Anna & Dan’s Whitby Castle wedding

Whitby Castle, Rye, New York · Photography by ArtVesta Studio

The bride and groom kiss in the aisle as guests cheer, the castle behind. Black and white.

The story

Venue
Whitby Castle
Photography
ArtVesta Studio

Deep blue and white, from Anna’s bouquet of blue roses to the linens on every table.

They married on the lawn in the late sun, under a round arch of blue and white flowers, with musicians playing and the stone towers of Whitby Castle behind them.

Dinner was in a room of deep blue tables under paper lanterns. After dark the castle walls lit up blue, and the two of them walked out into the night through a line of sparklers.

The engagement ring and wedding bands in pink and violet light.The rings.The bride laughs by a tall window, lifting her skirt. Black and white.Two friends help the groom with his jacket and boutonniere.The bride stands at a tall window in her veil, one hand on the frame. Black and white.At the window.The invitation and thank-you card in deep blue with gold flecks, beneath white roses and blue delphinium.A round bouquet of deep blue roses beside a bouquet of white flowers.The blue roses.The bride walks across the lawn with a bouquet of blue roses, the stone castle behind her.On the lawn, before the ceremony.The bride walks across the lawn toward the castle, her veil blowing. Black and white.The groom walks up the path toward the bride for the first look, her bridesmaids in gold beside her.The bridesmaids in blush and gold sequins kiss the bride on the cheek, a flower girl beside them.The bridesmaids.The groom taps the bride's shoulder and she laughs, the bridesmaids watching.The groom, in a blue suit, beams as he sees the bride for the first time, her bridesmaids in gold and blush beside them.The first look.The bride and groom embrace at the first look, her bouquet of blue roses in his hand.The groom holds the bride close on the lawn, both laughing.The bride among her bridesmaids in gold, blush and rose sequins beneath a willow.Gold rings filled with white flowers and blue delphinium above the escort cards.A centerpiece of blue delphinium rising from a ring of white hydrangeas.A circular arch of blue and white flowers on a white platform on the lawn, the castle behind under a clear blue sky.The arch, before the guests arrive.The ceremony chairs set on the lawn before the flower arch and the stone castle.Three musicians play guitar and sing on the lawn.Music on the lawn.The aisle across the lawn to the arch of flowers, the castle tower behind.Close on the arch of white flowers, blue hydrangeas and delphinium.Flower girls in floral crowns walk past guests seated on the lawn.The arch of blue and white flowers before the castle's stone doorway.The bride walks alone across the lawn toward the ceremony, her bouquet of blue roses in hand.From behind, the bride's long veil spreads across the grass as she stands before the castle.The veil.The couple hold hands beneath the arch of blue and white flowers before the castle's stone doorway.The vows.The bride and groom face each other beneath the flower arch as the officiant speaks, the groomsmen standing by.The bridesmaids in gold and blush sequins stand in a row during the ceremony.The vows beneath the arch, the bridesmaids behind and flower girls watching from the front row.Seen from behind, the bride's veil spreads across the white platform beneath the arch.The bride and groom hold hands beneath the arch before the castle doorway.Married, the couple walk back up the aisle between cheering guests, the castle behind them. Black and white.Married, and walking back up the aisle.Married, the groom throws up his arm in celebration as they step off the platform.The bride and groom kiss in the aisle as guests cheer, the castle behind. Black and white.The bride and groom touch foreheads beneath her veil.Guests at cocktail tables in blue linen on a wooden terrace overlooking the grounds.Cocktails on the terrace.The wedding party on the lawn, the bridesmaids in gold and blush and the groomsmen in navy.The reception room, round tables in deep blue linen with tall white arrangements beneath hanging paper lanterns.The room, in blue and white.Glasses of champagne beside a low arrangement of white hydrangeas and blue delphinium.The reception room beneath hanging paper lanterns and white wisteria, tables in deep blue linen.Round tables in deep blue linen with tall white arrangements on gold stands, arched windows beyond.A tall arrangement of blush roses on a gold stand above a table in blue linen.Close on a tall arrangement of blush and white flowers above the tables.The reception room set for dinner, tall white and blush arrangements above tables in deep blue.A small gold vase of white hydrangeas on a cocktail table in blue linen.The couple's table in gold linen with white and blue flowers and pillar candles.The couple’s table.The bride and groom share their first dance, guests watching. Black and white.Guests dance close together in the reception room at dusk.The dance floor.Pillar candles in glass holders among white hydrangeas and blue delphinium.A little girl in a tiara twirls on the dance floor as guests dance behind her.A white filigree card box beside a bouquet of blue and ivory roses.Guests dance beneath blue uplighting in the reception room.The bride and groom listen at their table as a guest gives a toast.The bride dances with her bridesmaids and a flower girl under blue light.The bride sits on a chair on the dance floor and waves a garter above her head as guests laugh.The bride and her friends pose with photo props before a chalkboard wedding sign.Guests hold sparklers in two lines outside the castle doors, lit in blue, as the couple walk out between them.The send-off, in sparklers.The bride and groom embrace between two lines of guests holding sparklers, the castle doorway lit in blue.The couple kiss in the dark beneath the castle tower, its walls lit in blue.The castle, at night.

Credits

Photography
ArtVesta Studio
Venue
Whitby Castle

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