The Queen Hotel, Chester ♥ Anneke and Anthony

We had just enough time to recover from our Christmas celebrations before we were back to work and photographing the civil wedding ceremony of Anneke and Anthony at The Queen Hotel in Chester on the 30th December 2009.

The Queen Hotel is a lovely venue for a wedding and we have been there many times. It has recently undergone substantial refurbishment and redecoration and looks wonderful.

Talking of looking wonderful, Anneke was stunning as were her bridesmaids in wonderful dresses.

The weather was bitingly cold and a little damp and very windy, so Anneke and Anthony chose to have their photos indoors which was not a problem as the Queen Hotel has many fantastic locations we can use for photographs.

Here are a few of them for you to see
























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

Soughton Hall ♥ Sarah and Will

If we thought the weather had been cold until now, the weather on Sarah and Will's wedding day (18th December 2009) showed that it could get much much colder. Mind you, it would take a lot more than cold weather to spoil everybody's enjoyment of what turned out to be a truly magnificent wedding.

Sarah's wedding dress was absolutely amazing - so elaborate and so stylish -as were those of the bridesmaid.

We started the day photographing Sarah and the girls as they made their final preparations in the bridal suite at Soughton Hall and then we travelled to Bangor-On-Dee Parish Church so we could capture the groom and his groomsmen greeting guests as they arrived for the service.

The service was amazing with Christmas carols being sung - we've never experienced that at a wedding before and it made the service extra special somehow. After some photographs at the church, we moved back to Soughton Hall where the guests were greeted with mulled wine.

A fantastic wedding and as usual, here are a few photographs from the day






































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