The Ravenswood Hotel

I visited The Ravenswood Hotel back in March, when the forecasters were hyping about how warm and sunny the  summer would be.  I  want a refund for the disappointment dropped on me when they changed their minds. I probably talk about the sun and the rain too much, but it’s a large deciding factor in how I work. In this case, the wedding at Ravenswood was unfortunately a rainy affair.

Jazz and rain

When I visited the Hotel prior to the wedding there was a jazz lunch event on, which apparently this Hotel is famous for. I saw little of the surrounding grounds because, like the wedding day itself, the rain was falling like stones. However,  Photographs of the grounds can be found on the Hotel’s website

Inside Ravenswood

The wedding was held in a large octagonal hall at the centre of the hotel. Despite the rain the abundance of windows gave me plenty of light to work with, and so I didn’t need to use flash. As I was enjoying the light, the poor Bride had about 10 metres to dash from her car to the hotel entrance, thankfully a  network of umbrellas gave her an effective rain shield.

After the wedding a drinks reception was held in a smaller room, complete with a staircase and large fireplace. This room was, as I often say, “lit in a cosy way” which is my language for a photographers nightmare.  As a result I used a number of wireless flashes in this room, which helped me keep mobile and out of the way as much as possible.

This smaller room was very much used as a stop-gap, so that the Hotel could convert the main hall for the evening function. By this stage the windows provided only a moonlit scene, so I again used numerous wireless flashes strategically placed throughout the room.

Further Information

You may have found your way onto the Ravenswood Hotel website earlier with the photograph link, if not you can find it here: The Ravenswood Hotel.