Angela and her bridesmaids got ready at her parents home which turned out to be a photographer’s dream. Angela’s father is fascinated by World War II and the house was like a museum containing interesting books, pictures, artefacts and memorabilia. As a child who was dragged around war graves in France and Belgium I felt very much at home and enjoyed a lengthy discussion with Angela’s dad on his passion. Anyway, back to the photography :-)

After the ceremony we stopped at Castlefield for the bride and groom portraits. It’s a favourite location of mine so it didn’t take long to capture some fantastic images before we headed on to the Midland Hotel.

Below are some of my favourite images. Friends & family can view all of the images on our gallery. Please ask Angela or James for the password.

Also check out the Randall Photography video channel where you’ll find HD quality slideshows that can be viewed fullscreen.

The blogathon starts with Ying and Stephen who got married last November in Manchester. This was a small, intimate wedding followed by a reception at a great chinese restaurant via a photo shoot with Ying and Stephen in the Castlefield district. The canal is a great location for a shoot and i’ve used it a couple of times now as I love it so much.

Below are some of my favourites from the day.

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Wedding Details

Wedding Date: November 2nd 2009
Ceremony: Manchester Registry Office
Wedding Reception: Ocean Treasure Restaurant, Manchester

The day started early with a series of challenges that the boys had to complete before Gen could briefly see Silver before church. The girls did a fantastic job of making sure the boys were well and truly embarrassed!

Silver then got in to her wedding dress (first of 3 outfits) before setting off to Manchester for the wedding ceremony. Following the ceremony and a *windy* photo shoot we then headed to the Glamourous Chinese Restuarant in Manchester for the reception along with 300 guests!

This part of the day included some of the more traditional Chinese ceremonies that I was looking forward to experiencing. These included tea ceremonies, fire crackers, table toasting, bride and groom games and dragon dancing – I love the image below of the dragon and the unimpressed guest. The food was also a key part of the celebration with a 14 course banquet which Julie and I had the pleasure of experiencing – we only managed 12 for the 14 courses.

It was a really fun day. Silver and Gen, thank you for allowing us to be part of your day. I hope the images bring you many years of enjoyment.

Below are some of my favourites from the day. Friends and family can view all the images on our gallery which is at www.randallweddings.co.uk/store. Please ask Silver or Gen for the password or get in contact with us at the studio.

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Wedding Details

Wedding Date: Tuesday 21st July 2009.
Wedding Venue: Glamorous Chinese Restaurant
Guest book photos: Taken in Sheffield

Being able to shoot at the Victoria Baths was a real privilege and somewhat of a major coup. The public are granted limited access to the baths on set days and it certainly isn’t available as a photo shoot location without special permission. Fortunately Sarah did all of the PR for the baths during the BBC programme Restoration so was able to make special arrangements for us to have exclusive and complete access for the day! It’s such an amazing place and I could have literally spent an entire week there. While we were shooting they were actually filling one of the pools which was rather exciting – I knew I should have taken my swimmers.

Did you know… The album cover and accompanying video for “Now Voyager” by the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb were both shot at the Baths whilst they were still in use.

Not satisfied with the privilege of shooting at the Victoria Baths I am also thrilled to have permission to use a track from one of my favourite bands – I AM KLOOT. It turns out that Paul is working with the band on some artwork and as we got talking he offered to ask if I could use some of their music on the site. I’m dead chuffed they said yes. These guys are fantastic and I know it won’t be long before everyone in the country has heard of them. If you want to see them before they reach Wembley (a matter of time) make sure you grab a ticket to their next gig before they sell out – check their site for up and coming dates – Official I AM KLOOT website.

You can also buy their highly recommended album from iTunes.

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Now for the images…