Shustoke Farm Barns, a popular wedding venue in the North Warwickshire countryside near Coleshill, offers a breathtaking backdrop for wedding photography on your Big Day. Located close to Birmingham, this venue combines rustic charm and modern elegance, making it a dream location for capturing stunning wedding moments.

With its high ceilings, exposed wooden beams, and grand arched windows, Shustoke Farm Barns is ideal for a wedding photography style that highlights both the beauty of the venue and the emotions of the day. Outside, couples and photographers alike appreciate the lush courtyard, adorned with olive trees and ambient fairy lights, which add a magical touch to outdoor shots.

The venue’s attention to detail and commitment to service make it highly popular among couples, their guests and wedding photographers alike. Shustoke Farm Barns wedding photography captures the essence of romance, enhanced by the venue’s fire pits, cozy seating areas, and enchanting surroundings. This unique setting, coupled with exceptional hospitality, makes Shustoke Farm Barns an unforgettable backdrop for wedding photos that will be treasured for a lifetime.

The Bride and Father of the Bride have a picture with the VW Beatle wedding car outside Shustoke Farms Barns

The stunning Shustoke Farm Barn set up ahead of Shan & Dan’s wedding breakfast

A shot in front of the stunning illuminated tree outside Shustoke Farm Barns is an absolute wedding photography must

Festoon lights hanging from the trees outside Shustoke Farm Barns on Shan & Dan’s wedding day

Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding Photography: Shan & Dan

My introduction to Shan & Dan came through a recommendation from a mutual friend. Having never photographed a wedding there before, and with us living a little way away from one another, it made sense to meet up at the venue to get to know one another. We hit it off straight away, and the happy couple went ahead and confirmed they would like me to photograph their wedding there and then.

The Wedding Day: Bridal Prep

Bridal preparations were already well underway when I arrived at Shan & Dan’s beautiful, light and airy home.

We had a great giggle and got lots of beautiful pictures, both indoors and out.

I loved this moment where Shan’s gran grabbed the make-up lady and made her sit on her lap for a piccy!

Groomsman and page boy

Flower girl checking out her make-up in the mirror

Shan’s dad and her brothers having a beer during the bridal prep

The gorgeous bridal bouquet

Shan has the finishing touches applied

Bridesmaids

Shan looking stunning on her way to giving her entourage their first look at her wedding dress

A very proud Father of the Bride gets his first look at his daughter ahead of her Shustoke Farm Barns wedding

Don’t cry! Shan’s bridesmaid attempts to fan the tears!

Shustoke Farm Barns: Wedding Ceremony

With the journey to the venue being a reasonably lengthy one – circa 20 minutes, and the potential for a road closure along the way – I decided to head off ahead of the bridal party and catch their arrival instead.

Wide view of Shustoke Farm Barns on Shan & Dan’s wedding day

Shan and her dad arrive at Shustoke Farm Barns in a VW Beetle

Dan and his groomsmen

One of the loveliest things about the whole day was that Dan’s grandad was his Best Man. I’ve never seen that done before, but I really liked it.

Dan and his Best Man, his grandad – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding

The ceremony room is stunning, there is no getting away from that. It’s incredibly spacious and there’s loads of room to move around and get plenty of angles without getting in the way.

It would be fair to say that Dan was a little emotional even before his bride had appeared down the aisle, but that’s what wedding’s are all about; real emotions.

You may kiss the bride – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding Ceremony

With this ring, I thee wed

Let’s do this – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding Ceremony

Do you have the rings? – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding Ceremony

One of Shan’s bridesmaids wipes away a tear

Turn and face one another

Wedding ceremony support

That’s better!

The Father of the Bride gives his daughter’s hand to the Groom

A reassuring kiss from the Bride to Groom

Emotions take over as Shan makes her way down the aisle – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding Ceremony

It was a beautiful ceremony, and before we knew it, Shan & Dan had become husband and wife!

Wedding day paperwork at Shustoke Farm Barns

A hug for the newlyweds from the Bride’s gran

One of the younger members of the audience

We headed back inside briefly after the wedding ceremony for a few couple pics – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding Photography

Shustoke Farm Barns: Drinks Reception & Private Vows

Now, Shan was slightly later arriving for her interview with the registrar than planned, so this part of the day was slightly more compressed than it might otherwise have been.

Congratulations!

Group shot of everybody – Shustoke Farm Barns Wedding

Welcome to the family!

Another really nice element to the day was that Shan & Dan had each written personal vows to one another. They were offered a private room upstairs in which to exchange them. I had the honour of sharing the moment with them. Again, things got quite emotional!

Private couple vows – Shustoke Farm Barns wedding

Group Shots

With the clock ticking around to Wedding Breakfast time, we headed out the front for the group shots.

Bride & Groom shot at Shustoke Farm Barns

Come here, you! – Shustoke Farm Barns

Group shots out the front of Shustoke Farms Barn

Shustoke Farm Barns: Wedding Breakfast

The ceremony room had now been turned around ready for the Wedding Breakfast. It looked amazing.

Wedding breakfast place setting

The on-site catering facilities are quite open plan, so it was interesting to see the final touches being put to the food, which was amazing!

Shustoke Farm Barns wedding catering

As always, there were lots of cute guest interactions to capture, plus of course the speeches and reactions.

Wedding breakfast laughs

Wedding breakfast laughs

Wedding breakfast laughs

Baby snuggles

Speech reactions

Groom’s speech reactions

Best man’s speech reactions

Shots!

Cake Cut & Couple Shots

Once food was over, we did the cake cut, and then I grabbed Shan & Dan for some couple shots. We’d deferred them from earlier due to the time pressures. We had our first play with some smoke.

A simple but elegant wedding cake

Cake cutting

Here, Husband, have some cake!

Newlyweds and small people

Wedding day smoke fun at Shustoke Farm Barns

The party had moved outside while the room was turned around once more for the Evening Reception. The fire pits had been lit, and it was a lovely chilled atmosphere.

Evening guests arrive

Toasting marshmallows over the fire pit

First Dance

We went back inside for the First Dance, and the band superbad played live music.

The newlyweds

First dance

First dance

Daddy – Daughter dance

Midlands-based band superbad

Midlands-based band superbad

Wedding reception dancefloor action

Wedding reception dancefloor action

Mummy-son dance

Sparklers and After Dark Play

At the end of their first set, we headed back out front to have a play with some sparklers. Shustoke Farm Barns has these amazing flaming lanterns out there in the evening, and they really helped with the lighting of the sparklers! I loved the results!

Shustoke Farm Barns wedding day sparkler fun

Shustoke Farm Barns wedding day sparkler fun

We sent everybody else back inside, and we went for another wander. Shustoke Farm Barns has a load of fab festoon lights hanging from the trees, that just worked brilliantly with what we were trying to achieve.

The Shustoke Farm Barns festoon lights even work really well in black and white

Silhouetted couple shot against the wall of Shustoke Farm Barns

We also had a play with the smoke again, my portable studio lights and other lighting we could find in the area around the front of the building.

Wedding day smoke after dark at Shustoke Farm Barns

Shan & Dan’s Shustoke Farm Barns wedding had been amazing and produced heaps of beautiful photographs. What you see here is merely the tip of a huge iceberg of shots from the day.

Shustoke Barns really is a photographer’s dream as a venue.

Wishing the newlyweds every happiness for the future.

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