Written by Nic on September 2nd, 2010
It was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Eleanor and Richard on Saturday in and around Barry and Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan.
After starting with Ellie’s preparations at the house in the centre of Barry, it was a short ride to nearby All Saint’s church. However before the ceremony started I met Richard and his best man Steven and ushers in a nearby park for some fun photos of the guys together.
Once back at the church I was able to capture Ellie’s bridesmaid’s arrival with her Mum, and then Ellie with her Dad, before they went inside for a church service without any photography allowed.
After the service, Ellie and Richard (plus bridal party,) made their way down to ‘The Knap’ where we had some great group photos on the seafront, battling to stay upright against the roaring wind, but having fun in the dry conditions nonetheless.
With the bridal party departed Ellie and Richard continued their tour of the coast with another short 5 minute drive to PorthKerry Country Park, where we captured some amazing bride and groom images under the impressive Barry Railway Viaduct and in the surrounding park grounds.
A 30 minute drive found us arrive at the West House Country Hotel in Llantwit Major for the wedding reception, with the wedding breakfast held in a marquee at the back of the hotel. The photos ended late into the night with the speeches and cake cutting, taking place after 22.00pm.
If you were at this wedding I hope you have enjoyed the ‘sneaky peak’ images above and would like to invite you to leave Ellie and Richard a personal comment below. All of the images from this beautiful day can be viewed from this page for the next four weeks.
Nic
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Written by Nic on August 30th, 2010
We are delighted to announce that one of our couples has again had their special day chosen to be featured as a ‘Real Wedding’ article in the September/October edition of ‘Your South Wales Wedding Magazine.’
This is the only geocentric commercially available wedding magazine covering the whole of East, South, West and Mid Wales and is available from all good newsagents and supermarkets throughout the country priced at £2.95.
Our featured wedding this time is from Cath and Dean who got married in June this year. (Click here to see images from their special day.)
They had their wedding in Swansea and Gower, with their reception at the stunning King Arthur Hotel in Reynoldston, with photos alone taken at the Oxwhich Castle ruins, just 10 mins drive away from this popular Gower and South Wales wedding venue.
We are delighted with the article and although have no control over which images are selected to illustrate the story, feel that they have selected some great storytelling wedding photos which compliment the story of this special day perfectly.
If you’d like to see the full four page Real wedding article, please click here. If you’d like to see our ever growing collection of published ‘Real Weddings’ then you can select them from this page.
If you were at this wedding, or if you know Cath and Dean, please leave them a comment below.
Finally, a big thank you once again, must go to Cath and Dean for inviting me to capture the story of their day back in June, and also for agreeing to have their very special story featured in a national wedding magazine.
Thanks guys, I hope you enjoy the memento when your copy arrives in the post. It’s going to look great sat next to your album in years to come!
Nic
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Written by Nic on August 26th, 2010
It was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Laura and Arwel on Saturday in Llanwrda on the A40 near Llandeilo in beautiful Carmarthenshire.
After capturing the story of the morning at Laura and Arwel’s home, the former ‘Vale of Towy Inn’ (complete with original wooden bar from it’s days as a public house,) it was a short trip crossing the A40 but staying in the same village, to picturesque St. Cwrdaf’s Church, where I met Arwel and the groom’s men.
Laura arrived with her Dad in a vintage Austin 7 car and dodged the rain making it inside the church still dry. After a church ceremony the rain was still holding off as all 150 guests exited, congratulating the happy couple as they passed.
We made the most of the dry break in the weather and after another great confetti shower at the church gate, we headed to a private house nearby for some photos of Laura and Arwel alone. The back garden of the house has the Towy river running along it’s length, together with beautiful lawns and fruit-laiden apple trees.
After 15 minutes the rain returned so we headed for the Austin 7 and a few photos before Arwel drove the short distance through the village to the playing field where we arrived at the specially erected marquee, for the reception.
After yet another miraculous break in the rain, we asked all 150 guests to join us outside for a few carefully pre-selected group shots, which were finished once again, just before the rain returned!
Speeches took place between courses and the wedding breakfast ended with Laura and Arwel cutting their cake, while their best man Ian, popped the cork on another bottle of bubbly.
If you were at this wedding I hope you have enjoyed the ‘sneaky peak’ images above and would like to invite you to leave Laura and Arwel a personal message below. All of the images from this special day will be available to view as digital slide-shows from this page, from Friday September 3rd.
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Written by Nic on August 18th, 2010
It was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Eiry and Andrew last Saturday at one of my favourite Gower wedding venues, the Oxwich Bay hotel.
After visiting the house in the morning it was a short 2 minute drive to the beautiful Llandybie Parish Church between Ammanford and Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire. At the church I met Andrew with two sons Joseph and Harry, plus the other pageboys and best man and usher.
Eiry arrived with her Dad in a beautiful old Ford for a lovley church ceremony followed by a massive confetti exit before getting back in the car with Andrew for the hour drive to Oxwich Bay on Gower. Before arriving at the hotel we stopped off at the popular Gower wedding photo location Oxwich Castle ruins. However as soon as we arrived the heavens opened and a 15 minute cloud-burst meant that we were all scrambling for cover under archways in the ruins to try and keep dry.
Not deterred by the rude weather interruption, we still manged to get some great shots of Andrew and Eiry together in amongst the ruins, which make a dramatic backdrop for wedding images. Then we headed back down the hill (negotiating the flooded parts of the road,) and arrived at the Oxwich Bay Hotel Marquee.
After 15-20 minutes of family group photos, we headed off to the beach (now bathed in sunshine with some great moody clouds,) together with the bridal party. We ventured down the beach as far as the children’s legs would allow, just far enough to reach the sand dunes which always provide a stunning location for wedding photos on Gower. Joseph and Harry got to let off balloons and despite wearing full page-boy suits, enjoyed digging and playing in the sand as all young children do.
It was then a walk back (piggy back for the boys on Andrew,) to the hotel for the wedding breakfast, which was proceeded by cake cutting and speeches.
I hope you have enjoyed the ‘sneaky peek’ images above and would like to invite you to leave Eiry and Andrew a personal message below. All of the beautiful images from this very special family day will be available to view from this page, from Thursday August 26th when they return from honeymoon.
Nic
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Written by Nic on August 12th, 2010
It was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Gemma and Steven last weekend at the beautiful Craig-y-nos Castle on the edge of the Brecon Beacons national park in Powys.
After capturing the story of the morning’s preparations at Gemma’s parents home in Neath, it was a short drive into Neath town centre for the ceremony at St. Thomas’ church. The weather was doing it’s best to drench everyone, but it didn’t stop a beautiful ceremony with lots of laughter and smiling.
After leaving the church we made our way up to the Brecon Beacon’s National Park, where Craig-y-nos Castle can be found sitting majestically on the edge of a steep valley, with panoramic views of the beautiful Powys countryside which must surely rival any wedding venue in South Wales.
The rain was still in attendance but it didn’t put Gemma and Steven off the idea of making the most of the stunning castle grounds and surrounding scenery. We ventured straight down to the riverside park area for some amazing bride and groom photos (with a very helpful best man assisting Gemma with her dress and carrying umbrella’s etc. Thanks Dean!)
Just as we finished the heavens opened again so we took refuge under the trees during the walk back up the steep path to the castle, where by now all of the guests had arrived.
As soon as we were a little dryer we moved on to a few carefully selected group shots, making sure to keep them short so as not to interrupt the flow of the day, and then everyone moved inside to the new conservatory for the speeches, cake cutting and finally the wedding breakfast meal.
If you were at this wedding I hope you have enjoyed the ‘sneaky peak’ images above and would like to invite you to leave Gemma and Steven a personal message below. Alternatively you might prefer to connect with them on our Facebook page here.
All of the stunning 300+ images from this special day will be available to view as slide-shows on this page from Friday August 20th, when Gemma and Steven return from honeymoon.
Nic
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