Hannah & Callum at Grantley Hall
The Wedding Everyone Talked About And The Photo Booth They Couldn't Leave Alone.
The September light at Grantley Hall has a particular quality to it.
Long shadows across the lawns by four o'clock, gold across the Georgian stone by five, and by the time the candles are lit for dinner, the whole house looks like a painting of itself.
For Hannah and Callum, it was the perfect backdrop for a wedding years in the making.
Young parents, best friends and the kind of couple who know exactly what good looks like, every detail of the day was thoughtfully considered. From the food and flowers to the entertainment their guests would remember long after the final dance.
And if there was one thing guests couldn't stop talking about?
The photo booth.
Not because it was tucked away in a corner. Quite the opposite. It became part of the celebration itself — bringing together grandparents, bridal party members, old school friends and everyone in between for a night of laughter, instant prints and memories that ended up filling their guest book.
Years in the making
The wedding was the celebration of a partnership already built, not the start of one
"Marrying my best friend, my soul mate, the love of my life. It honestly felt like a dream."
Grantley Hall in North Yorkshire is fluent in that energy. Georgian rooms, thirty acres of beautiful grounds near Ripon, and a service team that somehow manages to disappear into the celebration while ensuring every detail runs perfectly. The kitchen rises to the occasion every time.
The day moved on its own rhythm. Calm in the morning, full in the afternoon, and then a party in Valeria's until the early hours.
The suppliers got picked with the same instinct. A selection of the best across the North if not the UK. Annabeth Photos worked the room the way the best wedding photographers do, present when it counted, invisible when it didn’t. The bridal look came together with Dotty Bridal and Janehill Bridal. Rebecca Asquith MUA gave Hannah a face that held through the long evening, and Hair by Tosetti delivered hair that read effortless without trying. Fulford Flowers filled the rooms with Ivory florals that earned every inch of space they took. It’s Me Amy D floated through the whole day, picking up the natural, behind the scenes content.
The next chapter, not the first
By the time the speeches were toasted and into the band’s first chord, the Viva La Booth was open.
By the time the speeches were toasted and into the band’s first chord, the Viva La Booth was open.
We turned up dressed for the day. Bespoke screen designs in Hannah and Callum’s palette, font and designs. Print templates carrying their names. A considered prop set, chosen to flatter the room. A service and experience that made every guest feel like the most photogenic person in the building.
Inside an hour, the booth was the social hub of the night. Bridesmaids stacking in for group shots. Parents and grandparents aking their turn, half embarrassed, fully delighted. Mates queuing with a drink in hand and a pair of statement sunglasses on.
The colour prints went straight to phones. The black and white option turned out to be the favourite and the older guests commented how nice that printed pictures were not forgotten.
And the children. The children kept coming back. With cousins. With grandparents. With parents. Then with cousins again. One small group made the trip at least six times before midnight. By the end of the night a whole branch of the family album was living inside the booth’s print archive.
Our Grantley Hall Photo Booth held it’s own - the same as Grantley Hall, a particular quality to it that you just don’t question. So much so we returned for the full Grantley Hall team party a few months later. Stamp of approval.
Hannah summed it up the morning after!
Had Viva La Booth for my wedding and couldn’t recommend enough. It was a hit with the guests. Jen and her team are fab to deal with and made the booking so easy!