Intimate Weddings at The Kings Head Hotel

Commercial Business and Lifestyle Photographer

As the pandemic hit the UK and the rest of the world the wedding industry was hit hard. For an industry that employs over 400,000 people and contributes over £14 BILLION to the UK economy alone, 2020 was the year of nightmares.

Weddings were cancelled.

The industry was then advised that a maximum of 30 people would be allowed to attend a wedding over the summer. By the autumn this had shrunk to a maximum of 15 in attendance.

What this meant for wedding venues was that they needed to adapt, and do it fast.

I was working with the Kings Head when this discussion came up and I gave them the solution of creating spaces within a space.

Spaces Within A Space

The Kings Head Hotel has the most incredible function room. But its big! How on earth could anyone visualise a small wedding in there? The solution for me was to create spaces within a space. They loved the idea and so we moved forward to create a photo shoot to showcase this solution to show couples that this was the perfect Cirencester wedding venue.

We divided the Assembly Room into three areas.

At one end we placed dining
In the middle we placed the dance floor, where the wedding cake would stand, and also the space where the ceremony would take place.
At the other end we placed comfy sofas and side tables to create a chill out area. All furniture that was already in the hotel that had, had to go into storage when creating socially distanced spaces in the main lounge and bar area.

It was a win/win!

And so the fabulous Elise created a superb team and ran the photo shoot to showcase the solution we needed to show. Scroll on down for the Dream Team!

For wedding and private party clients this also means that everyone and everything stays in one place for the duration. Perfect for the current pandemic restrictions and perfect for those very on trend smaller weddings.

The Imagery

The photo shoot was divided into the two seasons of autumn and winter with Carlé & Moss photographing the detail and room set ups including aerial images, and our fabulous sister company Nikki Kirk Photography on bridal imagery.