Langdale New Dungeon Ghyll Wedding

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I have known Emma the Bride since we were about 17 so it was an absolute delight to be invited to photograph her Wedding – we were re-introduced via Facebook. As part of my package I offer a Pre-Wedding shoot and in this instance it was my first opportunity to meet Tom the Groom. We got on straight away and the Pre-Wedding shoot also included Emma and Tom’s little boy who was an absolute dream – so cute !

For those that don’t know the New Dungeon Ghyll in the Langdale valley it is very, very dramatic and wow, what a place to get married, surrounded by just amazing scenery and to top it all off – the Wedding was in a TeePee, New Dungeon Ghyll also holds a plaque for ‘ A Best Loved Hotel of the World 2oo9 ‘

I arrived at the hotel to photograph the Bridal preparation with Saffron from Erica’s Hair Salon in Windermere and while she started on the girls I met up with the boys and went through the fianl plan of the day and met the Groomsmen – what a great bunch and they had everything under control, outstanding discipline guys ! I also have to say the flowers were gorgeous, nice work from The Flower Shop.

It looked like the Weather was going to be good to us so all the benches in the TeePee were called into action for Plan A – Emma and Tom were to be married under the Yew tree on the lawn – it was a lovely service with a rapturous round of applause. Great food and the speeches were amongst the best, well done. Emma looked amazing, as of course did Tom !

Lots of photos, lots of confetti, lots of fun, many Haribo, cake cutting below a mountain, loud music, dancing, crying, laughing, bouncing, drinking and singing – party on, a superb day had by all !

Some sneaky peeks below, if you are family or friends of Emma and Tom, please contact them for the password to the full gallery.

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Kirkby Lonsdale Childrens Photoshoot

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A fantastic day in and around Kirkby Lonsdale with a wonderful three year old on his photo shoot. Last time I met this little fella was when he was one year old and I should of known then that he was going to be fast as he was zipping around on his hands and knees !

Off we went, wellies and fishing net to the beck to see if we could catch some fishes – of course we didn’t net any but it didn’t stop us from having a right good laugh, splashing around in the shallow water.

We had a couple of locations sorted out so after we got totally soaked we went back to join Grandma and Grandad for some family portraits, again around Kirkby Lonsdale and Ruskin’s View. We had a lovely little walk and got some gorgeous images of the family together.

Well, nearly done we nipped off to a little gem of a farm shop, Kittridding, I didn’t even know the place existed and just goes to show that no matter how well you know your local area you can still discover amazing little places that serve outstanding food and sell produce from their own farm. I heartily recommend the Meat and Potato pie, its awesome !

So, here are some images from the day, obviously we did get some beautiful portraits with little man actually looking at me, I think the images I have chosen for this blog clearly show the theme of the day though – little tinker !

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Yvonne and Steven Wedding

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Wow – What a day, I hope the images you can see give you some insight into how I work, its all about fun !

Yvonne and Steven got married at St James’ Church, Arnside to a packed church and some wonderful young dancers, all under six, they danced down the aisle to the delight of the congregation – just wonderful !

After the service our Bride and Groom left for the Wedding reception in the family owned Aston Martin DB6, so cool and totally original although the Dress took some squeezing in !

I love receptions held in marquees, simply because every one of them is different and as a photographer  whatever the weather is doing in a white marquee we are normally blessed with great diffused light.

Yvonne and Steven had every detail nailed, even down to the white sofas with pink cushions and even had colour matched sweets, although as you the reader already knows I am a massive Haribo fan, Flumps do go down well !

I thought it was fantastic that the marquee was pitched on another family members farm field, this also gave us great scope to take in the views of the Lake District and get some fantastic photographs, oozing fun and taking in the surroundings where the Bride grew up.

I even had a cartoon drawn of me by Spencer, a great artist that certainly raised a few eyebrows, he was great !

I wish Yvonne and Steven all the best for the future, you guys rock !

Any guests viewing this Blog post, please contact Yvonne or Steven for the password to the main gallery on my website.

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Damian and Catherine Wedding

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Well, it seems that whenever we met it rained, in fact our first meeting was when the river Kent was high late last year, it kept raining. We braved the elements again for the Pre – Wedding shoot and so the theme continued, until the morning of the Wedding and it was a lovely Lake District morning.

Granted towards the time of the Wedding our sunshine again turned into our Lovely Lake District Liquid Sunshine but spirits were not dampened at all. I was blown away as I drove up to Broad Oaks at Troutbeck, what stunning well kept grounds they have, you can tell alot about a venue from the grounds, this one obviously cares alot as every hedge and border were immaculate – I had a little smile !

Soon Helen from Definition Mobile Beauty arrived and we went to say hellos to our lovely Bride and her Bridesmaid. Its great to be met with a cup of Tea. It was also great to see Jaime from Shelley Knowles Hairdressing arrive to do the hair with the swanky new piece of kit called ‘The O’ our Brides hair looked fantastic !

It was also great to see the Grooms face as I showed him the ‘Signature Mounts’ from the pre-Wedding Shoot ready for the Wedding Guests to sign and write their messages throughout the day.

Catherine wore a really stunning gown from Frothimoon in Kendal, gorgeous !

All good and as the Bride was getting ready I could see the guests arriving and with them came the light drizzle, hey it is the Lakes afterall !

It was a great Wedding, topped off by the Fabulous Picasso Brothers, great band with a fantastic reputation – they came on a little late due to the whole  Troutbeck Valley having a power outage, it was dealt with as quickly as possible by the hotel though and a back up generator soon arrived – the evening was rocking again, Jonty and crew always make a great night and the dance floor was bouncing – just superb !

Any guests from this Wedding who wish to view the gallery please contact the Bride or Groom for the password.

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Susan and Steve Wedding

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July 23th saw the Wedding of Susan and Steve, just outside Garstang in a lovely village called Churchtown. They had chosen to get married in St Helen’s Church, Churchtown and I have to say it is a gorgeous building and the staff could not have been more helpful with access to photograph.

It was a perfect July day, stunning weather and warm but not too hot as I was wearing a Tuxedo along with most of the other male day guests. My day started at the Brides mum’s house where the Bridesmaids were being prepped. In all there were seven Bridesmaids and twelve Page Boys so it was busy !

All went well and I decamped to the church to await the Brides arrival and met up with the Groom and his men. Fellow Wedding Professional David Lamb from Lakeland Productions was creating the Wedding Movie so we also had a quick meeting to go over the plan of action. We both respect each others work so tend to work together to achieve each others goals and this reflects in the finished product.

A wonderful service was followed by one of the Bride and Grooms son’s playing a Solo on his Coronet, he brought the house down !

It was soon over and we drove the short distance to the reception venue, The Barn at Scorton – wow, that place is a hidden gem and well worth a visit if you are passing, it is actually a Garden Centre, Tea Rooms and Gift Shop but also holds some private functions throughout the year. It was just perfect, a wonderful venue !

It really was a fantastic day and the party was still going strong when I left about 11pm, fun, fun, fun was the order of the day and it was exactly that !

If you were a guest at Susan and Steve’s Wedding and would like to see all the images and perhaps buy a framed image – please contact them for the password to the gallery.

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