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Two grooms hold hands and walk down a beach during their fifties seaside elopement

Fifties Seaside Elopement Styled Shoot.

Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire

"If you like your coffee hot, Let me be your coffee pot, You call the shots. I wanna be yours."

Who doesn’t love the British seaside? Good old Blighty: kiss me quick hats, donkies and all the fun of the fair. With the resurgence of the staycation, British weddings and indeed honeymoons (stunnymoons?) are very à la mode.

I paired up with Ceremonies by Leni Robson to organise this intimate fifties seaside elopement styled shoot, with just two grooms, two bridesmaids and an unruly dog. We kept the suppliers minimal and roped some friends in as models so that we could knock this shoot out with minimal fuss and have a day out with our buddies at the seaside.

Many people don’t realise that if you engage the services of a celebrant, you can have your ceremony absolutely anywhere. You still have to do the legal bit in a registry office, but that’s just paperwork. A celebrant will personalise your service and you can have any readings or songs you like, religious or not. Leni wrote an entire fifties themed script for this staged ceremony including hilarious real-life stories and a fitting reading of ‘I wanna be yours‘ by John Cooper Clarke.

The ceremony was followed by fish and chips straight out of the paper and ice creams on the pier. We spent some time on the beach to take some portraits and group shots before heading into the arcade with a bag full of 2ps and a determination to win at air hockey. Any fun activities you can add into your wedding day like this will make for great natural photos, meaning you get to have fun and not feel under pressure to pose, but also get some quirky candid photos for the album.

Creative Team

Photography
Doodah Photography

Celebrant
Ceremonies by Leni Robson

Bridesmaid’s Dresses
Dolly & Dotty

Stationery
Doodah Designs

Flowers
Doodah Florals

Venue
Seascape Cafe, Chapel St Leonards

A bridesmaid in a red polka dot dess points at a groom in red braces and bow tie holding his jacket on a fifties seaside elopement
A groom and two bridesmaids in red polka dot dresses laugh together as they straighten his tie on a beach during a fifties seaside elopement
Two rooms in red bow ties sit together on a sand dune and laugh at something happening off camera on a fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms and two bridesmaids in red sit on a sand dune laughing and chatting together during a fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms in red bow ties hold hands and link arms with two bridesmaids in red during a fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms with red bow ties crouch down to pet their black and white dog on their fifties seaside elopement
A groom in a dark grey jacket holds his husbands face and smiles on a beach during their fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms are crouching down with their dog on a beach with two bridesmaids in red standing behind them on their fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms hold hands and walk down a beach during their fifties seaside elopement
A groom in a dark grey jacket pulls on his red braces during a fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms and a bridesmaid compete on arcade machines at the pier as part of their fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms play on 2p machines in a seaside pier during their fifties seaside elopement
Two bridesmaids in red polka dot dresses play on arcade machines on the pier after a fifties seaside elopement
A groom shouts as someone steals his prize tokens out of his top jacket pocket on the pier during a fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms stand talking in front of a colourful cartoon mural at the seaside on their fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms and two bridesmaids in red sit on a wooden bench and laugh together whilst eating fish and chips from the paper on a fifties seaside elopement
Two bridesmaids in red polka dots eat mr whippy ice creams in front of a giant ice cream cone on a fifties seaside elopement
A groom dabs ice cream on his husbands nose during their fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms and two bridesmaids sit in a row in front of some colourful beach huts during their fifties seaside elopement
A groom reads his vows to his husband as a bridesmaid in red watches during a fifties seaside elopement
close up of grooms hands putting on a wedding ring during a fifties seaside elopement
A celebrant, two grooms, two bridesmaids and a dog stand in front of a large triangular window with a view of the sea behind during a fifties seaside elopement
Two grooms and two bridesmaids stand in a huddle and laugh whilst drinking champagne at a fifties seaside elopement
A vow card with fifties style design saying 'Jimmy and Dean' is held by a bridesmaid in red at a fifties seaside elopement

Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean
That’s how deep is my devotion

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