Amazing wedding film - Gi & Iain

Last year I had the very great pleasure of photographing a wedding for a truly lovely couple, Giovana and Iain. I blogged a few images here. Accompanying me for the first time on this wedding was a very creative gentlemen called Rob Summers. His company, Promofilms produces amazing (you guessed it) films for the wedding and commercial market. Our aim was to see how well we worked together and try to provide the right opportunities (not easy on a wedding day) to create something really special and not often seen on these shores - a wedding video you can actually watch from beginning to end in less than 15 minutes (12:40 to be precise) and not feel you've missed out on something. The result is totally stunning. I need not say anymore - it speaks for itself. 

Giovana & Iain: Promofilms.co.uk

If you would like to hire me and Rob to cover your wedding day, providing a you with a beautiful album filled with stunning photography and an incredible wedding film capturing all the emotion and detail, then please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you. 

Henry

Pre-wed: Hannah & Dilip

Another pre-wed shoot where minor exposure was a definite possibility - the wind does blow down the Tyne on occasion! Mainly when I'm trying to work it would seem. Still we persevered for around 60 minutes until fingers went from white to blue. I'm really looking forward to Hannah & Dilip's wedding at Alnwick Gardens this summer. There's a whole world of photographic possibilities there and it's one of the few venues I know where rain showers don't have a huge effect on photography due to the huge glass roofed pavilion used for the wedding reception.
Here are a few favourites from the chilly pre-wed shoot.
Henry

 I found out afterwards that Dilip plays guitar in a band - these moody album cover influnced shots are a complete co-incidence, promise!

Wedding: Laura & Mark

 Venue: Linden Hall

A first visit to Linden Hall for this wedding. An interesting venue with a lot of potential if you're lucky enough to have the right clients who are willing to give you some time. I had just that luck with Laura & Mark. We'd planned plenty of time for photography pre and post ceremony and surprisingly that plan didn't go out of the window as a result of horrendous weather or some other wedding day "challenge". 

Laura had chosen a great dress for photos (not so good for sitting, walking or breathing as it turned out but hey, there's always a price to pay for beauty) that just looked great in any light. I hope I did it justice. 

Although it was an 11 hour day for me it did seem to fly by with so much photography squeezed in to all possible moments. The highlight for me isn't something I can share with you in photo form as it was audible not visual - Laura and Mark's 2 year old son walking down the aisle a head of his mum with shoes that "quacked" with each step. Very funny and not something I've seen before at a wedding that's for sure! Here's a few of my favourites from the day. 

Henry

Wedding: Natalie & John

Venue: Middleton Lodge

My second visit to Middleton Lodge this year. A really great wedding venue. Although the weather seems to have it in for me when I'm working there - first snow, now rain. Still, although inconvenient (it started just before the ceremony ended), it didn't cause me too much trouble. Having an extremely good looking couple (and bride's maids, best men and ushers for that matter) certainly helped as well. I worked for 12 hours on this one so I was definitely feeling it by the end of the day but probably not as much as my new assistant for the day Ali Lovegrove was. Put it this way, if you work with me you will learn a lot but it is no easy ride! Natalie had chosen some lovely colours for her day, key amongst which were the fab bride's maids dresses. I know I'm just a bloke but I think the contrasting sash with the right bold colour just looks great. You can also match it with the icing on your cup-cakes! Thanks for being a great couple Natalie and John - working for you has been a pleasure.

Henry

Pre-wed: Emma & Stuart

It was a little chilly down by the Tyne for this pre-wed shoot, so time was a bit short. Still the sky was interesting and Emma & Stuart were great models. I did feel a bit like Gulliver at times as both Emma and Stuart towered over me (probably only by a few inches but it felt like more) - hence a lot of raised camera angles: I was climbing about like a monkey onto anything I could find just to even the balance! Looking forward to their wedding day in July - another chance to shoot at the fabulous Middleton Lodge. 

Henry