Nicola and Darren's wedding- Headlam Hall

Another minor miracle for the team at Jillian Dixon Photography-after the worst Thursday and Friday I can remember for some time, the weather at the weekend was again glorious,just in time for the wedding of Darren and Nicola at Headlam Hall. You may remember Nicola and Darren as the stars of a preshoot video around Easter- well this was the real thing! It was a day of nerves, tears, joy and spontaneous laughter, nifty first dance moves (!) -everything a wedding should be, in fact. We had the pleasure of meeting two of the nicest registrars in the North, and two of the nicest families you could wish to meet. We were so carried away creating beautiful images, that it's been really hard work to try to choose just under 30 for the blog. Thanks for a lovely day, Fish and Marshall families. Congratulations Nicola and Darren, you made it a wonderful occasion!

Kirkley Hall

Melissa has just reminded us all via facebook that it's her wedding in 16 days- we were cutting it fine for her preshoot on Tuesday then! Just as well Melissa, Craig and Rebekah are excellent models then,(and yes, their eyes are as blue as they look in the photos!) as well as fun to be with and, well, old friends now! I'm looking forward to shooting the wedding almost as much as they're looking forward to their most special day.

Matfen magic

While the rest of the North East was struggling under intermittent downpours, Matfen Hall created its own special microclimate for the wedding of Mark and Ruth. It was a day of elegance, quirkiness, tears, laughter, eclectic music choices and joy, and we were privileged to share in it. The daytime grandeur gave way to beautiful gentle evening sunshine and the guests happily played quoits, croquet, skittles and an unusual game with sticks which the Swedish contingent seemed to understand better than the rest of us! Thanks for a fab day Mark and Ruth and families. Congratulations and enjoy your honemoon.