I was a guest at the 2nd (!) celebration of Mashrufa and Shazad at the weekend ... all new clothes... all new guests (apart from family), and even though I wasn't the official photographer at this 2nd celebration, I took some nice photographs - everyone seemed a lot more relaxed too .... so here's a great photograph of Mashrufa before she headed off to Dubai on honeymoon with her new husband Shazad.
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FANTASTIC NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEDDING OF SHAZAD AND MASHRUFA AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS
I was photographer at Mashrufa and Shazad's wedding at The Assembly Rooms in Newcastle on Sunday .. and what a great day it was too.
The Muslim wedding ceremony was the night before, and such is the way with these things, they were married seperately from each other by the Imam, but came together for the BIG celebration with family and friends at The Assembly Rooms in Newcastle.
It was a colourful noisy and sometimes chaotic wedding compared to a traditional western ceremony, but there were smiles all around and lots of nice photographs to be created.
It is different again to a Western wedding where there is normally one photographer. At this wedding there were THREE photographers commissioned by the two families and TWO videographers ........ so it got a bit crowded at times.
Wedding Cakes and suppliers ..... HMS TRINCOMALEE
I'm forever being asked where to source different wedding cakes / wedding favours - even wedding dresses when I'm showing off our portfolio of wedding photographs to prospective clients.
I try to remember and make note of different suppliers at different weddings but it's not always possible as every day is hectic (as well as fun...).
The good thing is that I keep in contact with many of my brides from over the years (and I'm photographing some of their children now...), so I can always e-mail or ring a bride to find out where the placecards were from, or who supplied the bouquet or perhaps the supplier of the entertainment for the evening reception.
So, with that, here's a beautiful cake that was at Susan and Derek's Valentine's Day wedding at HMS Trincomalee at the Historic Quay in Hartlepool and I can let you know that the supplier was Ice 'n Easy in Durham City.
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CHILDREN AT WEDDINGS .....
I love having children at weddings, they bring a life and vitality to the proceedings .. if they're well behaved of course!
Luckily, I haven't come across one badly behaved child in the past 6 years and usually they are lucky enough to have good parents who offer them a lot of love and support.
I have hundreds of lovely images from weddings of children enjoying their day, and there's quite a few on this blog already, but editing a wedding recently I came across this one from last summer that I had forgotten about .. it's a great image from Rick and Deborah's wedding at Crathorne Hall in North Yorkshire
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New wedding photobooks .....
I've had a few wedding photobook albums delivered this week from orders made by brides and some by their parents.
Photobooks are a great way to display a wedding, much lighter and easier to carry around than a traditional matted album, and available in many options from small to large and square to panoramic, and we source many from the USA, Germany and New Zealand to be able to offer the largest range to our wedding 'families'.
With photobooks you can put them on your bookshelf and display them, rather than putting them in a cupboard or in the loft with the wedding dress, and some of our gorgeous German made square albums are a delight - one of our packages offers up to four of these in addition to the bride and grooms album so that they can offer them to bridesmaids or the best man or groomsman.
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My latest wedding news and photographs HERE:
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY EDITING AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
There's a tremendous amount of work to do once a wedding has been photographed.
I complete a 1st edit as soon as I return back to base, and that's whether I get back at midnight or 2 o' clock in the morning.
I much prefer to do this 1st edit of images from two cameras while the day is fresh in my mind.
First edit is to take out all the images that didn't quite work, all the images where the bride and groom and their guests have their eyes shut or where they are pulling a funny face (unintentionally of course.....)
At this stage I 'see' some photographs in black and white and I make a monochrome version of the image to remind me later, and it's amazing how many brides and grooms love my selections and order them later as framed portraits or canvases, I still don't know how I decide that a particular image will work so well as a monochrome photograph, I guess it's just years of experience!
Some weddings we decide beforehand to complete ALL in black and white, and luckily with digital nowadays that's an easy option, although getting the rich deep blacks and clean whites that look so good takes a little time with every image in post production... and that all adds up.
First edit will take me between 2-3 hours, and at that stage I also colour correct and enhance the images when and where they are needed, to give them a little bit of WOW factor and try give my bride and groom an impression of how a captured image can look in different styles or ways of presentation... so some images have three of four variations, perhaps in black and white, perhaps with a stronger more graphical colour correction, or maybe a version with just a slight amount of image enhancement.
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My latest wedding news and photographs HERE:
WEDDING FAIR - YOUR WEDDING AT GATESHEAD
I feel as though I'm still recovering after spending 14 hours standing at my booth at the 'Your Wedding - The Exhibition' at Gateshead International Stadium at the weekend.......
A big thanks to all of you who called in to say 'Hello', to all those couples who took the time to have a chat and listen to me for a couple of minutes, and to those of you who already had a photographer (groan..) not to worry, I hope you also have a great wedding day!!
Hopefully you all took away my promotional cards with you, and if you need any more help, advice or direction about the photography for your BIG day, please ring me, or text me or contact me on my mobile and I would be very happy to help out!
A big Hi! to Alison and Adam Dangerfield whose wedding I photographed a few years ago - Alison's BIG sister is getting married in 2010 to James, and I'm now signed up to photograph their wedding too!
'Your Wedding - The Exhibition' at Gateshead International Stadium
I'm pleased to let you know that I'm participating in the 'Your Wedding' - The Exhibition' being held across two days this weekend at Gateshead International Stadium.
It's all a little bit last minute, but a window of opportunity to take part in this innaugural North East Wedding Fair / Show was too good to pass over.
So, if you are free on 15th / 16th March and you are still looking for a photographer, or a dress or a location or your favours - this is the place to check all these things out.
If we have met before, it will be great to chat again, and even if you have chosen another photographer for your big day, as ever, I will still be happy to advise on any aspect of your wedding day, after all, I've been part of more weddings than most people!
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Lucy and Richard's wedding at Matfen Hall Northumberland
I had a nice trip to Matfen Hall yesterday to meet with a prospective bride and groom (Hi to Jeremy and Kate!) and even though the day was overcast and grey Matfen Hall always shines. It's a beautiful north east wedding location and the stairs leading top the terace are always a good place to get a decent group shot.
This nice photograph was at Lucy and Richard's wedding at Matfen Hall in August on a really beautiful day
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THE HAPPIEST BRIDE EVER AT A CRAB AND LOBSTER WEDDING, ASENBY, THIRSK, NORTH YORKSHIRE
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| KELSEY AT HER HAPPIEST .. CLOSE TO HER NEW HUSBAND AT THE CRAB AND LOBSTER NEAR ASENBY NORTH YORKSHIRE, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE WEDDING VENUES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND |
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| THE HAPPY COUPLE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH IN TOPCLIFFE BEFORE HEADING TO THE CRAB AND LOBSTER FOR THEIR WEDDING BREAK FAST WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY |
She was the happiest bride I think I have photographed in many a year.... she was just beaming all day long!
The Crab and Lobster is a great location for a wedding, and over the years it has proved to be one of my favourite places to take photographs both inside and out!
LATEST WEDDING: FAY AND NICK'S WEDDING AT THE CRAB AND LOBSTER HERE
LATEST WEDDING: FAY AND NICK'S WEDDING AT THE CRAB AND LOBSTER HERE
If you would like me to be the official photographer at your wedding at The Crab and Lobster, please ring me in the office until 6pm on 01429 423165 or on my mobile at any time 0778 7150966. DON'T LOSE YOUR DATE .. ring now!
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DIRK VAN DER WERFF
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