WYNYARD HALL WEDDING FAIR OPEN DAY

LOVE IS ..... EXCLUSIVE USE WEDDING VENUE AT WYNYARD HALL, WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

THE CHAPEL AT WYNYARD HALL COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL

DANCING DURING A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING AT WYNYARD HALL - PHOTOGRAPHED BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

WEDDING CEREMONY IN THE MIRROR ROOM AT WYNYARD HALL COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL

WYNYARD HALL COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL IS ONE OF THE PREMIER WEDDING VENUES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, WITH BRIDES BOOKING THIS WONDERFUL EXCLUSIVE USE WEDDING VENUE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

The Wynyard Hall wedding fair and open day is a great time to meet lots of wedding vendors - including top wedding photographers like Dirk van der Werff, see the latest wedding dress designs, the most wonderful wedding invitations, cakes galore and many, many other ideas to make your wedding great.

Check the Wynyard Hall website for the latest wedding fairs and open days.

If you would like me to photograph your wedding at Wynyard Hall, whether a small intimate wedding in the chapel and a family gathering in The Londonderry Room or a huge wedding with a family wedding celebration for 200 people in the conservatory at Wynyard Hall I will be happy to meet with you and your family to hear about your plans.

Ring me  on my personal mobile telephone number 0778 7150966.. CHECK YOUR DATE!

NEXT WEDDING OPEN DAY / WEDDING FAIR SATURDAY 23rd June 2012

10am - 3pm


DIRK VAN DER WERFF

BRIDAL GATHERING WEDDING SHOW AT RAINTON MEADOWS

Bridal Gathering is now one of the biggest wedding fairs in the north east of England - and the latest one takes place at Rainton Meadows on Sunday 27th March 2011 from 12pm - 5pm.

The last one attracted over 2000 visitors, so its well wortth attending to source and investigate some of the top wedding vendors around - including photographers of course!
Meet me there and let me show you some of the wonderful San Francisco A3 wedding books with over 200 images from the wedding - stunning quality, never again do you have to compromise how many images you have in your wedding album!

There's free goodie bags for everyone of course, so make a date... and sign up for your's online HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN AND WINTER WEDDING VENUES ACROSS TEESSIDE

KIRSTY AND CHRIS AT WYNYARD HALL FOR THEIR 2012 EASTER WEDDING

If you are in the middle of planning for your wedding in the next two to three years, there's always opportunities for you to check out the latest professional creative wedding photography, wedding dresses and cars and a whole host of accessories and specialist wedding vendors for your wedding at the many wedding Open Days and Wedding Fairs across Middlesbrough, Ingelby Barwick, Guisborough, Saltburn Yarm, Darlington and Stockton on Tees.

The Middlesbrough, Teesside and Cleveland areas have some GREAT wedding venues within a 20 or 30 mile radius, from Gisborough Hall, to Rushpool Hall at Saltburn and Grinkle Park with Judges Country House at Yarm and the magnificent Crathorne Hall close by.

Magnificent 5 star wedding venues such as the wonderful Wynyard Hall, and Rockliffe Hall at Hurworth near Darlington are an option for a grand wedding with Redworth Hall Hotel and my favourite smaller exclusive-use wedding venue at Headlam Hall slightly further afield. Theres also Romanby Golf and Country Club near Northallerton and Hallgarth Golf and Country Club, while Wynyard Golf Club is attracting a lot of business recently.

Kirsty and Chris' Easter 2012 wedding at Wynyard Hall is HERE
Ruth and Martin's wedding at Wynyard Golf Club is HERE
Steph and Daniel's Rockliffe Hall wedding is HERE
Jennifer and Andrews wedding at Gisborough Hall is HERE

Elizabeth's wedding at Rockliffe Hall is HERE

Caroline and Antony's wedding at Wynyard Hall is HERE

Niki's wedding at Wynyard Hall is HERE

Sarah and Dan's wedding at Crathorne Hall is HERE

Romanby Golf and Country Club wedding details are HERE

Grinkle Park wedding details are HERE

Gisborough Hall wedding details are HERE

If you would like me to be your official wedding photographer at any of these venues, please ring me on my mobile 0778 7150966

DIRK VAN DER WERFF 2012

Redworth Hall Wedding Photography Review from Anne and David

ANNE AND DAVIS IN THE AUTUMN SUNSHINE ON THEIR PRE-WED SHOOT

DAVID'S SON, WHO WAS ALSO HIS BEST MAN, IS CHACED AROUND THE LAWN AT REDWORTH HALL BY HIS SISTER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRIDAY PARTY - PHOTOGRAPHED BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

ALL SMILES - ANNE AND DAVID AT THEIR CIVIL CEREMONY AT REDWORTH HALL NEAR DARLINGTON IN COUNTY DURHAM

EVERYONE CHILLED  ..... RELAXED GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY AT REDWORTH HALL WITH A SMILE AND A LAUGH FROM DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographs from Claire and Jamie's REDWORTH HALL WEDDING HERE

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO RECEIVE WEDDING REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS FROM BRIDES AND GROOMS - I FEEL THAT IT'S A JOB WELL DONE - AND IT ALSO BRINGS BACK GREAT MEMORIES FROM THEIR DAY. ANNE AND DAVID WERE A GREAT COUPLE - I PHOTOGRAPHED THEM IN THE AUTUMN SUNSHINE AT REDWORTH HALL FOR A PRE-WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION, AND THEN JOINED THEM FOR THE DAY AT THEIR REDWORTH HALL WEDDING CELEBRATIONS DURING SUMMER

".....We first met Dirk at a wedding fair at Redworth Hall  - his daughter Ellie 'bribed' us with sweets to listen to him!

From that time until our A3 wedding book and CD of images arrived, he has been a pleasure and a joy to work with. 

The pre-wedding shoot (above) helped to put us both at our ease with him and his cameras - more imprtantly, it meant that we were not strangers when he turned up on the day!

Dirk listened carefully to our wishes for how we wanted the day to be covered and then helped us to refine the details. We asked him for a record of the day without the typical posed shots and a picture of as many of the people there as possible.

On the day everything went brilliantly. 

Dirk arrived early and spent some time taking pictures of the preparations.

After the ceremony he mixed effortlessly with our guests shooting constantly yet never, ever, getting in the way. He took one 'organised' shot which included everyone, making sure that in the space of a couple minutes he had a selection of group pictures where everybody's face could be seen clearly.

He had a long day, that lasted well into a fairly riotous evening, where he captured the atmosphere perfectly!

From nearly 300 final edited proof photographs Dirk helped us to select a representative number and when the wedding album arrived we were absolutely delighted with the quality of the book; the selection, quality and arrangement of the pictures; the story that is told and the fact that from all our guests there was only one who did not have an individual portrait included. 

If you are thinking of using Dirk for your wedding photography, from our experience, you could not wish for a better result, or a more genial man with whom to deal......"

Thanks David, thank you Anne ... appreciated and delighted that the whole day went so well - I was delighted to have been a part of it!

More photographs on my Facebook profile HERE.

Other wedding reviews from Dirk van der Werff Wedding Photography are HERE
f you would like natural, relaxed and happy wedding photography from a 25 year professional wedding photographer to capture your fantastic wedding at REDWORTH HALL, ring me in the office on 01429 423165 or on my mobile 0778 7150966 - and if we progress to a meeting with no obligation if your date is free - I will travel to you!

READ MY WEDDING REVIEWS HERE

READ ABOUT COST / PRICES / INVESTMENT HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Wynyard Hall Wedding Photography for Niki and Steve

WYNYARD HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS

MUNCHKINS READY TO GO AT WYNYARD HALL

DRESSES GALORE IN NIKI'S ROOM

LAST MINUTE HAIR ADJUSTMENTS

BEAUTIFUL BRIDESMAIDS AT WYNYARD HALL

THE RIGHT SHOES OF COURSE ....

FABULOUS WEDDING DRESS - AT THE READY!

NIKI LOOKING STUNNING AT WYNYARD HALL BEFORE HER WEDDING

NIKI WITH HER PARENTS BEFORE HEADING DOWN THE AISLE

... AND HERE THEY COME!

NIKI MARRIED STEVE AT WYNYARD HALL

GLOWING ... NIKI SO HAPPY

MUNCHKIN BRIDESMAID SMILE!

A QUIET MOMENT FOR STEVE

NIKI HAS HER HANDS FULL!

KISSIN' TIME!

NIKI LOOKING BEAUTIFUL AT WYNYARD HALL FOR HER WEDDING TO STEVE

NIKI AND STEVE AND THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

TIME FOR A WEDDING DAY KISS .. STEVE AND NIKI IN THE STATUE GALLERY AT WYNYARD HALL

FUN DURING THE SPEECHES

NIKI IN SILHOUETTE AT WYNYARD HALL

SWINGING NIKI OFF HER FEET AT WYNYARD HALL DURING THE FIRST DANCE!

I met with Niki and Steve only 12 weeks before their wedding at Wynyard Hall after her cousin, Sue Wilkinson suggested me for her wedding photography. I had photographed Jo's wedding, Sue's daughter at Crathorne Hall.

Niki wanted a relaxed, happy day with family and friends and with lots of children and grand-children around it was certainly going to be a busy wedding!

Niki is an ebulent, happy go lucky lady who is thrilled to have finally met her soul-mate, while Steve is cool, calm and confident - and a man of few words, but as he said in the speeches, he has finally met his soul-mate too!

When I arrived mid-morning at Wynyard Hall it was all action right from the start, with mum's and sisters and friends and children and grandchildren all vying for attention from the hairdresser and two lovely ladies, Debbie and Rachel Cook from The Bridal Collection in Lancaster, not far from where Niki will be setting up her new home. They were helping the bride get ready along with all the bridesmaids and many of the children ... quite a job!

This gave me the opportunity for lots of nice relaxed images, amazingly relaxed considering the amount of people beavering away in two rooms!

Steve and his party arrived not long after - about half an hour earlier, but as he explained, when you have shelled out all the money for a wedding venue like Wynyard Hall - you want to be there enjoying it!

By now, the day was running late, about 30 minutes late, but finally EVERYONE was ready and as I expected, it all got a bit emotional when Steve saw the children all coming down the aisle followed by a resplendent Niki in her beautiful Madeline Gardner New York wedding dress.

Once the service was over, everyone headed into the Statue Gallery as it was pretty cold and gray and misty outside, and after an hour of congratulations, champagne and Pimms we headed to the Chapel for a quick confetti shot vefore gathering people together for ten minutes of informal family photographs.

Then we enjoyed a great wedding breakfast, topped off with speeches and tears and Niki even stood up to make a speech as well - more tears as she thanked her family and friends and Steve for agreeing to be her husband. Awwwww.....

Another break allowed me to catch a few images of the evening guests arriving and a few photographs of a shy Steve with his beloved before we headed to the conservatory and the cutting of the cake and the first dance.

Steve surprised everyone, myself included as he ended up swinging Niki about the dance floor in a final flourish before the big kiss!!

Great day for Niki and Steve and their extended families and friends, and I hope my sneak peek photographs give you a flavour of the day.

You can see photographs from Caroline and Antony's recent summer wedding at Wynyard Hall HERE 

For the latest news of Wynyard Hall ... see HERE.

If you would like natural, relaxed and happy wedding photography from a 25 year professional wedding photographer to capture your fantastic wedding at Wynyard Hall, ring me 0778 7150966

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Sunderland Wedding Photography Review from the National Glass Centre

SUNDERLAND WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER:
LEILA AND LEWIS ON THEIR PRE-WEDDING SHOOT ON WHITBURN BEACH ONE EVENING - PHOTOGRAPHY BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

BLACK AND WHITE GIVES A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEELING TO THE IMAGES FROM THEIR PRE-WEDDING SHOOT

ONE OF THE MANY IMAGES I CREATED AT LEILA AND LEWIS' WEDDING AT SUNDERLAND INTERNATIONAL GLASS CENTRE

LEILA'S LOVELY DRESS FITS THIS WEDDING PORTRAIT ON TOP OF THE GLASS ROOF AT SUNDERLAND GLASS CENTRE PERFECTLY - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

2012 .... SMALL INTIMATE WEDDINGS AT SUNDERLAND GLASS CENTRE, MIDWEEK FROM £750.
Wedding reviews are very important to a bride when she is researching for a wedding photographer.

Reviews give a one-to-one impression of the hard work and personality and skills needed to be a top-class professional creative wedding photographer.

That's why I put such value on wedding reviews by brides and grooms - and often Mum's and dad's too, as often they pay towards the cost of the day's celebrations, sometimes in their entirety!

This week, Leila kindly wrote to me with a review of her and Lewis' summer Humanist wedding at Sunderland Glass Centre, one of the newer, more distinctive wedding venues in north east England.

It was an exciting day for more than a couple of reasons, it was my first Humanist wedding, indeed it was my first wedding photography commission at Sunderland Glass Centre and the modern, post-industrial setting made for some lovely photographs.

It being summer of course we had the weather too .... dark dramatic skies, heavy rainfall, skittish winds playing up and down the River Wear .... but what a great day Leila and Lewis had, and I had a lovely time with all their friends and relatives capturing the essence and fun of their great wedding day!

Leila writes: When we were seeking a wedding photographer, I searched literally dozens of photographers’ websites, and I must admit that Dirk’s grabbed me instantly. His photos stood out a mile, and those that came close were from photographers charging twice as much.

I loved the relaxed, natural, yet at the same time very precise feel of the photography. Relaxed doesn’t mean sloppy, but rather effectively and skilfully capturing the atmosphere of the wedding day, the exact moment people gasp or smile.

Once we had signed up, it was a bonus to have the pre-wedding photo shoot. This gave us a chance to get used to being photographed and to tell Dirk about what we wanted.

Our wedding was slightly unusual in some ways but Dirk was enthusiastic about doing something different. Our venue had an industrial feel and the weather on the day was dramatic and changeable, but rather than spoiling the day this added to it as Dirk used the setting to create lovely, unique images.

On the day we were married facing inwards in front of large glass windows so the lighting was a real challenge, but Dirk captured the ceremony fantastically and a year on the photos evoke the reality brilliantly.

During the day, Dirk blended in easily with the guests and was charming and polite with everyone. Some group shots were taken but these were arranged quickly and efficiently and were in keeping with the informal style.

After the wedding day, we were able to enjoy looking at our photos on honeymoon, just 4 days after the wedding. Everyone who has seen them has commented on how much they love the photography. We have found Dirk to be very professional and provide excellent service throughout.

We haven’t yet committed to a wedding album, but the main thing is that we have a set of fantastic photos that capture our wonderful day, and that we can enjoy forever....."
Many thanks indeed to a great couple and their family and friends - it was an absolute pleasure to be part of your day at Sunderland Glass Centre.
If you would like me to be the official photographer at your wedding in Sunderland - or anywhere in the country, I would be delighted to hear about your plans! Telephone me  anytime on my mobile 0778 7150966 and tell me all about your BIG day!

LEILA AND LEWIS' ORIGINAL WEDDING BLOG POST IS HERE

SUNDERLAND'S OTHER FINE WEDDING VENUE, THE QUAYSIDE EXCHANGE, IS WHERE DEB AND LIAM WERE MARRIED, SEE THEIR NATURAL RELAXED WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF 2012