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The O’Bryans at The Imperial and Bodafon Farm

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Clair and Tom, Llandudno, Imperial Hotel, Bodafon Farm. Could this have been the most laid-back wedding in the world? Having already got married in Australia, Clair and Tom headed to Clair’s locality to get a blessing in front of her home crowd-And what a day it was! What seemed like half of Oz came with them-Many staying for a month or more on extended breaks. Starting in the frankly MASSIVE St Pauls Church in Craig Y don, moving onto the Imperial Hotel in Llandudno for the wedding breakfast, then finishing up at Bodafon Farm for the evening. We had singing twins, lots of kilts, a groomsman trying to mount a lama (or failing that, a highland cow with 2ft horns), a stunning sunset with epic clouds and finally more beer than any wedding has ever consumed in the history of weddings. Awesome. :)

Gareth and Nicola at Caer Rhun Hall, North Wales

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Gareth and Nicola at Caer Rhun Hall, North Wales

Gareth and Nicola at Caer Rhun Hall, North Wales

A pub which opens up especially for you to have your wedding-morning beer, a last minute dash to find enough Champagne corks, a performance by one of Wales’s finest choirs (which Gareth and best man Dylan also happen to sing in), a harpist, allotment spreadsheets, lots of kids, lost keys (a recurring theme), some mock-victorian photography and a one of the last weddings to happen at a classic North Wales wedding venue. :)

Gareth and Nicky finally tied the knot, and despite the weather being a bit rubbish, it was a beautiful day, and one of the most chilled-out weddings we’ve ever had the pleasure to shoot!

Congratulations guys-Wishing you all the love and luck in world for your future together!

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Bride and groom walk through field

Emily and Danny up the tree. Well, beside it anyway…

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We’re usually on the ball completely when it comes to our engagement shoots-Trouble is, we live in Wales and the weather usually gets in the way. This is the third time we’ve arranged to do the shoot with Emily and Danny due to the weather, so you could say third time lucky-And only three days until the wedding!

*Emily and Danny are the original wedding crashers-We’ve seen them at more weddings than we’ve shot this year, lurking around the canapés, grabbing any free drinks that come around and dancing like nobody cares (we have the photographic evidence), but now it’s their turn!  We’re looking forward to being able to spend our time taking pictures of them, instead of just catching them lurking around, photobombing our meticulously planned backdrops… Looking forward to it! :)

(*Some or all of this paragraph may be a lie. Not the dancing bit though…)

We had a great laugh, the weather was perfect and I even got to try out my new lens. Happy days! See you both at the Kinmel Manor on Saturday! :)

Bride and groom in front of trees

I need a hero… The comic book wedding of Quita and Wynn

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Wow-Just WOW! Where to begin? When we initially went to have a chat to Quita and Wynn about their wedding we were told it had a ‘bit of a’ Marvel/DC theme. We were expecting maybe a funky batman cake topper. What we got was an entire wedding themed around their favourite comic book heros! Awesome stuff!

The amount of work and detail that went into the day is immense. It took them 5 hours per pair of bridal party shoes to modge-podge them into individual hero themes-That’s 30 hours of work on the shoes alone. The cake was made by a relative and featured no less than 6 different characters, the even the chair decorations were hearts made from strips of comics.

We’d like to think that we rose to the occasion as well by doing a few shots with a comic theme. How about a groom in mid-air, both after a sonic death-punch and with Quita using the Force? Luckily Wynn is a wrestler and pretty athletic, although we might have asked a bit too much on the jumping front-Hope the knees are OK now Wynn!. There are so many shots we’d love to share with you from the day, but you’ll have to make do with a small selection for now! :) Enjoy!

Long lost love found-The wedding of Liz and Chris

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We love a good love story-especially considering what we do for a living. We’ve been good friends with Liz for a LONG time, and she used to talk about Chris over a bottle of WKD down in our local pub more than she’d probably like to remember. How they’d be together one day, how good looking she thought he was, amongst lots of other embarrassing things… Sorry Liz! :)

Surrounded by friends and family at the beautiful Caer Rhun Hall in the Conwy Valley Liz’s wish finally came true and she married the man she’d been wanting to be with for so many years. It was emotional to say the least and we wish Liz and Chris all the love, luck and happiness in the world for their future together. You make the most wonderful couple together and you both looked so happy to be together-even in the moments where you thought nobody was looking! :)

Bride and groom walking over hill

Kirsty and Phil get married. No, not THAT Kirsty and Phil…

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When we were asked by a friend if we’d be interested in shooting the wedding of Kirsty and Phil we got incredibly excited. Then we realised it wasn’t THAT Kirsty and Phil. Not to say we weren’t excited about shooting ‘our’ Kirsty and Phil’s wedding-We were! It’s just that we kinda hoped that the famous house-selling TV couple had decided to use Fresh Photography to photograph their wedding. The coverage we would have got and the drama it would have created in the papers would be great publicity due to the fact that they’re already married to other people in the real world… :)

 

Anyway, I digress-The Kirsty and Phil we shot on their wedding day were probably the cutest couple we’ve ever met-The story of how they met was gorgeous as well!  Small, intimate weddings are always fun as you get to chat to everyone properly and you get a bit more time to shoot the couple themselves’. 

 

The wedding was held at the Faenol Fawr, the stunning flowers were by the rather wonderful Top Table Wedding Services and an amazing time was had by all! :)

Bride and groom in front of white door

A spicy little number-Getting away from the Vindaloo…

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A lot of people think that an indian restaurant should be all about the vindaloos and the jalfrezis-But not at Jaya! We were lucky enough to spend a day shooting a selection of the food on offer at the fantastic Space boutique B&B in Llandudno where Sunita and Bobby cook up some of the finest indian cuisine this side of Jaipur. Some of the finest home cooking we’ve ever tasted and presented in the most luxurious surroundings, with views over the snow capped mountains of North Wales. Stunning in every way! Pay them a visit and discover what real indian cuisine is all about…

Zoe, Mike and the rubbery guard of honour…

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Zoe and Mike Cripps, Bodelwyddan Castle, Faenol Fawr North Wales

Zoe and Mike at Bodelwyddan Castle and the Faenol Fawr. Click for larger version.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A castle, a country house hotel, a bike wheel guard of honour and not one, but two amazing cakes! Zoe and Mike planned everything from a distance due to Mike being in the British Army cycling squad and being posted all over the place in the run up to the wedding. Everything on the day was perfect though. Bodelwyddan Castle looked resplendent in the sun, and as Zoe pulled up in a convertible Bentley she was a picture of pure happiness. Mike had made an effort as well (mustn’t forget the boys!), his number one uniform looking crisp and a pair of shoes which you could use as a mirror!

Once the ceremony at the castle was done (along with a lot of pictures taken!), it was off down the road to the Faenol Fawr for the reception. An absolutely amazing day all round and I’m sure there would have been a few sore heads in the morning! The army boys know how to drink to put it mildly… Thank you for choosing Fresh Photography to capture your special day!