Ruthin Castle ♥ Charlotte and Roger

It makes no difference how many weddings you photograph or how often you may go to a particular wedding venue, every wedding is different simply because the people are so very different.

The wedding on Wednesday (9th September 2009) was certainly no exception and the wedding of the lovely Charlotte and Roger was one that everyone who attended will remember for a very long time to come.

Set in glorious Ruthin Castle, Charlotte and Roger decided to use the Medieval Banqueting Suite for their ceremony and reception. This is a wonderful location for a wedding ceremony and reception if you are looking for something a little bit 'different'.

Reflecting the Scottish side of the family, Roger and his grooms men and father wore magnificent tartan outfits whilst the star of the day was undoubtedly Charlotte and her incredible black and red wedding dress adorned with the most amazing fascinator, jewellery and bridal bouquet all designed and made by Charlotte herself. She is one very talented lady.

The weather was the nicest I remember since back in June. It was lovely and warm (but not too hot) and sunny sunny sunny (although it has to be said, us photographers would rather have flat grey skies to stop the harsh shadows and squinting but it did give us some wonderful blue sky backgrounds).

Here are a few photos and there are plenty more to come when we have finished the mammoth task of editing them all

Charlotte arrives with her father for the start of the ceremony

The exchange of wedding rings

Charlotte and Roger outside Ruthin Castle

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

Three Weddings

Sounds like a poor man's version of the Living TV program we were featured on a a few weeks ago (see previous blog entry) but in fact refers to the fact that we have three weddings this week.

The first is on Wednesday (9th September 2009) when we will be photographing Charlotte and Roger's wedding at the simply magnificent Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire, North Wales. Charlotte and Roger have opted for a Medieval themed wedding which Ruthin Castle produces so well. Should be exciting.

The very next day (Thursday 10th September 2009) we will be with Lindsay and Keith when they get married at our local church, the beautiful and famous St Deniol's Church in Hawarden. The reception is at the Lion Quays in Oswestry, Shropshire.

The final wedding of the week sees us back at Ruthin Castle again for the wedding of Nadia and Stephen (a 'conventional' wedding this time).

We are both looking forward to all of them as we love photographing weddings and I'll post a few photos here in due course as usual

Ruthin Castle ♥ Tracy and Jonathan

If I've said it once I've said it a hundred times, I challenge anyone to find a more relaxing, fascinating, exciting place to have your wedding anywhere in Wales.

The weather forecast before Tracy and Jonathan's wedding was pretty dire so we had made contingency plans to do quite a lot of photography both inside Wrexham Catholic Cathedral (where the ceremony was taking place) and inside Ruthin Castle. This is one of the great virtues of locations like this, the interior is so beautiful that photographs inside are almost as great as photographs taken outside!

Despite the forecast, fortune smiled upon us on the day and the weather was pretty good with long periods of sunshine and not too hot.

Tracy looked stunning in her dress. It was so stylish and suited her perfectly. Jonathan wore a very smart tailor made suit in light brown which made a really welcome change from the more commonly seen black or dark grey.

These are a few of the 600 photographs the bride and groom have received from us. If you'd like to see the full set, you will need to look at the Client Area of our main website (link)

Not worried in the slightest

Why can't I go up there?

Outside Wrexham Catholic Cathedral after the ceremony

Arrival at Ruthin Castle

The happy couple

Tracy and Jonathan in the gardens at Ruthin Castle

A stroll through the garden
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