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Culloden Estate & SpaWedding photography & film

Set above Belfast Lough in Holywood, the Culloden Estate & Spa brings together gardens, stone terraces and stained-glass interiors. Katie and Josh’s wedding and Lyndsay and Colin’s wedding show how differently two days can feel in the same place.

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Arriving at the Culloden.

From the stone entrance to the terrace, where family and friends are waiting.

Lyndsay and Colin step away from the campervan beside a flower bed.

Wedding guests greet Katie as she walks beneath the Culloden’s stone arch.

Lyndsay and Colin approach their guests on the Culloden terrace.

Katie and Josh kiss beside their ribbon-decorated wedding car in a black-and-white photograph.

Wedding guests chat against the greenery outside the Culloden.

Out in the grounds.

A little time outside, with the people you’ve brought together.

Lyndsay and Colin on the stone terrace with the hotel in the background.

Katie stands with three bridesmaids holding bouquets inside the Culloden.

Lyndsay and Colin smile at each other beneath the stone entrance.

Katie smiles at Josh during a quiet moment at the Culloden.

The wedding party and guests gather on the terrace steps.

The staircase and stained glass.

Two weddings, and different ways to use the light and character of the same rooms.

Lyndsay and Colin sit together beneath the Culloden’s stained-glass window.

Katie and Josh sit together by the stained-glass windows at the Culloden.

Lyndsay and Colin are silhouetted on the staircase below stained glass.

Katie and Josh share a moment on the Culloden’s stone staircase below tall windows.

Back with your guests.

The room, the cake and the reactions that make a reception feel like yours.

The doors of the Culloden’s Stuart Suite open onto the wedding reception.

Wedding guests laugh together during the speeches.

Katie and Josh stand by their wedding cake in the window light.

Colin raises a glass beside Lyndsay during the speeches.

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Lyndsay and Colin’s white wedding campervan on the Culloden driveway.

Katie and Josh lean in to kiss in the back of their wedding car.

The wedding campervan in front of the hotel under a bright sky.

A guest holds an ice cream and chats outside during the reception.

A young guest looks across the crowd during the outdoor reception.

A guest adjusts his jacket beside the garden balustrade.

Two guests smile together outdoors with the hotel behind them.

The wedding party stands together beside the campervan.

Colin and the groomsmen stand together outside the hotel.

Lyndsay and Colin with their wedding party on the terrace steps.

Lyndsay and her bridesmaids stand along the stone balustrade.

Lyndsay and Colin pause on a path beside the Culloden lawn.

Lyndsay and Colin kiss beside a yellow door in the grounds.

Colin looks across the grounds from beside a yellow door.

Lyndsay’s face is softly lit through the folds of her veil.

Lyndsay walks through the grounds arm in arm with a guest.

Warm coloured light falls across the staircase and stained glass.

Katie and Josh walk up a staircase towards the stained-glass windows.

Katie sits beneath the tall stained-glass windows, with her dress draped over a patterned sofa.

Katie and Josh walk down the stone staircase beside a tall arched window.

Katie stands beside a tall window, her dress train spread across the floor.

Lyndsay stands on the stairs, her dress train falling down the steps.

A black-and-white portrait of Katie and Josh kissing in a hallway.

The couple stand by the stained-glass landing with the bride’s train in the foreground.

Katie and Josh lean towards one another beside a tall window.

Lyndsay and Colin lean towards one another beside their wedding cake.

A server carries two glasses of sparkling wine topped with strawberries.

Guests turn towards the speaker during the reception.

PLANNING YOUR WEDDING

Your day at Culloden Estate & Spa.

Explore the Culloden Estate & Spa guide below for our approach to photographing and filming a wedding here.

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How we photograph a wedding here

We’ll watch for the greetings and reactions while you’re with your guests. For family photographs, we’ll help gather the right people and find a spot nearby.

CHOOSE YOUR COVERAGE

Photographs. Film.
Your story.

Choose photography on its own, or bring photography and film together with one coordinated team.

Photography

The people, the atmosphere and the moments you’ll want to come back to, with a relaxed approach and a little guidance when it helps.

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Photography & film

The photographs, alongside the voices, movement and feeling of the day. One team working together.

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Your questions.

What if it rains?

We can agree an indoor portrait spot with the venue beforehand. The staircase and window light offer two places to start.

Do we need to plan a long portrait session?

We can keep portraits to a short window and work around the parts of the day you want to spend with guests.

YOUR WEDDING AT CULLODEN ESTATE & SPA

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