Some weddings are simple in the best possible way. One venue, one ceremony, one language. And then there are weddings like Carolina and Anthony's — where the day spans two locations, two languages, and centrepieces that ended up in a magazine. Their August wedding at Leez Priory began not at the venue, but at Brentwood Cathedral. Carolina — born in Portugal — and Anthony got ready separately at home that morning before a full Catholic ceremony, his grey tartan kilt the first

There are weddings where the venue does the talking. And then there are weddings where everything — the light, the people, the ceremony itself — comes together into something that feels completely and specifically theirs. Sumayyah and Keiron's February wedding at Gosfield Hall was the second kind. A Ceremony That Meant Something Before the dancing, before the portraits against that illuminated Georgian facade, before the evening drew in and Gosfield Hall began to glow agains

Some venues ask you to photograph a wedding. Hedingham Castle asks you to photograph nine hundred years of history, and then find the two people getting married somewhere inside it. The Norman Keep at Castle Hedingham is the best-preserved Norman keep in England. Standing in it before a ceremony begins — stone walls three feet thick, light from narrow windows high above, the whole weight of the building pressing down with a quiet authority — you understand immediately that t