Coombe Lodge Wedding Photographer
El and Lee’s Blagdon Wedding
I am always besides myself with excitement with clients ask me to be their Coombe Lodge wedding photographer. Set in the heart of the North Somerset countryside, on the edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and with views over Blagdon Lake, you would have no idea this stunning wedding venue is only a short drive from Bristol city, Bristol airport and Bath.
Like lots of my clients, when I first met El and her fiancé Lee, we hit it off straight away, so I was thrilled to be asked to be their wedding photographer. I live just down the road in Weston Super Mare, so Coombe Lodge is super local to me, and having covered Blagdon as a community nurse for years prior to my photography career, I know the area well.
El and Lee knew they wanted to have a Just Us engagement shoot so we arranged this for the autumn before their wedding. In fact, it wasn’t just them at all – El was heavily pregnant with their little boy Archie at the time. El was AMAZING though, leaping over styles and trekking across the Mendips for epic views and backdrops for their shoot. We met at Deer’s Leap, just above Westbury-sub-Mendip with views over the Somerset flats, Glastonbury Tor and beyond. We were blessed with golden hour and a beautiful sunset, which made my job easy. We caught silhouettes of Lee, El and her bump between trees and even managed some shots with the house El grew up in in the background. It was pretty special.
The Clients Said…
“We are so pleased that we chose Becky to be our wedding photographer!
We met Becky at a wedding fair, and knew that we wanted to have her as our photographer for our special day.
She understood exactly what we wanted from our photos and the photos that we have received are so beautiful and personal.
We have had so many positive comments, and some of our family and friends have said that her photos should be up for an award!
Thank you Becky”
The Engagement Shoot

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The Wedding Day
The wedding day arrived just a few months after Archie was born and I met the bride at her parents’ house where preparations were well under way. The father of the bride, Michael, was particularly emotional to see his daughter in her bridal gown and veil. El looked stunning!
Despite the rain holding off until the wedding guests were welcomed into the church, after the ceremony, the heavens opened! Luckily there were plenty of brollies to go around, and El was able to shelter inside the church porch with some of the older wedding guests.
The rain continued for a while after everyone arrived at the wedding venue but didn’t last long enough to prevent guests throwing confetti over the newly-weds outside. It was a little windy for portraits but that didn’t stop us, and I absolutely LOVE the images of Lee carrying El’s train while her veil blows in the wind.
One of my favourite moments of the day was after the wedding speeches, when Di, the mother of the bride, rounded up the wedding guests to come outside. There she was dressed up as Only Fools and Horses’ Del Boy with the iconic yellow Reliant Regal! A definite wedding first for me!

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The Venue
The long driveway builds suspense as you approach the striking historic building. Coombe Lodge sits majestically in its beautiful countryside surroundings and its Bath stone exterior remains in pristine condition.
Surrounded by well-kept landscaped gardens, ancient trees and epic views over the North Somerset countryside, Coombe Lodge provides a plethora of backdrops and photo opportunities for your wedding day.
Built by the distinguished architect, Sir George Oatley, for the Will’s Family (a leading Bristol family and the first to mass produce cigarettes) it’s no surprise Coombe Lodge is stunning. Oatley created many famous Bristol buildings, including the Wills Memorial Building at Bristol University and the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
There are so many reasons why I love being a photographer at Coombe Lodge. The venue itself is big and spacious, with large, beautiful windows letting in lots of natural light. Lots of light enables me to keep my shutter speed fast and my ISO low, which is every photographer’s preference.
With options for indoor and outdoor wedding ceremonies, good weather can be fully taken advantage of. Outdoor ceremonies usually mean more available space for me to move about, meaning I can capture different angles more freely.
The building itself is beautiful, which itself provides a wonderful backdrop for photographs. Also, outside there are so many options for photos too, from the walled garden and orangery to the tree-lined gravel pathways that surround the lodge.
Once the sun has set my flashgun appears, which provides a different look to your wedding photos. Off camera flash enables me to create flare in dancing shots and really accentuates the fun of the party.
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