Titanic Hotel wedding photographer – Emma & chris

 

 

The Titanic Hotel is one of my favourite venues in Liverpool right now. I just loved being the Titanic Hotel Wedding Photographer for Emma & Chris, such an amazing Liverpool Bride & Groom. The Titanic has everything you would want in a venue – Great staff, a historic location, loads of opportunities for stunning couple portraits of the bride and groom, amazing bedrooms (with the coolest lamps which place the most wicked shadows on the wall), and a massive room for the wedding breakfast. And if that isn’t enough for you – how about an exact replica of the staircase from the ill-fated Titanic ship! Titanic Liverpool is on my Top Wedding Venues in Liverpool shortlist! If you don’t know where to start looking for a wedding venue, check out my How To Choose A Wedding Venue.

Titanic Hotel Liverpool – Historic Liverpool Wedding Venue

The Titanic hotel makes up part of the Stanley dock in what was once one of the most famous ports in the world – Liverpool. Liverpool really was one of the most important docks when Britain was an Empire, and it is fantastic that most of the docklands are now being re-developed for people to enjoy an area that was once the lifeblood of the city. The Titanic hotel was once a Tobacco warehouse and was called The North Warehouse. Building started in 1846 and was finished in 1854. Part of the building was bombed during WW2. The Rum Warehouse was built in the 1950s. The main reception room has an exact replica of the staircase leading to the ballroom in the infamous Titanic ship. The Rum Warehouse can hold up to 500 guests so for brides who have a lot of guests to invite this could be your ideal venue! The buildings are also stunning examples of the amazing historic buildings we have here in Liverpool. Liverpool is such an amazing city to get married, check out my 5 Reasons To Get Married in Liverpool.

Photographing the Bridal Preparations

I had been looking forward to taking Emma & Chris’s Titanic wedding photographs for quite some time. It had been a while since I photographed at the Titanic and I was looking forward to going back. Emma had three cute flower girls to help her throughout the day and they looked so beautiful with their flower hair garlands. I love taking photos of the kids during a wedding they never cease to surprise and amuse. They do the most unusual and funny things, like wear the mother of the bride’s hat and they are brilliant at showing up the adults on the dance floor just before the first dance! You could certainly feel the excitement at Emma’s parent’s house as the girls were getting ready. Emma had a lot of bridesmaids so the make-up artist and hairdresser certainly had their work cut out for them!

A beautiful church Ceremony

As I got to the church the atmosphere was buzzing too. The groom Chris was looking dapper in his suit and was as cool as an ice cube! This was definitely going to be a great wedding day. Because I use prime lenses on my camera I never need to use flash, which helps me to get great unposed images of the day’s events. Most of the time my clients are not even aware they are being photographed. It was important for Emma & Chris and their families to have a church wedding, it was a beautiful wedding ceremony and there was a great atmosphere as the bride & groom spoke their wedding vows.

 

Bride shares a joke with bridesmaidBridesmaid enjoys a glass of champagne

flower girl looks in mirrorBrides wedding dress

Bride has make up appliedA flower girl has her flower garland fitted

Emma puts her wedding dress on

the bridesmaid adjusts the brides wedding dress

Flower girls leave for ceremonyGroom Waits in church Flower girls play outside churchFlower girls laughingMother of the bride arrives in wedding carThe groom and best man share a joke while waiting at the churchthe bride arrives in the carThe bridesmaids look on and smile as the bride arrivesthe bride and her father walk to the churchBride gives the groom a big smile as she arrives at the altarthe bridesmaids and flower girls look on during the exchange of vowsThe bride and groom say their vowsThe bride and groom walk back down the aisle

a big hug for the bride from a guestgrandmother of the bride congratulates herbride and groom have confetti thrown over them

the brides flower bouquet

 

Titanic Hotel  For the Drinks Reception

Back to the amazing Titanic hotel for drinks and  and the guests were treated to a ride on a cool red London bus.

 

little boy gets on wedding busBride and groom have a moment as they arrive at the Titanic in the wedding carBridesmaids arrive at the TitanicBride and groom share a joke with guests

best man tells a joke to wedding guests

the Titanic hotel Rum Warehouse flower decorations in wedding breakfast room

bride and her bridesmaids group photograph on titanic staircase

 

The replica staircase from the Titanic ship looks amazing in the reception room of the hotel and makes a great backdrop for the formal photographs.

 

groom and his groomsmen group photograph on titanic staircase

Groom gives his speech

 

Amazing Speeches

The speeches were brilliant too, and Chris’s heartfelt speech elicited lots of tears from the guests. By blending in and not using camera flash I managed to capture a few of the guests and Emma’s sister wiping away a tear! These are important moments in a wedding and I want to capture as much of the emotion as I can throughout the wedding day.

The best man’s speech was rocking and he had some particularly juicy stories about Chris to share with the room. There were a few flushed cheeks moments for the groom!

 

Bridesmaid sheds a tear during groom's speech

bride laughs during grooms speechguest wipes away a tearbest man gives his speechgroom's embarrassed laugh as the best man makes fun of him

 

Emma & Chris hired singing waiters and they certainly worked their magic and had the whole room up dancing with a bit of napkin swinging thrown in!

 

Singing waiter gets a guest to sing

guests wave their hand in the air as the singing waiters performwedding guests wave napkinsA flower girl dances

 

I love the corridors in the Titanic, the downlights look amazing and the corridor is very long giving a very dramatic look.

We had the most beautiful sunset and as we headed to Emma & Chris’s room we witnessed the most amazing golden light streaming down the hallway from the sunset.

 

Bride and groom walk down corridor

Bride and groom silhouette

Titanic Hotel wedding photographer

Bride and groom portrait

The bride feeds the groom wedding cake

 

The wedding cake cutting provided a good laugh as Emma nearly choked poor Chris as she fed him some of the cake!

 

The bride and groom first dance

 

Love these shots of the first dance, it’s great when you get the couple sharing the moment as they gaze into each others eyes. I have used a remote flash in the background to create a great rim light. I love to capture the flash in the images as it looks really cool as a starlight. For the photographers out there I am at F9 or F11 aperture which creates a starburst effect on the flash.

 

bride and groom look int each other's eyes during the first dancea man holds his hands in the air while dancingguest with hands in the air while dancing

 

A Huge Congratulations to a Fabulous Couple

It was such a joy to photograph Emma & Chris’s wedding at The Titanic Hotel Liverpool. There are so many amazing parts of the venue to show in the photographs. The staircase is such a cool touch. The Titanic is a stunning backdrop to feature in your wedding photographs. I always look forward to shooting at the venue, so if you have a wedding at the Titanic I would love to hear from you!

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