Tiffany & Daniel - A traditional love story at Bickerstaffe church

A perfect love story............

Tiffany and Daniel met at sixth form college after initially going to separate high schools. It must have been fate for Daniel to choose the same college as Tiff and fifteen years after that initial day when Tiff caught Daniel's eye, they went away to Manchester for the night. Daniel's plan was to propose to Tiff at the picturesque Dunham Massey but he quickly changed his mind when he saw the amount of people who had arrived for pumpkin picking. It would have to be plan B which meant on to Manchester City centre to propose in Chinatown under the colourful and ornate Chinese arch.

Fast forward nine months ..............

It's wedding day for Tiffany and Daniel and we caught up with the bridal party at a gorgeous hotel where Tiffany and her beautiful bridesmaids, Rachel, Joanne, Katie and Kim were getting ready for the emotional day ahead and the girls were being pampered by the lovely Sadie Day (@sadiemakeup). Everyone was having a great morning and you could tell that it was going to be a great day.

The Dress..........

The wedding dress is hands down the most important item on every bride to be's shopping list. Tiffany went dress viewing at the very popular WED2BE with her mum, Val, her mother in law and sister in law to be, Linda and Kim along with Tiffany's auntie and niece.

Tiffany tried on four equally beautiful dresses but there was one which really stood out.

Tiffany said "I really loved my dress because it was comfortable; a couple that I tried on were very heavy and hard to walk in. Mine felt light and fitted well. I also loved the lace detail and it was an immediate hit with my family. It was such a lovely experience choosing the dress with some of my nearest and dearest".

Rachel, Kim, Katie and Joanne.....

were eagerly waiting for Tiffany to arrive downstairs to head off to Bickerstaffe church in the old English white, 1930's wedding car. We knew that when the bridesmaids saw Tiffany for the first time, it would be emotional and tears would be flowing! We weren't disappointed and we captured the moments perfectly. The bridesmaids wore beautiful lilac dresses with vibrant flowers expertly arranged by Daniels auntie, Ann. Heather flowers are very special to Tiffany and Ann made sure they were at the heart of the stunning arrangements. Tiffany also had two junior bridesmaids; her two older nieces Maddie and Alex and four flower girls; Esmee, Tillie, Emma and Anna who all wore stunning white dresses.

The ceremony...........

Daniel and his groomsmen were at Bickerstaffe church, eagerly awaiting Tiffany's arrival. This church means a lot to Tiffany and Daniel with it being their family church that they attend regularly. The church was enhanced by further floral arrangements with the well loved heather flower being present throughout.

Tiffany was accompanied down the aisle by her lovely mum, Val and Daniel couldn't keep his eyes off Tiffany. This moment and photo is hands down my favourite of the day!

Readings.......

The ceremony was made personal to Daniel and and Tiffany by readings being read by Daniel's cousin Isabella and Tiffany's mum, Val.

"I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage....."

The ceremony was beautiful and it wasn't long before the exchange of rings.

The very first kiss......

There is one aspect of a wedding day that as wedding photographers, we just cannot miss. This is another special moment that we are very lucky to witness up close. The emotion shown by family and friends (especially Joanne!) shows how happy they were for Tiffany and Daniel.

Family and friends.....

After the ceremony, family and friends came together to congratulate the newlyweds. It was so lovely to see how much the happy couple meant to everyone.

Special moments......

It's great to get your wedding album back to see all the images of the day but the un-posed moments are the ones that you'll look back on with fond memories. These are the moments that you can never get back.

Confetti.........

No wedding is complete without confetti and even though it started to rain lightly, it didn't dampen the atmosphere in any way and we just carried on regardless.

Let's start the party!.........

It was time for Tiffany and Daniel to drive off into the sunset together or travel two miles down the road to their gorgeously decorated wedding marquee at Rainford junction. All their family and friends were happy that they chose the latter.

Within a few minutes, the newlyweds had a drink in hand, ready to start the celebrations.

Wedding marquee....

Tiffany and Daniel arrived at the bright and airy wedding marquee which had been dressed and detailed by Ann, along with a gorgeous lilac balloon arch, produced by the talented Bethan. The table centre pieces were arranged using heather flowers which complemented the venue perfectly.

Speeches....

After the wedding breakfast, it was onto the dreaded (by Daniel!) wedding speeches. The speeches were relatively tame though and some of the groomsmen later commented that Daniel had got off lightly! Phew!

Cutting of the cake...

This wedding cake has got to be one of the most stunning cakes that we have ever seen. The detail was amazing. We later found out that Daniel's cousin Ellie had created the exceptional three tier masterpiece.

First dance....

Everyone was in high spirits and straight after Tiffany and Daniel's first dance to Etta James' 'At Last', almost everyone was up on the dance floor. It stayed like this for most of the night which gave us the opportunity to get some amazing dance floor images!

Portraits......

Throughout the day, we nipped off for a couple of ten minute portrait sessions which allowed us to get some stunning shots of the newlyweds and their bridal party in the surrounding fields. All the images were beautiful and I've had a really hard time trying to decide which ones to use in the blog............