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The Lowdown Who: Davide and DavideWhere: Ca’ Mariuccia, ItalyPhotographer: Ordine della Giarrettiera (FB) (IG)Flowers: Manifesto Flowers (IG) Long-time partners Davide and Davide spent 10 years together as a gay couple in Italy before finally agreeing to put their happiness first and get married after kind and encouraging words from one of their mothers. “In Italy,
Anni & Silvia were both passionate explorers and enjoyed spending time together. Today they share with us their gorgeous lesbian wedding day in Borromeo Castle.
Where: Brickhouse Vineyard, Devon (FB) (IG)Photographer: The Unbridled (IG)Models: Georgia (IG) & Helen (IG) Weddings are my world but connection is my life. I believe in marriages that have meaning. Those intimate moments between you both, her fingers curling into yours, his soft breath on the nape of your neck, that nervous laugh, the depth of love,
The Lowdown Where: Fort Lytton, Brisbane, AustraliaPhotographer: Dawn Photography (FB) (IG)Models: Serena (IG) & Monika (FB) (IG)Jewellery: Redki Couture Jewellery (FB) (IG)Make-up: Make-up by Stace (FB) (IG)Designers: Darb Bridal Couture (FB) (IG) & Goddess by Nature (FB) (IG) Laughter and echoed through the walls of the rustic rooms at Fort Lytton. The romantic-style shoot, featuring vintage furniture, beautiful flower arrangements, and balloons, was designed
The Lowdown Where: Duurstede Castle, NetherlandsTheme: CastlePhotographer: Defining Moments Photography
True love, the kind that gives a thousand butterflies in the belly and makes you smile uncontrollably, the kind everyone should experience before leaving this world.
Lee and Simon’s engagement is one of the most romantic proposals we’ve ever shared, and their weddings (at Bombay Sapphire Distillery) one of the most beautiful. See for yourself…
Seven years ago, Irish born Rory met Colin during a date with another man. Rory tells us how they got together, who proposed to who, and what it meant to them to get married…
Alex and Haven met in Chelsea, New York City and after some whirlwind romantic dates and travel adventures, a proposal and then a wedding followed. This is their story….
A meet on Grindr, a proposal in Las Vegas and a wedding in a palace – dreams really did come true for Jai and Milan… view their story, told in their own words…
Gaetan and Florian met online and after a great first date, have never really been apart. Nine years later, they married. This is their love story…
When Marcelo and Gabe married in Brazil they spoke about the prejudices LGBTQ people still face. With their permission, we have translated it here for you to read.
Pedro and Pedro married in October in Brasilia down by the waterfront beneath a beautiful floral arbour, and have kindly shared their wedding photos for you to see…
Jackie and Beth met on a dating app and instantly connected when they first met. They’ve been good enough to tell us how they got engaged on their second anniversary…
Danny and Andy met 8 years ago on a day walk and struck up a friendship. Five years on Andy proposed to Danny. This is their love story…
The Lowdown Where: Anton Venoir Interiors, Victoria, Australia Photographer: Sephory Photography Invitations: Adorn Invitations Inspired by Swan Lake, this shoot features a professional ballerina transitioning from a black feathered gown into a white feathered ballgown. With a backdrop of antique French interiors, this shoot is one of the most beautiful and creative we’ve seen. Credits:
Matt and Nick were engaged when the caught Mattel’s eye after creating a same-sex Barbie wedding set for their niece; this is their wedding story.
Musicians Álvaro and Josechu met in the Spanish opera orchestra. Josechu had yet to come out, but they fell in love and are now engaged. View their alternative engagement shoot…
The Lowdown Where: Welsh Countryside Theme: Stylish Photographer: Maja Diunar, My Retro Photography Following the death of her gay sister, Adele, Georgina Williams decided to open a bridal boutique in her memory, and organised a transgender styled shoot with Jess and Mark in her home town of Llandeilo, Wales. This is the story of how
Anna and Steph met through the Pink Sofa dating website; they hit it off on their first date and 5yrs later, they got engaged. This is their love story…
From a seven-tiered wedding cake that matched their tartan kilts to homemade favours and fireworks at midnight, Geoff and Mark’s New Year’s Eve wedding was magical.
Rachel and Marianne met in the lift at work; and after three years of friendship they started dating. Then, acting on some sensible advice from one of their mum’s, they married. View their beautiful botanical garden wedding.
The Lowdown Where: The Grand, Brighton Theme: Classic Photographer: Inbetween Days Photography When Suria and Paige decided to get married they both felt they wanted an intimate wedding that was classic and effortless. “I think those two words describe The Grand perfectly,” said Suria, “so it was a no-brainer when we found out the hotel
The Lowdown Where: The Colony House in Anaheim, CA., ItalyTheme: NaturalPhotographer: Laarne Amber & Alexis have inspired many with their love, so when they got married in front of family and friends, it was a day filled with smiles, love and puppies! Shortly before their wedding ceremony, Alexis gave Amber a handwritten letter and a
The Lowdown Where: La Tenuta Serradesca, Italy Theme: Simplicity & Green Photographer: Frank Catucci Agnese and Gaia met at work and fell in love immediately. Not long afterwards they moved in with each other and slowly, very organically, they began to realise that their story meant something more than just living together. They decided to
The Lowdown Where: The Elvetham, Hampshire Theme: Black and White Photographer: DM Photography Keith and Aaron met 16 years ago at Heathrow, where they both worked. They dated almost straight away and went from never wanting to marry to choosing marriage to celebrate and formalise their love and as a way to thank their friends
Ant and Marc’s wedding was very personal, with the styling and cakes created by friends and the ceremony written by another. Theirs is one of the most relaxed weddings we’ve seen – beautiful, romantic and full of gorgeous detailing, including Lego centrepieces….
Part Brit, part Spaniard Juan Manuel met Reyes 10 years ago and have spontaneously decided to marry in January 2018. Within five months, they had done what most couples take a year or more to do – they had made their vows and tied the knot. Their Spanish wedding planner, tells us how they did it…
Glen and Jason first met 16 years ago at a local gym but it wasn’t until they were properly introduced nine years later that they became romantically involved. They’ve been together ever since and recently married – first in New York, and then in their home town of Sunderland. This is their love story…
The russet reds, golden ombres and twinkling frost-covered fronds are some of our favourite Autumnal jewels; but put the soft tint of the season’s sun into the mix, falling on a newly wed couple and you’ve got a gift of a romantic shot. Need photographic inspiration? You’ve got it: Here are 17 of our favourite
Four years ago, former Big Brother Australia star, Tim Dormer was just friends with Ash, about to embark on a roadtrip. But during that trip they fell in love, and got engaged three years later. This is their Summer of Love engagement party and shoot…
Chris and Tony Ashby-Steed married at The Grand, Brighton in 2017; one year on and they’ve put together their tips for how to plan a wedding and how to keep the magic alive once the wedding is over…
Capturing the magic of Crimmitschau’s industrial past, this German team of talented wedding experts collaborated to shoot the styled love story of Stephan and Patrick against the backdrop of an old fabric factory. The result? Beautiful bohemian romance.
Neill and Iggy met in Devon after connecting on a dating app; they got engaged whilst they were still living apart and held their gay engagement shoot on the Southbank Bank – their favourite place to walk.
GiDo Weddings mixed marble accents with metallic copper, green and 2018’s Pantone of the Year (ultra violet) to create a dramatic and modern lesbian wedding shoot that still captured the essential romance.
Set on the banks of the Brisbane River, gold, natural greens and pastels helped give this styled lesbian wedding shoot (featuring newly engaged couple, Fi and Megan) a gorgeously soft, romantic tone. View the pictures…
Mark and Guy met online and after much chatting via the web, they decided to meet in Soho. Some time later, Mark was eating the Love Heart wedding favours when he came across on enscribed with ‘Marry Me’…
Claudia and Jessie met online at the end of summer 2014 and almost immediately clicked. It was a classic case of ‘when you know, you know’ and within a month, they were living together! Two years later, they were married. This is their story…
Kaycee and Kim’s black and white theme, mixed with customised denim jackets, a cliff top location and San Diego’s DIY wedding venue Brick SD, made it achingly hip and romantic at the same time.
Denise and Kristiana had been together for 23 years, but only as a gay couple since November 2012, two years after Kristiana came out as transgender. This year, they decided renew their vows as wife and wife…
Engagement shoots are on the up, and for good reason. We caught up with Paola De Paola, who specialises in gay and lesbian engagement and wedding photography to find out four good reasons why you need an engagement photo shoot.
Ten years ago, Harriet saw DJ having a cigarette outside a salon in south London and struck up a conversation about DJ’s t-shirt; now they’re married.
Quirky but sophisticated: a fabulous tropical lesbian wedding styled shoot that oozes the exotic without going all Club Tropicana…
Gareth and Paul met at university; 17 years later they were still going strong and after an eight-year engagement, they married. This is their story…
Wearing matching blue tailored suits, Liberty print bow ties and the sparkliest Jimmy Choo shoes, David and Stephen adopted a rural and botanic wedding theme when they married at barn wedding venue Priston Mill…
Nothing quite like a hearty fire, a chunky-knit polo neck and the rich, harmonious fragrance of pine mixed with cinnamon and clove, spells cosy Christmas; that and, possibly the addition of a negroni. Yes indeedy, for many the favourite time of year is when the temperature gauge falls to freezing which is perhaps why so
Traditional wedding? Phah! When there’s someone planning a wedding with a fierce imagination and who loves a clash of conventions, you know you’re in for a treat. Michaela Webb-Fuller of stylist and wedding planning firm, Clear Hearts, is just such a person, and has kindly spilled the proverbial beans on how she created this awesome
Cas Willow, 53, from Melbourne, who has just weeks to live because of advancing cancer, has been granted an exemption from the 30-day notice period Australia requires couples to make before they marry, allowing her and her partner of 17 years, Heather Richards, to wed. Sad though it may be, the couple are very happy
Emma and Amy’s wedding at Ocean Kave in Devon was one filled with love, laughter and unique personal touches that celebrated their love and their love for their family and friends…
The Lowdown Where: Hayne Barn, Zeal Monochorum, Devon Theme: Orange Photographer: Michael Wells Photography Connie and Donna met during a camping trip with friends and hit it off straight away. They stayed up all night talking by the camp fire, and have been together ever since. A few years later, Donna wrote ‘marry me Connie’
Ben and Harry met over 12 years ago when they were working in Camden; they held their Victorian Gothic wedding at Simon Drake’s House of Magic, where entertainment is a bit on the dark side…
Martin and Greg met through an app; three and a half years later, they held an intimate, pineapple-themed wedding in Windsor; see how their day unfolded…
Favouring a destination wedding over a UK one, rugby journalist Nick, and digital strategist Tom tied the knot on the rustic island of Solta, Croatia, pool-party style…
Shaun and Carl got married at Brandy Hole – a former yacht club in Essex in 2016 and donned their suits for an anniversary shoot one year later…
Laura and Mel married in woodlands where Laura’s dad is gamekeeper. Their relaxed, festival-style and sunny sunflower theme captured the essence of summer perfectly.
Laura proposed to Mel in front of family and friends after a graduation ceremony. They met eight years earlier when they both started working in the same coffee shop…
John and Martin met 18 years ago in London and, after a surprise proposal from John on their favourite Greek beach, they decided to hold a wedding that lasted four days!…
“I kind of knew she’d say yes… but it was terrifying”. Sam shares how she proposed to her best friend Hannah…
The Lowdown Where: Divinity Schools, Bodleian Library, Oxford Theme: Black Tie Photographer: Stu Heppell Aaron and Phill met in Oxford in 2007 while Phill was in the final year of his degree and Aaron was working. But when Aaron moved to Bristol to study for his Masters a few months later, they decided to go their
Jak and Jules’ relationship at work became a departmental scandal… but after 10 years together and with two sons to show for it, they finally tied the knot.
Scott and Guy met at a nightclub and soon knew they would end up married. Read their love story and see photos from their rustic country house wedding.
They made their introductions on Grindr, chatted for a month and after just under two and a half years, Phil and Leo got married. This is their love story…
They met in Thorntons at Liverpool Street train station… 12 years later, they got married. This is Dave and Matt’s wedding story…
The Lowdown Where: Frassanelle, Italy Theme: Rustic luxe Photographer: Paola de Paola Karen and Sara’s Italian wedding took place in a woodland; they walked down their rose-petal-covered aisle to harp music, as their friends and family looked on from their seats on cushion-covered hay bales. Diane, the celebrant, led a gorgeous, and very personal ceremony, which saw
Chris and Ben run a vintage store together and sourced every element of their Gatsby themed wedding second hand. The result was magical: take a look…
Colin and John met in 1996 in a popular gay bar in the East End of London. Twenty years later to the day after that first meeting, they got married. Colin shares their love story with us, and tells us about their ‘no proposal’ engagement… ‘When I first met John I thought he was a
They met doing Panto and within 6 weeks Sam & Kyle had moved in. They married in Somerset’s beautiful St Audries Park. View their wedding…
The met whilst studying in Nottingham and quickly became inseparable. After over two years of spending almost every weekend – and often weeks – together, they moved in. Five years later Alan proposed…
Great wedding photographs capture the emotions of each couple throughout their big day. Here are 30 of our favourite same-sex wedding photos that will totally melt your heart..
Catrina Duthie of Fin Flükra wedding planning, talks us through the concepts behind this Scottish themed wedding shoot. “Ask any couple from Scotland about their wedding day and the majority will have incorporated some element of their heritage into the big day. Some will embrace with gusto the traditional Scottish pastimes, symbolism and conventions while
The bright lights and big city promise of New York is sometimes impossible to resist. Loud, romantic, beautiful, insatiable – create memories together in New York and it might just be your perfect gay wedding destination. Wedding planner Claire Ady, specialises in curating weddings in New York’s Central Park – a popular place for couples
Where: Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park, London Theme: Funfair Photographer: Paola De Paola This has to be one of our favourite engagement shoots! Ale and Eva wanted a funfair theme for their wedding and set it off in style by wrapping up in chunky knits and heading for Hyde Parks’ Winter Wonderland for some authentic funfair
Ale and Eva were 13 when they first met, and after five years of friendship, realised there was something more. They moved from Italy to London and married in Richmond…
Colin and John married in Westminster Registry Office on the hottest day of the year, before heading over to St James’s Park for some post-wedding pics…
We were so impressed at Denee Motion’s ability to capture on video those spine-tingling moments that sum up a relationship, we decided to get an insight into just how they do it with such magical results…
Jodie did a mock proposal in their sitting room, complete with candles and champagne and three years later they married at the stunning cliff-top venue, Ocean Kave…
Six months after meeting at a New Year’s Party in Vauxhall, Naomi relocated from Birmingham to London. Five and half years later they married…
Emma and Amy’s engagement was more than a pledge of love – it was life affirming. Emma talks coming out, the death of her best friend, and meeting the love of her life.
Wearing bold red and eye-catching stripes, Sara and Karen prepared for their engagement photo shoot, which took place in the summer…
Paul and Richard put their love of London, its culture and its art, at the heart of their engagement shoot during Southbank’s Festival of Love…
Dan and Matt got the red carpet treatment when they celebrated their wedding in style at the Corinthia Hotel, in London’s SW1.
They met in Cologne, and married 10 years later in Brighton. The sun smiled down on them on their wedding day – this is their story…
At the Villa Di Felicita, in Tyler, Texas (they were married in Morgantown, WV), Tasmin and Cory tied the knot with a striking black and white wedding theme…
They met online, dated and within a year, they were living together; and then a treasure hunt led to a proposal. This is Chris and Dan’s love story…
One very sunny day in June, Jon and Rob got married at The Gallivant, Camber Sands, where their celebration spilled out onto the sands for a beautifully romantic day…
Waking up to views to die for, Darren and Georgios sipped champagne at the Shangri-la at the Shard before saying their vows on a Art Deco yacht in London…
Guy and Andrew made magical once in a lifetime memories when they tied the knot at Turner Contemporary Art Gallery in Margate…
The Lowdown Where: The Elvetham Hotel, Hampshire Wedding Theme: Bold and Bright Photographer: It Must Be Love Wedding Photography, Chris and Helen Ison They met on Grindr in 2012, fell in love and married in 2015. Neil and Rumen share their love story… We met on Grindr in August 2012, had a really nice first
The Lowdown Where: Easthampsted Park, Berkshire Theme: Pink Wedding Photographer: Benjamin Stuart Photography Vince and George met in a pub almost three decades ago; twenty years later they became civil partners and now they have converted their civil partnership to marriage. 30 years in the making…Vince & George’s Same-Sex Marriage We met nearly 29 years ago in the
The Lowdown Where: West Wittering beach, West SussexEngagement Photographer: It Must Be Love Wedding Photography. Photography by It Must Be Love Wedding Photography
Francesco and Paul chose the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to host their wedding – the first couple to take centre stage and marry at the iconic venue.
Planned and styled with exquisite detail, Justin and Alex got married in a Jewish ceremony under their Chuppah at 1 Whitehall, Royal Horseguards Hotel…
Choosing the location for its large roof terrace overlooking East London, Alex and Audrey’s wedding had a distinctly urban theme with a flourish of blue, yellow and white spring hues.
There were tears, Converse trainers, cupcakes, and a whole lot of smiles when Jo and Jen got married at their country house wedding in Hertfordshire…
The Lowdown Where: Chateau Challain, FranceWedding Theme: Black TiePhotographer: Emir Hasham Photography by Emir Hasham
Kenny and Richard opted for a rustic wedding theme when they took their vows in the summer at Manchester’s Didsbury House. We love the action figure wedding cake toppers…
A meeting in Edinburgh, a New Year proposal and a beautiful, relaxed summer wedding – this is Isabelle and Susie’s love story…
The Lowdown Where: The Bull’s Head in Chislehurst Theme: Relaxed and informal Photographer: Ragdoll Photography “We met in London in 2008; Alex was in England from Australia to play some domestic cricket and I was working and training at Lords. We met there, found a connection through similar tastes in music and went on an unofficial
The Lowdown Where: Askham Hall, Cumbria Theme: Olde English Rustic Videographer: Silver Sixpence Films On a sunny January morning, in 2016, Rich and Will celebrated their love in front of family and friends and married at the exquisite Cumbria barn wedding venue, Askham Hall. Creating a beautifully rustic theme, Rich and Will dressed in woolen
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The weather didn’t dampen the spirits of Jen and Catherine when they got married in Leicester’s ornate Guildhall. We love the simplicity of their colour scheme and the understate elegance and ambience of the day…
The Lowdown Where: Stanneylands Hotel, CheshireTheme: Traditional and InformalPhotographer: KJ Photography They met in a nightclub, caught each other’s eyes and saw each other every day since. Jake and Ryan are inseparable; they moved in together and getting engaged in August 2014. This is their love story… “I proposed to Ryan on August 8th 2014. As
Allison and Naomi’s engagement shoot took in the hub of London’s city; shot in Canary Wharf by specialist photographer Hazel Buckley…
The magnificent surroundings of the Guildhall in Coventry lent themselves perfectly to Michelle and Rachel’s fabulous Harry potter themed wedding…
Award-winning wedding planners, Shiraz Events tell us how they created a dramatic Indian and peacock wedding theme for Uday and Marc..
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