Twickenham Rowing, Club, Eel Pie Island Summer Wedding

Weddings
Written By Anna McCarthy
bride in white floaty dress walks through a white rose garden

Edith was ‘fashionable’ late for her wedding. ‘High’ fashionably late, so my coverage began with expectant guests assembled, a fretful registrar but a very relaxed Groom who knows his bride too well! Turned out the wedding party had parked up at the pub for a swift half and lost track of time!

I do love a flustered bride, and Edith was flustered in all the great ways - hoisting up her dress to run (she is a runner so this was the easy bit) from the car to the registry office, frantically doing up her shoes, apologising profusely and laughing with slightly hysterical nerves. She was herself and ‘in the moment’, just as it always should be, throughout the day.

Edith and Dan wed at York House in Twickenham with the obligatory first married kiss, an enthusiastic confetti moment with their four year old son dazzled by the petals between them, followed by some swift family group photos.

I then accompanied these gorgeous people (with a few stops along the way to adjust shoes, or take them off!) along the river to Twickenham Rowing Club on the eccentric hidden away Eel Pie Island where guests were waiting and eager to make some noise and party. So much scope for natural relaxed, fun and quirky wedding pictures at this venue - and I always seem to find a new angle whenever I go there which is quite often being a Twickenham resident myself.

Sunshine and warmth all the way for these two and their little boy who helpfully also had a camera slung round his neck - always great to have a back up photographer on a wedding day.

Now to the pictures. Enjoy! and please be in touch if you like what you see, and would like to chat to me about your wedding plans.

bride looks behind her as she walks through a white rose garden.
A bride late for her wedding hitches up her dress to run to registry office.
Bride lifting up her skirt as she walks quickly
Entrance of bride and father at York House with the groom smiling and his mother looking at him.
Father and bride arrive at the top of the aisle with guests and groom smiling.
Groom places the ring on bride's finger as their little boy looks on.
Bride and Groom exit the Loggia Room at York House.
Bride and Groom first married kiss with their reflection on the right hand side in a mirror.
Leaving Loggia Room at York House Twickenham to a shower of confetti.
Bride and Groom with their 4 year old son kneeling down with his head in his father's lap and the bride touching his face.
Bride with wedding guest with pink dress and pink fan.
Group photo with bride and groom kissing and the groom covering his son's eyes.
Bride and Groom relaxing on a bench and looking at each other with love.
Detail of Bride and groom seated on bench showing her bare feet and her hand with wedding ring.
bride and groom on bench to left, and a child in a pink dress running into shot with two mothers on the bench the other side.
Bride and Groom walking towards the Naked Ladies statue in York House Gardens.
Bride and Groom at the riverside in Twickenham in dappled light.
Bride and Groom on the left kissing next to a gate with "Love Shack" sign on it taken on Eel Pie Island.
Bride and Groom wave to guests on the balcony at Twickenham Rowing Club across the river.
Wedding Guests wave from balcony at Twickenham Rowing Club.
Bride and groom striding through the street at the riverside in Twickenham with Mr Whippy van and people dotted around relaxing on a weekend.
Bride smiles at groom with their wedding guests cheering them in at Twickenham Rowing Club.
Bride and Groom waving to rowers on the river from the balcony of Twickenham Rowing Club.
Grandmother seated in a chair and her grandson and guests around her during the wedding speeches.
Rowers on the river at Twickenham waving to the Bride and Groom.
Bride lifting her four year old son up and smiling at him.
Bride wipes away a tear as the Best Man gives his speech.
Bride and Groom cutting the cake together with their 4 year old son.
Guests in colourful bright outfits raise their glasses to the bride and groom.
Geese and their shadows in the sunlight at Twickenham Rowing Club.

Wedding:  June 2025

Ceremony & Reception:  York House and Gardens, Twickenham & Twickenham Rowing Club, Eel Pie Island, Twickenham

Wedding type: Coverage from Ceremony to end of the reception/ speeches and cake cutting - in a candid documentary style with a few family groups and first married portraits.

Anna McCarthy
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