DURHAM WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER REVIEW

DURHAM WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: NIC  AND  JON HEAD DOWN TO PREBENDS BRIDGE - RACING A CHINESE STUDENT DOWN THE HILL!

DURHAM AND LANCHESTER WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: NICOLA HAS A FEW TEARS

DURHAM WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS PHOTOS: INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LANCHESTER FOR THEIR WEDDING

ISN'T HE THE SWEETEST .. ?

A SMILE FROM NICOLA AS SHE GETS READY TO GO DOWN THE AISLE TO MEET JONATHAN

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO RECEIVE A REVIEW OR TESTIMONIAL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND PHOTOGRAPHS I CREATE AT A WEDDING.

This wedding review is from Nicola about her and Jonathan's wedding at Lanchester in Durham and at Van Mildert College - the university where they first met in Durham.

".... Planning a wedding can be a stressful time especially when the bride and groom are living 120 miles apart and the bride is 300 miles away from where she is getting married!

Choosing Dirk as our wedding photographer photographer however removed a massive part of this stress. He provided us with fantastic support before, during and after our wedding. With us living so far apart it could have been easy for a photographer to just leave it to the day and hope for the best but not Dirk!

Dirk came to my parent’s house to explain the various packages available to us. We were able to look at his previous weddings in full to get inspiration for our own wedding and we also looked at the types of wedding books available.

One of the reasons why our photographs are so special comes down to the fact that Dirk met us at the venue during a brief visit two months prior to our wedding.

He saw the church where my parents were also married and then looked around where our reception was being held. We then had some photographs taken around the lake and on Prebends Bridge which was special too us - and on our wedding day we stopped off there again to have some more photographs taken!

Getting to know Dirk before the big day helped us to feel relaxed and because of that we were very relaxed on our wedding day and Dirk felt more like a friend than our photographer.

One of the things we love most about our A3 wedding book is how it captures our whole day. Dirk was at my house whilst we were getting ready and photographed the build up to the grand event! He also did this at Jonathan's preparation 45 minutes away.

One of things we didn’t want was the guests hanging around whilst hundreds of photographs were being taken and although we had some group shots the majority just captured the special moments of the day. This helped make the entire day feel really calm.

We had a rather wet wedding day but I was determined to have some pictures taken by the river down in Durham. After the service Dirk followed us there and the results we feel were stunning. They really add to the uniqueness of the album and show the beauty of the city - and the photograph of us walking down the hill to the bridge with the Chinese student on her bike we chose for the front page of our wedding book!

Everyone wants to have the perfect wedding day but when the last glass of bubbly has been supped, the last crumb of cake gone and the thank you cards have been sent it can all appear to have been a bit of a dream.

Your wedding book or album therefore needs to be able to bring back all the wonderful memories and transport you back to the time of your happy day.

We both feel our photographs do exactly that and everyone who has seen them has loved them.

We can’t thank Dirk enough for all his time and effort and would recommend him to any potential bride and groom.

You better be quick though as with a service like this he will definitely be booked up fast!

Nic and Jon

NIC AND JON ORDERED MY A3 LANDSCAPE SAN FRANCISCO WEDDING BOOK MANUFACTURED IN THE USA WITH 70 PAGES AND 210 PHOTOGRAPHS.

NICOLA'S PARENTS ORDERED AN IDENTICAL WEDDING BOOK, BUT AN A4 LOS ANGELES VERSION WITH THE SAME 70 PAGES (SIDES) AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF PHOTOGRAPHS

There's a few more additional photographs here on my website from their wedding.

If you would like me to be the official photographer at your wedding, then ring me on 0778 7150966

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DIRK VAN DER WERFF

NICOLA AND JONATHAN'S FANTASTIC WEDDING IN DURHAM

My clients often say to me after I praise their wedding day: "I bet you say that to all the brides!....", and in truth I usually do - but that's because we are so well matched as photographer and bride and groom.

They have a great wedding celebration with their closest family and friends and I have a great time photographing all the fun and happiness - and sometimes tears ....

Nicola and Jonathan's wedding was a little bit different to many that I photograph. They decided to get married at the church where Nicola's Mum and Dad were married in Lanchester, County Durham and have their reception at Van Mildert College in Durham where they had met each other while at University .... aahhhh.

The day worked out great, it rained at the right times (when we were inside) and stopped when we wanted to catch some daylight without getting wet.

Nic and Jon spent some time at Prebends Bridge in Durham which was a special place to them, and it featured in my pre-wedding portrait photography session with them too.

It's never easy to get a clean shot of the bridge without tourists or students on, but with a little bit of persuasion and 'coaxing' and a touch of luck, I managed to get some lovely images of them on the bridge and walking (very gingerly on the wet coblestones) down to the bridge too.

I loved this wedding (as I love all my weddings .... ) and it was great to be with such a great couple and their lovely families in Durham for the day.

I hope you enjoy some of the images I created.

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

LOVE IS IN THE AIR.......PRE-WEDDING PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS IN DURHAM WITH NICOLA AND JONATHAN

NICOLA AND JONATHAN ON PREBENDS BRIDGE IN DURHAM CAPTURED BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF

I had fun with Nicola and Jonathan when we finally managed to catch up in Durham over the weekend .....

I'm photographing their wedding in Durham at a church in Lanchester and then on to Van Mildert College in August for their wedding reception - which is where they first met in Jonathan's last year at University.

Ahhh, how romantic!

Jonathan works in Cheltenham and Nicola works in London, but she is originally from Hartlepool.

We walked down to Prebends Bridge, one of their favourite spots and we talked about walking up to the green in front of Durham Cathedral, through the crowds of tourists and shoppers and back down onto the bridge on their wedding day ...... it sounds great fun and should make for some great photographs on their BIG day!

We then walked back to the college and walked around the lake and took some more photographs there too ..... and Jonathan used his beady eyes to spot a heron at the water's edge, and a few minutes later our photography took a break as we watched two tiny Moorhens attack this huge Heron and drive it off to the other side ..... weird, but it made us laugh more and we finished off our photographs there.

I'm really looking forward to their wedding in Durham in August!
DIRK VAN DER WERFF