chillingham castle northumberland wedding photographer

alan mason . studio . goose hill . morpeth . northumberland . england . telephone (01670) 735563 email icarus2@ukonline.co.uk

Chillingham Castle, Northumberland.

The wedding of Sarah and David at Chillingham Castle.

Then dash over to the little bridesmaid -
she hasn't moved yet - The picture captures the happiness on her face

I think I'm just a lucky photographer,

It had to be luck -
I didn't plan the picture . .

The pictures on this page are arranged a little like an album
just for the fun of it . . . .

to the left - Sarah is getting ready in one of the guest rooms,

She and her feller spent their wedding night in this suite too.

I hope that Chillinghams spooks didn't disturb them !

The creature to the left . .
is known as a
mother in laws hat . . .

usual habitat :

sideboards, dressers,

mother in laws heads . .

meanwhile . .

Champagne flutes perch on a window sill.

pity about the finger marks on the glass, but they were actually in use.

On my wanderings, I find myself in the castle courtyard - I glance upwards (brandishing a very long lens which I carry just to impress people)

and find Sarah and her little bridesmaid, gazing down on the guests arriving.

I've tinkered with this picture - made the stonework black and white left the window in colour. .

just for fun . . .

I then race upstairs again - hoping to get the 'other side' of the picture above.

I'm in luck.

the girls are still at the window.

totally unposed.

that's the way I like things . .

Aha -

Sarah heads downstairs to meet her Father,
he is to walk with her to the man she loves.

as for me. . .

I know it's a romantic picture, . . .

but I get turned on by the shapes and patterns in the spiral staircase.

This is for real . .

official wedding business taking place here . . .

reading vows.

exchanging rings

by candlelight in an ancient castle.

A view from a camera concealed in an alcove

alcovecam.

well - I'm concealed as well as I can be.

there was also a large cauldron in the alcove,

but if I tried to hide in that

I'd look like a
comic book white man
in a cannibals cooking pot.

It would have amused
the guests though.

I was told to get a picture of ' all the fellers'

here they are - looking sensible . . .

Totally without warning,

David lunges forwards with his brother

who then utters the immortal words

'will you take our picture ?'

oddly enough - that's what I'm there for . .

(I like making pictures anyway . . .)

The wedding squad
hit the gardens

The little bridesmaid who was earlier gazing so beautifully out of the window - now shows that she can run as fast as any grown up . .

I quite like to make 'figure in a landscape' pictures.

a simple picture of a bride and groom is just a bit obvious.

With this kind of image,
the eye can play with perspective,

the eye can play with the detail near to the wall.

(there is a lot of detail !)

play with the swirly patterns made by the hedge.

and - oh - there's a bride and groom in it too . . .

but it's more than just a portrait . .

The cake

posing

as cakes do .

on a table

white chocolate and fruit.

very very tasteful

and likely to be

very very tasty . . .

I couldn't let this wedding go without making a picture that could grace the cover of a good ghost book . .

well the place IS haunted after all . .

Yes . I've tinkered with it a little . . the staircase is the one that I think looks a bit Venetian . .

the couple,

well . . they're quite well occcupied . . .

The deed is done and the guests frolic fitfully out of the doorway - hurl the customary confetti - then trip gaily back inside
as it rain begins to fall.

The day was spent dodging showers like this,

It didn't spoil anything . .

(oh - er - confetti)

I don't think that they allow
it at Chillingham anymore.

(just a point worth noting).

Also in the garden

with no guests for miles around . . . .

Dave does a little dance

followed by a totally amazing leap . .

totally unplanned.

seen only by the man with the long lens . . !

REALLY GOOD NEWS .

Sarah and David popped into the studio . .

Sarah is now going to have a baby

I've seen the bump . . .

well done !!

Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, began life as a border stronghold in the 12th century,
becoming a true castle (with battlements, dungeons, sieges etc ) in the 14th century.
the 21st century sees Chillingham Castle as a pretty cool place to hold your wedding.

Beware, however - the ghosts of Chillingham castle allegedly make it
the most haunted house in England.

A mysterious blue boy appears occasionally,
long gone children dressed in white frolic in the grounds and are even rumoured to
play with visiting children (or so I was told by an enthusiastic guide !)

If this doesn't put you off - there's even a room where cameras are unable to make a
picture - (I haven't found that one yet - and oddly enough - I don't really want to !)

I'm totally charmed by the decorative stairway leading into the Castle from the courtyard.
I think that it's reminiscent of a Venetian Palazzo,
all I can find out so far is that the stairway was built in the 18th century. . .