Beckie and Robbie's Wedding at the Crab Manor Hotel at Asenby near Thirsk

Wedding Photography Crab Manor Hotel, North Yorkshire

The second wedding of the week-end started in Gildersome for the bridal preps.  This was going to be a special wedding!  Beckie is a florist and so was making her own flowers, her mum is a dressmaker who made the wedding dress and the bridesmaids dresses, and the reception was at the Crab and Lobster, aka the Crab Manor Hotel, which is my favourite restaurant in the whole of Yorkshire which just happens to have fantastic grounds for photos, in addition to fantastic food! If you like seafood then you just have to go there, but book first.  The place is really popular!  So I was looking forward to great flowers, beautiful dresses and superb photos!  The ceremony was held at Beckie's local church, Gildersome Baptist Church.  We had already met the minister, David, at the rehearsal a couple of nights before.  I have to say that in all my 19 years in the wedding business I have never met an officiant who was so welcoming.  He even offered me a choice of chairs for the signing photo to raise Beckie to the best height at the table for the photograph!  After the ceremony specially made buns were served to all the guests who were not travelling to the reception.  The church had actually been completely full with standing room only at the back.  David's services must be legendary!  The church also possesses the most wonderful deep red wall which provided a fantastic backdrop for some bridal portraits.  Beckie and Robbie travelled up to Asenby in a beautiful 1965 VW camper van.  I have seen a few of these at weddings but this was definitely the best example that I had ever seen, provided by All Cool Camper Hire  Beckie had only asked for a small number of group photos which gave us plenty of time to use the extensive grounds at Crab Manor with the couple.  There was hardly a cloud in the sky and glorious sunshine, which we used to great effect to provide a beautiful rimlight on Beckie's hair.  After the meal and speeches (which were held outside as the weather was so nice - was this really the first day of April?) we took the opportunity to get some shots of the couple using a video light as the main light source in some of the wonderful rooms of Crab Manor.  I was sorry to leave after the first dance, but at least I shall be back there in less than a week's time for a family birthday meal.  Did I mention that the food is to die for?

Clare & Phil's Wedding, St. Pierre Newmillerdam

Fantastic wedding on Saturday with Clare and Phil at the St. Pierre hotel. After the ceremony we went down to Newmillerdam with the wedding party for some photos by the Lake. This wasn't quite without incident as a BMX rider crashed off her my nearly taking Clare with her! Clare sprang into action with her medical training and sprang into action as the rest of us just stood looking at the poor girl lying prone on the floor. Clare dialled 999 and answered what seemed like dozens of questions until we heard the ambulance siren in the distance and we could finally get back to taking the photos! Just love weddings - they're all so different!!

Boudoir Photography

Another boudoir session to-day, a wedding at St.Pierre at Newmillerdam on Saturday, another wedding at the Crab and Lobster near Thirsk on Sunday and a wedding at Leeds Town Hall on Thursday (just booked to-day - last minute or what!) and temperatures hitting 23 degrees.  Is it summer already?  Here are some of the photos of the lovely Becky from today's shoot in Sheffield.

Baby Portrait Photography

Continuing the theme of Portrait Photography, Melissa and Nic, whose wedding we photographed and fimed at Waterton Park in Wakefield back in 2010 and who have since become the "poster couple" for much of the advertising for Magic Moments, recently had a new addition to the family.  We were thrilled when they asked us to come and take the first "official" photographs of Oliver.  It's a really nice feeling to know that they were so pleased with their wedding photos that they return to you for the family photos.  We always prefer to take baby photos in their own home, as the baby is in familiar surroundings and has its own toys, so hopefully it is more relaxed and happy.  Unfortunately it didn't quite turn out that way with Oliver!  Despite this, we still managed to get some pretty good photos.

Oakwell Hall Wedding Fair, Birstall

We shall be at the Oakwell Hall Wedding Fair at Birstall to-day from 11am until 3pm.  If you would like to come along and have a chat, browse some of our wedding photo albums or view some of our wedding DVDs then it would be great to see you.