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Our first pre-wedding shoot of the year with Nicky and Lee was at a very muddy Erddig Country Estate which is near Wrexham.  We use Erddig quite a lot for family sessions as well as pre-wedding shoots because its such a large area there is always something different we can use and add variety to the pictures.  It was a lovely crisp winters day which had beautiful light for photographs and would have made a nice wedding day, but I’m sure Nicky and Lee would like it a little warmer for their wedding at Carden Park in April.

Even though it’s winter its still nice to get out of the studio and here’s a few of my favorites from Beckie’s family shoot down in Erddig a couple of weeks ago,  they have ordered some beautiful large canvases for their home and I cant wait to see them.

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I still have a few weddings to post from the back end of 2011, so here’s 20 of my favorite pictures from the lovely wedding of Sarah and Chris.  Rachel started the day with Sarah at her parents house whilst I met up with Chris and his groomsmen at the Church.  Chris is a fireman and so we were joined by a huge fire engine which did cause a few problems on the narrow roads by the church.  It was then off to the Lion Quays near Oswestry for the reception, we just got the pictures done before the heavens opened so pretty good planning by all I think.

Happy New Year!  Sorry about the lack of updates but just had the best Christmas ever so no time to update the blog

Anyway new year and here we go again, a lovely collection of weddings throughout this year to look forward to and studio and location shoots too.  This year I have decided where I can to put some time in my diary each month for creative days.  Creative days?  These are basically days when I can just shoot for myself, to practice new skills and techniques and build my personal portfolio.  So this week Natalie came into the studio and I tried to create some ‘film noir’ style images.  I have added a bit of grain to the pictures as they are being printed and I really wanted that film look.  Hope you like them, and I will start blogging more from my creative days as the year goes on.

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Hazel and Mark’s beautiful wedding was at the end of the summer but with the workload we have had this year I have only just got around to blogging it.  Rachel started the day with Hazel at her home near Llangollen and as you can see from some of the first pictures in this section it is a beautiful location.  Hazel was then taken by vintage rolls to the ceremony at Chirk castle where Mark was waiting.  After a drinks reception at the castle it was off to Wem for the wedding breakfast at the old rectory, later in the evening we were treated to the wem carnival procession past the venue and it ended what was a great day.

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For Daniel and Anna’s pre-wedding shoot we were down by the river which is one of our favourite locations in Chester.  It was then into Grosvenor park for some colour, as you can tell this was going back more than a few weeks as there isn’t much colour left in there now!

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In terms of distance this year Anne and James’s wedding in Criccieth was the furthest from our base in Wrexham, due to having a young family we don’t do destination weddings abroad so Criccieth was a destination wedding for us   We stayed over the night before so as to be fresh in the morning and ready to go for what was a lovely but very very wet wedding.  Criccieth is a coastal town in Wales and the wind and rain really battered in from the sea but that didnt dampen spirits at the wedding.  At every wedding we take a large group shot of every guest at the wedding and usually this involves me hanging out of window or climbing up a fire escape, at this wedding, no chance it was so wet I had to take a picture of over a hundred guests indoors, and light them!  not easy but we pulled it off.  We got to make use of the lovely venue with was Bron Eifion Country House Hotel and did get a bit of a break in the clouds so we could use the gardens with Anne and James.

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We are back from holiday and so its time to catch up with blogging!  For Vicky and Grahams wedding we were once again at Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire, one of our favorite venues and one that Rachel and I stayed at a few weeks ago at a friends wedding.  Vicky and Graham both got ready at the castle with the service there also, so we had plenty of time for photos before and after the ceremony.  We are about to start designing their album and cant wait to see the finished book.

Lots of lovely weddings to blog from this summer before we can go on our well deserved holiday   Starting with Jon and Emma’s Chester wedding, Rachel started the day with Emma at her house whilst I met up with Jon at the Grosvenor in Chester.  We then walked down to the church for the service and whilst there I had a great chat with one of the monks about photography, he knew his stuff!  Following the service as Emma is a teacher some of her pupils gave a guard of honor with rulers! and it was then down to the river for a trip on the Lady Diana showboat down to the lovley Red House Restaurant for the reception.

We try to tailor our service to our customer’s preferences and we took a very documentary style on this wedding and we just received a great thank you card from Jon and Emma so they were pleased with them too.  Enjoy…

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That’s what a few people have been saying lately, and I must admit looking at our website it was not difficult to get that impression.  The truth is we do lots of portrait shoots both in our studio and out on location and I am very guilty of not putting them on the blog!   This week you may have noticed our website has been completely updated and you can now visit a separate site for portraits and weddings, (if not click here and have a look)

Between Rachel and myself we photograph babies, children, families and Rachel of course specialises in her maternity and boudoir shoots.  So if you are looking for a family portrait this Christmas or to give a portrait session as a gift then please get in touch and I will promise to post more portraits and not just weddings on the blog!