Natalie & Graeme
The De Vere Village hotel, Newcastle
Natalie and Graeme found us while looking for a wedding
photographer for their wedding at The Village Hotel. We work regularly at this
venue and its one of our favourites! They also had a pre wedding Photo Shoot at
Plessey Woods in Northumberland.
Getting
Ready
Natalie was getting ready at the hotel when we arrived
and was with her bridesmaids and mum. Hair and makeup was underway and everyone
was looking beautiful!
The bridesmaids were in their pale green dresses and
complete with bouquets they were all done.
Natalie’s dress was an amazing fitted dress, she was
helped into it by her bridesmaids and mum. With her look complete by adding
shoes and jewellery she looked like a princess and was ready to go!
While Laura was taking shots of the girls, Nick was
downstairs with the groom and his men for some pictures with them before the
ceremony too. We had to make sure we got
Graeme’s ‘good side’ in the pictures- He went on his stag do to Krakow and had
a little accident resulting in several stitches in the back of his head for a
large cut a few weeks before. Needless to say this hadn’t gone down well with
his bride! We managed to keep it out of sight so all was good!
The
Ceremony
Graeme greeted guests as they took their seats and took
his position at the front of the room for the ceremony to start.
The bridesmaids went first down the aisle followed by
Natalie who walked down the aisle to meet her Groom.
The couple made their wedding vows to each other and
exchanged the wedding rings. Graeme was then announced to kiss his beautiful
bride and they were officially married!
The formalities of signing the register were completed
and we took a few shots with the register then everyone headed outside for
photographs on the hotel steps and some fab confetti throwing!
We try to keep the family formal photos brief so guest
don’t get bored, it usually takes around half an hour. Once they are out the
way guests were able to head back into the hotel to the bar. This is a great
time to have your photos done together as a couple as guests are less likely to
miss you as they will be getting a drink, freshening up, and chatting about the
day so far.
The
Romantic Husband & Wife Photographs
The Village Hotel is often underestimated for the
variety and locations available for taking pretty wedding photos. It actually
has a lot to use! We took the couple over the road to the Rising Sun Country
Park for some gorgeous shots next to the lake in picturesque surroundings. We then headed back over to the hotel to get
some quirky shots inside the Hotel Restaurant. Wedding Photography in the Buca
Restaurant is always a little different and gives some unique images which is
great. We did some photos with the couple, and then Graeme brought his
groomsmen round for some fun shots with cards around the godfather table.
The
Speeches
By the time we were finished with all the photo fun it
was time to head to the Inspiration room for the speeches and wedding
breakfast.
The room looked fab decorated in pastels with pretty
centre pieces.
Natalies mum gave the first speech and did a great job.
Graeme went next and gave out thanks to everyone for helping and said how
lovely the bride looked (well done Graeme) and then it was time for the best
man’s speech. The best man had a lot of tales to tell, at the end of the speech
he presented Graeme with a cycling helmet so that when he got on the dance
floor later that night he was protected from any further head injuries (going
back to the stag do related injury we mentioned earlier!) He looked very
fetching in it and this had the whole room laughing.
We then took a break to let everyone enjoy their food
and we got to work on a selection of the images from the day so far so they could
be ready to go up on our projector for the evening reception guests to
see! We love our Image Projector service
as it’s a wonderful way to include evening guests in everything that happened
during the day time and a great talking point for guests too, as well as giving
the Bride and Groom a sneaky peak at what’s to come!
Party
time!
After the meal the guests made their way back out to the
bar area while the room was set up ready for the evening celebrations. The DJ
arrived to set up and ready for the party to begin, the projector was up
displaying the images for guests to see and our friends from Deluxe Occasions
had arrived and set up their fab photo booth for silly pictures and Marryoke
for the night! We also had a signing frame out as a guest book alternative for
everyone to leave messages to the happy couple.
After the cutting of the cake was done Mr and Mrs Taylor took to the dance
floor for their first romantic dance as newlyweds.
A lot of people were on the dance floor, Graeme tested
his safety helmet out and everyone was having a lot of fun! They were still
enjoying themselves when we headed off home!
Overall it was a really fun day for everyone and we had
a lovely time. We hope they like their photos as much as we do! Thanks to Natalie
& Graeme for choosing us to photograph their wedding day and allowing us to
capture their memories to keep!
We wish you all the best for the future together as Mr
& Mrs Taylor!
If you are getting married at The DeVere Village hotel Newcastle and would like LeopardPrints photography to help capture the memories then don't hesitate to drop us a mail!
Suppliers;
If you are getting married at The DeVere Village hotel Newcastle and would like LeopardPrints photography to help capture the memories then don't hesitate to drop us a mail!
Suppliers;
Dress shop : Brides Dream, Designer - Mori Lee
Bridesmaid dresses : Brides Dream, Designer-Venus, Colour-Ice Mint
Mens suits : Waltons formal menswear
Hair : Ashley from Cabello Elegante
Makeup : Brides own
Flowers : Flowerlicious by Sharon Findley
Photobooth : Deluxe occasions
Venue decor/centrepieces : Balloon Bedlam
Cake : Truly Scrumptious
