A couple were married at Basingstoke Registery office followed by the wedding breakfast at Tylney Hall, a bit of a mixed day weather wise, just managed to finish before the rain started. Below are a couple of photographs of the bride and groom:

photograph of the bride at Tylney Hall trying to feed the ducks

photograph taken at Tylney Hall, bride and groom walking through the Italian gardens.

I was offered a commision a few weeks ago to photograph some jewelry for a lady that makes beaded jewelry, one of the most challenging pieces was a purple heart crystal necklace, it was mult-faceted and so reflected just about everything. Eventually I managed to get some nice photos of it, a couple of which are below:

photograph of purple heart necklace on black background

photograph of purple heart necklace on white background

The jewelry was made by De-Ji Creative, Anne Gray is the creator.

On Sunday 20th February there was a wedding fair at Trunkwell House with over 80 stall holders present, displaying everything from room decorations to bridal dresses and photography to tiaras and mensware, and cakes to floral decorations. Below are just a couple of photographs to show the event off:

photograph of Trunkwell Mansion House wedding fair

photograph of Trunkwell Mansion House wedding fair 1st room

Tylney Hall is a Grade II listed mansion with beautiful gardens of significant historic interest. It makes an amazing backdrop for wedding photography, with many locations for those beautifully different and secluded photographs. Below are a couple of photographs taken from a recent wedding:

photograph of bride and groom during civil wedding ceremony at Tylney Hall

photograph of groom and his children at Tylney Hall

photograph of the bridesmaid at Tylney Hall

A couple of years ago the Hampshire Court Hotel Basingstoke changed its name to the Hampshire Court Hotel and removed the tennis court in the central court yard and replaced it with a beautiful garden, so now there is somewhere to have some beautiful photographs taken after your wedding ceremony. It is not very large but it is much improved on what used to be there. The staff are friendly and helpful and most rooms look out on to the garden. There is adequate parking and a gym with pool as well.

Hampshire Court Hotel Basingstoke Hampshire

Had one of the busiest wedding fairs all season on Sunday at the Trunkwell Mansion House, Mortimer Nr Reading. The weather was excellent which seems to bring everyone out. Trunkwell Mansion House is a wonderful venue for weddings with a small area of well kept gardens and some wonderful period features within the original mansion house which make great backgrounds for wedding photography, e.g. real fire places, wood paneling. A wonderful venue for your wedding ceremony/civil ceremony and/or wedding breakfast. Below are a couple of images from the venue.

Garden feature at Trunkwell Mansion House, Mortimer, near Reading

Trunkwell Mansion House view from the garden

Trunkwell Mansion House civil ceremony room

Had a good wedding fair at the Village Hotel in Farnborough on 31.10.10. Really busy, busiest one of the year so far. Quite a nice modern hotel, though like most modern hotel not much in the way of places to get nice photographs. Here are a coupld of photographs of the outside the inside is very dark and has few windows to allow in natural light.

photograph of the outside of Village Hotel Farnborough

photograph of patio area outside the front of Village Hotel Farnborough

Wedding fair season has started again and the 1st of my dates was today at the Hilton Hotel Basingstoke. The weather was great so I think it pulled the people out to take a look at various wedding suppliers. The hotel had set up the civil ceremony room of which there are a couple of photographs below.

photograph of the Hilton Hotel Basingstoke civil ceremony room from the rear high angle

photograph of the Hilton Hotel Basingstoke civil ceremony room from the rear low angle

photograph of the Hilton Hotel Basingstoke civil ceremony room from the front

The weather was pretty grey and un-uninviting for most of the day for this wedding but we did manage to stay outside for all the group photographs. The groom was very nervous to start with, but soon got into the swing of things and the bride was very happy and excited about the whole day. The rooms at Hampshire Court Hotel are a reasonable size for allowing the bride to get ready and me as a photographer to take photographs of the dress hanging up, the bouquest and candids of the bride. The front of the venue is quite spaceous for groom shots though it is hard to take photographs and not end up with a tree coming out of a head or have a bin in the background. Below are a few photographs of the event, I always enjoy taking the photograph of the guests photographing the bride and groom signing the register.

candid photograph of the bride laughing

photograph of the bride and her bridesmaid

photograph of the groom placing the ring on the brides hand during the ceremony

photograph of the guests taking photographs of the bride and groom

photograph of the bride and groom looking over shoulders as they leave the ceremony room

photograph of the bride and groom laughing

photograph of the bride and groom with the bride infront in-focus

What a beautifull wedding this was, held at Tylney Hall in the Kaiser suite and outside using the extensive grounds of the Hotel. It was a beautiful sunny day so the light is bright and warm. Below are just a few of the shots taken which try to show the surroundings and what a beautiful venue Tylney Hall is for wedding photography.

photograph of the bride looking out of the window

photograph of the bride on her way to the ceremony we stopped on the stairs and used the natural light from the window

photograph of the bride and groom under the arch leading to the water gardens

photograph of bride and groom walking down to the bridge

photograph of bride and groom with bouquet on the ground