Mayfair Library wedding photographer

 

Your Registrar will conduct a legal interview with both of you, either together or separately, in private. There is a meeting room on the immediate left as you reach the top of the staircase and this is called the Elizabeth Barrett interview room. If you are marrying in the Marylebone Room there is another door which leads directly down the aisle from this room. If you are having your ceremony in the Mayfair Room then you will exit from the door back to the landing.

During your meeting you will be asked to confirm all of the details that you gave in your Notice.

 

 

The Registrar will welcome you and your guests, you will say your vows, exchange (optional) rings, and then sign the official Register. You can also choose to have a piece of music played during your entrance and the signing of the Register. You may also choose to have a guest or the Registrar make a (non-religious) reading. Ceremonies last between 10 and 25 minutes typically.

 

Two, who must be over 16 and understand the language of the ceremony. Register Office staff are not allowed to act as witnesses. You do not need to know your witnesses.

After your ceremony the Registrars will invite your guests to leave your ceremony room and take their position on the steps outside the Register Office. You can use any kind of confetti but do ensure that you limit it to the area outside the Library (i.e. not in Mount Street Gardens). [No confetti can be used inside the Library]

Liase with your photographer for a thumbs up for your exit once your guests are in position. You are then welcome to have any group photographs taken on the steps or in Mount Street Gardens next door.

 

 

Options include:

Mount Street Gardens right next door to the Library for trees, greenery, plants, flowers, benches, red brick buildings, and the rear aspect of Farm Street Church

Mayfair streets including Mount Street with it’s designer stores and upmarket bars, hotels and restaurants

Farm Street for a sandstone (more muted) alternative to Mayfair’s red brick facades

Your Reception Venue may have interesting interiors and exteriors that are important to you so do ask me if this is of interest

London Landmarks – you can also choose to have photos taken at the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben (check for refurbishment scaffolding first); St Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge; Tower Bridge; or a location that is special to you both

PLEASE NOTE: The Royal Parks – Kensington Gardens, St James’s and Green Park, Hyde Park, The Regent’s Park, Richmond Park, and Greenwich Park – require a filming permit (website) currently £120 inc. VAT for up to one hour.

The time of year and position of the sun plays a large part in this decision, so choose a photographer who knows the area well, at all times of the day, and in the different seasons. Photography between 11am and 2pm when the sun is at its strongest can be trickier to work with so ask your photographer for advice.

 

 

For light to medium rain umbrellas work beautifully. Some of my favourite wedding photographs include umbrellas.

For heavy to torrential rain you can (with permission from the staff on duty) have your groups and couple portraits taken back inside the Register Office. This is dependent on whether there is another wedding taking place following your own. The bookcase and staircase work well for photos. And for groups the Mayfair Room ceremony end (with the large table) has lovely light.