Packing up

Another regular client is Tetra Pak based near to Wrexham in North Wales.

Tetra Pak is the Scandinavian company that design and produce those incredibly packaging materials especially those for holding liquids of various kinds.

We've photographed many aspects of their process from printing to shaping and filling and I love watching the automated processes in action. This time we were there to photograph the management team with some of their currrent products.

Ruthin Castle ♥ Anne-Marie and Jim

I've said it before but it's well worth repeating... I love photographing weddings. It's so good to be part of one of the most important days of a couple's life and helping to make it special for them and to provide them (and their friends and families) with photographic memories they can cherish forever.

The wedding of Anne-Marie and Jim was simply lovely. The gorgeous Anne-Marie looked stunning in her amazing dress. Her hair and make-up was beautiful as was that of the bridesmaids who were breathtaking in their blue dresses.

The men as ever, looked very smart and so many ushers? Why is it that there always seems to be more ushers than bridesmaids? You girls need to do something about that!

The location for the wedding was the sumptuous Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire, North Wales. We have a long and happy association with Ruthin Castle and are very good friends with Russell the wedding coordinator. The castle is a superb location for a wedding and so romantic.

A great day was had by everyone and even the weather co-operated with us. As usual, here are a few photographs from the hundreds taken on the day









More photographs from Ruthin Castle and other venues can be found both in this blog and on our main wedding website at www.barrieneilweddings.co.uk

Tesco in Llandudno

Second supermarket in one day... should we specialise?

Had a 'phone call to ask if we could take some generic photographs of some of the new counters and key staff at the huge Tesco supermarket in Llandudno Junction, North Wales.

This fitted in perfectly for us as it was between Menai Bridge and home (see previous blog entry) so after finishing our long photo shoot on Anglesey we stopped off at Tesco on our way home.

Really nice people here who were very obliging and we managed to get a nice selection of photographs even though it did seem that every customer had a mission to try and run me over when we were working outside

Here are a few of the photos from the shoot

Waitrose store opening

The opening of a new shop is quite exciting and when it's a new Waitrose supermarket, then you know you are in for something special.

The 25th March 2010 saw us heading along the North Wales coast and across the Menai Bridge onto Anglesey. The new Waitrose store is within sight of the iconic bridge in the town of Menai Bridge itself.

Our brief was to capture both the exterior and interior fittings and filled shelves before the shop officially opened and then to photograph the activities and general excitement of a new store opening.

The store entrance and main sign

Store Manager, Gareth Hinds, outside his new store

Cutting the ribbon to officially open the store

The Sea Bass is locally sourced on Anglesey

Soughton Hall ♥ Sarah and Will

If we thought the weather had been cold until now, the weather on Sarah and Will's wedding day (18th December 2009) showed that it could get much much colder. Mind you, it would take a lot more than cold weather to spoil everybody's enjoyment of what turned out to be a truly magnificent wedding.

Sarah's wedding dress was absolutely amazing - so elaborate and so stylish -as were those of the bridesmaid.

We started the day photographing Sarah and the girls as they made their final preparations in the bridal suite at Soughton Hall and then we travelled to Bangor-On-Dee Parish Church so we could capture the groom and his groomsmen greeting guests as they arrived for the service.

The service was amazing with Christmas carols being sung - we've never experienced that at a wedding before and it made the service extra special somehow. After some photographs at the church, we moved back to Soughton Hall where the guests were greeted with mulled wine.

A fantastic wedding and as usual, here are a few photographs from the day






































More photographs from Soughton Hall and other venues can be found both in this blog and on our main wedding website at www.barrieneilweddings.co.uk