Tag Archives: Chris Hanley Photography

Beach Bride™ — an unforgettable bridal shoot

There’s some­thing enchant­ing in the dra­matic beauty of the sea­side. The beach isn’t all about buck­ets and spades: if you’re going to the beach any time soon, do what I’ll be doing and find a quiet spot, watch the waves, see the life and spirit of nature out there. Some­times there’s noth­ing more fas­ci­nat­ing than the wild beaches around our shores.

I have another breath­tak­ing col­lec­tion of pho­tographs for you, this time with a sea­side twist. Pho­tos and words by Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy

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Get the look! Wedding inspiration

Hands up who loves Parma Vio­lets?! I do. And I do even more now I’ve seen Jayne and Phil’s parma vio­let inspired wed­ding recep­tion at the Lowry, Man­ches­ter. With all pho­tos by Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy, take a peek at this fab wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board — it’s purple-tastic.

Parma violet wedding inspiration board in purple

Parma Vio­let pur­ple wed­ding inspi­ra­tion. Pho­tos: Chris Han­ley Photography

Jayne and Phil’s wed­ding was at The Lowry in Man­ches­ter, a mod­ern the­atre with cre­ative inte­ri­ors in every colour you can imag­ine. The wed­ding recep­tion room how­ever is a blank can­vas, so Jayne and Phil chose shades of pur­ple to make it look amaz­ing for their wed­ding day.

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A rainbow of colours, an artist’s palette: Lowry wedding

The Lowry, Man­ches­ter. This is a wed­ding venue and the­atre (not usu­ally in that order) in the heart of the newly devel­oped Sal­ford Quays dis­trict, close by Media City and a haven for cre­ative types. The Lowry is named after Manchester’s famous artist L S Lowry, he of the match­stick men: stick fig­ures hud­dled against the rain in greys and browns and gritty land­scapes.

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Horses for courses… creative bridal shoot!

bride on horseback photoshoot (14)When I couldn’t resist post­ing “Bride. Horse. Bus Stop.” on face­book, you loved it as much as I did!

Inspired by my visit to The River­side Stu­dio and my Proper Inter­view with the delight­ful Chris Han­ley, I’d been pok­ing around the albums on dis­play and — sorry to say I think I actu­ally squeaked when I saw this photo.

bride on horseback photoshoot (7)So in the tra­di­tion of cre­ative bridal shoots and inspir­ing wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy, I bring you this absolute treat: Lucy’s Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy shoot. Let your eyes have some fun!

bride on horseback photoshoot (1)

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Tales from the Riverside: an inspiration

Mon­day was a won­der­ful day: the per­fect day for an intre­pid wed­ding blog­ger to grab her lit­tle Vespa and head for the hills. Set­ting off from my south Man­ches­ter base mid-morning I scooted bravely along coun­try roads (at times yelling wheeeeeeee as I went) and went to inter­view star wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Han­ley at The River­side Stu­dio.

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The celebration of a lifetime — a wedding in pictures

Faye and Wayne’s spring wed­ding is a deli­cious com­bi­na­tion of Eng­lish ele­gance and sophis­ti­ca­tion. Their con­tem­po­rary and fun wed­ding theme teams styl­ish acces­sories in choco­late brown colour tones with just the right dash of sparkle and a stun­ning bouquet.

Fun contemporary spring wedding photos by Chris Hanley 10Wayne and Faye’s fun, con­tem­po­rary wed­ding day!

The happy cou­ple were mar­ried at St Marys Parish church in Hilton in Der­byshire in March. The main weather was windy — which meant bril­liant fun with Faye’s veil and some out­stand­ing pho­tos from wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Han­ley.

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It’s all about the Experience

I can’t stress this enough: if I have one Top Tip to share with brides and grooms, it’s this blog post. Every cou­ple can afford the very best in this sense: lux­ury cus­tomer ser­vice costs noth­ing, spe­cial touches make all the dif­fer­ence and the Expe­ri­ence is what it’s all about…

Wed­ding sup­pli­ers also take note — are you sell­ing a prod­uct or ser­vice, or is your wed­ding busi­ness pro­vid­ing an expe­ri­ence brides and grooms will truly love, remem­ber and recommend?

Inside Timeless Bride - a glorious bridal experience

Inside Time­less Bride — a glo­ri­ous bridal expe­ri­ence

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Being a Timeless Bride on your wedding day

Choose a wedding dress that will last forever

Choose a wed­ding dress that will last forever

How to be a time­less bride — choos­ing the right dress

How do you choose a wed­ding dress that looks amaz­ing on you and that will stand the test of time? How do you know that you’ll look back through your wed­ding album in twenty or forty years and fall in love with your wed­ding dress all over again?

Look for a dress that loves you as much as you love it!

Look for a dress that loves you as much as you love it!

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Wedding blogger photoshoot: mystery locations, fire, magic and crash helmets

Ciao ragazzi!

Ciao ragazzi!

In the inter­est of main­tain­ing a pretty dis­tinct niche for Eng­lish Wed­ding, my lat­est pho­to­shoot was all about cre­ativ­ity: hav­ing a blast and enjoy­ing the expe­ri­ence. And please do for­give me for a self indul­gent blog post today!

 

My Vespa! Carter was the star of the day

My Vespa! Carter was the star of the day

While the other UK wed­ding blog­gers look amaz­ing in their vin­tage wed­ding dresses and acces­sories, as a cal­lig­ra­pher and artist I like to be a lit­tle dif­fer­ent. (Just as the wed­dings I love most of all have some­thing a lit­tle unique about them.)

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A majestic, beautiful and luxurious wedding at Brocket Hall

Such a beautiful bride, such a heavenly image - my favourite from this Brocket Hall wedding

Such a beau­ti­ful bride, such a heav­enly image — my favourite from this Brocket Hall wedding

This wed­ding has every­thing: glitz and glam­our, class and style, that tra­di­tional Eng­lish sophis­ti­ca­tion and quiet ele­gance. Amy and Char­lie were mar­ried at Brocket Hall, one of England’s finest stately homes in Hertfordshire.

I love this wed­ding for its sheer beauty: the majes­tic venue and breath­tak­ing beauty of the recep­tion rooms, the opu­lent flo­ral dis­plays and most of all Amy’s glam­our and ele­gance, and the way she and Char­lie look at each other with eyes full of love.

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