Beamish Hall Wedding Photography for Anna and Neil

BEAMISH HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS:
THE KEYS TO THE WEDDING SUITE AT BEAMISH HALL

JIMMY CHOO SHOES AT THE READY FOR ANNA AT BEAMISH HALL IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND

ANNA ENJOYING HER HAIR SESSION BEFORE HER WEDDING

BEAMISH HALL COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL - READY FOR ANNA AND NEIL'S WEDDING

ANNA'S IAN STUART BRIDAL DRESS IS PREPARED FOR HER WEDDING TO NEIL - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

CONTENT AND HAPPY - ANNA MAKES LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS

ANNA\'S MUM IS HAPPY AND RELAXED AS SHE WAITS FOR THE CEREMONY TO BEGIN

ANNA AND HER FATHER HOT THE RED CARPET IN THE HALL AT BEAMISH

NEIL AND ANNA CAPTURED ON THE RED CARPET AS THEY LEAVE THE HALL AT BEAMISH AFTER THEIR CEREMONY - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

TIME FOR A LAUGH AS THE TENSION EVAPORATES AFTER THE CEREMONY

BIRDS OF PREY FROM THE BEAMISH WILD BIRDS CENTRE WERE PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS

FULL FLIGHT AS ONE OF THE BIRDS  COMES IN TO FEED - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

RADIATING ... ANNA ENJOYING MEETING HER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AT THE WEDDING BREAKFAST AT BEAMISH HALL

ANNA'S BEAUTIFUL WEDDING CAKE DECORATED BY HER MUM!

ANNA AND NEIL CHILL OUT AT BEAMISH HALL AFTER THEIR WEDDING BREAKFAST - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

ALL MEAN AND MOODY ... THE BRIDE AND GROOM GET CLOSE IN THE GATHERING GLOOM AND CLOUDS AT BEAMISH HALL COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

THE KISS ... NEIL AND ANNA  SEAL THEIR WEDDING VOWS WITH A KISS - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

FUN AND LAUGHTER - THE STORY OF THEIR DAY

Anna and Neil - what a great couple, but I nearly didn't photograph their great family wedding at Beamish Hall Hotel.

I had a phone call and an e-mail about the same time to the office. It was another plea for help from a bride who had been 'let down' by another photographer, and their wedding was in 8 weeks time. Could I help?

Of course I could. Luckily, because I cover only 20-25 weddings a year, I have availability through the year in different weeks and months. It's great for me and for my brides, it means that I can concentrate on each bride and groom and wedding as individuals, you're not on a production line, you're not just another bride and groom!

I digress ... so, Anna and Neil, who had met in India while working, and who had settled in Essex and Kent decided they wanted to get married in the north east where Anna had family and thought that Beamish Hall would be a great location - too right, especially when their's was the only wedding on that day!

They had already decided from looking at my images on this BLOG and my website, that I was the guy for them! So, they paid a deposit the same day and we hooked up 3 weeks later when they were visiting the area.

We got on famously ... we did some photographs together, with Anna's mum at Beamish Hall as they made their last minute arrangement s and we dashed across to the Angel of the North to get some photographs there that would be suitable for using in their place settings on the BIG day!

So, on Sunday, we met for the second time - their great wedding celebrations at Beamish Hall. The hairdresser had dragged Anna from her bed at 7am, so I didn't feel too bad about things when I arrived on site about 9.30am to catch up with the madness and mayhem.

But it was all chilled out, all fun and games and Anna was the most laid back person there!

Neil, however, in texts and phone calls to me the day before, was in turmoil, bless him, so when he turned up in his father-in-law's Jaguar, he did look a little pasty faced!

He soon settled into the day with his brothers and friends and best man greeting him and letting him know that there was a van full of tissues for when he started crying with emotion of the day - it took about 20 seconds for the first sniffle!

Back upstairs, Anna was about to get into her dress with the help of mum and her friends. It was a fabulous Ian Stuart Bridal dress from Wild Brides in Sunderland and she looked stunning!

I had to worry Neil even more when I saw him soon after and told him he might need a paramedic when he saw Anna coming down the aisle in THAT dress!

Even the civil ceremony was full of fun and laughter, and I was able to get friends and relatives to join in the fun as I took a shot from the balcony in the main hall which Anna and Neil had requested.

Reception started with a demonstration from the guys who run the Birds of Prey Conservation Centre at Beamish which was very different to other weddings, and allowed us to get outside and have more fun with some stunning birds of prey and grab a few important family photos with mums and dads and grandparents for a few minutes.

Inside, the speeches were short and to the point and fun, the chefs excelled themselves with the wedding breakfast and were stunned to be rewarded by Neil with drinks all ound for the kitchen staff - they couldn't remember the last time that had ever happended to them - but it shows the sort of people that Neil and Anna are.

Anna and I and Neil managed to get 10 minutes to ourselves finally as we headed back outside and got some well deserved fresh air - and even theough it was overcast and grey, we created some fun photos together.

The evening reception was already underway and as the first dance loomed, I reflected on what a great day it had been. Full of fun and laughter, chilled out and relaxed.

Just the day that Anna and Neil had ordered!

I hope you enjoy this sneak peak of 23 photographs from the 400+ that documented their great day ..
If you would like me to be part of your wedding at Beamish Hall in County Durham, or elsewhere in the country or anywhere in the world because you love my style and relaxed photography - please tell me all about your plans, and don't lose your date!
Ring me in the office up to 6pm on 01429 423165 or on my mobile at anytime 0778 7150966.

READ MY WEDDING REVIEWS HERE

AND HERE

READ ABOUT COST / PRICES / INVESTMENT HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Middlesbrough Spring Wedding Fair and Bridal Catwalk Show

JENNIFER AND ANDREW DURING THEIR FIRST DANCE AT GISBOROUGH HALL

If you are in the middle of planning for your wedding in the next two to three years, then there's an opportunity for you to check out the latest wedding photography and wedding dresses and cars and a whole host of accessories for weddings at the Middlesbrough Spring Wedding Fair and Bridal Catwalk Show at Middlesbrough Town Hall on Sunday 17th April 2011 between 12pm and 4pm.
There will be many scores of other vendors to answer all your questions about wedding photography and why you should make sure you set aside the right budget for creative professional photography to capture one of the biggest and most expensive days of your life.
The Middlesbrough and Cleveland areas have some GREAT wedding venues within a 20 or 30 mile radius, from Gisborough Hall, to Pinchinthorpe Hall and Rushpool Hall at Saltburn and Grinkle Park with Judges Country House at Yarm and the magnificent Crathorne Hall.
You're just a hop-step-and-a-jump away from the wonderful Wynyard Hall, Rockliffe Hall a new 5 star wedding venue at Hurworth near Darlington and Redworth Hall Hotel, with options also for getting married at my favourite smaller exclusive use wedding venue Headlam Hall.
If you are having a wedding in Middlesbrough, perhaps an Asian wedding, in Middlesbrough on Teeside or in Darlington or Whitby or on the North York Moors, Ripon or Thirsk or Northallerton, ring me in the office on 01429 423165 or on my mobile 0778 7150966 and let's talk about the plans for your wedding.
If you would like to progress to a meeting, without obligation, I will travel to meet you!

More details about pricing and packages HERE for 2012 / 2013

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND NORTH YORKSHIRE AND COUNTY DURHAM

It's been a really, really busy time this past six months with weddings all over the north east of England and North Yorkshire and Cumbria and it was only when updating my website pages recently that I realise how many great weddings I've been part of lately

So, just so that they're not all lost amongs the background chatter of the internet, I thopught I would re-post LINKS to them all on my BLOG for easy reference!

So: Pour yourself a cup of tea, or a glass of wine and plough your way through this lot!

Catherine and Gary's wedding at Monkseaton and Tynemouth

http://tinyurl.com/y5tuu2e

Jagdeep and Martin's Sikh Wedding at Hardwick Hall

http://tinyurl.com/ye2hch8

Review from Nicola and Jonathan's wedding in Durham and Headlam Hall

http://tinyurl.com/y9bpvr5

Charlotte and Alex's wedding at Tynemouth and Blackfriars Restaurant Newcastle

http://tinyurl.com/yhjjgvu

Claire's wedding at Seaton Carew and Redworth Hall near Darlington

http://tinyurl.com/y8ax7f8

Kirstey's wedding at Wynyard Hall

http://tinyurl.com/yevxbsc

Amy at Ellingham Hall in Northumberland in December

http://tinyurl.com/ycnajsl

Louise at Jesmond Dene House Hotel in December

http://tinyurl.com/y9swelh

Karen at Crathorne Hall for an Autumn wedding in North Yorkshire

http://tinyurl.com/ydqh3g8

Lynn at Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island Northumberland before Christmas

http://tinyurl.com/yhpnkay

Kate at Langley Castle on New Year's Eve

http://tinyurl.com/ye642y2

then there's Nicola's wedding at Lanchester and Durham here:

http://tinyurl.com/ybhvzg8

Gill's wedding at Bowes Museum and Teesdale here:

http://tinyurl.com/yknxwg5

Rachel's wedding at Headlam Hall here:

http://tinyurl.com/ybqvq5w

Rhoanne's wedding at Headlam Hall is here:

http://tinyurl.com/lzbo4y

Lucy's wedding at Wolviston and Seaham Hall is here:

http://tinyurl.com/kuawr4

Leila's wedding at Sunderland Glass Centre is here:

http://tinyurl.com/ly7y6f

Kerry's wedding at Tynemouth is here:

http://tinyurl.com/mgp5wr

Shelley and Stephen's Review of their Langley Castle wedding is here:

http://tinyurl.com/lrcegl

Catherine and Chris's wonderful wedding at Crathorne Hall

http://tinyurl.com/l7vcae

Tynemouth Grand Hotel Wedding for Catherine and Gary

TYNEMOUTH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY:
THE RINGS!

TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY:
HERE COMES THE BRIDE!

SMILES ALL ROUND FROM MUM AND DAD!

CATHERINE AND GARY LEAVE THE CHURCH WITH BIG  SMILES!

MY LATEST 2012 WEDDING AT TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL IS HERE
SEE MY INSPIRATION BOARD FROM MY PREVIOUS TYNEMOUTH WEDDINGS AT THE GRAND HOTEL TYNEMOUTH AND CRUSOES HERE
VIEW CATHERINE AND GARY'S REVIEW OF MY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY ON THEIR WEDDING DAY HERE


Catherine and Gary are a great couple and I've been very much looking forward to their wedding at Monkseaton and The Grand Hotel at Tynemouth for some time.

Catherine is an art teacher with degrees all over the place and Gary directs and produces films for business, as well as being a very proficient photographer - so they're very creative people who have found love with each other!

St Andrew's Church in Monkseaton Tyne and Wear has recently been refurbished and extended and has given it a new lease of life with a vibrant community and congregation - and Catherine's parents are stalwarts of the church, so it was very much a family event for the wedding.

I was at the church very early on a beautiful sunny day with blue skies, which makes such a change from my previous six weddings that where all in the dark and gloomy months between October and February.

Gary and his attendents arrived surprisingly early too, so there was plenty of time to get into the swing of things before Catherine turned up in her magnificent limousine that used to belong to the US Ambassador.

She was radiant, and was really up for the ceremony, though I had noticed that Gary had gone a little bit quiet as I headed outside to greet her!

The ceremony went without a hitch with some fine readings from Catherine's father and a good friend.

Outside, before we dashed off to The Grand Hotel at Tynemouth we had an important photograph to take - one that mirrored Catherine's own parents wedding at the church many years previously. It had to be taken at the old entrance to the church rather than the grand new glass and metal extravaganza.

That done we all headed off for the wedding breakfast at Tynemouth's grandest hotel. The cake was so good and the iced sugar flowers so beautiful, I suggested we set up a Facebook group called 'Save the Cake', while the speeches were entertaining and Catherine's dad John's wedding bingo went down a storm during his own speech!

Each guest also had a personalised mouse on the table, and in each one was cheese - of course and also sugared almonds and chocolates, it was a great touch and Catherine and her mum and friends had spend weeks making these beautiful momentos.

Once the great wedding breakfast was over, Catherine and Gary wanted to head to the beach - to reveal the bride's footwear for the day under her glamorous dress.

A beautiful new pair of personalised cream pearlescent-painted Doctor Martin boots were perfect for the beach, especially where the tide had just disappeared!

So we all messed around on the beach drawing love hearts in the sand until it was near dark and then headed up to the hotel to greet their evening guests.

It was that sort of day .... family orientated, a little bit off the wall at times, relaxed and happy - then sort of wedding many people would cherish - and Catherine and Gary and their families certainly cherished their wedding day and it was a pleasure to be part of your family for the day and capture some great images that you will remember for ever!

If you would like me to photograph your wedding  in Tynemouth or any other part of the UK or abroad, I would be delighted to hear about your plans.
Just ring me in the office until 6pm any day on 01429 423165 or on my mobile at any time 0778 7150966.
I am based in the north east of England but I'm happy to travel anywhere to be a small but important part of your wedding day.
READ MY WEDDING REVIEWS HERE

READ ABOUT COST / PRICES / INVESTMENT HERE

ENJOY KERRY AND PAUL'S WEDDING AT TYNEMOUTH HERE

AND HAVE A LOOK AT MY PHOTOGRAPHS OF BECKY AND CHRIS' WEDDING AT THE TYNEMOUTH GRAND HOTEL HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

HARDWICKE HALL HESELDEN WEDDING REVIEW UPDATE FROM NICOLA AND DAVID

I've just updated the page with additional images from the kind wedding review and testimonial from Nicola and David's Wedding at Hardwicke Hall.
The white cholcolate cake in particular has become one of the more popular images on my website - and I personally love the image of Nicola's son Josh carrying one of the bridemaids upside down!
The updated review of my wedding photography at Hardwicke Hall is HERE
LATEST NEWS AND WEDDINGS ON MY BLOG ARE HERE
If you would like me to photograph your wedding capturing all the emotion and fun, naturally, then ring me on 01429 423165 OR MY MOBILE 0778 715 0966  .. coverage from £1000 .....  check if your date is FREE .. 

Crathorne Hall Wedding Photography Review from Catherine and Chris

CRATHORNE HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER REVIEW:
CATHERINE'S BEAUTIFUL  DRESS - READY FOR THE DAY!

RELAXED START TO THE DAY WITH A BRIDESMAID AT CRATHORNE HALL

CATHERINE HAS HER DRESS ON AND CHATS WITH A BRIDEMAID - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

CATHERINE'S BEAUTIFUL DRESS

CRATHORNE CHURCH LOOKING PRETTY IN THE SPRING SINSHINE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE

A HAPPY CATHERINE MEETS CHRIS FACE-TO-FACE IN THE CHURCH

CATHERINE GETS A LITTLE HELPING HAND FROM THE STAFF AT CRATHORNE HALL

CATHERINE AND CHRIS CHOSE THS IMAGE FROM THEIR WINDY WEDDING FOR THEIR FRNT COVER OF THEIR WEDDING BOOK - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

CATHERINE AND HER BRIDESMAIDS HAVING FUN ON THE LAWN AT CRATHORNE HALL

WOW! HOW STUNNING DOES CATHERINE LOOK ON THE LAWN AT CRATHORNE HALL - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

A WINDY SPRING WEDDING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE

A FEW MOMENTS ALONE DURING THEIR WEDDING CELEBRATIONS

... AND CHRIS DIDN'T FANCY HAVING A PHOTOGRAPHER AT HIS WEDDING!

LOVELY INTERACTION AND FUN BETWEEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM

.. AND A FINAL PHOTOGRAPH AT THE END OF THE EVENING AT CRATHORNE HALL - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Chris and Catherine's spring wedding at Crathorne Hall was a blast, a really enjoyable family occasion. The weather was pretty mild, and we even saw the sunshine for a while, but it was very windy too!

".... Chris and I just wanted to say a huge thank you again ... you were everything you had promised ... and a thousand times more!

We had so many comments about how brilliant, professional and relaxed you were - you impressed everyone at our wedding at Crathorne Hall.

Many thanks again for the amazing hard work and the absolute perfect job you did on our wedding day.

We can't put in to words how grateful we are for having you there, and how lucky we feel to have chosen the best photographer in the world!! ...."

Well, err, thanks, he says with a red face! 

IT WAS a great day!

If you would like me to be your official photographer at your wedding at Crathorne Hall or anywhere else in the UK or the world, please do ring me anytime on 0778 7150966 and tell me all about your wedding plans!

See more HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF