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A Perfect Pentrehobyn Hall Wedding

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It really was a perfect Pentrehobyn Hall wedding. Infact, this was a perfect wedding day, new territory for me too and I loved it!

A date to remember at this Pentrehobyn Hall wedding

It’s sad when guests disappear into their mobile phones but today it was understandable. Today was a royal wedding day, Harry and Meghan were to be married at noon. Thankfully Steph and Luke’s ceremony was a bit later so we’d all had our fix of Meghan’s dress (and David Beckham arriving) by the time 1.30pm came around.

Sizzle

There was something in the air, something indefinable but this occasion sizzled with excitement. Actually there was an abundance of emotion too. Do look at the moment Steph arrives into the ceremony room. Luke’s bestman is there for him. The image after that shows us how emotional this point in the day can be, look at everyone’s faces. There’s the magic!

Next year will be my tenth year photographing weddings. I’ve heard many many speeches. Oh my, Luke’s best men delivered the most embarrassing speech I’ve heard. My jaw was on the floor but it didn’t stop me from pressing the shutter. Check out the guests’ expressions.

Bearing in mind that this venue is in Mold I don’t feel guilty about raving about Steph & Luke’s choice of entertainment. They’d booked DJ Will Madden via Six15 Events. The party lifted to a different level as soon as Will began. Worth considering for your own celebration?

I definitely want to spend more time at this venue, I’ll be at their wedding fayre in March 2019. If you like the way I’ve told Steph and Luke’s story then please do contact me here so we can talk through your wedding day photography.

Other super duper suppliers on the day were: Food by Catherine Skates, Flowers by Bluebells in LlanfairPG, Cake by Hayley’s Piped Dreams, Make up by Alexandra Clare, Hair by Sarah from Headmasters, Llandudno.

A Spring time wedding at Llyn Gwynant Barns

26th November 2018 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

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Spring time in the mountains and a wedding at Llyn Gwynant Barns? What a treat for your guests. What a treat for you! You’re with your favourite people, beautiful food, you’re looking radiant, you’re in love…..

A wedding at Llyn Gwynant Barns, a first for me

All good things as they say….. and sure enough Ffion and Mat approached me to photograph their wedding at this popular venue. It’s good to pop a sought after venue in your portfolio.

Location, location, location

Llyn Gwynant Barns is situated in the most glorious location. It’s a campsite (think again, this is a nice one), with barns that you hire and dress yourself. You organise your own caterers; Popty Pen Uchaf (find them on Facebook) organised Ffion & Mat’s food. I had a roast dinner, in the middle of a wedding, that’s unheard of and it was superb!

Ffion was meticulous with her planning; she loves a schedule, so do I and so does Jade Leung, who is a wedding stylist and planner. Call her if you like a schedule too, I know Ffion found Jade’s help invaluable.

Warmth, merriment, good wishes, family. I may well be describing every wedding but this wedding had bundles of it. I especially enjoyed the abundance of cake. Friends and family contributed their homemade creations to produce an cake table that overflowed.

Here is a flavour of Ffion and Mathew’s day. If you’re organising a wedding in Snowdonia and you like the way I’ve told this wedding story please contact me for more information here.

In addition to Jade and Popty Pen Uchaf other lovely suppliers that helped the day run smoothly were:

MUA – Rhiannon Pritchard, Hair by Steph, Nelly Weds, Ty Blodau, Graphic design by Lois from Magnetic Design, Cake by Layla from Mafon in Llanberis. Photo and Video Booth – Caracam, Dazzling Mobile Bar, Videography – Woodpecker Films Jones’ Pizza

A winter wedding at Chateau Rhianfa

24th July 2018 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

In Anglesey Wedding Photography / Chateau Rhianfa wedding / My Latest Work

A winter wedding at Chateau Rhianfa, it doesn’t matter which season it is, it’ll always be beautiful. I do admire brides and grooms who choose a location for their wedding when they don’t have any kind of link to that destination. Anglesey is becoming more and more popular as a destination for weddings. Couples fall head over heels in love with the island. Chateau Rhianfa, situated on the Menai Straits is just so romantic, it’s perfectly easy to understand why so many couples choose it; Victoria and Dmitijs did.

Preparations for a winter wedding at Chateau Rhianfa

The chateau’s rooms lend themselves to celebratory occasions. Today we were in The Duke with its dark, baroque, heavy gilt furniture, a perfect setting for Victoria. My camera loved her.

An Anglesey adventure

Needless to say this was the first time that Victoria and Dmitijs’s guests had visited Anglesey, they came from all over the globe. Victoria and Dmitijs even brought their own minister to take their ceremony. He was french and very friendly. The ceremony took place at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Beaumaris and then back to Chateau Rhianfa to continue the celebrations.

I love working on Anglesey, it’s my home and I’m very proud of it. If you’re organising a wedding on Anglesey I’d be delighted to be part of the day. Please contact me for more information here.

Victoria chose to work with Julia Nicholls, Rhiannon Pritchard , Hayley’s Piped Dreams and Carol from Acacia Flowers. All talented, friendly people that I’m happy to recommend.

A winter Quay Hotel wedding

5th December 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

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This Quay Hotel wedding was going to be a corker, I just knew it. Soprano Llio Evans was to marry Conductor Eugene Monteith. You’re right, I don’t normally mention professions in my blog. I was starstruck though, thoroughly starstruck by today’s bride and groom. On top of that they weren’t camera shy and they were dizzy with excitement for their day.

This was to be quite a small wedding Eugene explained. Just Eugene’s immediate family were coming over from Ireland. Irish weddings are grand affairs and if the celebration took place in Ireland there’d be three hundred plus guests.

Musicians have friends who are musicians. We were treated to performances by a harpist, two pianists, a baritone and a violist. Not to mention Llio’s beautiful voice as she sang the hymns.

Quay hotel wedding – first a stop a famous railway station

I’m based on Anglesey and have visited many places with brides and grooms but never the famous LlanfairPG railway station. It was a whistle stop visit but Llio and Eugene was happy to hurry. A bride and groom that skip, laugh and hold hands tightly make for good photography. It was a brief ten minutes well spent. Off we went over to the Quay Hotel in Deganwy where the celebrations continued.

Here is just a flavour of Llio and Eugene’s wedding. If you like the way I’ve told their story then please let’s talk about your wedding photography.

You can contact me at gill@gilljonesphotography.co.uk or phone 07710 468792 / 01407 811248. You can see more of my work at www.gilljonesphotography.co.uk

Other wedding suppliers involved in the day were: Rhiannon Pritchard – make up, flowers by Luna Flower Rhos on Sea, wedding dress from Wedding Belles Llanfair PG

A Tre-Ysgawen Hall wedding

6th November 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

In Anglesey Wedding Photography / My Latest Work

Oh my, a Tre-Ysgawen Hall wedding, at long last Lauren and Darren’s wedding had come around.

When Lauren described all of the beautiful detail she’d selected for her wedding my eyes got wider and wider. Hairstylist Kate , MUA Fflur and I marvelled at Lauren’s choice of dress; a Jenny Packham design. Not to mention Jimmy Choo shoes. I got to play with these fabulous designs. I’m always relieved if the bride’s shoe size differs from mine. There’s less of a temptation to try them on.

Would the rain hold off for this Tre-Ysgawen Hall wedding?

A new church for me, St. Beuno in Trefdraeth. Lots of parking, a sleepy road and a nice long path to the church door. A nice long path gives me the opportunity to capture guests walking towards church. It also offers a little more time for the bride to contemplate the next part of her day. You will notice in the following images Lauren and Darren’s adorable daughter Olivia. She was a poppet and walked freely during the service, admiring her own dress. I’ve featured a shot of the order of service. It has an illustration of St. Beuno on the front. The design is by Anna Gwenllian, do have a look at her work, she’s very talented.

The rain came

Regardless we managed a confetti throw, thank goodness; it’s always a very happy part of the day. I do say the more ‘ta – dah’ moments we can provide for you and your guests the better.

I have thanked Lauren and Darren so much for being so agreeable where their main portrait shots were concerned. I’ve never had to ask a bride and groom to leave their dinner table (in between courses might I add). The rain had set in and I was desperately watching the sky for a hint of blue. It came and we took action. Out we went into Tre-Ysgawen’s grounds.

Talented suppliers at today’s wedding were Fflur Hogan – make up, Hair by Kate Parry, Designer – Anna Gwenllian, Florist – Acacia

This is just flavour of Lauren and Darren’s wedding. If you like the way I’ve told their story then please let’s talk about your wedding photography.

You can contact me at gill@gilljonesphotography.co.uk or phone 07710 468792 / 01407 811248. You can see more of my work at www.gilljonesphotography.co.uk

A Seiont Manor Wedding

1st November 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

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I just knew I’d enjoy this Seiont Manor Wedding. Caitriona is a project manager, she loves a schedule and I love a schedule. Chris loves Caitriona and I love an autumn wedding. It was always going to be a good day.

Seiont Manor Wedding takeover

Taken over by a fabulous family from Birmingham. As so often is the case a wedding is all the better with folk from the Midlands. MUA Fflur and I were amongst a happy party of women helping Caitriona prepare for her ceremony. The three little girls were amused and entertained by the mystery of lacing a bride into her dress. I enjoy creating still lives of your detail such as your perfume, jewellery and shoes but best of all are the exchanges between your special guests who spend that part of the day with you. Going between the bride and groom’s rooms allows me to capture moments that you can share with each other later.

Chris is partial to a sports car and his friend didn’t disappoint with an Aston Martin Rapede on hand. Caitriona and Chris disappeared for a moment in it, it would have been rude not to.

Every part of this wedding was fun, filled with warmth and the jokes were always on the right side of risque´.

This is just flavour of Caitriona and Chris’s wedding. If you like the way I’ve told their story then please let’s talk about your wedding photography.

You can contact me at gill@gilljonesphotography.co.uk or phone 07710 468792 / 01407 811248. You can see more of my work at www.gilljonesphotography.co.uk

A Bron Eifion Wedding

30th October 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

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A Bron Eifion wedding in autumn. A lovely couple, happy guests, strong autumnal colours, no rain. Excellent! All systems go.

A mid-week Bron Eifion wedding

Not everyone needs a full day’s coverage. I’m really happy to cover a few hours of celebrations mid-week.

I’ve been to lots of weddings, not everyone has. It isn’t always obvious how a day should come together. For your day to run smoothly planning is key. Try to ‘walk through’ your day with someone. Your photographer is an excellent choice for this task. We know how a wedding day flows. Delegate timings. You’re head is elsewhere, you won’t be able to keep track of time. The professionals around you will handle this for you.

A perfect day for a perfect bride

I’m always charmed by grooms who wish to make everything perfect for their bride. Andy and his main men had diagrams and plans and much communication ensued. After loosing one car of bridesmaids and them finding them again Anwen arrived.

Astonishing autumn bouquet

Anwen hadn’t met me before her day nor had she met her florist; North Wales Wedding flowers in Criccieth. It was obvious to me that her florist was completely inspired by Anwen’s brief. Aren’t the flowers absolutely gorgeous.

This is just a snippet of Anwen and Andy’s day at Bron Eifion. If you like the way I’ve told their wedding story then please let’s talk about your wedding photography.

You can contact me at gill@gilljonesphotography.co.uk or phone 07710 468792 / 01407 811248. You can see more of my work at www.gilljonesphotography.co.uk

The Trearddur Bay Hotel wedding photographer

A wedding at The Trearddur Bay Hotel – Ceri and Mike

25th October 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

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A wedding at The Trearddur Bay hotel offers huge variety. I have different spaces to work with and a big bonus is having the bay on the doorstep.

A September wedding at The Trearddur Bay Hotel

We’re late September now so autumn reminded us it was on it’s way. Ceri and Mike had the best attitude towards their photography though and they worked with me to make some memorable images. Key to the success was Ceri’s ability to shine for ten hours. Smiling makes such a difference.

I have a favourite spot in Trearddur Bay that I use because it allows me to isolate my couple. Add a fab car from Newborough classic and vintage wedding cars and we have a winning recipe, even if you add showers.

Owning up to a soft spot

My family and I moved back to Anglesey twelve years ago. We moved back with fresh eyes and wanted to discover everything. We came across Lamia, a family run butchers in Bodedern (you wondered where this was going didn’t you?). We’ve been loyal to them ever since. Ceri is butcher Ivan’s daughter. Of course I wanted her wedding in my diary.

For other reasons I’m sure Wedding Belles of Llanfair PG were delighted to have Ceri wearing one of their dresses. Flowers were created by Acacia.

An Anglesey wedding at home

18th September 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

In Anglesey Wedding Photography / My Latest Work / Personal Work / Wedding at Home

Are you thinking of hosting a wedding? Have a scroll through the following images of Lleni and Pat’s Anglesey wedding at home for inspiration. Make no mistake it took a small army to organise their day; they were an extremely devoted troupe too.

I hope I’ve portrayed the amount of effort that went into Lleni and Pat’s day. I’m labouring this point because beautiful weddings at home don’t just happen, a huge amount of imagination, ingenuity and hard work is needed. Months of planning went into this day and it showed. It was gorgeous.

Pat, best man Mark and Pat’s boys, Barney and Mackey prepared themselves for the day at Coed Llynon Lodge which can book booked via Anglesey Escapes. Yet another hidden gem, Anglesey’s full of them.

In walking distance of your church

My heart does leap when I realise the bride is able walk to her ceremony. Llanfigael Church was a hop and a skip away from LLeni’s parents’ home. Car journey’s all take time you see, they can gobble up your day. No big car shaped props for this wedding, we had a white bicycle which did the job perfectly.

A family affair

Blas Mwy is owned by Lleni’s auntie. Food was a particularly important ingredient to the success of the day. Infact Lleni’s father made a very special trifle for desert. There was a limitless supply of puddings and pies. Have I mentioned the cocktails and the berry infused gin?

I hope you like the images I captured of Lleni and Pat’s wedding day. If you’re planning your wedding day and think I could tell your wedding story then please contact me.

Contributors towards the day were: Flowers-Sioned from Tulipa Blodau, Make- up Artist – Fflur Hogan, Hair by Elaine Marshall, the band were Llareggub Brass Band, Lleni’s dress was from Huw Rees Brides

The Quay Hotel and Spa wedding photographer

Wedding at The Quay Hotel and Spa

1st September 2017 By Gill Jones With 0 Comment

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A wedding at The Quay Hotel and Spa in Deganwy was next in my diary. I seem to be spending time away from Anglesey this year. This year is full of firsts too, a groom in uniform! In July I met with Kayleigh and Iestyn (Ken) to shoot their pre-wed. We spent time in Menai Bridge one Sunday morning. A pre-wed session is a good opportunity to shake off any nerves. You can view their images here.

Preparations at home

Kylie used to work at The Salon. Naturally her hairdresser today was from The Salon. I cannot commend their work highly enough. I really put Kylie’s through its paces. I’d mapped my day out and I knew what I wanted to achieve. That included stopping along the North Wales coast (after the ceremony). I hadn’t thought the wind would be quite so high, boy did it blow. Actually, how Kylie and Ken didn’t tell me, in the politest manor, that they would not be getting out of their wedding car, I will never know. Troupers, the pair of them!

From Llanfair PG to The Quay hotel and Spa

The only thing we can’t control is the weather of course. We had a few showers on the day. I bet Kylie and Ken can’t remember though, they were unstoppable. I learnt a lesson about taking multiple balloons out in the wind. They will become entangled and it will take an awfully long time to untie them. Never again.

In the following images you’ll see the talents of Carol from Acacia Flowers, The Salon, Faces by Poppy, Kylie’s dress is from Wedding Belles and the entertainment came from Carly and Russ, who are delightful by the way. I’ll never forget Carly singing a Beatles song as Caroline walked towards Gruff. Oh all these special days. Wedding cars supplied by Go in Luxury Weddings cars and the videographer was Ben Powell. If you like the way I’ve told Kylie and Ken’s story let us talk about your wedding photography. You can contact me here.