Dana and Chris – The Royal County Marriott Hotel, Durham

Dana and Chris chose to marry in the Royal County Marriott Hotel in Durham.  Sitting right on the banks of the wear with views of the Castle and Cathedral, the Royal County Hotel makes a great venue for a wedding.  The four of us took a short drive and walk to prebends bridge for a few photographs and then after thier wedding breakfast we spend some more time getting shots around the hotel.  Here are a few of our favorites from the day.

Dana and Chris kindly send us a thank you card with their sentiments.  Here’s how it reads:

“To Nigel and Chrissie

Thank You so much for all of your help on our wedding day.  Not only taking wonderful photographs but Chrissie helping me into my dress and tidying up after us (we were so messy.)  You helped keep everyone calm and relaxed.

You were both so professional and so friendly.  We couldn’t have asked for anyone nicer.

Everyone commented on how friendly you both were and how you took time to speak ot our guests especially to my Nana and Grandad.   It’s going to be so hard to pick photo’s for our album because they are all so fantastic.  We love the way that they are all so natural.  We will definitely be coming back to you in the future for family shots and will recommend you both to everyone.

Thanks again for helping us keep our memories of our special day forever

love Dana & Chris xx”

On line contact form out of order

I have just discovered that our online contact form is not forwarding us your enquiries.  If you have been in touch recently regarding your wedding availability, I appologise if you have heard nothing back from us.  We are working on it to get it fixed and will let you know when it is back in full working order.  For now however, if you would like to find our our availability for your big day please feel free to contact us either by telephone on 0191 5344619 or 07908 646484 or drop us a line in an email – 2tonecreativephotography@gmail.com.  I’m sorry for an inconvenience that this may have caused and we shall look forward to hearing from you.

Zoe and Neil – New Hall Hotel, Sutton Coldfield

Nigel and I were thrilled when Zoe – a bridesmaid from one of our weddings last year asked us to photograph her wedding to Neil.  We travelled down for their big day to Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham to the beautiful New Hall Hotel, at 800 years old the New Hall hotel is the oldest inhabited moated manor house in England.  It set’s the scene for a wedding as an amazing venue filled with character and history, and as a bonus we were treated all day to beautiful sunny weather.  We were delighted to see many familiar faces from John and Nicola’s wedding in October last year and were made to feel almost part of the family, even being invited to join them for dinner the night before.  Every one had a wonderful time at the wedding.  Here are a few of our personal favorites.

If you were a guest at the wedding and would like to see the rest of their wedding pictures, please get i touch with them both for their password and follow this link below:

Zoe and Neil’s Gallery

A few weeks after the wedding Zoe and Neil send us a wonderful email filled with their thoughts and sentiments.  Here’s how it reads:

‘Hi Nigel & Chrissie

We are just back from honeymoon and wanted to say a really BIG THANK YOU for your fantastic photography which gives us the lasting memories of our day.

All credit to you both, I have lost count of our friends and family that have said you are the very best photographers they have ever met and felt that by the end of the day you were friends not just ‘wedding photographers’, that means a huge amount to us and you have certainly left a lasting impression with everyone.

It’s a shame that you already have a full diary in October, I would have had a guaranteed booking for you….however we will still look for referrals to you.

We were fortunate to be able to view the pictures whilst on honeymoon in Malaysia and I had tears in my eyes at how you had captured moments we didn’t have the opportunity, or either of us didn’t see with the preparation of our special day.

You both truly deserve to continually have a ‘full diary’ of events, you are committed and passionate about your work and these qualities are sometimes the “missing ingredient” in a successful business.

Look forward to seeing you soon

Neil & Zoe’

Seema and Jav – Civic Centre Newcastle

Seema and Jav chose the day before valentines day for their wedding in Newcastle.  A fresh chill in the air with a dusting of snow set a romantic scene for their big day.  They were married in Newcastle’s civic centre heading back home for their traditional celebrations in a marquay set up in the back garden for the occasion.  Everyone had a great day filled with laughter and fun.  Thank you for a wonderful day and congratulations to you both.

If you were a guest at their wedding and would like to see their wedding photography gallery please get in tough with Seema and Jav for their password and follow the link below.

Seema and Jav’s Gallery

Kirsty and Darren – Cheddar Gorge

Our very first wedding of 2009, the 3rd January,  Nigel and I travelled down to Cheddar in Somerset to spend the day with Kirsty and Darren on their wedding day.  They shared a lovely intimate church service.  With the evenings drawing in very early we were able to get some fantastic, dramatic shots in Cheddar Gorge at dusk.  Congratulations to you both and thank you for inviting us to share your big day with you.  Here are a few of our favourites from the day.

If you were a guest at Kirsty and Darren’s wedding and would like to see the rest of their wedding photographs please follow the link below, although you will need to ask Kirsty and Darren for their password first.

Kirsty and Darren’s Gallery

Nigel and I frequently travel for wedding commissions all around the U.K and abroad with only minimal travel charges for venues over 50 miles from Sunderland, if you would like to find out more information regarding our services and would like to receive a tailored quote for your wedding including our travel costs please feel free to get in touch.

Only one day left for 2009!

Nigel and I have had a great last 12 months with our services becoming increasingly sought after, so much so that we have filled our diaries for 2009 with dates for 2010 filling very fast.

Nigel and I choose to work together at every wedding, we choose to do all of our own post production, album designs and of course you will always deal with us directly.  We choose to operate exclusively as a husband and wife team, and so we have to limit how many wedding commissions we take each year.  2009 has filled very fast and so as a result we can no longer take bookings for this year, with one exception.  The 26th September is available in our diaries for a wedding commission due to one of our couples having to change their wedding date, so get in touch if your wedding happens to be on the 26th September and you would like us to cover your big day.

Chrissie

Anna and Gav – The Quayside Exchange

At the end of November Nigel and I spent the day with Anna and Gav, photographing their big day at the Quayside exchange in Sunderland.

I started my day at Anna’s Mum’s house, and set to work capturing Anna’s fab details.  She chose a simple but beautiful bouquet of Ivory Calia lilies.

…and a quick shot of her engagement, sitting nicely on top of one of the lilies.

I love this shot of Anna, having her final touches of make up applied, she looks very hollywood.

This is Beck, Anna’s sister and bridesmaid, it was’nt until the morning of the wedding that I had realised that Anna was Beck’s sister, Beck was an old friend of mind from uni, it way really lovely to see her again after all this time.

Anna looked absolutly gorgeous.

Nige spent his morning with the boys at their home, starting with a quick shot of the wedding rings.

The boys chose to wear highland wear, they looked great.

Gav is helped out with his cufflinks before setting off.

Anna arrives in her fab bridal car, A beauford driven by Michael from crozier cars in Sunderland.  We see Michael and this car very frequently and really have to say you can’t go far wrong booking him for your own wedding, a beautiful car and a great chap to drive you to the ceremony.

Anna, again looking simply stunning, I really love this natural shot of her as she arrives to the Quayside exchange, glancing back towards the Bauford before she steps inside.

Anna arrives a little early for the ceremony so we all waited for a few minutes in the reception area before heading downstairs, in this little grab, Anna is standing infront of a radiator!

Again, Anna is looking very Hollywood.

We all enjoyed a simple informal ceremony in the vaulted basement

They gave their vows and…

…shared their first kiss as Husband and wife.

The celebrastions began with a drinks reception

Nigel and I caught lots of great shots of guests chatting and enjoying the day.

These guys are such a loving couple, we catch this lovely shot of them sharing a moment together.

This shot caught a great moment between Gav and Anna’s brother Brent while standing ready for a group shot of the lads.

We all head off for a little walk around the Quayside exchange.  The dark early nights and cold evening help us to make the decision to get some shots inside.  We head off to the bar area and get some great shots full of life.

After their pictures, I quickly nipped in once again to the vaulted basement to get a room shot before guests sit down to listen to the speeches and eat.

The evening party was held in the bar, a large open and modern area.  Before all of their guests arived we grabbed one or two more shots of them together.

and one of Anna, looking fab.

Congratulations Guys, see you soon.

Wedding fair Mix up

To all of you planning to come and see us at one of our last wedding fairs of the season, the Sage wedding fair is on the 19th April not the 12th, and so unfortunately we have had to cancel our place at the Lumley Castle wedding fair also on the 19th.  We will however be at the next one in the autumn.  The Sage wedding fair begins at 1pm going on to 4pm and will exhibit 50 of the best suppliers in the area, its sure to be a great show so why not make a day of it and come along.

Thank you cards

We can now offer you high quality Thank you cards to send out to your guests after your wedding.  The cards feature an image of your choice on the front of the card, text if you wish, and a personal message inside in words that you have chosen, alternatively leave them blank inside so you can hand wright each message, they even come with a choice of paper texture and have a fast 5 day turn around time.  The printed cards also come with high quality envelopes and with a minimum order of 50 cards each card only cost £1.50 per card, which I am pretty sure is better value than those you can buy in high street card shops.  Below is a couple of designs for cards that I have put together to help inspire you.

Andrea and Chris – Hallgarth Manor

On a very windy October day we both had the pleasure of photographing Andrea and Chris’ wedding at the gorgeous St John’s the Methodist church in Ashbrooke, Sunderland.

We both met Andrea and Chris at the church, allowing plenty of time to catch shots of the guests arriving for the ceremony

Andrea and Chris chose a gorgeous shade of blue for their bridesmaids dresses, with the younger ones in white…

their choice of red Gerbera stems wired with sequinned accents were perfect for their bridesmaids to hold and very suiting to the autumn colours of the season.

Andrea told us that she loves Autumn and even chose to include it within their orders of service.

Andrea arrives at church and is helped out of the car by her dad.

This church is magnificent and is always a favourite of ours, the grandeur of the building along with the Minister Father Aldridge who’s lively nature always gets smiles from the congregation as he dances along to the hymns.

Very soon we saw Andrea and Chris exchange rings and made husband and wife.

After the ceremony we headed outside and took lots of shots as guests were greeted by the bride and groom, afterwards taking a momentto get a few striking shots of Andrea, her veil whiping wildly in the wind.

Like I said, it was an uncredibly windy day and Andrea’s veil chose to take flight, unfortunatly not to be seen again.

There was no stopping these guys, veil or no veil time for some romantic shots on the Church’s stone steps…

…and one of Chris looking very cool

We headed off to Hallgarth Manor for Andrea and Chris’ wedding reception.

Having made plenty of time for drinks and canapés…

Andrea, Chris and the two of us taken a moment to have a wander around the Manor, getting some more personal shots of the two of them alone together.

Heading outside once again into the gale…

…which we used one again to great effect.

Back inside the warm, I pop into the Elemore Restaurant to get a few shots of the room layout and details, being only a few days before halloween Andrea and Chris chose pumpkins to adorn their tables, each with a table name, named after old pubs and clubs in Sunderland which they used to go to together.

Andrea made these fab wrappers for packets of rolo’s used for their wedding favors, each one also acted as place cards and had individual messages for each guest.

The speeches

The evening do in full swing…

…complete with a Beatles tribute band.

Congratulations guys