Phil Barber Photography

After we arrived back from holiday all refreshed and raring to go, our first wedding was Anna & Craig’s on Saturday. It was an early start for both of us. As usual I spent the morning with the girls and Lou started out with the boys. Anna looked amazing in her stunning princess dress and hot pink shoes. We all got together for the ceremony at the beautiful village church in Esholt, then it was down to Woodlands hotel for the reception.

Putting in an appearance when we got there was Anna & Craig’s dog Alfie (and some of his friends). He was very keen to be involved in the pictures. It’s a good job he’s a photogenic little chap!

Here are a few pictures from the day. Lots of love and best wishes to Anna and Craig for their future together!!

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Just before we went on holiday I had the honour of photographing Mel & Sam’s wedding. Mel and Sam are a great couple - they live in London but as Mel is a Yorkshire lass the wedding was up here. Lou wasn’t able to join me so my good friend Barnaby Aldrick stepped in again. As before he did an ace job and between us I think we did justice to what was a wonderful and emotional day. The ceremony and reception were both at Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield. I love covering weddings where the ceremony & reception are in the same place. No travelling between venues generally means more photo time which of course is fab from my point of view!!

Mel looked absolutely stunning as you can see from the photos below. She has such amazing eyes which are fantastic to photograph. Sam looked like the cat that got the cream!!!

Mel & Sam, we wish you every happiness for a wonderful future together. Thank you so much for inviting us to be part of your day.

We were with Vicki and Dan on Saturday 5th July for their wedding at Woodlands Hotel. Both the ceremony and reception were held there so it was a lovely relaxed day for everyone. Vicki looked absolutely stunning in her gorgeous wedding dress - I think we did it justice!!

We had been a bit concerned about the weather. The forecasts weren’t very good and there were a few showers and lots of grey clouds earlier in the morning, but somehow everything worked out on the day. After the ceremony the sun came out and all the guests were able to mingle and chat outside while we took some group shots. After that it was Vicki and Dan’s turn for some romantic shots of the two of them, and just as we were finishing the last picture we heard a rumble of thunder and felt the first few drops of rain. But by this time it was time for the wedding breakfast anyway, so nobody minded at all.

I think Vicki and Dan had a wonderful time - I know we did!! Thanks for inviting us to be part of your day, guys, and we wish you lots of happiness in the future.

Phil & Lou xx

I’ve had a really busy few weeks with so much going on I’ve not had much chance to sit down and update my blog. So here’s a bit of a catch up from the last couple of weeks. First off we had Jenny and Ari’s wedding at Hazlewood Castle. As Lou couldn’t be with me that day I enlisted the services of a great local photographer Barnaby Aldrick who helped me out as second shooter on the day. 

Ari is Finnish and a few months before the wedding Jenny moved out to Finland too, so it was another of our long distance weddings where most of the planning is done via e-mail! 

Jenny and Ari had planned everything beautifully and as usual Hazlewood Castle really looked stunning, The ceremony and reception were both held there, so the day was lovely and relaxed. The weather was good too, which is becoming a bit of a rarity. 

Anyway here are a few pictures from the day - a few of them are Barnaby’s (thanks again friend!). 

Jenny and Ari are back in Finland now, so we’ll just say Onneksiolkoon! to them both. We wish you every happiness for your future together.

Jenny and Ari had arranged for a close up magician to entertain their guests - he was amazing as you can see by some of the reactions below!!