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After a couple of weddings in Cheshire, I was back “at home” at St Anne’s and the White Hart in Lydgate for the wedding of Brian and Alison. We did the engagement shoot only a couple of weeks before and I found them really natural and relaxed with each other. The wedding was also a pleasure to photograph.

Alison just before leaving the house:

Another great service at St Anne’s. Revd Christopher Halliday is always so relaxed and genuine.

A piece of football shaped confetti just before the world cup…

The White Hart, nice to see some blue sky through the skylight:

Very good DJ/singer/entertainer. I honestly forgot it wasn’t the original a few times when he was singing. Very good lighting gear too (and thankfully none of the dreadful LED lights):

These and 15 more in the preview gallery:

Stephen and Jenna are still in Mauritius (at the time of writing anyway, I expect they will come back!) and were excited to see a preview of their photos. I’m not going to tell you they looked fabulous and that the venue is wonderful, I’ll let you make your own minds up
So here we go…

This image has not been edited at all other than to convert it from the 21 megapixel RAW file. Having the power to balance the brighter background with the new lighting gear is working as planned and then some. Everyone is cooler in the shade too (wonderful trees).

The very happy couple:

One at dusk of Jenna and her awesome friends using the lights:

15 more in the gallery, got to love sunglasses and John Travolta masks…

Thanks to the two ushers that helped with the (rather extensive!) group list and the guests for being extremely helpful. Along with Martin helping me you really made it possible to get great results in the limited time available.
And thanks to the table that made me welcome at the meal.

Andrew

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P.P.S. Leave some comments for Jenna and Stephen while they are away!

I got a great recommendation on confetti.co.uk from a wedding coordinator at a different venue and ended up with two great weddings with really lovely people. This is the first of them. Thanks Amy!

I really enjoyed the day, a little light rain suits me fine. Everything happens with less staged posed photographs and the results are very real.
The service was in a lovely church in a pretty village called Lower Heswall.
The staff (esp. Eric the coordinator) at Hoole Hall / Double Tree Hilton were excellent. I’d dropped in at the venue a few weeks before and they showed me around no problem.

I’ve just invested in some powerful portable flash gear that is already proving very useful.
This was the first time I have used it at a wedding and it is great to have enough power to get flattering results inside by using large light modifiers as well as being able to make an overcast day look sunny.

Outside:

Inside:

Late on the rain stopped but the sun was setting on below the trees so that only one area was still lit with lovely golden sunlight.

These and 16 more as a little preview slideshow:

Hope you are enjoying your last few days on honeymoon, prints are ready and you have the best CD case I’ve ever done for your disk. It took me 2 hours to get right so it might be the last of its kind!
See you soon. Andrew