Somerford Hall Wedding Photographer & Videographer

A white Georgian house in Staffordshire

Somerford Hall is at Brewood, near Stafford in Staffordshire. In our photographs and film from there it is a white, three-storey house with a pedimented front and low wings, standing on a wide lawn among mature trees.

We photographed and filmed Bethany and Mark's wedding here on 3 July 2021. This page follows the day through our photographs, and the highlight film plays further down the page. Our Staffordshire guide shows the county beside other venues, and here we stay with this one house. We could not load the venue's own website when we wrote this page, so what we say about the house comes from looking at our photographs and film, and we have left out capacities, bedrooms and timings.

For current venue details, explore Somerford Hall. The venue's website did not load when we wrote this page, so please ask the venue directly for its current details and prices.

01 / The setting / As seen in our photographs and film

Tall windows, a lawn and a garden pavilion

Our photographs and film show a house of tall sash windows and white walls. Inside, the rooms are pale and bright, with ornate mirrors, long curtains and views out to the trees. Outside there is a wide lawn, a garden pavilion with rows of white chairs set out for a ceremony, woodland to walk through and a white marquee on the grass.

In this photograph the couple kiss inside a white garden pavilion with lattice sides and a pair of potted spiral trees, with a large tree behind it and white chairs at the edge of the frame.

02 / July 2021 / Bethany and Mark

Bethany and Mark: grey skies, white flowers and a marquee at dusk

Bethany and Mark were married at Somerford Hall on 3 July 2021. The photograph at the top of this page shows them walking hand in hand through a shower of petals in front of the white house, both smiling, Bethany holding a bouquet of white roses and Mark in a blue tweed suit with a white rose buttonhole, with guests on either side. The day is told here in photographs, and the highlight film plays further down the page.

Before the ceremony, in a pale room with framed prints and a white panelled door, Bethany stands in her lace gown facing a man in a blue tweed suit who smiles at her with his hand held out.

The ceremony is in a bright room with tall windows, ornate mirrors and white flowers hanging from above. Mark looks down as the two of them hold hands to exchange rings, with their guests seated behind them, some wearing face masks.

On the wooden floor, among scattered white petals, a large black and tan dog stands beside a smaller fawn dog lying down, both beside the feet of seated guests. Then Bethany and Mark sit at a white-clothed table to sign the register, both smiling, with white hydrangeas and glass candle holders beside them.

Outside the arched front door of the house, on the gravel, they kiss in the sun with Bethany's bouquet of white roses between them.

Later, under a grey sky, Mark leads Bethany by the hand across the wide lawn, her long train following her, with the white front of the hall, its chimneys and its low wings behind them and tall trees on both sides.

As the light fades, guests line up on both sides holding sparklers. Bethany and Mark kiss between them, with a white marquee and the pale house behind.

Planning your photographs at Somerford Hall

A few things worth asking the venue, and how we would plan around the answers:

1. Timing: Ask the venue for its ceremony times, the order of the day and when the end of the evening is, in writing. Tell us your timings once you have agreed them and we will plan the portraits around them.
2. Season and light: Our wedding here was in early July under a soft, cloudy sky, and our photographs and film show sparklers in the garden as the light fades. The film also shows fireworks. Ask the venue about evening plans if you want something similar.
3. Rain: Agree an indoor or sheltered option with the venue when you confirm the order of the day. Our photographs and film show a garden pavilion, tall-windowed rooms indoors and a marquee on the lawn, so ask which of them the venue would use for your date. On the day we settle it together with you and the venue.
4. Group photographs: We do as many as you like and typically recommend around 15, which usually take about 20 minutes. Ask a groomsman or bridesmaid who knows everyone to round people up.
5. Getting ready: If you and your partner are in different places, we move between you together, splitting our time as a team. Groom preparation typically takes about 15 minutes.

One team for the photographs and the film

Cam and Beth have photographed and filmed over 400 weddings together, so a Georgian house, a wide lawn and a marquee in the garden is familiar territory. You get one conversation about the timetable, one set of questions for the venue and one plan for the portrait walk.

The photo and video team package carries a £120 deposit and a £400 saving over booking photography and videography separately. We are based near Cardiff, and travel across England and Wales is included in standard full-day packages. When the drive is over two hours we always stay in a hotel the night before and cover it.

Questions about a Somerford Hall wedding