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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It was a beautiful ceremony, and before we knew it, Shan & Dan had become husband and wife!
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.
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!
Group Shots
With the clock ticking around to Wedding Breakfast time, we headed out the front for the group shots.
Shustoke Farm Barns: Wedding Breakfast
The ceremony room had now been turned around ready for the Wedding Breakfast. It looked amazing.
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!
As always, there were lots of cute guest interactions to capture, plus of course the speeches and reactions.
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.
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.
First Dance
We went back inside for the First Dance, and the band superbad played live music.
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!
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.
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.
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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