Langley Castle Wedding: Faye & Owen, Fun & relaxed winter wedding day!

I first met Faye & Owen in Autumn 2011, when they booked me for  their February 2013 wedding which seemed way off into the distant future. However, of course it came around very quickly!

They chose the stunning backdrop of Langley Castle, near to Hexham in Northumberland, for their big day. When I arrived, I knew I was going to have fun because I was immediately giggling along with the bridesmaids and seeing an excited Faye dancing around the bridal suite got everyone in a fantastic mood.

The couple were both very relaxed throughout the day and soaked up all the fun, laughter and emotion of their special day.

It was extremely cold, with flakes of snow coming down, but this couple were undeterred at the freezing temperatures as we went outside for around 30 minutes to capture some relaxed portraits of the two of them, brilliant!!

They went for a deep purple theme, with flowers from The Funky Flower Company and a Faye wore a gorgeous floaty Ronald Joyce bridal gown and fab Irregular Choice shoes!

Their little DIY touches worked so well and their beautiful cake was decorated by Faye's Mum.

Here are some highlights of their wonderful Northumberland wedding!

Huge congratulations to Faye & Owen on their marriage.

All images (C) Katie Byram Photography 2013 Please do not use images without written permission.

If you are looking for fun, relaxed & quirky wedding photography in the North East, Northumberland or indeed across the UK, please visit Katie Byram Photography and get in touch to secure your wedding date. Limited 2013 & 2014 dates available, also taking bookings for 2015.

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone has had a fantastic Christmas & New Year break...

I always look forward to the New Year as a way to set some goals for the year ahead and have a fresh start. One of my big goals is to blog more.. preferably at least twice a week. I have a lot of 2012 material that is yet to see my blog, and I will be getting a lot more of that up here as well as new work.

Over Christmas I photographed two beautiful weddings, Alan & Paula's wedding at Matfen Hall, and Phill & Joanne's twixmas (In between Christmas & New Year!) wedding at The South Causey Inn.

I will be shortly posting the previews of these two Christmas themed weddings which was lovely.

Also this year my goals for blogging are:

- Include some more personal work
- Write on various photography topics/ideas
- Include wedding planning ideas and tips for brides & grooms
-Showcase other local and national businesses
- Blog some great weddings
- Blog non-wedding related posted (portraits, christenings etc)

2012 was amazing... and I will be posting a year's round up in photos soon too...

I've had some definite highs and lows of the year, but mostly good things....

I photographed 22 weddings, organised and photographed a fantastic photoshoot with local businesses, met some wonderful families, for photoshoots, supported local charity exhibitions (Tiny Lives Newcastle). I had the pleasure of photographing photographed a 1 day old baby, a talented young singer/dancer for her 16th birthday, and a fab village christening.

My largest wedding had approx 150 guests, my smallest had 2 weddings. I travelled to Scotland, The Lake District, Huddersfield, and further afield to photograph weddings and meet clients. I experienced being a guest at a Polish-German wedding in Poland.. I also had the opportunity to me photographed myself which let me see things from a client's point of view... I achieved a Qwest award for business professionalism, worked at some fantastic venues for the first time (Ellingham Hall, Langley Castle and Matfen Hall were definite highlights).... sometimes it's easy to get caught up in hecticness of everything... and to get easily disheartened.. but when you take a step back you can see things differently....

Very excited about what 2013 has to bring!

Langley Castle Wedding Photoshoot with Simply Bows & Chair Covers, Adam Prest Flowers and By Wendy Stationery.

Back in January, I had the pleasure of being part of this lovely winter photoshoot, inspired by the medevial setting of Langley Castle. Langley Castle is situated in beautiful grounds near to Hexham, and is an ideal setting for a grand wedding day.

Kristy from Simply Bows wanted to create some wonderful inspiration for her brides and grooms for their castle-setting weddings. She chose sumptuous gold and cream colours to bring out the room colours and stone work, and Wendy created some simple but beautiful table stationery to compliment her choices. 

Adam Prest came up with three completely different to each other table centre pieces, two of which were more unusual – one a large tree branch in a glass vase, featuring glass baubles with tealights inside, hanging from the branches. There were also yellow tulips and birds perching on the branches. 

His other unusual piece was an inspired choice for winter weddings: Snow drops and moss placed around a glass bowl, the bowl had a snow/ice effect with floating candles. A really quirky table centrepiece and a great talking point.

Kristy wanted to show her brides that there is a lot more choice available with chair sashes, and they definitely don't need to be all the same colour organza bows. She had a wonderful flocked cream material, which went beautifully, and on another table, shimmering gold bands centred with a circular brooch.

Wendy, of By Wendy Bespoke Stationery created some stunning table stationery including menus, place names and table numbers. Her designs complemented the decor wonderfully. 

I really enjoyed the photoshoot, as well as all the stunning tables to photograph, Kristy and Adam kept me entertained with anecdotes and stories whilst I was working, and my tummy was aching with laughter at times!

Thanks for inviting me to be part of your shoot!

Supplier credits: 

Simply Bows and Chair Covers

Adam Prest Flowers 

By Wendy Stationery

Langley Castle

All Photography © Katie Byram Photography 2012