Stylish Wedding at Portsmouth Registry Office
Naomi and Aaron // Portsmouth Registry Office and Carter & Co
I’m calling it - there has been a clear shift towards the more chilled, the smaller, and the more bespoke wedding lately. Honestly, I’m here for it. Prior to 2024 I’d maybe shot registry office weddings 10 or 15 times, but in 2024 and booked in for the next 2 years I’ve easily got that. Why is that? Well, spends for one. But also I think couples now are really gettging creative with what their wedding day is. We had a decade or two of the “wedding venue” and now it seems that we’re heading back to the registyr office followed by the pub/garden/house way of doing things. It’s a shift, and I am really loving it (check out a recent Winchester Registry office wedding here).
Naomi spotted my hanidwork at a pals wedding (funnily enough, a registry office followed by a pub!) and reached out about shooting their wedding. It’s still the number one way I find new couples, or rather, they find me, is from word of mouth, and it’s always a nice feeling knowing that I’m doing something half right that someone wants me to shoot their wedding even having seen me at my sweaty, mid-wedding worst.
I met Naomi on her wedding morning at a cool AirBnB in Southsea where her mum and sister helped her get glammed up. Can we just mention the dress for a mo. Holy OMG. Naomi looked like a rock star. We then headed to Portsmouth Registry office for the legals before it was off to Carter & Co in Southsea again for the party. I completely adore thia place for a wedding party/meal. The decor is lush, the staff are ace, plus there’s a bunch of cool spots nearby for pics. We wandered along Castle Street to get some snaps and then I let them dance and shout and party. It was a helluva day.
Here’s Naomi and Aaron’s wedding in Portsmouth as I saw it.
