Oakley Hall Hotel Basingstoke
Wedding Photography
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A selection of wedding photos featuring the Oakley Hall Hotel Oakley near Basingstoke Hampshire
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A wedding photo slideshow one of very many weddings Peter has photographed and videoed in this area. It illustrates the lovely Oakley Hall Hotel which is just a few minutes drive west of Basingstoke Hampshire. It includes one main wedding at this venue and a few shots from other weddings that Peter has shot at Oakley Hall. The slideshow runs from the arrivals through to the late evening including a live band and a fireworks display. You can also browse this sample photo gallery featuring the photos at Oakley Hall further down this page:
Background Information and Highlights
The Oakley Hall Hotel is located close to the village of Oakley and just a few minutes drive west from Basingstoke Hampshire. Don't confuse it with the Oakley Court Hotel - which is another lovely wedding venue - on the River Thames near Windsor!
Peter has shot at the Oakley Hall Hotel several times over many years - he's located just a few miles north and so its easy to meet up if you would like to get together when selecting your photographer / videographer at his place or at the venue.
The hotel has a great variety of photogenic locations within the main building. Ceremonies can be downstairs or upstairs. The are seven licensed function rooms for ceremonies and can look terrific. The recently constructed Garden Pavilion immediately adjacent to the main hotel replaced the old marquee and looks gorgeous inside and outside. It can take over 300 guests for wedding breakfasts and receptions.
The exterior has a massive area of grassland at the rear and is surrounded by mature trees . The front of the hotel is well-maintained with shrubs and trees.
The registrars responsible for conducting civil wedding ceremonies come from the local Basingstoke office and are very easy-going. Peter is able to shoot a good variety of photos and video without any onerous restrictions.
Brides may choose to get ready in the lovely old cottage just a few hundred yards from the hotel. There is a golf buggy available to bring everyone from the cottage to the ceremony.
There is plenty of free parking onsite.
Most of the photos on this feature page illustrate a short duration wedding photography package starting once the bride was dressed and ready and finishing after the wedding breakfast speeches. To browse other parts of a "typical" wedding day see lots more wedding photo galleries including e.g. Peter’s Elvetham Hotel, Peter’s Rivervale Barn, Peter’s Esseborne Manor, Peter’s Audleys Wood Hotel, Peter’s Aviator Hotel, Peter’s Avington Park, Peter’s Warbrook House, Peter’s Sandford Springs Hotel, Peter’s St Michaels Church Heckfield, Peter’s Wokefield Estate Hotel, and many more.
The first photo above shows the front of the Oakley Hall Hotel wedding venue near Basingstoke Hampshire
The next photo above was shot by Peter from a light aircraft - yes a plane not a drone! A friend flew the plane whilst Peter shot the venue from above with both photos and video clips
The grounds to the rear of the venue are very extensive and offer lots of mature trees for welcome shade
The cottage in the grounds of the Oakley Hall Hotel is ideal for the girls “getting ready”
The first floor main function room looks great set up ready for the wedding ceremony at the Oakley Hall Hotel
It is important to grab a few semi-formal photos of the groom and his entourage and VIP guests just before the start of the wedding ceremony
Bride poses for a photo in her lovely wedding dress just before her marriage ceremony
We added the bridesmaids!
Live music during the ceremony certainly adds greatly to the lovely ambience of the occasion
The bride makes her entrance into the ceremony room. The hotel staff offer a golf buggy to transport the girls from the cottage to the main building as the journey is several hundred yards
Father of the bride gives his daughter away
Bride and groom exchange their wedding rings during their marriage ceremony at the Oakley Hall Hotel
The first kiss
Once the real civil marriage register has been completed and signed the registration staff arrange for a pretend signing. They encourage the guests to come forward to shoot their own photos
Another wedding shot by Peter, this time in the ground floor function room which opens out onto the sunlit terrace
Dogs are popular and welcome guests at weddings at the Oakley Hall Hotel
Live music certainly adds to the enjoyment during the “cocktail hour” - the period between the end of the wedding ceremony and the start of the wedding breakfast / reception
The shade provided by the mature trees can be a godsend on very bright days. Otherwise complexions may be very contrasty and less than flattering even after lots of editing after the wedding day
Some set-piece portraits of the bride and groom a must-haves for obvious reasons
This bride and groom posed for a photo outside the main entrance to the Oakley Hall Hotel
As did this couple
The cake is very important for photos especially if to go into a wedding album and if the cake was made by a guest
The speeches during the wedding breakfast are always great sources of cracking photos. Video is even better
A live band playing throughout the evening is a great addition to the wedding day
And fireworks to round off the evening at the Oakley Hall Hotel near Basingstoke really make the day