The Union Club, Soho, & Old Marylebone Town Hall - a Rock ‘n Roll-themed London Wedding
“So you’re getting married in London and you need a photographer. Enter Anna McCarthy. There must be thousands of wedding photographers in London but I doubt that there are many or in fact any that can capture the story of the day like Anna.
The brief was exactly that, capture the day in a candid relaxed manner with only a very few posed shots. The very few posed shots were fantastic but it was the plethora of other shots that really tells you what our wedding was about. Laughter, love, good times and Rock ‘n’ Roll (our wedding theme), ooze from Anna’s shots. They are, and she is, just brilliant. From Marylebone to the open top bus to the reception to walking around Soho we have been blown away by the pictures.
If you want an unbelievable record of your wedding day book Anna, and that is exactly what you will get. You will be in very safe, very skilled hands. Thank you so much Anna,
Love and Light
Gary”
Generous words indeed and you can imagine my delight in receiving them from Gary. The truth is I had a fabulous time photographing this wedding with a treat of a brief. Everyone, and I mean everyone, was ‘themselves’, heading down to London from Scotland to celebrate Gary & MJ big moment; to be there, celebrate, let their hair down and party. Being able to let it roll and be yourselves from the moment your wedding day begins to the last dance on the dance floor is exactly what I hope for a bride and groom because by the day the arrives, all the planning is complete, time is precious, and if you can let it go and just be yourselves, that is when the magic happens and in pictures.
Kicking off at the Old Marylebone Town Hall (how could a Rock ‘n Roll ceremony really take place anywhere else?) where Gary & MJ arrived and entered the Westminster Room together, onwards via crazy champagne-fuelled open top red London route master bus and arriving in Soho at one of my most favourite London reception venues - The Union Club in Greek Street - to a fanfare of handshakes and calls of congratulations from passersby before their uproarious and joyous wedding breakfast and party.
All my wedding couples receive both colour and black and white fully processed and hand touched images from their wedding day, and the black and white versions from this one are very cool, but this wedding screamed colour and everyone metaphorically and literally went to town with it.
So, full technicolour some highlights from the story of Gary and MJ’s day in pictures.
They even had some Rock ‘n Roll legends along as you will discover below:)
Where in the UK and when was this wedding? Old Marylebone Town Hall & The Union Club, Soho
Where was the ceremony? Westminster Room, Old Marylebone Town Hall
Where was the reception? Champagne Reception on Red London Bus followed by Party at The Union Club, 50 Greek Street, Soho
Wedding type: Super relaxed, documentary style wedding with a Rock ‘n Roll theme
