Chesterfield crooked spire wedding

Natalie and Richard made the most of the oppor­tu­nity to have some lovely pho­tos taken in the Chester­field parish church

This is a rare treat, and I’m so pleased to be able to share it with you. There aren’t many wed­dings held at Chesterfield’s famous Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints — only three a year, so Natalie and Richard were really lucky to have this beau­ti­ful Eng­lish land­mark as their wed­ding venue. The crooked spire is known for miles around, and a cher­ished Der­byshire attrac­tion. Inside the church is just as beautiful.

Natalie is gor­geous even before she’s done her wed­ding make up!

Natalie is a nat­ural beauty, and this pic­ture shows off her flaw­less skin and del­i­cate fea­tures. The light­ing is just right, the focus on her eyes as she con­cen­trates on the tor­tu­ous pro­ce­dure of eye­lash curl­ing! Simon Revill, the pho­tog­ra­pher for Natalie’s wed­ding, com­bines reportage images like this one with more for­mal shots, telling the story of your day in pic­tures and get­ting the clas­si­cal images your Nan wants to see in the album as well!

Natalie and her dad fol­low the Rev­erend down the aisle for the wedding

Natalie and her dad arrive at the church, fol­low­ing in the foot­steps of the Rev­erend Canon Michael Knight (I can’t resist: what a great name!) Natalie’s dress is lovely, a gen­tly cas­cad­ing style in pale ivory with a sweet­heart neck­line and long train. She car­ries a sim­ple, clas­sic bridal bou­quet. I love the match­ing expres­sions on Natalie’s face and her dad’s!

The wed­ding cer­e­mony, up close and from the balcony

The wed­ding cer­e­mony with views of the church’s lovely inte­rior. The high altar in gold leaf at the back of the church is a favourite fea­ture, mak­ing a per­fect back­drop for the wed­ding photographs.

Natalie looks amaz­ing with nat­ural make up and an illu­sion necklace

Natalie wears lovely nat­ural bridal make up and her hair is in a clas­sic ‘up do’. Her soft pearl illu­sion neck­lace and match­ing ear­rings are exquis­ite. The soft shine of the pearls looks great with the sub­tle sparkle of the Christ­mas tree in the back­ground of this photograph.

Richard is smart in his dark suit, and I love the tie.

Groom Richard wears a clas­sic pin stripe suit, white shirt and a state­ment tie in strik­ing black and white stripes! It suits him down to the ground and is full of personality.

Richard and Natalie in the win­ter sunlight

Hus­band and wife Richard and Natalie after the wed­ding cer­e­mony. How lucky to have a bit of sun­shine on your wed­ding day in Decem­ber! Here the soft sun­light adds a warm glow to the photo — on what must have been a cold day!

Two posed por­trait shots of the bride and groom: both pho­tos are stunning!

Mak­ing the most of a glo­ri­ous sun­set, the last pho­tos of the bride and groom in the Der­byshire coun­try­side are lovely. I don’t know which I like best, the clas­sic black and white with the won­der­ful shape of Natalie’s dress, or the mag­i­cal sun­set and frosty ground. They’re both great pictures.

Two time­less images of the bride and groom

Black and white pic­tures of the bride and groom. These are clas­sic wed­ding por­trait pic­tures with a bit of a twist. The view from above in the first shot makes it really spe­cial, with the empty church pews behind. And the sec­ond is fan­tas­tic — in my mind it’s the Nar­nia pic­ture — with the frosty ground, soft glow of the light and lovely old trees in the background.

The famous Chester­field church and crooked spire

This is the famous “Church of the Crooked Spire”, lit up in the evening — a gor­geous and very exclu­sive wed­ding venue! I like the dra­matic evening photo of the venue, it’s dif­fer­ent and works so well.

Thanks to Simon Revill for sub­mit­ting this wed­ding for us. Simon cov­ers wed­dings in Sheffield, Chester­field and Der­byshire, and you can find more details of his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy ser­vices here, as well as on his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog.