August 2011 | DIRK VAN DER WERFF - WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Seaham Hall Wedding Photography for Lynne and Ian

SEAHAM HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS:
ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH IN EASINGTON VILLAGE - THE VENUE FOR LYNNE AND IAN'S WEDDING

SEAHAM HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
CHAMPAGNE ANYONE?

LYNNE - HAPPY TO DO HER OWN MAKE-UP ON HER WEDDING DAY

ONE BEAUTIFUL MUNCHKIN ......

TWO BEAUTIFUL MUNCHKINS .....

BEAUTIFUL DETAIL IN LYNNE'S SOPHIA TOLLI WEDDING GOWN

PERFUME AT THE READY

LAST MINUTE ADVICE BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER

THERE'S LAUGHS TO BE HAD WHILE TYING UP A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING GOWN!

DETAIL IN LYNNE'S SOPHIA TOLLI WEDDING DRESS

A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF LYNNE AS SHE TAKES ONE LAST LOOK IN THE MIRROR BEFOR SHE LEAVES FOR THE CHURCH TO MARRY IAN

TIME TO GET MARRIED ... THE OFFICIAL CAR ARRIVES AT ST MARY'S CHURCH EASINGTON VILLAGE

THIS WAY TO THE WEDDING ... HAND IN HAND

LYNNE AND HER FATHER READY TO WALK THE WALK

IAN AND LYNNE LEAVE THE CHURCH AS MAN AND WIFE

A BEAUTIFUL AUGUST DAY AFTER A MONTH OF RAIN ...  JUST IN TIME FOR A CONFETTI SHOT!


BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WEDDING CAKE

FIRST COURSE .... St MAURE GOATS CHEESE WITH SUN BLUSH TOMATOES, CONFIT TOMATOES, PESTO, SMOKED JELLY AND THAI BASIL

SMILES ALL ROUND AND FUN WITH FACIAL HAIR FOR GUESTS

THE CHILDREN WERE KEPT ENTERTAINED WITH PLATE SPINNING ....

... AND THE BRIDE PLAYED ALONG TOO!

APPLAUSE ALL ROUND FOR SOME BRILLIANT WEDING SPEECHES AT SEAHAM HALL

... AND A FEW TEARS TOO FOR LYNNE

LAUGHS ALL ROUND FOR THE CHIEF BRIDESMAID CLAIRE AND LYNNE'S MUM!

TEARS OF LAUGHTER ....

SHOCK FOR LYNNE AS SHE SEES SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM IAN'S STAG NIGHT IN SPAIN!

FUN ALL THE WAY FOR IAN AND HIS STAG PARTY

A KISS TO SEAL THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN LYNNE AND IAN

THE KISS ...... AT SEAHAM HALL FOR IAN AND HIS NEW WIFE LYNNE

IT WAS A LONG KISS.......

HELP FOR LYNNE AND HER WEDDING DRESS FROM THE YOUNG BRIDESMAIDS

NOT BAD FOR A YOUNG LADY WHO DOESNT LIKE HAVING HER PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN!

SOPHIA TOLLI WEDDING DRRESS LOOKING GOOD AT THE ENTRANCE TO SEAHAM HALL

SMILES ALL ROUND DURING IAN AND LYNNE'S FIRST DANCE AT SEAHAM HALL
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Lynne and Ian's wedding was destined to be. Their wedding was put together in less that 6 months, and everything just fell into the place, including Seaham Hall as their wedding venue and myself as their wedding photographer.
Seaham Hall is normally booked solid for an August Saturday, but they managed to get a cancellation. Normally, I am booked too for a Saturday in August, but one of my weddings, a military wedding, was moved because of the MOD changing operations around, so I too was free. I even told Lynne at a Wedding Fair that I was taken for that date, and offered fellow wedding photographers to help her out, but luckily, just before she did that, I was free, and offered to help out!
So, I arrived good and early at Lynne's parents house in Easington Village in County Durham. All was calm cool and collected, Lynne was happily doing her own make-up and the young bridesmaids were running around very excitedly!
I even had time for a crumpet and a cup of tea as the family gathered for their 'wedding of the year'.
The weather was also improving with blue sky appearing. Amazing, August weather in August! My previous three weddings in late July and August meant that I received a good soaking each time.
The wedding cars arrived and the bridesmaids were even more excited as I made my way to the church close-by with Lynne's Auntie in the front seat next to me ... not just a photographer you see, I come in handy!
Ian was cool as a cucumber and it was beautiful to be back in St Mary's Church in Easington Village, a stunning centuries old parish church on the highest point of the village.
I was still chatting to the Vicar as the bridal cars drove up, and Lynne headed to the church with her father and chief bridemaid.
Outside after the ceremony, it was back-slaps and kisses and cuddles and bear-hugs all round before I set up a quick confetti shot so everyone could get a nice photograph, before we headed 20 minutes up the road to Seaham Hall.
Time for champagne and canapes while a saxophonist filled the air with chill-out music, the sun was out, the skies were blue - everything was perfect for their wedding day!
After the lovely wedding breakfast (thanks folks!), there were three excellent speeches which filled the room with laughter, before I managed to 'borrow' Lynne and Ian for 10 minutes for some time together and a few nice photographs of them together.
Just as I finished some bridal portraits around 47.30pm, guests started arriving for the evening entertainment and fun, so there were more kisses and cuddles at the front entrance to Seaham Hall.
First dance was fun, but the dancing straight after was a bit more hectic with Lynne and Ian's closest friends and relatives throwing a variety of shapes on the dance floor!
Time to leave ....  so I said my farewells to Lynne's parents and thanked them for their hospitality of the day and said farewell to the happy couple who had enjoyed a great day of family wedding celebrations at Seaham Hall.
If you would like me to be a  part of your family wedding at Seaham Hall or anywhere else in County Durham, the north east of all across the UK and abroad, ring me now and tell me all about your plans on 0778 7150966 - and CHECK YOUR DATE! Prices from £1250 - £1475
View the sneak peek from  Lyndsey and James' wedding at Seaham Hall earlier this year HERE
Have a look at Lucy and Paul's Seaham Hall wedding HERE
DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Wynyard Golf Club Wedding Photography for Ruth and Martin


WYNYARD GOLF CLUB WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER:
RUTH'S BENJAMIN ROBERTS DRESS AWAITS


WYNYARD GOLF CLUB WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY:
SPECIAL WEDDING SHOES


LAST MINUTE MAKE-UP FOR RUTH


IT'S ALL IN HIS HANDS ... WAITING FOR THE BRIDE TO ARRIVE AT ST AIDAN'S CHURCH


SMILES AS SHE ARRIVES FOR RUTH ON WHAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY


RUTH AND MARTIN POSE FOR FREINDS AFTER RETURNING TO THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH FOR SOME FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS


THE CLOUDS ROLL IN ACROSS WYNYARD GOLF CLUB COURSE AS WE GRAB THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE THE WEATHER DETERIORATES


GUIDING HANDS .... THE YOUNGEST BRIDEMAID IS SURROUNDED BY THE PROTECTIVE HANDS OF HER GRANDPARENTS

SMILES ALL ROUND DURING THE INTIMATE FAMILY WEDDING AT WYNYARD GOLF CLUB
APPRECIATION FOR THE SPEECHES FROM RUTH AND MARTIN


LADS TOGETHER
MARTIN TAKES CENTRE STAGE


TIME FOR A TENDER MOMENT OR TWO ....


KISSING TIME FOR MARTIN AND RUTH AT WYNYARD


HAPPY AND IN LOVE .....


KISSING TIME AGAIN FOR RUTH AND MARTIN ON THEIR WEDDING DAY AT WYNYARD


EVER THE GENTLEMAN, MARTIN HELPS RUTH WITH HER DRESS ON THE WAY BACK FOR CAKE CUTTING AND THE FIRST DANCE


THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL .. OR RATHER THE LATE BREAKING SUN CASTS THE NAME OF THE WELLINGTON SUITE ONTO THE WALL AS WE HEAD INSIDE TO DANCE!


LOVE AND SMILES ALL ROUND AS THE HAPPY COUPLE TAKE TO THE DANCE FLOOR AT WYNYARD  GOLF CLUB
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Wynyard Hall has become one of the most fashionable wedding venues in the north of England over a period of just 3 years, but a smaller, more intimate modern wedding venue is Wynyard Golf Club.

A small intimate family wedding for Ruth and Martin was perfect for their wedding breakfast and evening wedding celebrations after their wedding at a beautiful old church in Hartlepool, St Aidan's.

Ruth was a fastidious planner of her wedding from the moment I met with her and Martin.
I also met with her Mum and Dad as well and their wedding sounded like a lovely day.
In the 9 months since, we have often chatted on Facebook and discussed tears and fears and glasses versus contact lenses and generally tried to put Ruth at ease for her wedding day - all part of the service.
Martin is a joker, a real fun guy to be around and he's obviously head over heels with Ruth, and she is devoted to him too. Our pre-wed shoot at Sedgefield Country Park went well, and Ruth in particular was very pleased the with images I created, and was really looking forward to her wedding day. I teased that she would probably cry, and she didn't deny it!
Come the day, we had been chatting on Facebook on the run up so it was great to see her happy and relaxed at her Mum's as she helped to dress the flower girl and bridesmaids, with her Dad helping out at times too. Her Benjamin Roberts dress was sensational and she certainly had the figure for it!
As I left for the church, the emotion of the day had overtaken Ruth, and Martin was in the least bit surprised when I briefed him after meeting at church, and I also mentioned that she would knock his socks off when he turned around to see her come down the aisle at St Aidans Church in Hartlepool - a lovely parish church more than a century old.
The vicar was cool too, amazing for a Church of England Vicar, though he did brief me on an 'episode' with another 'wedding photographer' that was truly shocking, no wonder so many CofE clergy tar all wedding photographers with the same brush.
Smiles came in waves over Ruth's face amid the emotion of the occassion and before long we were involved in some quick family photographs in the church while the congregation watched and then took their own photographs of the bride and groom.
Wynyard Golf Club was a new venue to me, sad side by side with the magnificent Wynyard Hall, but it was ideal for a small intimate family wedding. There was time for a quick group photograph in front of the greens, then it was straight into the wedding breakfast (thanks folks!) and very entertaining speeches, which included a lovely heartfelt one from Martin that brought Ruth to tears again!
There was time for me to 'borrow the happy couple for 15 minutes before the evening guests to turn up, and we laughed and had fun as I figured out what I was going to do. It worked out fine.
Time for the first dance and cutting the cake to clapping and cheers from family and friends.
A lovely day for Martin and Ruth and their families and friends.
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If you would like me to be a small but important part of your day at Wynyard Hall, all day coverage for 2013 / 2014 / 2015, photography is £1250 - £1495 and includes superb customer service, great customer experience, a pre-wed portrait shoot with a signing board, up to ten hours coverage of your celebrations, a presentation box with up to 500 hard copy prints of all your final edited digital images, a password protected website so you can show your wedding to those friends and relatives abroad or who were not able to travel and a CD of all your final edited images for you to make unlimited personal copies.
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DIRK VAN DER WERFF