Wedding at Peckforton Castle

Cameras and lenses have been cleaned and all batteries fully charged.  Suits have been pressed and we are ready to go.

Today we are looking forward to photographing the civil wedding of Sarah and Anthony at the wonderful Peckforton Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

The weather forecast is looking perfect for photography - warm, dry and overcast. Although I'm sure most couples getting married would prefer bright blue skies and blazing sunshine on their wedding day, it is actually a bad thing for photography as it creates high contrast, harsh shadows and people squint a lot. Give me a cloudy day for people photography any time :)

Should be a great day and I'll post up a few photos in due course


Barrie Neil Photography

Peckforton Castle ♥ Emily and Craig

Peckforton Castle is an absolutely stunning location for any kind of event but especially for a wedding. Set in hundreds of acres of woodland and accessed via a long and winding road that meanders through the trees, nobody can fail to be amazed by this stunning venue. We are very proud to have been asked to be preferred suppliers of photographic services to Peckforton Castle.

Emily and Craig are a lovely couple with a beautiful son who it had to be said, did steal the show more than a little. Craig is in the services and has been in Afghanistan so we were particularly proud to have been chosen by them as their photographer and to have been there for them on this day.

They chose to have a blessing that the consecrated chapel that is within the grounds of Peckforton Castle. The chapel is very beautiful and quite a few couples choose to use it and it certainly adds another lovely dimension to the day.

Since the wedding, we have been asked to photograph Emily's sister's wedding which is a great endorsement for us and more of Charlotte''s wedding later no doubt.

Here are a few of the many photographs taken on the day.










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

Peckforton Castle ♥ Samantha and Andrew

As mentioned earlier, yesterday (Wednesday 22nd July 2009) saw us at Peckforton Castle once again for the wedding of Samantha and Andrew.

The weather was playing games with us as one minute it as fine and the next, we'd get rained on. With a venue like Peckforton Castle however, it almost doesn't matter because the interiors are as stunning as the exterior.

As it transpired, we managed to get loads of lovely photographs outside as well so everybody was happy. In addition, even though the marriage ceremony itself was conducted as a Civil Ceremony (with a registrar inside the Great Hall of the castle), the lovely Samantha and her lucky hubby Andrew made use of the Chapel that is wholly within the grounds of Peckforton Castle and had a blessing which is a lovely thing to do and provides another photo opportunity for us.

We are still working on the hundreds of photos taken during the day but here are a couple of tasters to be going on with.

The blessing in the Chapel at Peckforton Castle

The bride and groom posing in the Great Hall
More photographs from Peckforton Castle and other venues can be found both in this blog and on our main wedding website at www.barrieneilweddings.co.uk