Crathorne Hall Wedding Photographer in Spring for Sarah and Dan

CRATHORNE HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY:
THERE'S ALWAYS A DRESS PHOTOGRAPH ... ISNT THERE? SARAH'S STUNNING VICTORIA JANE WEDDING GOWN FROM RONALD JOYCE

CRATHORNE HALL WEDDING PHOTOS: SARAH'S SOFT PINK FLOWER BOUQUET

MARRY ME!  IT SEEMED LIKE AN APPROPRIATE WEDDING DAY PERFUME FOR SARAH!

THE VICTORIA JANE WEDDING GOWN FROM RONALD JOYCE IS REVEALED - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

LAST MINUTE CHECKS FOR SARAH AND SOME OF HER GIRLS .....

CAUGHT IN THE MIRROR .. SARAH READY TO HEAD DOWNSTAIRS AND GET MARRIED TO DAN ....

HEADING TO HER WEDDING CEREMONY AT CRATHORNE HALL - WITH DAD WHO FLEW IN FROM AUSTRALIA TO GIVE HIS DAUGHTER AWAY

HAPPINESS DURING THEIR CIVIL CEREMONY AT CRATHORNE HALL

AN INTIMATE WEDDING AT CRATHORNE HALL

THE BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF BUCKS FIZZ FOR GUESTS AS THEY LEFT THE CEREMONY AT CRATHORNE HALL

GREETINGS FOR DAD

TIME TO SHOW OFF SARAH'S STUNNING WEDDING DRESS OFF AT ITS BEST - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

AN APPROPRIATE TABLE FAVOUR FOR A WEDDING ON GOOD FRIDAY!

PRETTY AS A PICTURE .... WINDOW LIGHT SHOWS SARAH OFF AT HER BEST ON HER WEDDING DAY AT CRATHORNE HALL IN NORTH YORKSHIRE - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

OF COURSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BACK OF SARAH'S VICTORIA JANE WEDDING DRESS FROM RONALD JOYCE .... PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

I LOVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH ... SARAH AND DAN LOOK SO CONTENT AND HAPPY

TIME FOR A FEW GIGGLES TOO!

TIME FOR SOME FUN WITH THE GIRLS IN THE LATE EVENING SPRING SUNSHINE AT CRATHORNE HALL

TIME FOR SOME FUN FOR THE BOYS TOO .......

SARAH SHOWS THE FUN SIDE OF HER PERSONALITY!!

TIME FOR SOME PRIVATE TIME FOR SARAH AND DAN ....

... AND THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR A KISS ..... PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

TIME FOR A FIRST DANCE TOO .. OR WAS IT A FIRST HANG ON TO EACH OTHER ..... ?

NEW!!  View my Pinterest inspiration board / mood board of images I have taken at Crathorne Hall weddings HERE
SEE Sarah and Chris' wedding at Crathorne Hall in May 2013 HERE.
Dan and Sarah are such a lovely couple of people that I had my fingers crossed that they would choose me for their intimate wedding at one of my favourite wedding venues in the north of England at Crathorne Hall in North Yorkshire.
We seemed to get on really well at our first meeting, and I stressed the imporantace to me of building a relationship with my brides and grooms as well as their families and they made the point that they felt a bit awkward in front of the camera, and wanted a relaxed, intimate wedding with their closest family and friends ... so really, we were a match made in heaven!
We had a laugh on our pre-wedding portrait session and so when it came to their wedding day, we were not strangers, and eveyone could relax and have a brilliant day - which is just what happened!
I caught up with Sarah and all her girlfriends a few hours before the wedding got underway, there was lots of laughter and chattering and you could tell that they had all been friends since primary school, nursery school in some instances!  Sarah was a bit worried about her dress, not sure if the (beautiful) ornamental shoulder strap would work or not ...  I assured her it would be wonderful (I'm a man, what would I know ... ?) and luckily so did the girls while I was photographing it in a temporary room at Crathorne Hall before they moved into the bridal suite.
I knew the wedding dress would knock Dan's socks off when he saw Sarah coming down the aisle!
Dan and his brother, the best man, and closest friends arrived in a stretch limousine, full of confidence (well, not really!) and ready for his wedding day!
Soon enough, the champagne was flowing, Sarah gained in confidence and blew us all away when her Victoria Jane wedding gown from Ronald Joyce was on .. WOW! Her friends had tears, lots of tears, then kisses and cuddles - she was the first of her friends to be married and you could see how excited they all were!
Sarahs father had flown in from Australia for the wedding and to give her away and he waited patiently at the bottom of the grand staircase at Crathorne Hall, his eyes filling with pride when he saw his daughter come down the stairs into his arms. Aawww....
Dan was a little quiet and a bit pale as I made my way to the front, and whispered "Time to Get Married" to him, but his face surely lit up when the bridesmaids and then his wife-to-be came down the aisle ... lots more tears again from her friends!
Soon enough, the lovely personal service was over and out we went into the drawing room and then outside into the beautiful sunshine and blue skies over north Yorkshire - it was to last most of the day!
There was lots of time for informal and formal family groups and those with friends too, then inside for a beautiful wedding breakfast (thanks folks!) where Sarah's father sang an impromtu song which had the guests clapping and cheering, before chilling out in the sunshine again with some fun photographs as the champagne took hold! There was also an impromtu dance in the woods too .. a day for impromtu things .... See the additional photographs on my Facebook page!
It was time for the first (real) dance far too quickly (for Dan .. ) but Sarah put him at his ease and they were soon joined by their friends and family for some SERIOUS dancing!
I said my farewells, lots of handshakes and kisses and cuddles, then it was time to hit the road and head off home to bed!
I hope you enjoy this SNEAK PEEK of their 400+ final edited images, when Sarah and Dan return from their honeymoon in New York they will send out the LINK and the password so that you can see all of their wedding photographs!

SEE MY OTHER RECENT CRATHORNE HALL WEDDINGS HERE:

Sarah and Dan's wedding photography at Crathorne Hall HERE

Catherine and Chris' wedding at Crathorne Hall HERE

Helen's wedding photographers at Crathone Hall HERE

Jo and Jez's wedding photos and wedding review is HERE

If you would like me to be the photographer at your wedding at Crathorne Hall, please ring me on 0778 7150966 at anytime and tell me all about your plans!
DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Headlam Hall Wedding Photographs for Charlotte and Chris

PROUD FATHER BARRY WALKS HIS DAUGHTER DOWN THE AISLE IN BARNARD CASTLE SCHOOL CHAPEL -
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

IF YOU STAND ON THE SEATS IN THE CHAPEL ... YOU CAN SEE BETTER!

DAD HAS A TEAR OR THREE FOR HIS DAUGHTER ON HER WEDDING DAY ....

TRUE LOVE ... CHARLOTTE HOLDS ON TIGHT AFTER SHE ARE CHRIS ARE PRONOUNCED AS HUSBAND AND WIFE
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

THE BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR OF BARNARD CASTLE SCOOL CHAPEL

HAPPINESS ALL ROUND AS THEY LEAVE THE CHAPEL

A CLASSICAL WEDDING PORTRAIT BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

EVEN THE YOUNGEST WERE INVITED TO CHARLOTTE'S WEDDING!

PART OF THE LOVELY DECORATIONS AT HEADLAM HALL FOR THE WEDDING BREAKFAST

ONE OF THE BRIDESMAID'S BOUQUETS FROM DENISE MARMONT AT MUSCARI IN BOWES

... AND, THE CAKE IN ALL ITS GLORY!

CHRIS AND CHARLOTTE WITH CONNOR AT HEADLAM HALL

THE WEDDING PARTY ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT HEADLAM HALL - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

FUN ALL THE WAY FOR MUM BARBARA DURING HER HUSBAND'S SPEECH AT HEADLAM HALL

LATE SPRING SUNSHINE CATCHES THE BRIDE AND GROOM AT HEADLAM HALL

ADD FOUR  MISCHEVOUS YOUNG LADIES TO THE BRIDGE ....... HAPPY DAYS AT HEADLAM HALL FOR CHARLOTTE AND CHRIS

OFF BACK TO 'THE HALL' FOR THE FIRST DANCE AND MEEETING AND GREETING LATER GUESTS .....

A GENTLE KISS FOR CHARLOTTE FROM DAD BARRY AFTER HER FIRST DANCE ......

SEE Amanda and Nick's recent Headlam Hall Wedding HERE

I was really looking forward to Charlotte and Chris' wedding at Barnard Castle School Chapel and the beautiful wedding venue that is Headlam Hall on the borders of the North Penines at Teesdale and the Durham Dales.
I first met with Charlotte at her mum and dad's home at Barnard Castle a year or more ago, and almost as soon as I walked in the door I was invited to an informal tea with the family with cakes and nibbles, warm bread and home made pizza, so it was evident that they had already decided between them that I was going to be their wedding photographer of choice!
I love to build relationships, not just with my brides and grooms (which is where a pre-wedding portrait photography session comes in handy .. ) but also with parents and even grandpaprents, and with the advent of Facebook in particular, many brides and grooms and their parents seem to know more about me and my brides and recent weddings as I do!
So, Charlotte and Chris' big day arrived - suddenly it was all real! It was my first wedding at Barnard Castle School Chapel, reserved only for ex-students, and after looking around during their pre-wed shoot, I knew it would be a special place for a wedding.
I arrived good and early at their home, just a few hundred metres from the chapel, and make-up artist Kate Pymm was already busy at work, and I managed to capture some lovely images of the chilled out pre-amble to setting off for the wedding - including dad Barry's happiness and surprise and his daughters and grandchildren paraded in their outfits for him!
Soon enough I was off to the chapel to meet with Chris, who looked pretty cool calm and collected in the magnificent building where he was to be married to Charlotte.
By the time Charlotte and her father had started their walk down the aisle, he had gone a little bit quiet, and even Charlotte suffered from last minute nerves, but soon, once their eyes had met, their faces lit up and it was happiness all the way.
Time for a staged confetti shot to make sure that everyone captured the photograph for posterity and a few nice portraits back inside the chapel for 5 minutes -then it was off to one of my favourite wedding venues in England - at Headlam Hall.
I can't really write much different about Headlam Hall that I haven't written about with all my other weddings there - suffice to say, it's the quality of the staff that make a place special, and Headlam Hall are first class in this respect.
We had an hour and a half before the wedding breakafast, so lots of time for canapes and champagne, lots of lovely relaxed portraits of bride and groom and their guests having a great time in the spring sunshine - it was blue skies and sunshine all day for Charlotte and Chris' wedding!
I'm sure that Charlotte and her Mum Barbara were very proud of Barry's speech as father of the bride - it was one of the most entertaining of the many hundreds I have listened to over the years - there was laughter and tears as ever, followed by a magnificent wedding breakfast - thank you folks - and a nice touch was the family asking for all the kitchen and serving staff to be introduced - and cheered - by the guests in the room!
Time for us to head off onto the lovely lawn and the grounds for some relaxed images of the happy couple - and some of the many children at the wedding, before evening guests were arriving .... 
First dance was over quickly with a cheer and then Hip Operation started their performance to take the celebrations into the early hours.
I thanked both sets of parents for their kind hospitality and friendship, and it was cuddles all round for the bride and groom before I headed off for the drive home to my own family, sound in the knowledge that Charlotte and Chris' families had done them proud on a great day of celebration at Headlam Hall.
The happy couple will send a link to a password protected website so that you can view all the final edited images, but enjoy 25 or so 'sneak peek snapshot' of their wedding day here!
If you would like me to be a small but important part of your day anywhere in the UK or abroad, ring me in the office until 6pm on 01429 423165, or anytime on my mobile number 0778 7150966 - and tell me about your plans.
See photographs from Rhoanne's Headlam Hall wedding HERE and photographs from Rachel's wedding at Headlam Hall HERE
DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Crathorne Hall Wedding Photographer - Catherine's Wedding Photographs

CRATHORNE HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: 
CATHERINE'S BEAUTIFUL  BENJAMIN ROBERTS DRESS - READY FOR THE DAY! 
SEE MY WEBSITE PAGE FOR RECENT CRATHORNE HALL WEDDINGS HERE
VIEW KATE AND JAMES' CRATHORNE HALL WEDDING ON MY GOOGLE+ PAGE HERE

CRATHORNE HALL WEDDDINGS: 
RELAXED START TO THE DAY WITH A BRIDESMAID AT CRATHORNE HALL

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

CATHERINE'S BEAUTIFUL BENJAMIN ROBERTS DRESS

CRATHORNE CHURCH LOOKING PRETTY IN THE SPRING SINSHINE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE

CATHERINE'S VEIL IS CAUGHT IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE OUTSIDE OF CRATHORNE CHURCH

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

CATHERINE'S ROOM SETTING AT CRATHORNE  HALL

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

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

LOVE IS ...  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

NEW!!  View my Pinterest inspiration board / mood board of images I have taken at Crathorne Hall weddings HERE

I went to Crathorne Hall recently to replace one or two of my wedding books on display there, one of which was Catherine's wedding. I was taking it away and replacing it, and I was stopped, and asked to leave it, even though it was starting to look a bit rough around the edges. "Please leave it!", was the retort, "It's our favourites.." so  I did (I will replace it with a fresh copy soon ..), and, it's one of my favourite weddings there too!
I first met with Catherine and her chief bridesmaid and her mum at Crathorne Hall but didn't meet with Chris until later.
He wasn't particulalrly enamoured with the photographers he had already met - but luckily, I turned him around and assured his that I was going to take great photographs of him and Catherine sharing their day with friends and family and that all my best photographs would be of them chilling out and relaxing - with just 10 minutes for family groups shots and some posed images I had in mind!
I was there for more than 10 hours in the end, so there are LOTS of great photographs including lots of her Benjamin Roberts wedding dress - I had a ball - so I hope you like some of their sneak peek photographs.
Luckily too, Niels and Sylvia from the fantastic Ever After Videos were on hand too - and you can already see their fine efforts in a very much cut-down 5 minute slice of video below.

SEE MY OTHER RECENT CRATHORNE HALL WEDDINGS HERE:

VIEW KATE AND JAMES' 2013 WEDDING HERE
HAVE A LOOK AT KATIE AND GLEN'S WEDDING HERE
OR ON FACEBOOK HERE
Sarah and Dan's wedding photography at Crathorne Hall HERE

Catherine and Chris' wedding at Crathorne Hall HERE

Helen's wedding photographers at Crathone Hall HERE

Jo and Jez's wedding photos and wedding review is HERE

If you would like me to be the photographer at your wedding at Crathorne Hall, please ring me on 0778 7150966 at anytime or CONTACT ME HERE and tell me all about your plans!

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