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Claire and Jamie's beautiful wedding at Redworth Hall Hotel

My most recent weddings

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Claire and Jamie are great fun people and I met with them at their mum's about a year before we met again at the pre-wedding portrait session we arranged at the beach.

 

A pre-wedding portrait meeting is so much more than taking photographs - it gives us time to chat and talk about the forthcoming wedding and bond a little .. so that we're not strangers on the day of the wedding. So that instead of: "Ohh, the photographer's here ... ", it's more like: "Great, Dirk's here - let's get the wedding started!"

 

Their wedding was at a beautiful old church on the sea front at Seaton Carew near Hartlepool - Holy Trinity, before we all headed off to Redworth Hall Hotel, west of Darlington - a lovely venue for a beautiful wedding.

 

Luckily, Claire is cool calm and collected and when I went to meet with her and her family and bridesmaids at home everything was tranquil, so I managed to get a few key photographs from the start of her day, before meeting with Jamie at the church - he is just the most relaxed guy ever!

 

They both wanted what I do best - to document and capture their wedding celebration as naturally and as unobtrusively as possible - showing all the laughter and the fun of the day!

 

Once at Redworth Hall, there was plenty of time for canapes and champagne on the lawn - and for a few casual, relaxed, happy family shots of mum's and dads with grandchildren and close family friends. No hassle, no stress, just relaxed and quick and FUN !

 

The wedding breakfast was really nice (thank you!) and the speeches entertaining and full of laughter and tears.

 

Luckily it was still light, so I had an opportunity to take Claire and Jamie into the grounds for ten minutes, catch some fresh air and finally get some photographs of them on their own - she looked so good in her Paloma Blanca wedding dress!

 

Before long, it was first dance time (or first shuffle as it often is!) and the entertainment and dancing was going great guns as I headed off home into the late setting sun.

 

A great day for Claire and Jamie - relaxed, fun and a wonderful day of celebration to mark the first day of the rest of their life together!

 

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

Nicola's wedding in Durham

Victoria at The Crab and Lobster

Lynn's wedding at Lindisfarne Castle

Kate's wedding at Langley Castle

Claire and Jamie and their families at Barcelo Redworth Hall Hotel - see more of their wedding photograph on my BLOG HERE

Louise at Jesmond Dene House Hotel

Amy's wedding at Ellingham Hall

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Karen's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Natalie's wedding at Gisborough Hall

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Rachel's wedding at Headlam Hall

Shelley's wedding at Langley Castle

Lucy's wedding at Seaham Hall

Catherine's wedding at Crathorne Hall

Claire gets ready for her wedding day culminating in her reception at Barcelo Redworth Hall Hotel

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Rhoanne's wedding at Headlam Hall

Gill's wedding at Bowes and Teesdale

Kerry's wedding at Tynemouth

Leila's at Sunderland Glass Centre

Weddings in County Durham

Kirstey's wedding at Wynyard Hall

Kisses all round outside Holy Trinity Church Seaton Carew for Claire and Jamie

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Weddings in Cleveland / Teesside

Claire's wedding at Redworth Hall

Weddings in Northumberland

Anne's wedding at Redworth Hall

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Pre-wedding portrait photography

A beautiful bridesmaid and a smiling Claire leaving the church at Seaton Carew in Hartlepool

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Happiness and fuin for Claire and Jamie during their great wedding at Redworth hall Hotel near Darlington

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.... and some lovely weddings from previous years ....from Tontine Restaurant North Yorkshire, The Crab and Lobster near Thirsk, Crathorne Hall, Langley Castle, Redworth Hall, Guyzance Hall, Doxford Hall, Judges Country House Hotel, Slaley Hall, Close House Hotel, Tall Trees Yarm, Hardwick Hall, Dissington Hall, Rockliffe Hall Chillingham Castle and Beamish Hall

Amy at Redworth

Liz at Ellingham

Jenni at Judges

Nina at Stokesley

Asian Weddings

Kelsey at Crab Manor

Ingrid at Langley

Jo & Jez at Crathorne

Tall Trees Yarm

Lucy at Matfen Hall

Lindsey at Dissington

Beamish Hall

Deborah at Crathorne

Crab and Lobster

Nicola at Hardwicke

Teedah at Slaley

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Dirk van der Werff wedding  photography