Another busy week

Just the way we like it though.

Working very hard on the photographs from last weeks fantastic weddings so that the decks are clear for the end of the week because we have 3 weddings to photograph and unusually, all 3 are church weddings.

On Friday 6th August, we are covering the wedding of Anwen and Dominic at St Mary's Church in Penley near Wrexham with their reception at the wonderful Ruthin Castle.

Saturday 7th August sees us at Christ Church in Bebington for the wedding of Sian and Zach before we move on to the Macdonald Craxton Wood Hotel for the reception. We photographed the wedding of Sian's sister a couple of years ago and it's always nice to know you have been recommended.

The final wedding of the trio is that of another Sian and her partner Owen. This time the ceremony is at the lovely St Marcella's Church in Denbigh with the reception again taking place at Ruthin Castle.

Three wonderful weddings and we are really excited and privileged to be part of them

Thornton Manor ♥ Joanne and Daniel

The first Saturday of December saw us photographing the wedding of Joanne and Daniel.

The ceremony was at St Joseph's RC Church in Upton on the Wirral and the reception was at the absolutely stunning venue of Thornton Manor in the picturesque village of Thornton Hough on the Wirral.

We are regulars at Thornton Manor and are delighted to be their recommended photographers which is fantastic as it is a glorious venue and nobody who holds their wedding celebrations there is ever disappointed.

Joanne and Daniel's wedding was a case in point. It was a brilliant day and everybody had a great time which is what we all want. On top of that, we produced hundreds of fab photos as a lasting memory of their special day. Here is a small selection from those we produced.





























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

Wedding at Thornton Hall

As I mentioned one a previous post, our first wedding after our short holiday saw us at Thornton Hall on the Wirral for the wedding of the fabulous Lisa and Richard.

There are some photographers out there who will not photograph Autumn and Winter weddings but we love them. The lighting and colours are really something special and despite what many people think, the weather is usually not that bad and you rarely get days when outdoor photography is not possible.

The day was perfect. Mild with very little breeze which meant the ceremony could be outdoors in the pagoda. Brilliant.

Everyone had a great time and Lisa looked absolutely stunning and not unlike Audrey Hepburn in a beautiful and very flattering dress. Enjoy your honeymoon guys.

Here are a couple of the photographs from the wedding. We'll post a few more photos over on our wedding blog at www.barrieneilweddings.blogspot.com

Going by tube

YouTube that is.

We've put a small selection of photos from a number of our weddings at various popular venues into video format and put them onto YouTube. If you are interested in having a look, then simply click here to go to our YouTube Channel.

Wedding DVD

Some exciting news for those getting married.

All the couples we photograph automatically receive their proof photographs as prints, uploaded to the password protected "Client's Area" of the website (so all of their friends and family can see them wherever they are in the world) and also as a slideshow presentation on CD.

We particularly like the Slideshow as it means you can see the photographs on a computer screen at large size and you can of course supply copies of it to your friends and family and even email it to them.

Now we have moved on a step and with immediate effect, we will be supplying a DVD based video presentation of all of your photographs in addition to everything else just described completely free of charge.

This presentation is a video of your photographs that you can watch, pause and rewind just like any other file you watch on your television. This is a fantastic step forward as you can see yourself in all your glory on your own television set in the comfort of your own home whilst perhaps enjoying a glass of something chilled (I like the idea of that!).

As I say, it's completely free and I hope will be a welcome addition to the service we offer.
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Wedding photography slideshows

We have just added an exciting new feature to our wedding website.

After we have photographed a wedding, we supply all of our clients with printed proofs of all of the photographs we have taken along with JPEG versions of the proofs and also a slideshow of the photographs. We also upload all of the photographs to a password protected Client's Area so that all of your family and friends can see the wedding photographs, wherever they are in the world and at any time of day.

This slideshow is our personal favourite way of viewing the photographs as it means you can view them on a computer screen at a large size and can easily move from one to another or allow the slideshow to simply go through them all whilst you just lay back with a glass of wine in your hand (bliss).

We have now created a page on our wedding website (link) that allows you to download a small sample slideshow from a number of the most popular wedding venues in our area. As I say, it is only a sample slideshow from each wedding venue as the full set will contain between 450 and 600 photographs and the file would be took big to download!

If you are interested in having a look, simply click here (this will take you directly to the Slideshows page).

Wedding photography slideshows

We have just added an exciting new feature to our wedding website.

After we have photographed a wedding, we supply all of our clients with printed proofs of all of the photographs we have taken along with JPEG versions of the proofs and also a slideshow of the photographs. We also upload all of the photographs to a password protected Client's Area so that all of your family and friends can see the wedding photographs, wherever they are in the world and at any time of day.

This slideshow is our personal favourite way of viewing the photographs as it means you can view them on a computer screen at a large size and can easily move from one to another or allow the slideshow to simply go through them all whilst you just lay back with a glass of wine in your hand (bliss).

We have now created a page on our wedding website (link) that allows you to download a small sample slideshow from a number of the most popular wedding venues in our area. As I say, it is only a sample slideshow from each wedding venue as the full set will contain between 450 and 600 photographs and the file would be took big to download!

If you are interested in having a look, simply click here (this will take you directly to the Slideshows page).

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

Updated wedding galleries

Just a quick note to mention that I have now updated the Galleries section of our website to show off just a few photos from some recent weddings.

There are two new Galleries in all. The first new Gallery can be reached by clicking here and the second 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

Wedding at Thornton Manor

We've just got back in from an amazing civil wedding at Thornton Manor in Thornton Hough on the Wirral. It really is one of our favourite wedding venues and we are so proud at being recommended photographers to Thornton Manor.

The bride Sophie looked simply stunning in a beautiful dress with a veil that seemed to have a life of it's own in the gentle breeze we had today. Talking about the weather, the Gods were certainly smiling on us yet again as bright blue skies and fluffy white clouds were the order of the day.

Add this to the spectacular setting of Thornton Manor and you have the recipe for the most wonderful wedding and that's what we had today.

Once again, we have well over 1000 (yes, one thousand) photos from the day and editing will start almost immediately.Here are a few from the day.