City Hall Cardiff Wedding Photography

City Hall Cardiff Wedding Photography

An Asian wedding photographed at Cardiff City Hall.  An Asian wedding is both fascinating to see and photograph.  There are many parts to the ceremony that have to be photographed throughout the day.  This sometimes includes the evening before when all the girls get Henna tattoos.  The day itself started very early with the bride getting ready and being made up in her traditional costume.  We then made our way to the City Hall Cardiff to make sure we were ready for the Grooms arrival ceremony.  The main part of the ceremony then takes place on the stage and Indian Mandap, this part of the ceremony includes many traditional rituals and is equally fascinating.  We did manage to take some bridal portraits at the Civic centre buildings around the City Hall.  One of the most emotional parts of the ceremony is when the bride says goodbye to her family.  This is a real privilege to witness and photograph and really does leave a lump in the throat.  The final part of the ceremony is the bride entering the grooms home with a few much more ‘lighthearted’ rituals.

Chase Hotel Wedding Photography

Chase Hotel

Chase Hotel Wedding

A Wedding photographed at  The Chase Hotel in Ross on Wye, in Herefordshire, South Wales.  The day started at the family diary farm in the Herefordshire countryside where everyone was helping Nicky get ready.  The Ceremony took place at a nearby St. David’s Church, Much Dewchurch.  Nicky arrived in a horse and carriage and after the ceremony Nicky and Aaron were able to take a short ride before being transported to the Chase Hotel in Ross.  We did all of the family portraits as soon as we arrived at the Chase Hotel.  We were then able to use the extensive grounds and the hotel interior to take the Bridal wedding photographs before the bride and groom sat down for their wedding breakfast.  The guests were able to take advantage of the nice evening weather and sit outside whilst having their Hog Roast buffet.  A local band was used for the evening festivities.

Cardiff Castle Wedding Photography

Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle Wedding Potography

Leena & Ketan chose to have their wedding ceremony at Cardiff Castle.  This was the civil part of an Asian wedding that was photographed at the undercroft at Cardiff Castle.  Leena got ready at their new home in Cardiff which was great as we had a blank canvas to work with.  We were able to use all the grounds at the Castle that are not open to the public.  After the Cardiff Castle Ceremony and photographs we went to City Hall for an amazing ‘Bollywood’ reception & party.  We were also lucky enough to cover Leena & Ketan’s Asian Ceremony.

Coed Y Mwstwr Wedding Photography

Wedding Photography Coed Y Mwstwr

Coed Y Mwstwr Wedding Photography

A Wedding photographed at  The Coed Y Mwstwr in Coychurch, near Bridgend South Wales.  Spring is a lovely time of year at Coed Y Mwstwr when the daffodils are in full bloom.  It was great to be able to photograph in the grounds of Coed Y Mwstwr with all the wild flowers about.  The bride got ready in one of the Hotel rooms, we then went to a church in Newton, Porthcawl.  We were able to take a few bridal protraits at Newton Beach and then it was back to the Coed to cover the rest of the day and evening.

 

Kelly Slater claims 50th World Tour Win in California

The 11 times World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater has just claimed his 50th win on the ASP World Tour.  Kelly won his first world title in 1992.  Since then the title has been won by 6 others, Derek Ho, Mark Occhilupo, Sunny Garcia, C.J. Hobgood, the late Andy Irons (3 times winner) and Mick Fanning (2 times winner).  With the amazing performance of the recent Olympians and Paralympians this summer I wonder whether there is a better athlete in the world today, still winning at the age of 40 after 20 years at or near the top?