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Bowcombe Lodge wedding venue lighting ideas

February 1st, 2014

Bowcombe Lodge is nestled amongst spectacular scenery on the Isle of Wight. Sitting on the Bowcombe estate, it is a multi-award winning wedding venue which has been finished to the highest of contemporary-chic standards – a real hidden gem! The exclusive wedding venue boasts it’s own staff and chef guaranteeing complete escapism as well as stunning […]
 

Bowcombe Lodge is nestled amongst spectacular scenery on the Isle of Wight. Sitting on the Bowcombe estate, it is a multi-award winning wedding venue which has been finished to the highest of contemporary-chic standards – a real hidden gem!

The exclusive wedding venue boasts it’s own staff and chef guaranteeing complete escapism as well as stunning panoramic views of the surrounding countryside for you and your guests. Due to the exclusivity of Bowcombe Lodge I was incredibly excited when Katie from Wight Wedding Days got in touch asking if I would like to be involved in a photoshoot there.

The aim of the shoot was to show how you could use light creatively to decorate your wedding venue creating ambience and atmosphere. To create this wonderful inspiration Katie bought together some of the Islands top wedding suppliers including Jo Lofthouse (Make-up artist), Inspired Island Events (Venue Decoration), Flowers for You (licensed Vera Wang florist), StageGear Rentals (lighting), Maranelli Designs (Wedding Stationary), Forget Me Not Designs (Wedding dress) and Donna Jones who kindly modelled with her husband!

Without further ado, here are a few of my favourite shots from our evening.

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Bowcombe Lodge wedding venue Isle of Wight

Bowcombe Lodge table decorations

Bowcombe Lodge wedding table decorations

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Bowcombe Lodge wedding bride and groom

Bowcombe lodge IOW creative wedding photo

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Bowcombe Lodge candlelit wedding decorations

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Bowcombe Lodge bride in mirror Isle of Wight

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Trash the dress wedding cake food fight

August 29th, 2013

You’ve seen trash the dress, how about trash the cake (or a cake smash)? That’s right – WEDDING CAKE FOOD FIGHT! After the amazing reaction we had to our trash the dress photoshoot (where the bride ended up in the sea wearing her stunning wedding dress) we were inundated with emails from Isle of Wight […]
 

You’ve seen trash the dress, how about trash the cake (or a cake smash)? That’s right – WEDDING CAKE FOOD FIGHT!

After the amazing reaction we had to our trash the dress photoshoot (where the bride ended up in the sea wearing her stunning wedding dress) we were inundated with emails from Isle of Wight couples who were dying to rock their frocks giving their dress a proper send off by doing something a little crazy. I’ve wanted to do something involving wedding cakes for a long time as being totally honest, they just look too yummy and pristine to be left sitting all day.

After an inspiring chat with the wonderful Jade Thornton of Petticoats and Frills Cakes the hunt was on to see which of the newlyweds who got in touch would be up for getting a little messy on our next shoot. Up stepped Carrie and Phil who wanted to celebrate their first anniversary in style by doing a trash the dress photoshoot!

Jade spends her time carefully crafting the most beautiful wedding cakes, but sometimes she likes to do things a little differently. For this photoshoot she made a cake which was elegant in design – a simple white wedding cake that would suit any kind of wedding – but inside each tier was made of the most brightly coloured cake you’ve ever seen! I think the proper name is colour pop but whatever it was – Amazing.

We were once again joined by the wonderfully talented duo Donna Jones (hair) and Jo Lofthouse (makeup) who upon Carrie’s suggestion transformed her with a vintage look influenced by our location for the shoot – an abandoned holiday camp on the Island. The contrast between the dirty, smashed up, derelict building and the beautifully clean and pristine couple (and cake) really drew to me to this setting and it worked perfectly as a location for our wedding cake food fight!

Anyway, enough rambling from me. Love it or hate it, here is our latest trash the dress cake smash photoshoot (beginning with a cherish the dress session).

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P.S. If you’re interested in doing a trash or cherish the dress of your own then please do get in touch!

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Cherish the dress Chris Cowley

Derelict building wedding photo kiss

Derelict building wedding photo

Abandoned holiday camp Isle of Wight wedding photography

Alternative wedding photography Isle of Wight Chris Cowley

Bridal wallpaper abandoned building Isle of Wight

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Bride and groom eating cake in abandoned building

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Wedding cake food fight

Food fight with wedding cake

Trash the wedding cake smash colour pop

Couple throwing wedding cake

Bride smashes wedding cake in to grooms face

Bride pushes grooms face in to wedding cake

Trash the cake smash Isle of Wight Chris Cowley

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The Sun newspaper trash the wedding dress feature

August 14th, 2013

Just a quick blog from me amongst the madness that is summer. I’m delighted to say that The Sun newspaper published a feature on the ‘trash the dress’ craze today and they asked to be put in touch with Isle of Wight bride Danielle who I was lucky enough to work with recently. You can […]
 

Just a quick blog from me amongst the madness that is summer. I’m delighted to say that The Sun newspaper published a feature on the ‘trash the dress’ craze today and they asked to be put in touch with Isle of Wight bride Danielle who I was lucky enough to work with recently. You can check out the article below but just a quick shout out to the bride (Danielle), her awesome husband Grant, Jo Lofthouse (makeup artist), Donna Jones (hair stylist) and Jo the journalist.

Big love! More blogs soon, promise.

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The Sun newspaper Isle of Wight trash the dress

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