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Laura and Skye - A colour photo of newly wed brides looking up at a fig free. One bride has short hair and is wearing a green suit, the other bride has red hair and glasses and is wearing a blue-green dress.

Skye & Laura

Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight

A Very Botanical Wedding

Laura and Skye are women who love nature. Laura is a plant obsessive who spends most of her time outside of work creating a beautiful urban garden at their home in South London – tomatoes are her speciality, apparently! Skye is a self-confessed tree hugger who understands the power of being up close with the greener parts of our planet. It is no surprise, then, that they chose Ventnor Botanic Garden as the venue for their wedding day.

And so it was that, on a beautiful autumnal day, Laura and Skye were joined in matrimony, surrounded by a verdant canopy provided by some of the garden’s most magnificent trees. As well as their legal ceremony, Laura and Skye had a friend perform a handfasting, a pagan tradition once again underlining their connection to nature.

More Plants, Please

After their ceremony, Laura, Skye, and I went for a walk amongst the lush foliage of the garden in order to capture portraits of them in all of their newly-wed bliss. The couple had told us that they would prefer not to be posed at all, and so as we moved around the garden, I simply captured them together, occasionally making a gentle suggestion about a place that might be lovely to stand for a moment. They were so smitten and involved with each other and the flora surrounding them that capturing these intimate moments was easy and an immense pleasure.

It was such a beautiful wedding, and we are incredibly grateful to have been chosen to capture it.

Laura and Skye - Laura and Skye - Bride in a green suit being walked down the aisle by her mother. They look emotional.
Laura and Skye - Brides mother walks away still holding hands with her daughter. Wedding guests look on.
Laura and Skye - Black and white photo of another bride being walked down the aisle by her father who is wearing military dress and has a fantastic mustache. Wedding guests look on.
Laura and Skye - Bride hands her bouquet to her sister to hold at the beginning of her wedding ceremony.
Laura and Skye - Black and white photo of town brides at the beginning of their wedding ceremony interacting with the guests.
Laura and Skye - One bride laughs with her mother in law during a wedding ceremony.
Laura and Skye - Bride hugs her mother during her LGBTQ+ wedding ceremony.
Laura and Skye - Two brides reading the vows to each other and laughing during a same sex wedding ceremony.
Laura and Skye - Two brides share their first kiss as wives during their wedding ceremony.
Laura and Skye - Two brides walk down the aisle together having just been married. LGBTQ+ same sex wedding.
Laura and Skye - A black and white photo of two brides having confetti thrown over them.
Laura and Skye - Lots of hugs happening during a wedding drinks reception.
Laura and Skye - One bride watching her wife down her drink and laughing.
Laura and Skye - Black and white group photo with two brides kissing in the centre and family around them inside a little hut. LBGTQ+ same sex wedding.
Laura and Skye - Couple photo of two bides in a garden. Agapanthus in the fore-ground. One bride looks at the camera while the other looks at her. Lush, green plants all around.
Laura and Skye - Newly wed wives standing together in a garden. One bride looks into the distance whilst the other looks at her. Black and white.
Laura and Skye - Newly wed wives laughing together holding their bouquets in a lush, green garden.
Laura and Skye - Black and white photo of newly wed wives about to kiss in a garden. LBGTQ+ same sex wedding.
Laura and Skye - Two brides looking up at a fig tree.
Laura and Skye - Newly wed brides walk hand in hand through an olive grove filled with warm dappled light. They are walking away from the camera.
Laura and Skye - Black and white photo of a bride cheering with her bouquet in the air, looking at her wife. In the background their young nephew is being pushed on a swing by his dad.
Laura and Skye - Two brides walking hand in hand down a path with a bundle of pink out of focus flowers in the left hand side.
Laura and Skye - Two brides sharing a romantic moment in the last rays of golden hour light.
Laura and Skye - Black and white photos of two brides listening to a speech during their wedding breakfast.
Laura and Skye - Newly wed brides kiss during their first dance.
Laura and Skye - Little boy dances surrounded by women who are dancing with him.
Laura and Skye - A group of women including newly wed brides dancing.
Laura and Skye - A bride and her friend singing Karaoke during a wedding reception.
Laura and Skye - Little boy being helped to sing karaoke during a wedding reception.
Laura and Skye - Bride dancing and singing with her in-laws during her wedding reception.

Amazing Vendors

Skye chose her wedding dress from M&S in Croydon and her shoes from Vinted. Laura chose her suit from King and Allen Taylors. She wore Converse on her feet.

Laura had her hair and make-up done by Lynsey-Marie. Skye’s was done by Alex from Do… The brides’ chose bouquets and other wedding flowers from Sarah Matthews.  Their wedding cake was from Couture Cake Designs. Their wedding day was co-ordinated by Lera from Ventnor Botanic Garden. The brides purchased Wedding Cake Tea from Bird and Blend as thank you gifts.

Tall, multi-tiered naked wedding cake with flowers and berries on a wooden table.
Close-up of a floral arrangement with white peony, carnations, and greenery.
Printed BBQ menu card on a wooden slice base.

The Quiet, The Wild and the Real

Your day can feel as emotional and alive in photographs as it did in the moment.  See some of our real weddings below to get a feel for our photography and editing style.   If you are interested in seeing a full client gallery, please feel free to email us at hello@boyntonandjones.com.

Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight
“Lucy and Chris are the best photographers anyone could ask for. They made us feel totally at ease and produced the most amazing photos!”
Kingston Manor
“If I could give Lucy & Chris more 10 stars I absolutely would! Thank you both as because of you, we have our big day frozen in time for a lifetime of memories. We are so grateful.”
Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight
“Thank you so much Lucy and Chris for our amazing photos and for capturing exactly what we wanted!”
Bourne Hall Hotel, Isle of Wight
“Chris is the wedding photographer that is everywhere but nowhere! He captured everyone but was so discrete and captured the ambiance and joy of the day so well. “

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