JESMOND DENE HOUSE DECEMBER WEDDING FOR LOUISE AND IAIN

JESMOND DENE HOUSE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY:
JESMOND DENE HOUSE READY FOR LOUISE'S WINTER WEDDING

JESMOND DENE HOUSE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER:
ALL WARM AND COSY ....

JESMOND DENE  HOUSE WEDDING PHOTOS: IAIN AMD HIS MATES RELAX WITH A FEW CHEEKY BEERS AT A LOCAL PUB

VERA WANG WEDDING GOWN FOR LOUISE

A PERFECT WINTER WEDDING BOUQUET

TIME TO RELAX IN THE MINUTES LEADING UP TO THE WEDDING AT JESMOND DENE HOUSE HOTEL

WOW!!!  NOW THAT'S A WEDDING CAKE - IAIN'S BROTHER MADE IT AS A WEDDING PRESENT!

A FEW MOMENTS ON THEIR OWN AT JESMOND DENE HOUSE HOTEL DURING THEIR WINTER WEDDING

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Iain and Louise are fun loving people ...... they love nothing but a good laugh and knew they didn't want to be stood around posing all day during their wedding celebrations - they would rather be with their friends and relatives having a great time - ideal for my style of photography.

We had a ball at their wedding at Jesmond Dene House Hotel in Newcastle.

I first met with them and their parents at the wedding venue when they were meeting with other photographer - they were there for Sunday lunch and to interview wedding photographers - no pressure then!
Luckily for me, as I had travelled from another wedding in Leeds the previous day, they already said that they loved my work - and just wanted to make sure that I was the kind of man they could get on with.

I must have impressed all of the six strong interviewing panel and Iain rang me while I was in Barcelona the following week to say that he and Louise wanted me to be their official photographer - even though it was 2 years and months away!

We kept in contact throughout, at the time Iain and louise were working in Dublin, Ireland but all their plans centred around working and living back in Newcastle when their wedding took place.

I took some lovely pre-wedding portraits of them in Jesmond Dene a few months before the wedding and it was just like meeting old friends - relaxed and enjoyable, so when their wedding date finally arrived on 19th December, I was really looking forward to it!

I popped into Jesmond Dene House Hotel a few hours before the start of the ceremony - just to say Hello to Louise before things got going and she was already made up and raring to go, if not a little nervous!

Iain on the other hand was in a local pub to settle his nerves with some of his best friends, but I knew he was nervous. I dashed back up to the hotel and started taking some photographs of Louise in her Vera Wang dress she bought in Dublin and before long the registrar was ready to go, Iain was on site and the wedding was go ..

The cermony was short and sweet but fun, in the grand hall of the old schoolhouse at this exclusive use wedding venue and although light levels in winter are always low, the ambiance of the lights and the candles and high ceilings make for a very atmospheric venue, it just takes a bit of experience to create the right images.

After, the giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 got the guests in the mood for the fun to come and gave me an opportunity to grab some relaxed family groups and 10 minutes with the bride and groom before the reception. The cake was something to behold and created by Iain's brother, Anthony who is Head Chef at the famous Pumphouse Hotel in Durham. 110 individual cakes with a biscuit base, filled with chocolate mouse and spray painted and decorated - heaven!

The fun really started with the evening reception where party games were the mainstay of the fun - from musical chairs, statues and an amazing, frantic game of space hopper races really put the fun into a great day of celebration for Iain and Louise - they had such a great day with their nearest family and friends.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 300 OR SO IMAGES I CREATED AT THEIR WEDDING TELLING THE STORY OF THEIR DAY .. READ ABOUT COSTS HERE, READ MY LATEST REVIEWS HERE
If you would like me to photograph your wedding at Jesmond Dene House Hotel in Newcastle, showing the fun and the celebrations of your great day, ring me on my mobile 0778 7150966 TO CHECK YOUR DATE and tell me all about your plans!
DIRK VAN DER WERFF