Warning….. Rather large post….

I have been holding onto this wedding to blog for about 8 months now and my original intention was that it was to be one of the first blogs on my new website. With the restrictions in time and web/graphic designer time being such an apparent valuable commodity, I have decided to add it in now, to the current site instead. 

Nick and Joanna had quite a search for a wedding photographer that they thought could appropriately interpret their wedding day in a style that is a little more outrageous than most and their search led them to me. Whilst this is a real honor and a pleasure, there were a few logistical problems to iron out first. Everyone was to be leaving from Longhirst Hall in Morpeth where the girls were getting their hair done at Saks on the high street (which is lovely by the way) and the boys were having a game of pre-wedding cricket outside the hall. I invaded the game and found Nick who I found, works at Apple (wow) and asked him to bat so I could get some ace batting shots and he wasn’t half bad either!

Nick and his brother went down to Nicks room to get ready and I got some really good images here. There are always nerves on a wedding day and this one was no exception. When you are around brides, the nerves tend to be less as there is always a certain amount of commotion going on but grooms always tend be a little more anxious. Nick had every apple gadget under the sun and even brought me some gadgetry remote shutter cables for iphones as a thank-you for coming so far to cover his wedding. They have since been put to good use. Wouldn’t be without mine now.

After everyone was ready, the buses were to take everyone up to Hulne Priory for the wedding and then onto Alnwick Garden for the reception but there was some time before we set off to get some prep photos.

I really need to give a shout out at this point to the ushers who in a rather large group of people, managed to round up the relevant people for the group shots in double quick time. It helps to have someone else looking for the lost person who has gone to the loo.

Back at Alnwick Gardens, we had only a short time before the meal. I grabbed whatever I could of people milling around and then took Joanna and Nick off for a wander around the lower half of the gardens. There was no chance of rain, so I left some images until later on in the day when the light would be sufficient for us to get out into some of the open spaces. Alnwick Garden is the most amazing place. It makes some of the waterfalls in the lakes look tiny. Mind you we have Aira Force…. Not too shabby.

Great wedding. Lovely people. Red bull on the 2 hour drive home.

Thank you both.