The bride and groom walking hand in hand beneath an archway at the Old Royal Naval College, GreenwichThe bride in a gold lehenga beneath the Greenwich colonnade

Some weddings are intimate. This one was not meant to be. With the groom's family Bangladeshi and the celebration planned on a grand scale, the day moved from the colonnades of Greenwich to the Peninsula Ballroom at the O2, and every part of it was built to be remembered. The couple asked us to keep their names private, so this is their day told through the photographs.

Greenwich, before the celebration

Before the reception we took the couple to the historic campus of the University of Greenwich at the Old Royal Naval College: stone colonnades, sweeping staircases and long archways that frame a couple like the set of a period film. It is one of the most cinematic locations in London, and it suited them perfectly.

The groom walking down the stone steps towards his bride

The bride wore a gold lehenga with emerald jewellery, the groom a blush sherwani, and against the pale Portland stone the two of them glowed. We let the architecture do the framing: the groom coming down the steps towards her, the two of them climbing the staircase hand in hand, a quiet portrait between the columns.

The couple beneath the great arch, the courtyard behind themBridal portrait framed by the Greenwich columns

Arriving at the Peninsula Ballroom

The couple sitting in a white vintage car outside the illuminated Peninsula Ballroom sign, guests gathered behind them

The couple arrived at the Peninsula Ballroom in a vintage car, the illuminated ballroom sign glowing behind them and family and guests already gathered at the doors to welcome them in.

A ballroom in bloom

The bride and groom laughing together inside the ballroomA warm embrace between family beneath the cherry blossom

Inside, the ballroom had been transformed with cherry-blossom trees and a living green wall lit with candelabras behind the stage. Grand rooms like this are where experience matters: mixed lighting, a big crowd and moments happening everywhere at once. We work with a quiet, planned approach so the warm, real moments, a laugh between the couple or an embrace between family, are not lost in the scale of the night.

The couple cutting the cake with both families beside them

The cake cutting brought both families onto the stage together, and by the end of the night the whole room had joined the couple on the dance floor for one last photograph together.

The whole ballroom celebrating with the couple on the dance floor

If you are planning your own celebration, see how we cover Bangladeshi weddings in London and Kent, from the Gaye Holud to the reception, or explore the full gallery on our homepage.