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.

Peckforton Castle ♥ Amy and Adrian

St John's Church in Dukinfield near to Stockport is a wedding photographers dream as not only is it very beautiful but it has a gallery that overlooks the aisle so you can get some terrific aerial photographs of the ceremony.

Amy and Adrian showed their impeccable good taste in not only choosing this church but in holding their wedding reception at the spectacular Peckforton Castle near Tarporley using a gorgeous chauffeur driven Beauford car to get there.

There was hardly a cloud in the sky and the blue offset the sandstone of the castle beautifully. We stayed for the evening reception at this particular wedding and captured some lovely exteriors of the floodlit castle.









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

Ho.. ho... Hoseasons

When you get a telephone call from a travel company, your head immediately fills with images of working on white sandy beaches under a blazing tropical sun.

This image was quickly dispelled when instead, Nick at this particular travel firm for whom we have undertaken a number of previous commissions, brought me down to Earth by asking us to photograph a presentation to a Travel Agent in Chester.

Such is life but as it happens, this job was at our favourite travel agent in Chester, Deva Travel, who had received an award.

Quite a straightforward job although when there is very little company branding in evidence, getting the 'right' shot is never THAT easy

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

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