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A wedding photographer stuck in quarantine shot an entire wedding day out of LEGO, and Harry Potter was the father of the bride

A wedding photographer stuck in quarantine shot an entire wedding day out of LEGO, and Harry Potter was the father of the bride

Emma Taylor

The LEGO wedding scenes took photographer Chris Wallace three days to create.Chris Wallace at Carpe Diem Photography

A UK photographer has created a set of wedding photos for LEGO characters "Florence" and "Fred" to fight the quarantine boredom.
Speaking to Insider, professional wedding photographer Chris Wallace at Carpe Diem Photography said his business stopped overnight due to coronavirus lockdown, so he needed to do something to occupy his mind.
He shared a fictional account of the LEGO couple's big day on his blog along with a full set of wedding photos, which took him three days to create.
The LEGO wedding had special guests (Chewbacca and Han Solo), a drone ride for the newlyweds, a sudden downpour, and a terrible incident with sparklers at the end of the night.
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A wedding photographer based in Cheshire, England, chose to beat quarantine boredom by creating and photographing a delightful spring wedding made from LEGO.

Chris Wallace at Carpe Diem Photography told Insider his wedding photography business dried up overnight when the coronavirus lockdown began.

Wallace said he needed to do something to keep his mind active and do something that would drive people to his website.

"I chose LEGO as it has such a massive following," he said.

Having been to over 700 weddings throughout his career, Wallace said he drew on that previous experience to string together the narrative and shoot the LEGO wedding of the characters "Florence" and "Fred."

The pictures follow a traditional blueprint of a wedding party getting ready, the ceremony, photos of the newlyweds with their assorted friends and family, the wedding breakfast, speeches, a party, and end-of-the-night sparklers to see the happy couple off.

He told Insider that it took three days to create.

"It was great watching everything come together in the photos afterwards, and the response it had was unbelievable," he said. When asked by Insider if LEGO had reached out to him, he confirmed that the company had been in contact.

"It felt so good creating something positive when everything you read is so negative," he added.

Wallace posted the photos in a blog post on his site, including behind the scenes imagery.

The photos are accompanied by a charmingly funny account of Florence and Fred's journey from falling in love on an Amazon conveyor belt, to hosting special guests (Chewbacca, Han Solo, and 1980 LEGO spaceman) at their nuptials.

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Sparklers were used to cap off the day, but this had to be cut short as a few guests caught fire and melted.

Keep your eyes peeled, as Wallace told Insider he's working on a shoot of their honeymoon this week.

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The amazing party went ahead, although most had to sit out due to social distancing, apparently.

A freak downpour occurred after the amazing sunset, and Wallace commended the couple's dedication to a good picture by standing still for 20 minutes while he controlled the flash, camera, and squirted water at them.

The couple then went back outside for more photos in an incredible sunset created by a flash and an orange gel.

Photos [nearly] complete, it was time to enjoying the shed/summer house venue and hear some some silent but funny speeches.

Fred arranged a surprise for Florence with a drone flight, and said she was very pleased about getting so much fresh air after self-isolating for the past four weeks.

They also had a run-in with a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

..and on the roof of a shed, where they lucked out with blue skies, clouds, sunshine.

After this, Wallace took the bride and groom's portraits in the back garden...

...and then a couple of their special guests.

First up was the bride's family...

Wallace said it was then time for some group photographs.

After the ceremony, their marriage was celebrated with confetti.

The couple then exchanged vows.

Bride Florence made her entrance and was walked down the aisle by her father, Harry Potter.

Moving on to the actual ceremony, Wallace captured guests milling around, and the part squid registrar who would be marrying Florence and Fred.

...and the bride candidly poses with her wedding dress.

Fred and his groomsmen have a pre-wedding drink...

The actual wedding day starts with some atmospheric "getting ready" shots.

In his blog post, Wallace describes how he first met the couple for a pre-wedding photoshoot in front of his computer screen after he typed "sunset" into Google.