March 2012 | DIRK VAN DER WERFF - WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Headlam Hall Wedding Photographer for Amanda and Nick


HEADLAM HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS: MAKE-UP TIME FOR AMANDA AT HEADLAM HALL

HEADLAM HALL WEDDING: GREEN WAS A THEME ... AT HEADLAM HALL

BEAUTIFUL BRIDAL FLOWERS BY NATTRASS OF DARLINGTON

ORCHID DETAIL FROM AMANDA'S WEDDING BOUQUET

CHILLED OUT - AND READY TO GO. THE BOYS WITH NICK AT HEADLAM HALL

AMANDA'S BEAUTIFUL MAGGIE SOTTERO WEDDING GOWN GOES ON AT HEADLAM HALL

BLING !!!  HEADLAM HALL WEDDING SHOES FOR AMANDA

DETAIL OF AMANDA'S MAGGIE SOTTERO WEDDING GOWN AT HEADLAM HALL

MUM AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER AT HEADLAM HALL BEFORE AMANDA'S WEDDING TO NICK

A PROUD MUM AMANDA LISTEN'S TO HER DAUGHTER GOING THROUGH HER READING BEFORE THE CEREMONY AT HEADLAM HALL

AMANDA'S DAUGHTER WAS THRILLED WITH HER MUM'S WEDDING GOWN

FIRST SIGHT ... AMANDA BEAMING AS SHE MEETS NICK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AISLE AT HEADLAM HALL

SMILES ALL ROUND FOR AMANDA AND NICK AS THEIR FRIENDS BLOW BUBBLES AS THEY LEAVE THE CEREMONY

MORE BUBBLES IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE  AT HEADLAM HALL AS THEY HEAD FOR CHAMPAGNE AND CANAPES

OLD UNIVERSITY PALS GATHER FOR NICK AT HEADLAM HALL

VAUDEVILLE ACTS AND A RENDITION OF 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK' BREAK OUT AS WE AWAIT A MISSING GROOMSMAN!

... AND ONCE HE APPEARS, WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW QUICK GROUP SHOTS ON THE LAWN AT HEADLAM HALL

IF YOU WERE ENGAGED IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS - YOU WOULD FEATURE IT  ON YOUR WEDDING CAKE WOULDN'T YOU?

AMANDA WAS A VERY HAPPY, CHILLED OUT BRIDE AT HEADLAM HALL

LAUGHS ALL ROUND AT HEADLAM HALL FOR AMANDA AND NICK

NICK IMPRESSES HIMSELF WITH HIS SPEECH!

HAPPINESS FROM ONE OF THE BRIDESMAIDS AT AMANDA AND NICK'S WEDDING

SURPRISE - NICK AND AMANDA DIDN'T TELL THEIR GUESTS THEY HAD DANCE LESSONS ....

.. AND IT ALL WENT SWIMMINGLY ... 

AMANDA REACTS WITH DELIGHT AS THEY FINISH THE DANCE IN ONE PIECE!
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Headlam Hall is one of my very favourite wedding venues in the north of England.
Everything about this intimate wedding venue, west of Darlington on the County Durham / Teesdale border works so well for my brides who get married there.
For Amanda and Nick, like the majority of my brides and grooms, Headlam Hall was an old friend, a place for romance, a place for great food and happiness, a meeting place for friends and relatives. 
What better place to get married?
I met with them at Headlam Hall more than 10 months or so before their wedding - they had seen some of my recent weddings at Headlam Hall posted on my BLOG and website, and like Rhoanne, Charlotte and Rachel, they just wanted to have a great day of celebration, no bother, no hassle and certainly not with a photographer who would take them away from their guests for ages or do endless family line-ups.
Just a relaxed, happy, family gathering captured naturally - and that's what they got!
I was at Headlam Hall good and early and Amanda was really chilled out as she was having her hair and make-up completed by the ladies from the Spa at Headlam Hall. Her daughter and her Mum were also being pampered as they prepared for Amanda's wedding to Nick.
Nick, in the meantime had been caught on the hop, by a coach-full of friends and relatives who had arrived ON TIME! How dare  they?
So it was time for a quick pint in the bar to settle his pre-match nerves, before heading off to see the registrar along with Andrew, the Manager at Headlam Hall - a nicer chap you couldn't wish to meet, you know your wedding is in safe hands with Andrew and his team!
While Nick was suddenly realising that he was to be married within the hour, Amanda and the 'girls' were still taking their time getting ready. She looked beautiful in her Maggie Sottero wedding dress from The Harrogate Wedding Lounge.
Before long, Andrew was back to escort the bride-to-be to the civil ceremony, and Nick had lost his pre-match nerves and was really looking forward to seeing Amanda!
It was smiles all round as they met at the front of the aisle, and as they made their way out after the ceremony and readings, their closest friends and relatives blew bubbles as they left the hall and went out in the glorious March weather of blue skies and blazing sunshine, to enjoy canapes and champagne.
After an hour or so of letting the bride and groom and their guests 'get into the wedding', I borrowed the 100 or so guests for a quick group shot, only to be let down by a groomsman who had disappeared....to the bar!
It was such a happy gathering that as I headed back to the throng patiently waiting on the magnificent lawn at Headlam Hall, many of them were singing 'New York, New York' and kicking their legs out Vaudeville Style!
It was just one of those wedding days!
Soon it was time for the wedding breakfast, speeches and drinks, which over-ran a little so I couldnt take the bride and groom for a quick walk in the famous walled garden at Headlam Hall.
No matter, I knew I had lots of fine photographs capturing the spirit and the fun of the day, and Nick and Amanda were not the type of people wanting to be the centre of attention anyway!
Come the evening celebrations an hour later, a surprise first dance from the happy couple (for which they had been to dancing lessons) was captured on video and stills along with Amanda's daughter singing the main song as well as two others with the band that her singing teacher and music teacher feautured in.
So - a great wedding day of celebrations at Headlam Hall, captured as it happened, naturally with lots of happy smiling faces and a great photo documentary of a great day for Nick and Amanda.
If you would like me to come along to your intimate, happy family wedding at Headlam Hall, then ring me now on 0778 7150966 and CHECK YOUR DATE .. or Contact me HERE
DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Tynemouth Grand Hotel Wedding Photography for Jennifer and Simon


GRAND HOTEL TYNEMOUTH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
SO IN LOVE: JENNIFER AND SIMON DURING THEIR WEDDING AT TYNEMOUTH IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND

JENNIFER'S MAGGIE SOTTERO WEDDING GOWN HANGS - READY FOR CENTRE STAGE

BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES AT THE READY

THE SHOES - DETAIL

JENNIFER'S BEAUTIFUL WEDDING SHOES

ONE OF JENNIFER'S CATS VIEWS THE WEDDING PREPARATIONS WITH DISTAIN AS IT SITS IN THE SINK!

JUST CHECKING THE MAKE-UP

THE PEARLS ARE READY ......

JENNIFER APPLIES HER OWN MAKE-UP

JENNIFER AND HER MUM ANN SORT OUT THE MAGGIE SOTTERO WEDDING GOWN

DETAIL FROPM THE MAGGIE SOTTERO WEDDING DRESS

BRIDE, MUM AND BRIDESMAIDS - READY FOR THE WEDDING

TIME TO GET MARRIED .... THE BRIDESMAIDS ARRIVE FIRST AT THE CHURCH AT EASDON VILLAGE

JENNIFER AND HER MUM ARRIVE ...... KEEPING THE DRESS IN CHECK

THE SERVICE IS UNDERWAY

BEATIFUL BRIESMAID BOUQUETS

FRIENDS ARE IMPORTANT AT THE WEDDING OF COURSE

TIME FOR A QUICK PORTRAIT OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM AT THE TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL

A DOUBLE RAINBOW SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OF THE WEDDING BREAKFAST IN THE TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL - A SIGN? WE THOUGHT SO!

THE UNIQUE SPUN-SUGAR DOME OVER THE WEDDING DESERT FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM AT THE TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL

BEAUTIFUL JENNIFER AND HER BEAUTIFUL MAGGIE SOTTERO WEDDING GOWN AT TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL

SO IN LOVE .... THE LIGHT IS DROPPING BUT JENNIFER AND SIMON WERE DETERMINED TO HIT TYNEMOUTH LONGSANDS

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY ..... JENNIFER AND SIMON ON TYNEMOUTH LONGSANDS AFTER SUNSET ...

ALMOST DARK, BUT THESE GUESTS ARE ABOUT TO HIT THE SURF!

SIMON .. AND 'THE BOYS' ON THE BEACH

HOW HAPPY DO SIMON AND JENNIFER LOOK?

... AND BACK TO THE HOTEL .. FOR THE FIRST DANCE
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Jennifer and Simon's wedding at Easdon Village and Tynemouth Grand Hotel was such a great day for their family and closest friends.
Simon has often been onboard a survey ship in Antarctica recently and Jennifer is jetting around the world as an engineer, so it was good to see them both together for their wedding day!
We met up in Scarborough for their pre-wedding portraits, a place of childhood memories for Jennifer, and we were back to the seaside for her wedding in the north east of England a few weeks later.
Jennifer and Simon's home was a scene of calm and serenity, though it was a bit odd seeing one of their cats sitting in the sink trying to catch water from the tap, and as much as I would have loved to have joined her and her Mum Anne with their offer of a glass of champagne, I was here to work and to capture the fun and happiness of the day as it all came together.
Bridesmaids were already on site and another one arrvived shortly after me after travelling from York.
Jennifer's Maggie Sottero dress was still hanging in the kitchen after the girls had been boiling pans of water to help steam the few creases away the previous evening - and what a dress!
Mum Anne was helping out all the way, and there was an audible gasp from the bridesmaids when they first saw Jennifer with her dress on.
Then it was off to the lovely old church in Easdon Village to meet Simon and the boys who were busy meeting and greeting guests from all over the country - and they didn't have too long to wait as Jennifer was EARLY!
That doesn't happen too often in my life!
Jennifer and her Mum made sure her lovely dress was immaculate as she entered the church, then Jennifer was led down the aisle by her Chief Bridesmaid, and her Mum 'gave her away' - proudly to Simon.
The service was soon over and we exited the church to dark leaden skies and rain .....  boo!
We decided that a session of family photographs near the church should be abandoned along with a trip to St Mary's Lighthouse too - so it was straight on to the Grand Hotel at Tynemouth, where, as soon as we were settled - the sun came out! Sod's Law of course.
When we sat down for our wedding breakfast (thanks folks!), a double rainbow appeared outside the window, which confirmed to us all of course the Simon and Jennifer's wedding was blessed!
Everyone agreed that the speeches were really good, and beforer coffee and biscuits we decamped to the beach in the last dark 15 minutes before darkness enveloped us, as Jennifer had brought her wellies and wanted to paddle in the sea!
Simon and many of the rest of the party joined her on the beach, and with plenty of fresh air and fun inside us, we headed back for the evening celebrations and their first dance!
A great wedding day for Jennifer and Simon and their closest friends and relatives!
Enjoy this 'sneak peek of their lovely wedding celebrations .. and when they return from their honeymoon in Hong Kong, New Zealand and Fiji, they will send out an email with a link and password so you can see all the 400+ images which tell the story of their wedding celebrations.
If you would like me to capture images at your wedding naturally, ring me now on 0778 7150966 to check your date.
I photograph a  limited amount of weddings every year - don't miss out!
DIRK VAN DER WERFF