I always encourage the couples I meet to make their wedding about them. “Cram as much of your personalities into your day as you can – it’s your day so make it all about you”, I say. Ashley & Domico definitely did that. Although they were always going to do that, no matter what I said 😉
You may remember that I ran a “Win Your Wedding Photography” competition earlier this year. Well, Ashley & Domico were the lucky winners! The draw was completely at random, but I was so excited when I read their entry. Here’s a little bit about them from their entry form…
“My partner and I have relocated to Liverpool, UK from the sunny isles of Bermuda. We have come to the UK to raise our family and to be closer to our first love – football! We met back in 2006 on the football pitch. We both played for the same football club – Devonshire Cougars. He played for the men’s team, while I played for the women’s team. We even went on to play for The Bermuda National Football Teams, together! What can I say? We are ballers! Our wedding is not going to be the same old boring traditional wedding, with the white dress and flowers. We dare to be different!”
And dare to be different they did! Ashley wore black leather trousers, corset studded with diamonds and a… skirt? (I don’t know the proper name for it) but she looked killer. Her daughter looked amazing in her matching outfit and Domico looked uber cool in an all-black suit & bow tie. Their love of football was everywhere, from the large football table centres to the chocolate footballs as favours to the football wedding cake. The Malmaison in Liverpool was the perfect wedding venue – dramatic and cool – plus Ashley’s room had vintage football pictures on the wall. It was a lovely relaxed wedding, with no evening reception. They hadn’t planned on having a first dance, but as always seems to be the case, they got forced into it by mounting pressure from their guests. And considering most of the had travelled from Bermuda or the US it seems only fair they put on a little bit of a show 😉 but they did get up and join in with a little Bermudan dance afterwards.
Ashley & Domico are such a lovely couple and spoilt me rotten. They included me on their table plan(!) so I spent the wedding breakfast enjoying some lovely food while chatting about the difference between Bermuda, the US and the UK. As always I had an awesome day – here are a few of my favourites…
If you’d like to enter this years competition, just follow this link – www.chris-morse.co.uk
