Teepees, Lawn Games & Moments That Made Us Cry (In the Best Way)

Some weddings are about grandeur.
Others like this one, are about soul.

This back garden wedding brought together everything we love about relaxed, festival-style celebrations: a giant teepee, homemade touches, lawn games, and not a phone is sight (minus the one for the table setting reminder haha). Every emotional, unscripted moment was captured through my documentary-style photography.

A Family Garden Turned Festival Ground

The couple transformed their family’s garden into a festival-worthy haven with the help of wedding planner extraordinaire Emma at Wednesday Wedding Club. Eleanor and Calum wanted their guest to experience that real festival feeling with rustic wooden tables, fairy lights strung between trees, and a boho-chic teepee as the heart of the celebration.

Colourful wild flowers in the breeze, and guests played beer pong, flip cup and croquet while sipping craft beers and summer cocktails. It was fun, free-spirited, and totally unforgettable. And as they both said one epic party was to be had. All the legal stuff had been completed in Scotland at their ceremony this one was for fun and fun only !!!

Candid Moments, Captured Forever

What made this day truly special wasn’t the decor (though that was stunning), but the moments. The kind you don’t stage:

A quiet smile between the couple during the ceremony
The best man cracking up mid speech
A brides teary-eyed hug with his mum right after the “I dos”

Forged in Love captured these moments with total honesty nothing posed, nothing forced. Just the raw joy and love that bubbled over all day long.

Why I Love This Wedding Style

Back garden weddings like this one prove you don’t need a grand venue to have an incredible day. You just need:

✔ A space that means something
✔ A vibe that feels like you
✔ A photographer who sees the real moments

If you're dreaming of a relaxed, emotional celebration with fun at its core, take a page from this couple’s book and let ME tell your story the way it deserves to be remembered.

About Me - The Photographer

Specialising in documentary wedding photography, I love to capture moments you didn’t even know were happening. No stiff poses, no awkward smiles just honest, heart filled storytelling through photos that feel like memories.

“It’s about more than how it looked—it’s how it felt.”

Award Winning Story Telling Wedding Photography

Eleanor and Calum’s awesome backyard wedding day picked up a story award in collection 47 for This Is Reportage, From over 9,000 images submitted across our Reportage Award (for the best individual captures) and Story Award (for a series of 15 – 20 images of a single wedding) entries, our judges for this round chose just 40 Reportage Awards and 19 Story Awards.