When Gemma & Eddie first got in touch about their wedding we were thrilled as not only were they having their ceremony at Crook Hall in Durham, their evening reception was taking place at the uber-contemporary Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. So we had the best of both worlds, a medieval hall & amazing gardens during the day, and a bit of sleek contemporary architecture for the night do.
We arrived at The Radisson in Durham for the first stage of Gemma's bridal preparations early on the wedding morning in June. All the girls had their hair & make up done by the fabulous Tracey from Beautiful Bride Makeovers (who we couldn't recommend more highly!). We then moved on to Crook Hall for Gemma and her flowergirls to change into their gorgeous dresses. The room they used was up in the top of the house, with beamed ceilings and natural light coming from a small window at one end.
Eddie & the guys had arrived in the meantime, and after a few photos went into the Medieval Hall to wait for Gemma's arrival. Gemma & Eddie lit a unity candle as part of the ceremony, which is a lovely idea and makes for some great photographs.
We then headed out into the gardens for celebration drinks and the formal photos. We were absolutely spoilt for choice for the photos of Gemma & Eddie, with so many different gardens and outside areas of the Hall to use. Everyone then headed inside for the speeches and wedding breakfast. At 6pm we all set off for The Baltic for the evening reception.
We'd been into Gateshead a few weeks before the wedding, and found some superb graffiti art close to The Sage. Gemma & Eddie were happy to have a quick walk up there for some photos which was brilliant, and of course we had a few photos on the Millennium Bridge as well.
Darren from Hi-Life in Leeds was the DJ for the night, and he was superb playing some great tracks and the dancefloor was packed, and we'd highly recommend him. After the wedding Gemma said "He was great, exactly what we were after instead of the stereotypical cheesy wedding DJ!"
Here are some of our favourite shots from their wedding. Thanks to Gemma & Eddie for being so much fun on the day - we really enjoyed ourselves (also thank you for feeding us too!).
Tracey from Beautiful Bride Makeovers applying the finishing touches to Gemma's make-up.
Could you ask for more gorgeous gardens?
Gemma's bouquet which she'd made herself - wow!
Gemma being laced into her dress at Crook Hall.
And the ceremony begins..... Simon shot from the front of the room with Alison on the balcony.
Gemma & Eddie's little girl Elise looked gorgeous, along with faithful companion Mousie!
The gardens were great for exploring!
Gemma looked stunning, we love this shot with the trees framing the image.
A shot from one of the front gardens looking towards Durham Cathedral.
Time for the speeches, Eddie has two best men David & Christopher who did a great job...
...and provided us with photo opportunities like these!
Elise letting her hair down a little!
Looking towards The Baltic from The Millennium Bridge.
Amazing graffiti - we were so pleased to have the opportunity to get these shots!
Throwing some shapes!
Labels: baltic wedding, crook hall wedding
