A couple of weeks ago I got to cover another wedding up in Leeds. This time we were at the fabulous Oulton Hall in Rothwell. The hall is set in a pristine golf complex and has some of the most amazing rooms that I have photographed in for a long time.

We covered both Bride and Grooms preparations and it would appear that Jess and Durham are perfectly matched as they were both laughing and joking from the moment we got there until we left at midnight. Its wonderful to see a couple so in love and it always seems to be infectious  as the dance floor was covered with happy couples, both young and old.

I have featured more portraits than usual, I always like to include a few from the day but the ones Bryn and Myself captured in the evening were too good not to show here.

I hope you enjoy them.

Once again these images were processed in Apple’s Aperture 3 and I am continually impressed with the colours coming out of this software.

Bridal portrait before wedding Bride walks down the isle Close up bride and groom portrait Groom hold bride close in portrait Confetti shot 1st dance Bride and groom relaxing portrait bride looks into the camera

I got the chance to travel up to Newark 2 weeks ago to cover Maureen & Bill’s wedding at Kelham Hall. I had previously shot Maureen’s brothers wedding in Lichfield.

The wedding was the Saturday before the bank holiday so being unsure how much traffic we would encounter Bryn & myself set off with at 7am to ensure we got there on time. As it turned out there was very little traffic so we ended up having a picnic breakfast out in the country, not a bad start to the day is it?

The day went swimmingly and both Maureen and Bill were on top of the world. It’s been a while since I was at a wedding with such a quantity of laughing and joking, the whole group were great fun. As for Kelham hall itself, its a great venue with stacks of great locations for photographs, I think I could shoot ten weddings there and not have to duplicate any locations.

We stayed well into the night getting some great dancing images, catching up with Paul & Miriam (Maureen’s brother and wife) and giving the guests chance to watch the slideshow.

I have included an extended sample of the pictures below, this is the first full wedding I have processed with Apple’s “Aperture 3″ software, the picture quality is second to none and I am really happy with the colour rendition too. I hope you enjoy the images.

I covered Anna and Stephen’s wedding two weeks ago at one of my regular venues, Chillington Hall in Brewood, Staffordshire. I have more information on Chillington here.

I met Anna and Stephen at one of the venue’s ‘Open days’ and we got on straight away so I was very happy when they booked me for their wedding. Anna got ready in one of the bedrooms of the historic house whereas Stephen got to fly-in via helicopter, he certainly made quite an entrance.

The ceremony was beautiful with the light streaming in from the side windows, I really do enjoy shooting at Chillington as there are so many locations to take wonderful photographs. I was only with Anna and Stephen for a few hours so we had more of a focus on group shots and portraits. We got some fantastic shots on the great staircase.

Both Anna and Stephen were great on the day, both were bubbly and determined to enjoy the day, we left them as they sat down for their wedding breakfast and I’m sure they partied long into the night!

Here are some of my favourite shots from the day.

I had the pleasure of photographing Jackie and Paul’s wedding a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham. The ceremony was held at Birmingham register office and the reception at Jury’s inn on Broad Street.

I met up with Paul and Jackie just before they left for the register office, they were both in great spirits and remained that way all day, even through the rain that came down, fortunately it eased off for the walk down to the ceremony, the group shots and the walk back.

One thing that really stood out were the speeches, Paul and Jackie invited guests to come up and say a few words and it is rare I hear so many heart felt words, everyone that stood up delivered a great speech which are a lot harder than they look!

I hope you enjoy the photographs.

Last week I spent the afternoon shooting Lizzie & Paul’s wedding in Warwick. I started off covering Lizzie’s preparations at the Warwick Arms then moved down the road to the Lord Leycester Hospital, Its a fantastic old building dating back to the 15th Century.

We had hoped to spend a few hours in Warwick getting some great portraits of the newly married couple but unfortunately the great British weather didn’t oblige us although it stayed dry enough for us to get some shots down by the river at the foot of the castle.

For the reception we moved to a small central restaurant called 7 Square. The restaurant was beautifully decorated and a perfect size for the wedding. I often comment how much I enjoy winter weddings because of the soft, low light. Well this wedding was no  different but it was really pushing the limits of what was possible without using flash. Throughout the whole day, apart from the portraits in front of the castle I was running at 3200ISO to avoid using flash but I think the extra effort was well worth it as the low natural light gives a 3D effect to the images.

I hope you enjoy the images.

Martyn