Great Lodge sits in the Essex countryside outside Great Bardfield — a 16th century estate with a Grade I listed barn, a working vineyard, and the kind of grounds that make a photographer slow down and look properly. It is one of those venues where the architecture, the landscape, and the light conspire in your favour almost regardless of what you do. Thomas and Michael's spring wedding gave us all of it. Getting Ready at the Lodge Both Thomas and Michael got ready at the ven