Nik and Rhodri
Bride and Dad - 'Wedding Walk'
Little Angels
The Kiss
Images from Nik and Rhodri’s wedding at St. Mary’s church, Coity, Bridgend, South Wales on the 28th March 2009. The reception was held at the Best Western Heronston Hotel, Bridgend – the weather was pretty kind to us, although a little cold and blustery. The lighting early afternoon in springtime can be pretty harsh – us wedding photographers are never easily pleased !!!!!
The wedding of Cara and Luke on the 21st of March 2009. St. Mary’s church, Coity, Bridgend for the ceremony and then on to Court Colman Manor for the reception. The happy couple left for sunny Florida soon after the wedding – although on this particular day we were quite lucky with regards the weather in sunny Bridgend !!!! – here’s hoping that this summer will be a little less soggy than the previous two.
Two Little Boys at Wedding
Two little boys at wedding in Bryngarw House, Bridgend, South Wales towards the end of 2008.
Although Silver Birch Photography is based in Bridgend the lack of quality wedding venues in the area attribute to most of our wedding commissions being carried out in the Cardiff, Newport, Monmouthshire and westcountry areas. Bryngarw House is one of the better wedding venues in the borough of Bridgend – the other being the Coed-y-Mwstwr Hotel near Coychurch, Bridgend which is probably one of my most frequently covered venues during the year.
I am often asked by clients which is my favourite wedding venue. This is a very difficult question as I cover the whole of the UK and also offer a few overseas commissions during the year. My favourite wedding venues in Wales for larger weddings would probably be (in no particular order) : Llansantffraed Court, Monmouthshire. Penrice Estate, Oxwich. Coed-y-Mwstwr Hotel, Bridgend. Glen yr Afon House, Usk. Miskin Manor, Llantrisant. Bryngarw House, Bridgend. Caerphilly Castle. Fonmon Castle. The Orangery, Margam Park. The New House Country Hotel, Cardiff and Tredegar House, Gwent.
I would also consider (for smaller weddings) : The Newbridge Inn, near Usk. The West House Country Hotel, Llantwit Major and the Fig Tree at Llanarthney.
Always remember that the local authority and national trust run venues such as the Orangery at Margam Park and also Bryngarw House, Bridgend usually offer better value for money, although because of this are usually booked well in advance for weekend weddings during the summer months.
Andy
Wicker Heart and Bridal Gown Hanging on Door
Welcome to my new blog.
I have made a few new year’s resolutions for 2009 – one of which is to regularly update this new weblog with news and images from the everyday life of Silver Birch Photography.
Following an amazing 2008 we can only hope that 2009 will be as fruitful and exciting. I personally think the worries of the so called ‘credit crunch’ will not really affect the wedding industry until 2010 as us wedding photographers usually obtain bookings a year in advance. We have already taken in excess of thirty bookings for 2009, including two in France and one in Spain 
so at the moment things are chugging along quite nicely.
Santa recently delivered a nice and shiny Canon Eos 5D MK2 together with a 50mm f1.2 lens. The results of the initial test shots have been absolutely amazing with minimal high iso noise levels (even at iso 6400) being the most impressive. Another new year’s resolution I have made is to shoot more weddings using available light and maybe even put my canon 580EX MK2 flash strobes into semi retirement. Towards the end of 2008 I started experimenting with small video lights while photographing weddings. I originally saw Yervant use this method (on ‘The Masters of Wedding Photography’ dvd) and found the technique to be extremely useful for the portrait shots (both directly using barn door attachments and from the rear of the subject for special lighting effects) – once I’m completely happy with this technique I’ll post example images here.
All the best for 2009,
Andy
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