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Going back to October 2012, I finally got a chance to visit Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. It’s an amazing second hand book shop, set inside the old train station. It is quite famous for another reason as to being a great book shop. It was in this very shop that the Keep Calm and Carry on poster was re-discovered hiding in a box of books and ended up being popular around the world! It is a very quirky place, and as soon as I walked in I started coming up with ideas for a shoot there in future. I dropped them an email afterwards and they said they’d be happy for me to take some photographs there.

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I hadn’t found the perfect couple to photograph there, until I met Chris & Katy, nearly 18 months later. When we first met up to chat about their wedding, they revealed they both love books and met working in a branch of Waterstones. Well I immediately suggested my idea of having a pre-wedding shoot in Barter Books, so not only was I delighted that they booked me (hehe, pun!) to photograph their wedding, they also loved the idea and went with it!

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We chose to pop up to their wedding venue, Ellingham Hall first. This was to look around as they wanted to come up with some ideas with me there, given that they hadn’t seen the grounds in daylight before.  The other reason was to spend 10 minutes or so for them to feel a bit more at ease in front of the camera first, as it was the middle of the school holidays and we knew Barter Books would be busy! Well it worked, Katy & Chris were fabulous to work with and I was thrilled that I finally got a chance to shoot in this amazing place. I did research before and couldn’t find any other examples of a shoot like this in Barter Books yet, so will be interesting to see if I get further request from any book-loving couples in future 😀 Thanks  so much to Natalie, a great photographer and friend who assisted me on the shoot too.

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Thanks so much to Katy & Chris for being so fab and easygoing, Natalie for her help and for Barter Books for allowing us to take photographs there on a busy summer’s day.

 I cannot wait to be part of Katy & Chris’ wedding next year….. I hear there may be a bit of a book theme running through the day, eek!!

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If you’re looking for fun, relaxed & quirky wedding photography for 2015/2016 please drop me a line through my website…  to check availability and have a natter about your wedding.

 

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Nikki’s dress & and the bridesmaid dresses came from Mao Couture Bridal. Donna Ganley from Powder and Pin Ups in Sunderland did the make up for both brides.

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The wedding bouquets and centre pieces were from floral expert Jean Hepple.  they chose white gerberas to match with their black and white theme.

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By Wendy Unique Stationery created the table plan, names and menus, in a Gatsby style. The tables were name after the ladies favourite drinking places!

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Catherine & Nikki had a lovely tiered cheese cake from Churchmouse Cheeses, topped with their homemade fabulous wooden peg doll toppers, even featuring their cats.

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Both Dads made lovely speeches, and their maid of honour, Roisin made a fabulous speech featuring props, lots of funny moments and even a message from Alan Robson from Metro Radio!

Catherine wrote a poem for Nikki which she read out. All the speeches were fab, funny and moving!

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After the meal we popped outside for some photographs in the beautiful evening light.

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Instead of a traditional first dance, Nikki & Catherine chose ‘500 miles’ to dance to with all of their family and friends joining in and freestyling.

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If you’re looking for fun, relaxed and quirky wedding photography for 2015 or 2016 please feel free to drop me a line via my website.

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Katie & Phil got married in early August at Eshott Hall . Keep an eye out for their wedding on the blog coming soon!

We met up earlier in the year for their pre-wedding shoot, they wanted a beach location and I suggested Blyth seafront, as the weather wasn’t great (rain & wind!) this was an ideal option as we were fairly near to the car park and a cafe we could escape to as well!

They both embraced the weather and had lots of fun, though at times we could barely hear each other above the wind!

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Johnny & Anne planned their whole wedding day from New Zealand, and got married at St Roberts Church in Fenham, put on a cute and quirky DIY reception at Summerhill Bowling Green in Newcastle. They went for a laid-back vibe, with lots of colour and homemade features.

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 Lorna from No Ordinary Floral Designer created the bouquets for the wedding and provided the flowers that the couple and family used to make the table decorations. Donna Ganley, from Power and Pin Ups in Sunderland was on hand to make up the bride and bridesmaids.

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Unfortunately the weather didn’t play ball on the day, but the couple embraced the great British weather and even danced in it later on at the quayside.

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Luckily I had the above brollies from Love Umbrellas packed in my kit so the ladies could see out the rain in style 🙂

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The weather became torrential and I wasn’t sure that Johnny & Anne would be up for the planned Quayside trip, thankfully they were and we got some great shots down there…

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In the evening, the fabulous pizza van, Pizzette from Marco Polo restaurant served up some amazing pizza, and the couple had a celidh band to entertain everyone…. what a fab idea!

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Anne & Johnny, what a fab day! Thanks for having me as your wedding photographer and for dancing in the rain… wishing you all the best.

All photographs copyright Katie Byram Photography  and must not be used without written permission. If you’re getting married and looking for fun, relaxed and quirky wedding photography for 2015 or 2016, please drop me a line via my website. 

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Johnny & Anne flew in from New Zealand to get married in Newcastle in May. We met up on the Newcastle Quayside for their pre-wedding shoot in the rain, but they took it in their stride and it was good practice for their big day as it turns out! Keep checking back as I will be blogging it soon!

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