Clearwell Castle - Robert and Clare - 17th December 2011

A frosty start and the threat of snow set the scene for our wedding today as we made our seperate ways to the Bride and Groom’s parents’ homes. Fran always trusts her sat nav, but today she was wondering where it was taking her, turns out it was the fastest route but into the back and beyond and the most country lanes and turns ever …

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Clearwell Castle - Kieron and Clare - 6th December 2011

Clearwell castle shone out like a gem in the frosty start to the morning and as guests and the wedding party arrived it hummed with activitiy.
Fran met up with the girls at the Gresham Suite with everyone in high spirits. Fun and laughter could be heard from all parts of the upper floor. The girls and Clare even sang Fran Happy Birthday with great gusto …

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Clearwell Castle - Netta and Peter - 26th October 2011

Autumn colours and a brilliant blue sky held the promise of an amazing day, then add a couple that just smiled all through, a top wedding venue and it makes a recipe for beautiful, elegant photographs … the ideal day to be a wedding photographer …

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Clearwell Castle - Cerith and Ellie - 19th September 2011

When Ellie walked into the ceremony room and glided down the red carpet, there was a lightening-storm of flashes going off, she must have thought she was at the Oscars and Cerith was there waiting for her as her leading man …!

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Llansantffraed Court Hotel - Kevin and Helen - 17th September 2011

Today was Helen and Kevin’s wedding at the rather splendid Llansantfraed Court Hotel, nr Abergavenny. Family and friends gathered early to get a good seat in the ceremony room. The colour scheme for the day was purple …

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Clearwell Castle - James and Tanya - 10th September 2011

Today’s flowers were stunning by Kay at Deacons of Chepstow and followed a rather appropriate autumn colour theme. As it happened the weather hadn’t listened to the rather dismal forecast and we actually had quite a nice day with only a couple of small short showers …

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Holy Trinity Penarth - Neil and Ellie - 3rd September 2011

A busy time of year for wedding photographers and for todays wedding we set off to Penarth, Cardiff for Neil and Ellie’s wedding. Our weekends are full of smiling people and on arrival at the brides home, smiles greeted Fran

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Llansantffraed Court Hotel - Lindsay and Debbie - 28th August 2011

Today took us up to the very picturesque Llansantffraed Court Hotel for Lindsay and Debbie’s wedding. We promised them fine weather and on our arrival the sun shone and began to peek through the clouds exactly as predicted …

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Clearwell Castle - Mike and Alli - 26th August 2011

Over the many years of photographing weddings we have made some great friendships and todays wedding at Clearwell Castle was one of our friends….Alli, marrying Mike. We recommend Alli to our brides …

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Clearwell Castle - Kirk and Catherine - 1st August 2011

A bit of a cloudy start to what turned out to be a beautiful day for the second wedding of the weekend marking the end of July and the beginning of August. Kirk and Catherine’s wedding was on Monday, August 1st at Clearwell Castle. The couple had opted for our “preparations to wedding breakfast” service …

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Marriot, St. Pierre, Chepstow - Ben and Sarah - 29th July 2011

Summer is a busy time of the year for us and with all our weddings, pre-wedding shoots and venue visits we seem to be more “out” than “in”. The first of our 2 weddings this weekend was nice and local for us at the Marriot, St Pierre Resort just outside of Chepstow for the marriage of Sarah and Ben.

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Clearwell Castle - Daniel and Catherine - 20th July 2011

It is always a privilege to be someone’s wedding photographers and it brings with it a great feeling of warmth, happiness, laughter and often butterflies in our tummies at seeing our couples at the top of the ceremony room exchanging their vows with each other and today

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St Marys Ross on Wye and The Chase Hotel - Rob and Jo - 16th July 2011

As full-time wedding photographers everyday at Abbey House Studios is taken up with weddings in some form or other, but we look forward to getting dolled up and getting the car packed ready for the off … today the forecast was looking horrendous and we had our big bundle of white wedding umbrellas with us, just in case …

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Monmouth Shire Hall and Ancre Hill Vineyard - Chris and Sarah - 2nd July 2011

Sarah and Chris wanted a very relaxed documentary coverage of their wedding with very few “formals”, so while the canapes were being served to guests we sneaked off for a short private session in another part of the gardens

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Maunsel House - Duncan and Betina - 4th June 2011

Maunsel House when we arrived was a bustle of services coming and going, flowers, cakes, a big red bus, a polished Bentley, groomsmen rushing around doing the jobs given to them and plenty of laughter coming from all directions …

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Clearwell Castle - Paul and Lauren - 30th May 2011

Nice to be back at Clearwell Castle at hte start of this year’s wedding season … it’s an amazing venue and our destination for Lauren and Paul’s wedding today. It seemed as though the local weather hadn’t listened to the forecast … we had rain and it was supposed to have cleared up …

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Maunsel House - Jonny and Carrie - 14th May 2011

Today we had the pleasure of a lovely ceremony in the garden at Maunsel House celebrating the wedding of Jonny and Carrie. Glorious weather, but perhaps a little cold and windy for Carrie’s family who had all flown in from Texas though! …

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Maunsel House - James and Gemma - 23rd April 2011

Today’s wedding was at Maunsel House in Somerset, and Gemma and James were as excited as we were. Easter weddings bring out the colourful hats, pimms and lush greenery mingled with laughter and jazz playing in the background! …

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Lemore Manor, Herefordshire - Martin and Michelle - 20th April 2011

Today gave us more fabulous weather for Martin and Michelle’s wedding at Lemore Manor, Herefordshire. We have certainly been blessed with sunshine for our four weddings this week. It’s nice to get the season started with a bang!

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Glen-yr-Afon, Usk - Simon and Annette - 19th April 2011

Another great day to be wedding photographers … everything one could ask for, beautiful weather, a lovely venue and a fantastic couple. From the very first meeting with Annette and Simon we got on very well and we were very excited (and privileged!) to be part of their special day …

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Carbis Bay Hotel, St. Ia church - Daniel and Tamsin - 16th April 2011

We travelled down to Cornwall the day before Daniel and Tamsin’s wedding and settled in for an early night anticipating a busy day on the Saturday with an early start . We opened the curtains on Saturday to a mediterranean blue sky and very unseasonal temperatures. In fact if you couldn’t smell …

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