The Grand Banqueting Suite is an excellent wedding venue  for larger weddings.  They have great food service, with very speedy and efficient staff. I’ve been photographing Asian weddings there for many years now since 2006 at least.  As an experienced  female wedding photographer, I understand how things work so can help guide you through the wedding process if you are currently researching your wedding and would like a little help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sorry about the word “Proof” spoiling these lovely images of Martin and Leanne’s wedding at Waterton Park Hotel  near Wakefield!  They have their album already, as their wedding was earlier this year – 31 May –  and I invested in a copy for us too,  so you can see the real thing if interested!

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Martin & Leanne have chosen lots of posed family pictures from a selection of the literally hundreds of reportages shots taken  on their wedding day.  We don’t mind which pictures the couples choose so long as we have covered everything to give them those choices – sometimes even choices they didn’t ever imagine in advance – but in this case Martin & Leanne had it all planned out!

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wedding storybook cover as chosen by the bride and Groom at Waterton Park Hotel

First Dance

This is a relatively new wedding venue.  It has a contemporary feel to the styling with plenty of interesting reflective surfaces to make wedding photography indoors that little bit more exciting.  The main reception is held upstairs which rather discourages anyone from wandering around outside, which is a pity.  There is a balcony with plenty of seating so smokers tend to congregate there in a sociable manner.

The sofa on the balcony with the neutral blue-ish background makes for a comfortable alternative to standing up like a bus queue  for family wedding portraits!

wedding guests get a ringside seat in comfort viewing the proceedings from the balcony

Downstairs  by the infinity pool, these surreal plastic armchairs that look as if they should be soft, add another dimension to outdoor wedding photography.

Groomsmen by the infinity pool .

Wedding guests by reflective surfaces inside KP Club in Pocklington

 

 

Toast during speeches at wedding breakfast

 

Sascha & James by infinity pool at sunset over KP Club in Pocklington

see more of this wedding here:

http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/?p=1107

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http://89.200.138.14/~weddingp/online/verifycus.php?shoot_id=1013

 

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1-Book a venue for both the ceremony and the reception (decide whether church or civil ceremony) 12-24 months in advance at least AND caterers if necessary- oh and a bridal suite too might be nice for afterwards!

Wedding Venues in North of England

www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/venues/WoolleyHall/contact_us_woolley.htm

Woolley Hall near Wakefield

www.watertonparkhotel.co.uk/

Waterton Park Hotel near Wakefield with Walton Hall wedding venue on an island

bride by window during wedding reception at Waterton Park Hotel

see more wedding photos from Waterton Park Hotel by Reel Life Photos

and here and here

www.allertoncastle.co.uk/

Front of Allerton Castle in North Yorkshire

Rear view of Allerton Castle during a wedding in Aug 2005 showing scaffolding after the fire

http://www.gomersalparkhotel.com/wedding.htm

bride arriving at Gomersal Park Hotel just outside Cleckheaton

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/Weddings/0,,10273,00.html

wedding party at Elland Road Stadium Leeds

www.thorpeparkhotel.com

Swimming pool at Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa in Leeds

 

 

http://www.galpharmstadium.com/weddings/weddings-events.asp

wedding at Galpharm Stadium in Huddersfield

 

http://www.alderhousehotel.co.uk/

 

Alder House wedding venue Healey Lane in Batley

www.healdshall.co.uk

 

Healds Hall Liversedge, wedding photo collage

 

www.bw-rogerthorpemanor.co.uk/

 

bride and groom by mirror at Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel near Pontefract

 

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?PROPERTYID=338 – 43k –

 

Nostell Priory brilliant National Trust wedding venue

http://www.kingscrofthotel.com/

rainy day wedding kiss on helipad at sunset at Kings Croft Hotel near Pontefract

formal wedding party outside Kings Croft Hotel

 

http://www.cedarcourthotels.co.uk/hotel.asp?pageID=3

Cedar Court Hotel wedding

 

Afternoon wedding photos at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

http://www.qhotels.co.uk/hotels/the-queens-leeds-yorkshire.aspx

bride and groom outside the entrance to the Queens hotel in Leeds next to railway station

 

http://www.crerarhotels.com/ourhotels/chevin_hotel/

bride on way to Autumn wedding ceremony at  Chevin Lodge Hotel in Otley

bride on spiral staircase inside Chevin Lodge Hotel in Otley

 

www.durkerroodshotel.co.uk/

wedding at Durker Roods Hotel near Huddersfield

 

www.heygreen.com/

bride and groom in bridal suite in Hey Green Hotel

 

http://bagdenhall.classiclodges.co.uk/

bride and groom by lake at end of Bagden Hall gardens

Wedding kiss inside Bagden hall

www.holdsworthhouse.co.uk

Holdsworth House summer wedding

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=9

Oakwell Hall – natural wedding in Birstall

 

www.monkfrystonhallhotel.co.uk

Monk Fryston Hotel wedding venue near Selby

 

 

Brave bride and groom at Winter wedding outside Monk Fryston Hall Hotel at night

 

www.hotelstpierre.co.uk

December wedding at Newmillerdam with eve reception at Hotel St. Pierre

 

www.bw-penninemanor.co.uk/

Bride and groom on helipad at Pennine Manor Hotel  in Golcar West Yorkshire

http://www.blenheimhousebatley.co.uk/

Confetti at Blenheim House

bride and groom on steps in front of Blenheim House

 

 

Bride touching up her make up inside Ladies at Blenheim House in Batley

 

wedding party on the steps at the back of the Rock Inn, Holywell, Halifax

 

The Rock Inn – Holywell Green, Halifax

http://www.therockhotel.biz/site-map.html

 

http://www.devere-hotels.com/our-hotels/oulton-hall/the-hotel

Bride in old-fashioned wedding dress at Oulton Hall near Leeds

 

 

Sikh wedding party outside Oakwood Hall in Bingley

http://www.oakwoodhall.co.uk/

 

Wortley Hall Sheffield

http://www.wortleyhall.com/

 

http://www.steetonhall.co.uk/

rear view of Steeton Hall near Keighley

Front of Steeton Hall during a summer wedding at night

more wedding venues here:  http://www.noblesvenues.com/categories/wedding-venues/2

 

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2 – Book the photographer – again 12-24 months in advance.  If you want to choose from a variety of wedding photographers use a wedding directory such as http://www.ourweddingmemories.co.uk ,   http://www.uk-wedding-photographers.com/ or 4 – Book the wedding car if needing to travel between venues (eg home-church-reception)5 – Book DJ/ musicians/ any entertainers you might like for the dead time between end of meal and start of evening do.6 – Plan your guest list 7 – Get the invitations done – they will need to go out at least 2 -6 months  before the chosen date, as people tend to book their holidays in January/Feb, that’s a good time to start with invitations too, but check with your stationery specialist first, as they tend to be very busy that time of the year too.8 – Fashions  – and more to the point – figures CHANGE – the actual purchase shouldn’t be too soon – about 3 months before the wedding is fine –  or you might be left with a dress you can’t use! See our advice page on choosing wedding dresses here – well what to avoid really! http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/?p=471 http://www.rufflez.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Men’s suits – (hire?) and bridesmaid’s/pageboy’s outfits – Book the florist 10 -Book the hairdresser – particularly if you want their personal services at you place of getting ready (home-hotel etc)11 – If you haven’t already got the wedding rings – don’t forget those as you may need alterations or even a special design making uniquely for you two with your names engraved inside…12 – Buy or make wedding favours and room decorations/seat covers/balloons 13 – Buy  a guest book for guests to sign/put comments in – or a big photo of yourselves which they sign and you frame afterwards 14 – Don’t bother with disposable cameras, as although they might seem a good idea – its mainly the children who use them and even the adults take a load of rubbish  (might be a bit biased here but brides also tell me that too!)15 – Keep all people’s/suppliers  contact numbers in your phone and on a check list so if a supplier fails to turn up when expected on or around your wedding day you can contact them immediately before it is too late – check with them ALL the week before too, so they get a reminder and you have peace of mind. 

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