Beamish Hall wedding photography - Hollie and Callum

In July, we were back at Beamish Hall for Hollie and Callum’s wedding day. Surrounded by their family and friends, they said their ‘I do’s’ in the Shafto Hall, before heading into the Winter Gardens for some fantastic speeches, wedding breakfast, and evening party. It was a fantastic day with a wonderful couple, and we loved every moment.

If you're planning your wedding at Beamish Hall, and are looking for a wedding photographer, please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

Wynyard Hall - Melissa and Matthew

“Matt and I just wanted to say, thank you so much for the amazing job you did at our wedding! Not only did you take fantastic photos, you also helped us out so much with getting ready and getting through the day. You were both incredible and it is easy to see that you both love your jobs!! Thank you so much for the amazing photos - we absolutely love them!!!”

Wynyard Hall in the Tees Valley was the perfect setting for Melissa and Matthew’s wedding day in July. Their day was filled with pretty details, elegance and style. The boys opted to wear smart navy suits for the occasion, while the girls chose a pretty coral shade, lace and coordinating florals. Their wedding ceremony in the Brooks Chapel within the Wynyard Hall estate was followed by a wedding breakfast in the hall's grand ballroom, heading over to the hall’s large conservatory for a bit of a dance!

Guyzance Hall - Laurie and Gavin

Laurie and Gavin’s wedding day was filled with the essence of summer.   The sun shone for the happy couple all day.  The bride’s beautiful bouquet was filled with summer time colour, pale pinks, blues and purples, the bridesmaids were dressed in brightly coloured floral dresses - each carrying a simple bouquet of Gypsophila and the plaid waistcoats for the men created a more relaxed feel to their attire.  Perfect for this great couple who wanted to enjoy their day in a relaxed manner, spending time with their guests and enjoying the grounds of the Hall.

Our paths first crossed back in 2010 when we photographed Gavin’s sister Rebecca’s wedding to Chris at Longhirst Hall.  Even after all of this time, Laurie and Gavin remembered us and asked us to join them on their own big day.  It was an honour to photograph for their family once again.

Laurie and Gavin chose to be wed at the beautiful Guyzance Hall in Northumberland.  The carefully planted gardens were in full bloom and the scenery was simply stunning.   Laurie’s hair was styled by her personal friend and talented hair stylist, Victoria Noble whose own wedding we are really looking forward to photographing later this year at the Blagdon Parlour.  Laurie wore a vintage inspired silk and lace wedding dress with a vintage styled hairpiece.  The bridesmaids put a huge amount of thought into the gifts that they chose to give to the bride, a home made memory scrapbook filled with photographs of fun times together and four additional gifts, one each for the old poem, 'Something old, Something new, something borrowed and something blue'.  In memory of her mother, Laurie tied a locket with a photograph onto the stems of her bouquet and a memorial balloon release was arranged for everyone to take part in after the wedding meal.  For the guests after the meal, Laurie and Gavin arranged for Scoops and Smiles to bring their ice cream van ‘Millie’ up to Guyzance Hall, a caricaturist creating funny portraits of each of the guests and a hog road for the evening.  It was great to work alongside Danny from ‘Shoot me now’ wedding films and Jess Avison from AMV providing the music.    

It was an amazingly fun day filled with happiness, love and sentiment.  We loved every moment of it!  

Garden marquee wedding at Newton Hall - Sarah and Clifford

Sarah and Clifford, well what can I say about these two?  It has to simply be fabulously fun and a laugh a minute.  It was a joy to photograph their special day last summer in Northumberland.  

Sarah was lead down the aisle of St Michael's church in Alnwick by their two very cute little boys dressed in straw boaters and carrying signs and their daughter looking every bit the young lady.  After the ceremony, they all jumped into their wedding car to head down to Newton Hall.  Not the same Newton Hall that you may have already heard of, this Newton Hall is located in Newton on the Moor and is owned by a close friend of theirs who had agreed to allow them to set up a huge marquee on the grounds. The American flag hoisted up onto the flag pole was a nod to the time that they both spent living in New York and the place that they first met.  It was a fantastic day, seriously fun and a privilege to be a part of.

Kirkley Hall - Amy and Joe

Nigel I love getting involved in local wedding fairs, exhibiting our work and meeting face to face with future clients, and Amy and Joe were one of those clients.  We met at Belle Bridal's wedding wonder show at St James' Park and we hit if off straight away.  Amy's spark of energy along with the strong connection between them that was obvious to see right from the beginning, I knew straight away that I wanted to photograph their wedding.  

They decided that 3-4 hours of coverage would suit them better than our usual offering with photographs taken just prior to the ceremony, the ceremony its self and of their drinks reception.  It's surprising how much can be achieved in such a short amount of time.  It wasn't planned that we would stay to photograph the speeches but we had had such a great time with this fab couple we couldn't tear ourselves away, so we stayed a little longer, kept ourselves out of sight and captured the speeches too! 

To a wonderful couple and new friends, congratulations and thank you for having us along, we loved every moment!