Last updated: Thursday, 13 January 2011

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I caught up with Ross and Gemma at Kings Croft early evening for a pre-wedding shoot and to run through their wedding photo plans for their wedding in a few weeks time.

Gemma Added: Thank you for the pre-wedding shoot, we love the photos.

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A Bank holiday and typically un-British weather (It was dry and bright!). Matt and Heather married in a civil ceremony at Waterton Park on Monday afternoon. With plenty of laughter throughout the ceremony from Matt, Heather and their wedding guests we knew it would be a fun afternoon and weren't disappointed! Photographing possibly the most informal, formal images of the year certainly made the time fly and quickly we were inside for speeches and the wedding breakfast.

After dark we headed outside for some more photos of the happy couple before we bid them farewell, leaving Matt and Heather practising Wheel Barrow racing! (And they were both stone cold sober!)

It was good to catch up with Noel and Amanda again on Sunday for their wedding at Hazlewood Castle. Following their pre-wedding shoot only a few weeks previous both Noel and Amanda were visibly relaxed and at ease having their photo taken, something that always makes my job just that little bit easier!

With some good bright weather as we left St Leonard's chapel at Hazlewood Castle we had to make some quick decisions on various locations to avoid any squinty pictures or just as bad, my shadow in the shots (Check out some photographers websites for fantastic combinations of guests squinting into the bright sun and the photographers shadow clearly visible in the bottom of the pic!). Following a few formal images we headed off into the grounds of Hazlewood Castle for some more photographs of just Noel and Amanda.

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With their wedding looming large I met up with Lindsay and Ryan on Saturday afternoon for their pre-wedding photo shoot. Having seen previous images here from Newmillerdam Lindsay and Ryan asked for their shoot to take place at Newmillerdam not far from their wedding venue at Waterton Park.

Gemma and Neil married yesterday at Hodsock Priory near Blyth in Nottinghamshire. Blue skies abound and the blossom in full bloom helped create a near fairytale setting for Gemma and Neil's wedding.

The following short clip features the images used in last nights screen show displayed for all Gemma and Neil's guests to view, I have added a few of the later after dark images just to complete the story of their wedding day.

Although already this year I've visited Hodsock Priory several times for pre-wedding shoots, this is my first visit since the Pavilions re-opened and the work George and his team have put into rebuilding this area is easy to see and certainly appreciated by the guests.

The civil ceremony took place in The Pavilions, the big windows created a bright and airy feel to the room and certainly helped photography! Following the ceremony the couple and guests celebrated on the lawn and we got down to work with the more formal photographs Neil and Gemma had requested.

With the formal shots out of the way it was playtime and we headed out into the grounds for some more relaxed shots of Neil and Gemma and their bridal party before finishing off with Neil's dad's old Morris Minor which had been suitably adorned with a 'Just married' plaque and the customary old tin cans dangling from the back.

A bright spring day was a sure-fire guarantee of a fiery sunset and thankfully Neil and Gemma saw the potential and were more than willing to come back outside for a few quick photos before their evening reception started.

I'll make no apologies for the large number of photos below, Hodsock Priory is a stunning venue , the weather was perfect and Neil and Gemma were great fun to work with.

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Gemma (Bride) Added: Firstly a huge thank you for the absolutely amazing wedding photos - we couldn't be more pleased with them. And thanks for adding great fun to our big day - we have had so many comments about how nice you were and how beautiful the photos are. We've also had some requests for your details for future weddings so you may have some enquiries coming your way!

David Added: Hi Chris - just looked through the wedding gallery and thought what your team did was superb - really captured the moments informal and formal.  They are the best set of wedding photographs I have ever seen. 

Emma Added: Brilliant photos, so relaxed and really capture the moment of the day. Will certainly be recommending you to all my friends.

Steve Added: Really great set of photos Chris, I'm a photographer now living in the US and regularly check your blog posts for new photos of back home. Inspiring stuff.

Vicki (Groom's mum) Added: Wonderful!  I love the way that even the formal photos are informal.  You and your team worked so hard all day, and I think you've captured the happiness and love that Neil & Gemma seem to spread wherever they go.  As an amateur photographer myself you've taught me such a lot from these photos.  I love ALL the photographs - it's so difficult to choose from them. I'm just going to have to have the DVD so that I can have them all. It really was such a wonderful day, and as a photographer you made everyone feel at ease.

The new animated video preview clips are proving a great success and receiving some great feedback with brides telling me they can't wait to see theirs!

All new clips will be available to download by clicking on the link. The mp4 file is ready to drop straight into iTunes for transferring to your iPod or iPhone.