THE WEDDING BLOG

Best wedding photography of 2022
2022, well that was a busy one! It's been epic and exhausting in equal measure, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I have never shot so many weddings in one year, with the last of the postponements rolled in to what at last became a normal year, and boy did that...

Chedington Wedding Photography – Heather and Shaan’s fusion wedding
Chedington is a simply beautiful wedding venue, hidden away in the Dorset hills. Formerly known as Axnoller, yet still on West Axnoller farm, it features the incredible main farmhouse and party barn, plus some beautiful gardens, and what I like perhaps the most, the...

Syrencot wedding photography
In the heart of rural Wiltshire, Syrencot is the perfect modern wedding venue which only recently opened it's doors for the first time, so I was rather excited to finally shoot here! Syrencot really does have everything - a roomy bridal preparation room in the main...

North Cadbury Court wedding photography – Emma and Dan
On the hottest day of the year in 2022, Emma and Dan's got married at the stunning North Cadbury Court in Somerset, and what a day it was! - One of the hottest weddings in every sense of the word, packed with a serious amount of fun - it was epic! There was golf on...

High Eggbeer Farm wedding photography
High Eggbeer Farm is a sublime venue for wedding photography, it has been on my list to shoot for a long time, so when Ellen and Ryan asked me to shoot their relaxed and rustic wedding there, it was definitiely a yes from me! Sitting proudly on a ridge amongst the...

Hinton St Mary Estate wedding photography – Lizzy and Joel’s summer Tithe Barn wedding
Hinton St Mary Estate is a gorgeous wedding venue, hidden away in the village of Hinton St Mary, just north of Sherborne in Dorset. Lizzy and Joel chose the Tithe Barn as the venue which just suited their styles and personalities perfectly, for a cosy intimate family...

Smedmore House wedding Photography- the perfect venue by the sea
Smedmore House is a simply stunning location for a wedding, perched above the sea near Kimmeridge, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. It is hard to decide whwere to begin describing Smedmore, with it;s incredible blue room for bridal preparations, the sweeping...

Burley Manor wedding photographer – Robin Goodlad Photography
Burley Manor is one of my favourite venues in the New Forest for wedding photography, it is always a pleasure to photograph here. Nestled on the edge of the village of Burley in the heart of the New Forest, Burley Manor is an exquisite wedding venue, which exudes...

Tithe Barn Symondsbury wedding photography
Nestled in the sublime village of Symondsbury, the Tithe Barn has to be one of my favourite wedding venues in Dorset. Surrounded by beautifully curated gardens, wild flower meadows, and the iconic Colmers Hill, and all a stone's throw from the Jurassic Coast. I do...

River Cottage Wedding Photographer
River Cottage is the most beautiful venue for weddings with so many opportunities for beautiful wedding photography, tucked away in the rolling hills on the Devon and Dorset border. I know and understand the ethos of River Cottage very well, having grown up following...

Best wedding photography of 2021
Wow - what a year! 2021 has been something else, with almost two years of bookings rolled in to one, and it was so important for me to help everyone with posptponements as best I could, even if it meant consecutive days at opposite ends of the country! We made it, and...

Silchester Farm Wedding Photography
Silchester farm is a simply stunning new venue, hidden away in the rolling Hampshire Countryside. Created as a contemporary location for exclusive luxury wedding hire, Silchester Farm still maintaining oodles of rural charm. I've had my eye on photographing weddings...

Hope Farm Dorset wedding Photography
Hidden in the rolling Dorset hills, not far from the sea, Hope Farm is as close to rural perfection as you might find for a wedding. A working farm surrounded by rare breed sheep and Alpacas, with a barn lovingly transformed by Sue and the family into a contemporary...

Mapperton House Wedding Photography
Mapperton House, a true jewel in the Dorset countryside, and perhaps the finest manor house there is for a wedding venue. As a Dorset based wedding photographer, I have been wanting to photograph a wedding here for years, and Kirsty and Alex's story, with their 3...

Maunsel House Wedding Photography
Hidden away on the Somerset levels between Taunton and Bridgwater is the ever so quirky and timeless Maunsel House, and incredible wedding venue. I had heard so much about it, so when Emily and Jordan asked me to come along to Maunsel House to photograph their...

Deans Court Wedding Photography
Hidden away in the beautiful Dorset market town of Wimborne Minster is Deans Court, a sublime wedding venue with so many opportunities for beautiful wedding photography. When Lucy and William asked me to photograph their wedding at Deans Court I simply had to say...

2020 – Looking back, and looking forwards
2020 – I think we can all be certain that this was one year we will gladly see the back of! With so few weddings this year, I was debating whether to write a best of 2020 post at all, but there are several reasons why I should. Primarily though, it is because love...

Durdle Door Engagement Photographer – Robin Goodlad Photography
Durdle Door Engagement photography Durdle Door is an iconic gem of a landscape along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. As a location for an engagement shoot or engagement photography session, it is simply magical, with so many options to incorporate the breath-taking...

The magic of a small, intimate wedding
A small wedding is a magical thing. It truly is. Small weddings or elopement weddings might be the only option right now, but this has got me thinking, for I photographed many small or elopement weddings long before Covid reared its ugly head and started ruining the...

Magdalen College Oxford wedding photographer – a lemon and lime wedding
I absolutely adore Magdalen College Oxford, it is always a pleasure to photograph here, with it's beautiful pools of light, and proud history around very corner. When Tim and James told me about their plan to get married at Magdalen College and asked me to be their...

NineDots Wedding Photographer Of The Year 2019!
On Tuesday, I got a call from the legend that is Adam Johnson, Internationally renowned wedding photographer and founder member of NineDots. "I have some news for you" Adam said. I wasn't sure what the news might be, but with the lockdown around Covid-19 which has had...

Priston Mill wedding photography |Robin Goodlad Photography
Priston Mill, an absolute gem, tucked away in the English Countryside. I first met Leanne and Mickey at a wedding fair, and when they asked me to be their Priston Mill wedding photographer, I just knew it was going to be an epic day, and it most certainly was! A...

Porthilly Farm wedding photography | A Cornish tipi wedding by the sea
Aaah, Porthilly Farm, wedding paradise by the sea. When I met Katherine and Chris in London, and they told me they were getting married at Porthilly Farm, by the beach in Rock, Cornwall, I just had to say yes to being their wedding photographer! I love the camel...

Somerley House Wedding Photographer | Robin Goodlad Photography
Somerley House is just the most sublime country house you can imagine. I've always wanted to work here, so when Becky and Matt asked me to be their photographer for their Somerley House Wedding, I just had to say yes! Somerley House is so full of character, with...