Cotswolds wedding photography

Your day, held in the softest light.

Natural, unhurried photographs of honey-stone barns, long tables and the people you love — taken quietly, edited honestly, and printed to last a lifetime.

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Bride and groom walking through a meadow at sunset

Bride holding a loose bouquet of wildflowers

8.12pm, late June — near Bibury

Eleanor Hale, photographer, holding a film camera

The approach

“I don’t stage moments. I wait for them — and I always know where the light will fall.”

Eleanor HaleFounder & photographer, Painswick

180+weddings photographed

12 yrsin the Cotswolds

4 wksgallery turnaround

Packages

Three ways to tell your story

Every collection includes a planning call, a timeline built around the best light at your venue, and a private online gallery to share with family.

Engagement

£450 / session

90-minute golden-hour shoot
A Cotswold location of your choosing
60+ edited images
£150 off when booked with a wedding

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Most loved

Full Day

£2,650 / up to 10 hrs

Morning preparations to first dance
Sunset portraits at golden hour
500+ edited images
Complimentary engagement session
Sneak-peek gallery within 48 hours

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Half Day

£1,650 / up to 5 hrs

Ceremony, drinks reception & portraits
Ideal for intimate & weekday weddings
280+ edited images
Private online gallery

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Gallery

Recent weddings

From tithe barns to village churches and garden marquees — a few favourite frames from the last two seasons.

Bride by a window in soft morning light — Barnsley House

Barn reception with festoon lights — Cripps Barn

Couple kissing in the countryside at sunset — Owlpen Manor

Guests throwing confetti outside a stone church — St Mary’s, Painswick

Linen-bound fine-art wedding album open on a table

Fine-art albums

Made to be held, not scrolled

Hand-bound in Italy on archival cotton paper, with lay-flat spreads and your names debossed on the cover. Designed by me, approved by you.

Classic — 10×10", 30 spreads, linen cover £695
Heirloom — 12×12", 40 spreads, leather £995
Parent albums — 8×8" copies £245

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Kind words

From our couples

“We barely noticed Eleanor all day, then the photos arrived and she’d caught every glance. My dad cried at the album.”

Charlotte & Tom — Cripps Barn

“She marched us into a barley field at exactly the right minute. Those twelve photos are on every wall of our house.”

Priya & James — Euridge Manor

“Calm, kind and wonderfully organised. The timeline she built for us kept the whole day relaxed.”

Hannah & Ollie — Notley Tythe Barn

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Tell me about your day

I take a limited number of weddings each year so every couple gets my full attention. 2025 Saturdays are filling — share your date and I’ll reply within two days.

Studio: Painswick, Gloucestershire — by appointment
Coverage: Across the Cotswolds, Bath & Oxfordshire — no travel fees within 40 miles
Contact: hello@goldenhourweddings.co.uk
07812 445 903