Alternative Wedding | Lisa Devlin Photography

Preston Court Outdoor Festival Wedding | Holly + Simon

by Lisa Devlin | Dec 5, 2019 | Alternative Wedding, Featured Weddings, Festival Wedding, Weddings

When the lovely Holly and Simon first got in touch about their ‘festival/boho-y type wedding’ at Preston Court in Kent, I might have let out a small yelp in the office. I’d been wanting to shoot a wedding there forever. It’s such an insanely beautiful and fun wedding venue and one of the few in the UK that is currently licensed for an outdoor ceremony. I have to say it did not disappoint one little bit.

The grounds and the barns are super pretty, as is the tiny island that you get married on after you’ve crossed over a precious little bridge. But what’s really wow factor about Preston Court are the antique organs inside one of the barns. They are incredible backdrops for photos and then there’s a working Victorian Carousel that Holly and Simon led the way to after dinner so all guests could spin around on it. Someone please invite me back!

We move towards THE STARS, And all we touch becomes ours. Let’s keep warm until it’s day …

London Warehouse Wedding | Tien + Kenzo

by Lisa Devlin | Nov 8, 2019 | Alternative Wedding, Featured Weddings, London Wedding, Weddings

When Tien and Kenzo first got in touch about booking in the photography for their London Warehouse Wedding at Dilston Grove in London, here is what they said. ‘We love your style of photography. A really good mix of awesome highly editorial group shots coupled with some really great reportage style ones. In my head, I would like to shoot all the couple and group shots before all our guests arrive so we can spend as much time having fun with them as possible. We want our wedding to be a helluva party.’

Well that sounded perfect to me. So I went to where Tien was getting ready with her bridesmaids and my second shooter, Sam met up with Kenzo and his groomsmen. We all came together at the amazing Dilston Grove and started with group shots and their portraits. This did make everything after that point very relaxed and they could spend all their time with their guests. It also did make me wonder why more weddings don’t run this way?! ( Big thanks to Laura at Devine Bride – their wedding co-ordinator)

It’s the way that you know what I thought I knew, It’s the beat my HEART SKIPS when I’m with you …

Artist Residence London Wedding | Lucy + Jacob

by Lisa Devlin | Nov 6, 2019 | Alternative Wedding, Featured Weddings, London Wedding, Weddings

When you work for a supercool chain of hotels, trying to find the perfect venue for your wedding might be quite difficult. You might have pretty high standards, but luckily for Lucy, her bosses at the Artist Residence suggested that she held her wedding reception at their London Hotel. In fact they gave over the entire place to Lucy and Jacob for the day.

So when it came to doing portraits, not only did we have the surrounding streets of Pimlico to play in, we also had ALL of the hotel bedrooms. The decor and the light in all of them was so great but my favourite shot has to be with the blue shark print. You should have seen us all squashed into a bathroom to take it. Totally worth it though!

On the wrong side of the road, ‘tween the leaves and the VELVET SNOW, I got lost in your eyes …

Usk Castle Wedding | Charlotte + Will

by Lisa Devlin | Oct 29, 2019 | Alternative Wedding, Outdoor Weddings, Weddings

I travelled not too far into Wales to the beautiful Usk Castle where Charlotte and Will hosted their summer wedding. Charlotte’s family live nearby in the village and she got ready at their home. Will is from slightly further afield, the US and his friends loved spending the day in a real life castle. Their outdoor ceremony was perfectly personal with friends supporting them and the huppah as their celebrant conducted a hand fasting and they read out their own vows.

Charlotte is very much a vintage queen and happened upon her antique wedding dress at a car boot sale of all places. Costing a mere £50, you’d think she would have just snapped it up but true to her own unique style, she bartered them down to just £30. It was even a perfect fit and looked sensational on the wedding day. Now, if I could give an award to the best page boys ever at a wedding, it would have to be to these gorgeous brothers.

Dance with me, I want my ARM ABOUT YOU. The charm about you will carry me through to Heaven …

Lauderdale House London Wedding | Grace + Deri

by Lisa Devlin | Oct 25, 2019 | Alternative Wedding, Featured Weddings, London Wedding, Weddings

Sometimes I get booked for just a few hours to cover a wedding. I quite like the short and sweet approach, (like Grace’s short and sweet wedding dress). Not everyone wants all day, beginning to end photos and as I charge by the hour, the time I spend shooting a wedding is entirely up to you. You might be wondering, what does short coverage look like? You can still end up with a fair few images, think about it, the middle part of any wedding is the busiest!

Grace and Deri wanted me to start at their wedding ceremony which was held at Lauderdale House in Highgate, North London. They had it for a couple of hours so we popped over to the park for a stroll about and some photos in the flower beds. I also joined them at The Peasant pub for the wedding reception and left as they all sat for dinner but not without taking a portrait of them inside the pub. Its interiors are pretty damn cool.

I can’t seem to drown you out long enough, I fell victim to the SOUND OF YOUR LOVE. You’re like a song that I ain’t ready to stop, I got nothing but you on my mind …

ale hose, peasant pub wedding

lauderdale house, peasant pub wedding

ale hose, peasant pub wedding

lauderdale house, peasant pub wedding

lauderdale house wedding, peasant pub wedding

ale hose, peasant pub wedding

The Battersea Club, London Wedding | Jen + Pip

by Lisa Devlin | Jun 2, 2019 | Alternative Wedding, Featured Weddings, London Wedding, Weddings

The Battersea Club is a very rare thing… a private members club in London that hasn’t been redecorated since the 1970s. The very lovely Jen and Pip took it over for their summer wedding and set about transforming it into the ultimate party venue. They confessed that they ended up spending more money on glitter curtains that the venue hire fee. That’s my kind of wedding for sure.

It was pitch and camp, disco and Mexico all mashed up together with a ton of cute DIY details. But also we need to talk about their outfits, how adorable did they and their baby daughter look? Jen’s gorgeous frock was from Temperley London in case you are wondering. This wedding was such a huge amount of fun to be a part of and to shoot, I mean look at all this colour!