride laughing with her groom. They are under a tree with green leaves. They are in the garden of the family home in Essex.
  • Bride and groom walks across the lawn of an Essex garden.
  • Wedding details in a marquee at home in Essex. A white cake with 4 tiers. A room full of round tables with dark wooden chairs.
  • People mingling at a wedding in May sunshine.
  • People gather around tables for dinner.
  • A marquee wedding with round tables.
  • Newly married couple enter for the wedding breakfast.
  • Newly married couple enter for the wedding breakfast.
  • Flower girl picnic at a wedding.
  • Pictures during the wedding breakfast at a wedding in Essex. Mother of the bride.
  • Pictures during the wedding breakfast at a wedding in Essex. Bride is laughing.
  • Young bridesmaids in white dresses are jumping around on hay bales outside at a wedding.
  • Parents laughing at a wedding speech.
  • Girls in white dresses are playing.
  • View of a wedding tipi in the spring, the sky is blue.
  • Two people laughing at the camera, sat at a table for a wedding.
  • uring dessert wedding guests mingle.
  • A man pulling a silly face at a dinner table.
  • Outside a man holding a baby orders ice cream from a camper van.
  • People at wedding breakfast in a marquee.
  • Man clapping and sat in a chair.
  • A groom's speech.
  • Two older men sat at chairs during a wedding speech.
  • A bride is laughing at speech.
  • Bride, groom and bridesmaid laughing sat at wedding breakfast table.
  • Three women standing in a marquee.
  • Man greets a friend holding red wine.
  • As a bride walks by a wedding marquee in an Essex garden the sun is setting.
  • A candid moment from an Essex wedding. The bride and groom or stood facing each other while wedding guests walk past. A woman is pushing a buggy in the foreground. The sun is setting.
  • A bride and groom in a black and white photo as the sun sets.
  • Two women, two friends, are holding hands and laughing together. Outside at a wedding.
  • Bride and groom are dancing together in the middle of a packed dance floor.
  • Bride and groom are dancing together in the middle of a packed dance floor.
  • Couple kiss at a wedding reception, people around them dancing in a marquee.
  • Bridesmaids dancing.
  • Scene from an Essex farm wedding: A joyful woman dances with a wine glass on the bustling marquee dance floor. A reportage style photographer stays late to capture the vibrant wedding reception
  • A couple kiss on a busy dance floor in a marquee.
  • A bride dancing.
  • A woman singing at dancing at wedding reception.
  • A man dancing with a woman in a wedding dress. She is twirling around and laughing.
  • A bride holding her dress up and looking at the camera while dancing.
  • People at a wedding dancing in a tipi. Lots of coloured lights. A man is gesturing.
  • People at a wedding dancing in a tipi. Lots of lights. The floor is black and white.
  • A bride dancing and a light shines behind her.
  • A woman in a wedding dress looks a little panicked as they call over dancing.
  • Bride and groom dancing in a tipi.
  • A man and woman dancing in golden lights. A documentary style wedding photograph.
  • People at a wedding dancing in a tipi. Lots of lights. The floor is black and white.
  • A woman singing as she dances in a peach dress.
  • A man looking at a woman with long hair as they dance.
  • On a black and white wedding dance floor a man leans back holding a bridesmaid's hands.
  • Man holding jacket over shoulder holds out hand while dancing with lots of people at a wedding.
  • A woman carries a man on her shoulders on a busy dance floor.
  • A man holds a bottle of wine for the bride to drink from. Lots of dancing at a wedding reception and multicoloured lights!