Stacey & Alan's Wedding - Bishop Auckland Central Methodist Church & West Auckland Working Men's Club
Well this is a wedding I've been looking forward to writing up.
Stacey and Alan. Bishop Auckland Central Methodist Church for the ceremony, then over to West Auckland Working Men's Club for the reception. Two proper local venues, full of family, full of heart, and one of those days that just had everything.
I arrived at Stacey's mum's house just after midday to a picture of calm.
And when I say calm, I really mean calm. You know how bridal prep can sometimes be? Music blasting from early on, hairspray fog you can see from the street, someone looking for a missing shoe for hours? This wasn't that. Not at all.
Jennie and Jamie's Wedding - Central Methodist Church, Bishop Auckland & Tindale Working Men's Club
Well, what can I say about Jennie and Jamie's day to start with? If you've been following along for a while you'll know I always check the forecast about 47 times in the week leading up to a wedding. This week, every single check said the same thing - rain. Heavy at times. Bring a brolly, bring waterproofs, bring a towel for your cameras.
I arrived for bridal preparations at Jennie and Jamie's house at 11.30am and it was... glorious. Bright, warm, beautiful late summer sunshine pouring through the car windows. Not what we were promised at all, but absolutely no one was complaining.
And what a lovely calm house to walk into. You know those mornings where you open the front door and you can already hear the music and the hairdryer and the excited chatter from halfway down the path? This wasn't that. Not yet. It was calm. Tea on. A quiet sort of anticipation. I knew, as we all did, that it wouldn't stay like that for long.
Casey & Ryan’s Wedding at The Story & Radisson Blu, Durham
I arrived at the Radisson Blu in a light drizzle. The morning was overcast but thankfully not cold, and after gathering my camera equipment I made my way up to the bridal suite on the fourth floor.
When I walked through the door, I was shocked.
It was totally calm!
Now, there was a very good reason for my surprise.
I had met Casey about a week earlier to run through the photography arrangements for the wedding and, at that meeting, she had been in what I can only describe as full panic mode!
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