Two Groom’s wedding at Morden Park House

Let me share with you this micro and gorgeous gay wedding that I have photographed in South London.

The Sheridan Room, in Morden Park House in the Merton register office, can accommodate up to 30 guests.

But today’s event was a beautiful Gay micro wedding with only four people. The lovely couple, Leon and Ciaran and their two sisters.

It is a gorgeous sunny midsummer's day with hot weather and bright light in South London. Only 20 minutes by bike from my house, Morden Park House is a charming listed building in the most beautiful park.

Admittedly, the building needs some attention, but it still has a charming personality.

COVID-19 is imposing many changes, some heavy and challenging, some original and refreshing.

My take from this is the discovery of micro weddings!

I am a people person, and getting close to my couples is something that I genuinely love. I love the intimacy of small events. The connection with Leon and Ciaran is even more profound because Ciaran, his sister, and I are all descendants of Neapolitans. Their father and my parents are from Naples, Italy's crazily friendly, chaotic, and overpopulated city.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Leon and Ciaran a bucket full of happiness and fun life together.

Here is what the couple said about their wedding day and love story

Leon and Ciaran met at a bar in Sydney the night before the Mardi Gras Parade 2017. We got chatting and exchanged numbers and hit it off instantly. It didn’t take long before we were sleeping over at each other’s houses and mixing friends. We became best friends as well as life partners.

We’re so different in many ways but share equally as much in common. Leon is Australian, growing up on the beach north of Sydney in a stunning place called Forster. Ciaran is from Essex and has lived in Sydney for 5 years, where we met. We love to travel and adventure together.

Our proposal wasn’t typical. It was a conversation we had whilst hiking up a mountain in Madeira! It was more: “Yeah, let’s become official Life Partners and show each other our commitment”. This was the right time to move our relationship onto the next stage.

The most memorable part of our wedding was reading our vows. We both wrote our own vows, and they came from the heart. We wanted them to be short enough to remember them in the future. It’s hard to sum your relationship up in a couple of minutes, so we spoke from the heart and made real promises to each other.

We wanted a minimal and intimate wedding. We chose to have just our two witnesses, our sisters, as we wanted to focus on each other. When our wedding day came, all covid restrictions were lifted, but we kept our plan intimate and personal. We have a party to celebrate with our friends and family two weeks after the wedding. Sadly Leon’s family can’t get to the UK so quickly because of covid and the distance. Still, we’re so lucky we can communicate in many ways, and Leon’s only sibling lives in London. We would say no if anyone asked us if we’d have done anything differently. Or maybe we could have added a few extra hours in the day to enjoy it for longer.

Please, get in touch if you are looking for a gay-friendly wedding photographer in London.