Wedding Photography Showcase 2008

2008 has been a great year for me. I have photographed lots of great weddings, including my first destination wedding in Cyprus. The couples I have worked with throughout the year have all been lovely and have made my job so enjoyable, so thank you to each of you.

I have also launched my new wedding photography website this year (www.neilredfern.net) which will be taking over from my existing www.neilredfern.com domain in the New Year.

The slideshow above contains some of my favourite wedding photographs from the year. To view the slideshow just click on the icon in the middle of the frame.

Many thanks again to all my clients for making 2008 such an enjoyable and successful year for me, I wish you all a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. Neil

Photographs from Norton Grange Hotel Wedding - October 2008

On 11th October this year I covered a church wedding in Failsworth which was followed by a reception at the Norton Grange Hotel in Rochdale, North Manchester.  However, this was no ordinary wedding for me as the bride was my sister, Karen!

I have covered a number of weddings now for close friends but this was the first time I had photographed a wedding for a member of the family.  In some ways knowing the bride and groom so well can actually make things harder from a photography point of view; it isn't as easy to blend in to the background and take natural shots when the majority of the wedding party know you and it can seem strange for the bride and groom to be posing for somebody they know so well.  However Karen and her new husband Gary were great and were more than happy to pose for me without falling in to a fit of giggles every time!!

It was a lovely wedding and everybody, including me, had an amazing day.  I even managed to have a few drinks myself once the speeches were over...!

Despite the fact Karen and Gary were reluctant to ask me to take their photographs because they wanted me to be able to relax and enjoy the day I'm really pleased I talked them round because I was really happy to be able to give them their photographs and album as a wedding present and I wouldn't have wanted anybody else to do it. 

Congratulations again Karen and Gary, I wish you both a lifetime of happiness together. Neil

More photographs from Karen & Gary's wedding can be viewed on my new website - www.neilredfern.net

Gold Award in SWPP Monthly Competition - Wedding Traditional Category

I was pleased to learn today that I have been awarded a Gold in the SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers) monthly competition.

The photograph which received the award was a reworked version of a photograph I took earlier in the year.

This is the second gold award I have received since I started entering the competition in April this year but it is my first in a wedding photography category so I'm very pleased.

My aim for 2009 will be to get at least 6 golds within the wedding photography categories, it won't be easier but I will be covering weddings at some lovely venues next year so I'm confident I can do it!