We've just added a new gallery to the Recent Weddings page on our main website. It's a few dozen photographs from a wedding a couple of weeks ago at the Hillbark Hotel at Frankby on the Wirral.

If you are thinking of getting married at this hotel; or know somebody who is, you might like to take a look by clicking here


Our main wedding website is at www.barrieneilweddings.co.uk

Wedding photography at the Hillbark Hotel

We've just added a new gallery to the Recent Weddings page on our main website. It's a few dozen photographs from a wedding a couple of weeks ago at the Hillbark Hotel at Frankby on the Wirral.

If you are thinking of getting married at this hotel; or know somebody who is, you might like to take a look by clicking here


Our main wedding website is at www.barrieneilweddings.co.uk

Civil wedding at the Hillbark Hotel

As I mentioned earlier this week, yesterday (Friday 14th August 2009) saw us travel to the top of the Wirral to the magnificent Elizabethan country house that is Hillbark Hotel at Royden Park, Frankby.

You know right away that you are somewhere very special. Any place that has automatic electronic gates that open as you approach always makes me feel a bit special (sad I know).

After we parked up we stopped to look back at this magnificent black and white half timbered building. Could anything be more beautiful? Well frankly (cue the violins), yes it could and in this case, it came in the form of our beautiful bride Nicola.
When we arrived she looked gorgeous even though she was still wearing her hotel dressing gown but very soon, she was transformed into a fairytale princess bride. The dress was so stylish and classy and suited Nicola perfectly.

David eventually arrived (no doubt he had been enjoying the journey from home in one of the hotels fantastic cars, in this instance a stunning blue Bentley) and the wedding took place in the magnificent galleried great hall. The brides entry music was unusually Tom Jones claiming "She's a Lady". Confused everyone that did! (Nicola will thump me for that).

Enough of my ramblings, we have hundreds and hundreds of photos to edit but here are a few to get the juices flowing.

Have a great honeymoon in the US guys!

We'll post a few more photos over on our wedding blog at www.barrieneilweddings.blogspot.com

Hillbark Hotel ♥ Nicola and David

As I mentioned earlier this week, yesterday (Friday 14th August 2009) saw us travel to the top of the Wirral to the magnificent Elizabethan country house that is Hillbark Hotel at Royden Park, Frankby.

You know right away that you are somewhere very special. Any place that has automatic electronic gates that open as you approach always makes me feel a bit special (sad I know).

After we parked up we stopped to look back at this magnificent black and white half timbered building. Could anything be more beautiful? Well frankly (cue the violins), yes it could and in this case, it came in the form of our beautiful bride Nicola.

When we arrived she looked gorgeous even though she was still wearing her hotel dressing gown but very soon, she was transformed into a fairytale princess bride. The dress was so stylish and classy and suited Nicola perfectly.

David eventually arrived (no doubt he had been enjoying the journey from home in one of the hotels fantastic cars, in this instance a stunning blue Bentley) and the wedding took place in the magnificent galleried great hall. The brides entry music was unusually Tom Jones claiming "She's a Lady". Confused everyone that did! (Nicola will thump me for that).

Enough of my ramblings, we have hundreds and hundreds of photos to edit but here are a few to get the juices flowing.

Have a great honeymoon in the US guys!

The Hillbark Hotel provides a magnificent backdrop to the Bentley

Nicola and David meet at the top of the aisle. Dad looks on

Nicola and David meet at the top of the aisle. Dad looks on (Black and white conversion)

Nicola and David in the pagoda

Nicola strikes a pose (doesn't she look fab!)

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

Hillbark Hotel and Brookhouse Mill

Once again, we have two weddings this week.

On Friday 14th August, we are photographing the civil wedding of Nicola and David at the magnificent Elizabethan country house that is Hillbark Hotel in Frankby on the Wirral. This is a beautiful and fascinating building with so many wonderful features including the stunning external timbering and with interior features too many to list (but I do love the huge windows in the great hall and the minstrels gallery!).

Interesting little factoid... the building wasn't on it's current site but was moved brick by brick to the current location!

Saturday sees us at the wedding of Sian and Tom. This time it's a church wedding with the ceremony taking place at St Marcell's Church in the old and famous Welsh town of Denbigh followed by a reception at nearby Brookhouse Mill.

Looking forward to both weddings. It's exciting for us that they are going to be so different both in style and location.

The following photographs are a very small sample of a couple of recent weddings we photographed at the Hillbark Hotel







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

This week's diary

One of the greatest differences in the business side of wedding photography when compared to commercial photography is the fact that the vast majority of wedding photography bookings take place at least 6 months ahead of the wedding itself (and frequently a year ahead). The wedding photographer is usually the next booking made after the church/venue for ceremony.

Commercial photography however, is very often short notice work and PR photography can even be same day. Altogether it makes for an exciting life and quite often, you never know quite what will turn up.

Today is Monday 10th August 2009 and once again, we have 2 weddings this week. One on Friday 14th August at the magnificent Hillbark Hotel on the Wirral and the other on Saturday 11th August at St Marcell's Church in Denbigh followed by a reception at nearby Brookhouse Mill in Denbigh (North Wales).

On the commercial front, we are working in Shrewsbury on Wednesday for a well known retailer and another commission has come our way from our good friends at the John Lewis Partnership. We will be spending Thursday at their Waitrose shop in Sandbach Cheshire.

Before that, we have got to finish off the editing from our two wonderful weddings from the past weekend.

Never a dull moment.