Real Weddings | Ringwood Hall Hotel & Spa Wedding Photographer | Samantha & David's Wedding | Champagne Shutter Photography

Knowing them to be up for a run, or hike, and Wanting to be Near Sheffield or Chesterfield For theIR Engagement Session, Samantha & David opted for my Suggestion of Padley Gorge and Curbar Edge

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How Many Guests Can We Have at Ringwood Hall?

There is an enormous range of choice, outdoor and indoor, in the wedding suites at Ringwood Hall.

The largest of the indoor suites in the hall itself is the Ringwood Suite, whether for wedding breakfast and evening reception, or in combination with the Garden Pavilion for an outdoor ceremony.  The Ringwood Suite offers ceremony space for 60 – 130 guests, allowing a wedding breakfast for the same number, and an evening reception up to 250, as well as conservatory breakout spaces, the Library and Markham Bar.

The Ringwood Suite; Conservatory alongside the Ringwood Suite; The Markham Bar; Conservatory alongside the Markham Bar

Ringwood Hall sits between Brimington and Hollingwood, outside of Chesterfield, near J29a of the M1, an area perhaps familiar if you’ve ever visited Chatsworth House or Bakewell.

These options, and the Garden Pavilion, make for the most beautiful wedding photography.  The south-facing lower lawn, where the Garden Pavilion sits, is a wedding photographer’s dream, as a noon ceremony means the sunlight, rotating from east to south, should be coming from a direction to the right of the aisle and seating layout.  One good choice from a wedding photographer will likely be to spend some time alongside the pavilion, on the bride’s side, in order to capture backlit haloed wedding portraits at their most flattering.  No "backs-of-heads in ceremony" shots here!

The Garden Pavilion, on the south lawns, can be set with aisle, floral décor and seating for a flexible ceremony, complete with the assurance that your choice of indoor wedding breakfast and reception space can be your contingency plan for ceremony too, in the event of wet weather, with no sense of compromise or disappointment.

Samantha and David had opted for an outdoor ceremony using the Italian Garden Pavilion, but the high winds of one of those jolly-lady-named storms meant a retreat to the indoor contingency plan of the Ringwood Suite, with no compromise, hassle or anxiety, already prepared for just such an eventuality - one of the boons of a venue with so many options.

The Grade II listed Nineteenth Century manor house sits in 6 acres of award-winning formal gardens, which in turn sit within 29 acres of parkland.

The Marquee, available from April to October, and its garden, offer ceremony and wedding breakfast space for 80 – 180 guests, with an abundance of natural light for elegant wedding photographs, before going on to accommodate evening receptions of up to 350.

Elsewhere, downstairs in the hall, are the smaller Chatsworth and Portland Suites, accommodating ceremonies of up to 80 and wedding breakfasts of up to 50, separately, or extending to 80 in combination. Spaces dressed here by Strides.

Celebrant Style - Sue Burton

Upstairs, the Hollingwood Suite can accommodate a ceremony of 60 guests and wedding breakfast up to 40.  The more intimate Cavendish Suite can serves for a ceremony of up to 24 guests, with 12 dining.  Again, there is the flexibility to have the Hollingwood and Cavendish Suites combined.

Ringwood Hall Hotel’s dining room and main bar; Klimt prints; the Staveley Bar can serve as a further wedding breakout space; the atrium above the hall and hotel's main entrance

With 12 honeymoon suites available, the Barlborough Suite offers a four-poster bed, elegant décor and a waterfall shower within a roll-top free-standing bathtub, romantically integrated within the bedroom itself.

The Barlborough Suite

Why Choose Champagne Shutter Photography?

I firmly believe in the right balance of being friendly, along with a professional eye for detail.  You are investing in expertise to ensure elegant heirlooms to keep forever after your wedding, but the best wedding photographs gain their elegance through your comfort with your wedding photographer, so that I can orchestrate the odd tweak, where needed, with no awkwardness.  That’s why I pay close attention to your bespoke plans in our consultations leading up to your wedding and ensure a pre-wedding photography session to further aid your comfort.  It’s from a genuine and authentic connection that the best wedding photography emerges.

With Tom at Champagne Shutter Photography, depending upon your chosen package, you can gain:

Unlimited coverage, usually circa 11 hours

From the curlers going in, to the party in full swing: preparation to dancing coverage, just beyond cake cut and first dance, including twilight couple’s portraits

Arrival to cover details and latter stages of preparation

Ceremony

Groups shots

Family shots

Couple portraits, inc. session at twilight, blue hour, sunset

Initial consultation meeting plus further planning consultation meeting to finalise your itinerary and requirements

Complimentary pre-wedding shoot (circa 2 & ½ hrs) to allow couples to get to know Tom’s approach, so you are comfortable in front of the lens prior to your wedding day – subject to mutually convenient date, (ideally but not exclusively mid-week) – provides photos for wedding save-the-dates, invites, website, or wall art

Skilled curation and editing of your online gallery (circa 600+ images on average)

Couple’s online gallery - download web resolution photos for online use, full resolution photos for prints & wall art orders – couples & family can “favourite” a selection of images to curate ideas for album design

Albums are available as either part of an integrated package or as an additional option later

Guests can enter a password-protected gallery to access and order social media downloads, prints, and wall art, from canvas, to framed, acrylic or metal prints

Couples can opt for two photographers – a second photographer is important if you want to cover more candid photos of friends during afternoon and evening receptions, when I am occupied with portraits elsewhere, and if you want to cover both of your preparations ahead of the ceremony

Every couple is different – and whilst it’s all well and good me extolling the virtues of what I think about portraying your day at a venue, we must make a genuine connection to tell your story!  Check out Champagne Shutter Photography’s approach here.

For a friendly chat about your bespoke wedding photography plans, get in touch or reserve a Zoom call with Tom at Champagne Shutter.  Alternatively, give me a ring on 07738 620485 or email via tom@champagneshutter.com.