Greenwich Registry Office wedding photographer | Petra + Duncan

It’s such a thrill as a Greenwich Registry Office wedding photographer to meet a couple on their wedding day – see what they’re wearing, which guests they have chosen, their flowers and other finishing touches.

Petra and Duncan had agreed not to see each other before their civil wedding ceremony, so Duncan and his best man arrived at Victoria Hall first. They love the building, so while they waited, I photographed them as well as details of the hall such as the pink and white painted ceiling, wonderfully restored.

Petra arrived with her best friends, giggling and excited about the wedding. Staff snuck her into a side room near the registry office so that Duncan wouldn’t spot her. He also had helpfully sat with his back to the main doorway of Woolwich Town Hall – what a clever groom!

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Town Hall reflected in a modern glass building opposite
The main entrance steps to the Royal Borough of Greenwich's Victoria Hall, where civil marriage ceremonies take place.
The pink and white painted ceiling of Victoria Hall in Woolwich, SE18, London, home of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and where civil wedding ceremonies take place.
A white rose buttonhole of the best man at Petra and Duncan's wedding at Victoria Hall at the Royal Borough of Greenwich's Victoria Hall in Woolwich.
Groom Duncan and his best man wait for the bride in the Royal Borough of Greenwich's Victoria Hall in Woolwich.
Groom Duncan waits for his bride Petra in the historic Royal Borough of Greenwich's Victoria Hall in Woolwich.
Groom Duncan and his best man wait for bride Petra in Victoria Hall, Woolwich, SE18

We did a quick portrait of Petra and her two best friends on the steps of Woolwich Town Hall

A bride and her bridesmaids arrive at Woolwich Town Hall for her Greenwich Register Office wedding ceremony.
A bride and her bridesmaids outside Woolwich Town Hall's Victoria Hall - home of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and where the bride was getting married.
A bride and her bridesmaids enter Woolwich Town Hall, home of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to hide from the groom before the civil wedding ceremony, photographed by Greenwich Registry Office wedding photographer Rebecca Portsmouth.
A bride and her white wedding bouquet at Victoria Hall in the Woolwich Town Hall, home of Greenwich Registry Office.

Petra settles down to wait until her wedding ceremony in this office. Every bride needs access to a photocopier just before they walk down the aisle, right?

Petra and her bridesmaids are settled.
A groom waiting in the Victoria Hall, Woolwich before his civil registry office wedding.

After a bit of an unscheduled wait – the registrars are running late – we’re off. Duncan goes into the ceremony room with the wedding rings and Petra waits just outside.

Bride waiting in Greenwich's Victoria Hall before her Greenwich Registry Office wedding.
Two wedding rings on a ring pillow at Petra and Duncan's Greenwich Registry Office wedding ceremony at Victoria Hall, Woolwich Town Hall
The bride with her bouquet - waiting to go into the ceremony room at Woolwich Town Hall in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Groom waiting for his bride at his Royal Borough of Greenwich civil marriage ceremony.
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Greenwich civil wedding | Anna + James

The Greenwich civil wedding of Anna and James with their closest friends and family had a buzz about it that reflected their easy smiles and happiness. Anna, originally from Sweden, wore a classic cream dress and jacket with bouquet from Manchesters Flowers. James wore a cream buttonhole in his cream linen suit, also from Manchesters Flowers.

Their wedding took place at Woolwich Town Hall, the base for the registrars for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, that is Greenwich Register Office. We waited in the magnificent Victoria Hall, with its turn of the century architecture including high domed ceiling and beautiful paintwork.

Guests meet each other at the Greenwich civil wedding of Anna + James in Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street SE18 London Wedding guests gather in Victoria Hall in Woolwich Town Hall for the Greenwich civil wedding of Anna + James.Guests wait for the Greenwich civil wedding of Anna + James in Greenwich's Victoria Hall, Woolwich, SE18, London.




Anna carried a bouquet of white roses and greenery tied with a white ribbon and James wore a white rose buttonhole.

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We did some portraits on Victoria Hall’s stunning stairs before Anna and James’ civil wedding ceremony. greenwich-civil-wedding-05

There was a lot of laughing and joking from the guests during the Greenwich civil wedding, putting Anna and James at ease. Guests laugh and joke at the start of the Greenwich civil wedding ceremony of Anna and James.

 

Greenwich registrars, like other London registrars, use archive-quality indelible ink in the registers. The best man keeps Anna and James’s rings safe on his own fingers. The archive quality indelible black ink waits for the bride and groom to sign the register as a record of their marriage and the best man keeps the wedding rings safe - on his own fingers.

Anna and James exchange vows with her father looking on from the front row. Anna and James say their wedding vows while Anna's father in the front row looks on. Anna and James exchange wedding rings during their Greenwich civil ceremony at Woolwich Town Hall, London Bride Anna takes the groom's ring in her hand to put on James' finger as part of their Greenwich civil wedding ceremony. A wedding ring is an unbroken circle, a symbol of never-ending love, exchanged during the civil wedding of Anna and James. Bride Anna manages to get James' wedding ring on as part of their Greenwich  civil wedding ceremony at Woolwich Town Hall. Bride Anna looks at her father after the exchange of rings during her and James' Greenwich civil wedding ceremony in London.

 

And finally they are announced man and wife – celebrating with a traditional kiss, to the delight of their family and friends.
The bride and groom kiss after they are pronounced man and wife during their Greenwich civil wedding ceremony in south-east London. The bride and groom sign the register after their civil wedding ceremony in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

 

Anna and James’ guests throw confetti to celebrate the marriage of Anna and James. Congratulations! Guests throw confetti on a bride and groom on the steps of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Town Hall, near Love Lane, in south-east London.