Hello! In this episode we introduce you to the latest wedding planning podcast, All Things Weddings. Learn more about your hosts, Hannah & Scott and start planning your perfect wedding.

Wedding planning can be a stressful and overwhelming experience. We are here to help you every step of the way. We speak to industry experts and give you the tips and tricks you need to make wedding planning fun and ensure you have your dream day.

Show links:

Hannah - https://hannahrachaelweddings.co.uk/

Scott - https://www.scottcarneyphotography.com/

Scott

Hello! Welcome to All Things Weddings I’m Scott the photographer behind Scott Carney Photography.

Hannah

And I’m Hannah the wedding planner behind Hannah Rachael Weddings. We’re here to help you navigate your wedding planning, to freely share tips, insights and behind the scenes so you hopefully feel less overwhelmed and stress free while planning your gorgeous wedding.

Scott

Hannah, how has your week been? What have you been up to?

Hannah

Erm it’s been quite a quiet week. Just catch ups with couples, so I offer an initial consultation with all of my couples when they book. So, it’s just been going through initial plans with them, having zooms. Nice little catch ups and updating function sheets because if I don’t know what’s going on the we’re in trouble! (Hannah laughs)

Scott

Yeah, the planner needs to be organised.

Hannah

Yeah, definitely.

Scott

That’s for sure.

Hannah

What about you?

Scott

Err yeah, it’s been quite chilled. I didn’t shoot a wedding in December or January so it’s been nice to have that time like where I can be a bit more like on top of things almost.

Hannah

Yep. Get all your admin done.

Scott

Yeah, so update the website and blog about 20 weddings because it was like, like every year I’m like, I’ve even said it this year, like I’ll definitely like blog a bit more, like you know keep on top of it and do it at the right time, but yeah I just forget and do them all in January.

Hannah

Yeah, I’ve been blogging this month, so I know exactly the pain.

Scott

Yeah, it’s been good though. It’s nice, I obviously message my couples for the year in January which is nice to just be like hey it’s this year like how are you getting on and do you have any questions? And things like that, so it’s been nice hearing from them because obviously I think people are even more excited when it’s that year.

Hannah

Definitely

Scott

Be like we’re getting married this year. So, yeah that’s been good to chat to them and yeah a few more enquiries. I think I had an open day at a venue and then, so like, January I think people start to really, especially if they are getting married this year or next year, I feel like they think oh it’s only a year now or it’s less than a year.

Hannah

Things really ramp up, don’t they?

Scott

Yeah, it’s quite a busy season for booking and stuff which is nice. So, yeah do you want to talk a bit about how you go into weddings then? Why weddings?

Hannah

Yeah, course. So I have been that person who has been obsessed with weddings from a very young age. Erm, I was one of them, I’ve always been a creative so in school I took every art, design class I possible could. I picked up textiles, did everything. And erm, I begged my local bridal shop to take me on and let me come and make tea and coffee for them on a Saturday and just watch fittings and get to be immersed in that industry. And since then, I went on and did fashion design and Uni, specialized in bridalwear. Then I use to go back to the seamstress’s house and sit on her sofa and just stitch on appliques and butterflies onto wedding dresses so I’ve kind of been obsessed with the industry for quite a few years now. And then after uni I wasn’t too well, I did a few retail jobs, worked in a bridal shop but nothing really fueled me like weddings did so I then I got into the events side of things. So, I knew I wanted to be in wedding events, so I volunteered at a local hotel where I did everything sort of admin and fell in love with it all again. Erm, then me and my partner moved to the Lake District, and I got offered an event assistant role there and learnt pretty much everything I could possibly know now. (Hannah laughs) It was the best experience I could have possibly had. So, I did everything from duty manager to serving breakfast, cleaning rooms, everything. So, it was the perfect opportunity for me to sort of get ready and set up.

Scott

Did they do weddings; did they have weddings there?

Hannah

Yeah, they did weddings, corporate events, birthday parties, christenings, like you name it we did it. So, it was just the perfect experience to learn absolutely everything I possibly could. How to cloth a table, how to serve breakfast, there wasn’t anything that we didn’t do. So, it set me up perfectly.

Scott

Nice. Yeah, the Lakes is like, I don’t know just such a great place, isn’t it? Like, I love like I do a few weddings there a year. It’s not like too far away from where we are is it but yeah, it’s so nice. Like, I feel like you get so many, such a different vast array of people that go to The Lakes.

Hannah

Definitely.

Scott

People just go up there like every weekend because they love it. People like Americans who come to see it even, things like that. It’s just very iconic.

Hannah

Yeah, if you’re outdoorsy yeah definitely it’s the perfect place. It’s so beautiful as well for weddings, you’ve got so many fantastic venues up there. Where have you shot at up there?

Scott Eeeerm Inn on the Lake.

Hannah

Yeah, nice.

Scott

I’ve been there a few times. Where else have I been? Ullswater hotel, I’ve been there a few times like a while back which is nice which is just on the lake.

Hannah

Have you done Hidden River Cabins?

Scott

Yes. It’s so nice.

Hannah

Yeah, it’s beautiful there, really good team as well. Really lovely up there.

Scott

It’s a great location. They’ve got a massive window which is like yeah amazing isn’t it. I had no interest in weddings.

Hannah

Really?

Scott

Yeah haha.

Hannah

Wow!

Scott

I enjoyed like going to weddings and whatever, but I don’t know I was never, I don’t know. I had like an interest in photography from like quite, relatively early like school kind of aged. Erm but never like anything serious really. Then I think in college I played in a couple of bands, I was never like great so like yeah a lot of my mates were a lot better than I was and I was, so yeah I was like always there so we’d like hang out and they was like oh we’ve got a gig so I was coming along and hang out with you but I wasn’t playing. So, I think I just lead to like oh I quite like photography, I’m here, they want photos anyway, it makes sense so I’ll just kind of you know start taking pictures. So that was my first like journey into photography if you like. I think I was just mostly on yeah like bands and then I joined the army after college. I think I was like, I was going to be a police man that was like my thing and then just I don’t know why I just didn’t really enjoy college that much. I love all the like hanging out with all my mate’s side of it.

Hannah

yeah.

Scott

But the education side just wasn’t really like jelling, just wasn’t for me so I was like right what else can I do? I wanted to join the police for whatever reason and but obviously I was only like seventeen and this point sixteen or seventeen. North Yorkshire where I was obviously were like their average age recruitment was a lot higher, they wanted you to have life experience, they weren’t recruiting and all that so for various reasons I think I literally just googled like I don’t know similar jobs to police or something random. And was like military police and I was like oh what’s that and like. So, I ended up joining that weirdly and did that for like 10 years.

Hannah

Oh wow.

Scott

Hannah

So a long time.

Scott

so yeah. And yeah, a good few years now and yeah I just don’t really look back and then I would definitely do more festival stuff again that would be the only thing but they kind of clash with wedding season but other than that I can’t imagine photographing anything other than weddings really.

Hannah

I think that’s the thing when you get into the niche of what you love you just throw yourself into it. You can’t see yourself doing anything else. A bit like me and weddings. I don’t, I do a couple of like parties or twenty firsts but weddings for me is, is the gold.

Scott

Yeah amazing. So, what, so this podcast then what are we, what is the aim of the podcast really? What we saying like whose it for? What are we hoping to achieve?

Hannah

I think for us it’s for anybody who is planning their wedding who’s a bit stressed, a bit overwhelmed. There’s so much involved in planning a wedding it is hard to know how to navigate it, which route to turn down, what to do when, what questions to ask and I think for us it’s just to share some of that insight that we have. That behind the scenes knowledge that you know you just don’t find out unless you would book us or work with us and it’s just sharing those tips freely so you can plan the day that you’re you know you want to look forward to.

Scott

Yeah one hundred percent I think we just, obviously we’ve both worked in the industry for a while now so I think we just want to bring some of the best suppliers like to talk about each aspect of the day really and hopefully there’s some there’s some useful tips in there for couples to take away. I’m getting married in May and yeah even for me and obviously I’ve liked worked in the industry for a while now I know a lot of people and even then, I’ve realised like a lot of the things where I might be like ah that’s annoying I’m doing myself and it’s quite like weirdly hard to plan a wedding.

Hannah

Definitely, it’s all the nitty gritty details as well. There’s a lot that goes into it that you just don’t think about, or you just don’t know. Like I speak to my couples all the time and they’re like we would have never thought about that.

Scott

Yeah that’s the thing I’d hate to like after the day to be like, I don’t think, well I’d like to think that most things are not going to be like the days ruined because of it.

Hannah

No.

Scott

Because you’re going to love it regardless of it hopefully, you’re getting married and everything but um but yeah I think it’s just little things I’d hate to look back and then be like ah I wish I’d known that.

Hannah

Yeah.

Scott

Because then I would have done it you know this way or that way, so hopefully we can yeah help with a few of those nuggets.

Hannah

I hope so.

Scott

So I think yeah were trying to put out like, well at least one episode a month maybe try and get two and we’ll have some where we just chat like this.

Hannah

Yes.

Scott

Which will be nice and the well have obviously like guests on which will be er which will be nice and we’ll talk about their specific area.

Hannah

To give you a bit of a broader insight into to weddings as a whole.

Scott

Yeah, I think it would be great to see from everyone’s point of view as well which is great. But anyway, were basically going to be on most major like platforms for podcasts, so if you listen on Apple or Spotify or Google podcasts.

Hannah

We’ll be there.

Scott

What’s the other one Google play? I don’t know anyway yeah, we’ll be on them so hopefully you can find us pretty easily there and Instagram as well I guess.

Hannah

Definitely.

Scott

For most of our like behind the scenes stuff. Erm so who’s our first guest Hannah?

Hannah

The wonderful Freya Raby Photography.

Scott

Woohoo.

Hannah

Is out first guests. We love Freya. She’s the best.

Scott

Check out the next episode. We’ll be chatting to Freya all things wedding photography and yeah if you’ve got any questions just drop us a message I guess on Instagram.

Hannah

Yeah, definitely.

Scott

Get in touch and if you want to hear about something specific just let us know.

Hannah

And we’ll answer them.

Scott

Thanks.