WEDDING: Officiant at Lindley-Scott House in Azusa, CA

Azusa Wedding Officiant at Lindley-Scott House, originally uploaded by dj venus.

Congratulations, Nikki and Chris! Married on 30 April 2010...

A historic home in Azusa, CA was the setting for this self-professed science fiction and fantasy loving, book and reading addicted couple!

Many thanks to Leo of the Lindley-Scott House for his professionalism and help in pulling off a lovely outdoor wedding ceremony!

venus, officant and Life-Cycle Celebrant® at A Non-Denominational Ceremony

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TESTIMONIAL FROM SHELLEY AND STEPHENS FINE CHRISTMAS WEDDING AT LANGLEY CASTLE NEAR HEXHAM NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND

Shelley has decided to embarrass me by penning the world's longest wedding testimonial, but as she says, it was a long tale, and takes some telling!!



Firstly, take my advice ... STOP LOOKING FOR A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, NOW!!!

You have found him.

If you are reading this on Dirk's BLOG or you are on his website you can relax.

You have found your wedding photographer, you can stop stressing - You will not find a better photographer, or more natural and breathtaking photographs so just book Dirk and concentrate on all the other exciting plans for your dream wedding. Stephen and I were never going to be conventional. We had both waited until our 40's to get married and never thought we would ever find love like this.

We met through martial arts. He was my instructor. I thought he was stern and grumpy. We often fight each other so you can imagine the "courting" was a bit different... He proposed to me at The Trevi Fountain in Rome and the planning began. He always told me that whatever the cost, I could be a princess in my castle and have the complete fairy tale!

We wanted a Christmas wedding in castle, we wanted snow, log fires, Christmas trees and some fighting on the roof with Samurai swords (no, really!). We chose Langley Castle near Hexham. It was perfect, absolutely perfect. Then started my search for a photographer. I had probably 6 or so different photographers come to our house where we poured over lovely albums, watched slide shows, listened to how the photographer would work and what the photographer would do. I found this daunting and intimidating. You know it is so important to capture that day, the best day of your life and it is such a huge decision. On recommendation we chose a photographer, despite my better judgement and things progressed. I sent this guy a cheque as a deposit. I then never heard from him again. Fortunately I cancelled the cheque and have since learned that he has swindled lots of couples out of their money and has not produced their wedding photographs for them. I was so relieved we didn't get any further with him and so my search started again!!! I came across a photograph in a north east wedding magazine, Belle Bridal, which showed a bride and her groom in a church yard with all her family around her. A strong gust of wind had taken her veil up and around her and was lifted around her family who were all laughing and holding onto their hats! I loved it.

The photographer was Dirk. This was a Sunday and was in fact Fathers Day. I considered not ringing that day but did anyway. I left a message on an answerphone. Stephen and I then went shopping at B & Q for a light fitting (Sunday / Father's day - I know....). My mobile rang and Dirk spoke to me in the lighting section..... I knew after the first two sentences that he was the photographer we would use. First impressions mean a great deal. He was funny, reassuring, charming and cheeky! (in a good way) Then came the meeting at our house. This was the first time a photographer had asked us how we wanted the pictures to look, what we expected from him, how we wanted him to work and what we wanted him to produce. None of the others had asked that!

This was a photographer who listened and was interested. One of the others had even suggested we change the time of our meal to ensure she could get her shots! He was genuinely interested, and I think a little bit excited that we were to be unconventional and there would be a martial arts influence with some of the North East's top Black Belts present! I think the sword thing must have sounded a bit mad as well :) It took no time or discussion for Stephen and I to agree and Dirk was booked. We had the most beautiful pre-wedding photographs done at Roker beach in Sunderland. It was so difficult to choose from those they were all stunning and we felt very reassured that we were going to get some tremendous photographs at our wedding. Dirk kept in close contact throughout and this settled me a great deal. Nothing was too much trouble. The evening before I stayed at Close House Hotel in Wylam with my family. During the evening it started to snow. I could hardly contain my excitement and texted Dirk a couple of times as it was too much to hope for, my castle with snow!! Dirk came the next morning amidst crisp white snow and took some photo's at Close House before we set off for the Castle. There was just enough snow! It looked fantastic and the photo's I have are beautiful! Really the day went so quickly and most of the time I did not even know Dirk was there. We did not want too many posed photographs and he has managed to capture natural images of everyone without (seemingly) any effort.

He coped so well with the madness that was my room full of bridesmaids just prior to the wedding and everyone loved him!

His manner was faultless, he was reassuring through out and was relentless! He stayed until really late, much later than I had thought and we have some of the most stunning photographs of Stephen and I outside of the castle in the dark with a full moon peeping from behind a cloud. I cannot tell you how delighted I am with our album.

I love that it is actually a book with far more photographs in than a conventional album.

I love that it is practicable and portable and won't end up under a bed or in the loft in years to come. I love that it tells a beautiful fairy tale, and I was absolutely a princess, with my claret and gold dress in my castle with my prince!

Each turn of the page still startles me with the easiness of it, the completely relaxed and fun moments are there for us. There is nothing that required any effort for us, Dirk had quite simply "nailed it"!! Our day was full of laughter and this is very apparent from our album.

Dirk charmed everyone and I can only reflect on our B & Q conversation and say that "it does what it says on the tin"!! He promised an album that would truly capture the day, he promised that we need not worry about the photography and he promised the photographs would be perfect. He did all of this and more. My testimonial may be a bit long but I could honestly write more. I will end how I started. Stop looking, he is it, you will not regret it I promise.(Oh and your mam and aunties might fancy him...) shell xx

MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THEIR WEDDING ARE HERE ON MY WEBSITE

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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW ON BOARD HISTORIC HMS TRINCOMALEE

Getting married onboard one of the oldest warships afloat is wedding venue you will never forget, but HMS Trincomalee, situated in a dock at Hartlepool Historic Quay on the north east coast of England, is one such venue.

She was built in 1817 and was restored to her full glory as part of the creation of Hartlepool Marina in the 1990's and is now a proud centrepiece for the town which has just hosted the 2010 Tall Ships races with over 1 million visitors.

I photographed Sue and Derek's small intimate wedding on board, and it was the first wedding in 14 years where the wedding breakfast was served in the captain's Cabin - because there were less than 20 people in the party.

The catering and food was fantastic, and Sue and Derek will never forget their special Valentine's Day wedding on board HMS Trincomalee.

The happy couple have wrote to me on their return from their honeymoon in Mexico, to thank me:

"... If you are reading this testimony, I imagine it's because you want to engage a wedding photographer and are considering Dirk for the role.

Look no further. Either by good fortune, recommendation, or testimonies such as this, you have found one of the very best. Sign him up quickly and then relax in the knowledge that your special occasion is in good hands!

Susan and I engaged Dirk for our Valentine's Day wedding on board the historic frigate HMS Trincomalee and we were won over by both his professionalism and creativity - and especially his open and friendly demeanour. We really were overjoyed when he agreed to take on our small intimate wedding.

One look at his website and BLOG will tell you that he is no ordinary photographer and certainly not a 'standard' wedding photographer.

If you want stiffly posed photographs that eat up your special day, I'm sure he could turn his hand to that, but neither Dirk or we had that in mind.

We asked Dirk to capture the essence of the wedding celebrations, the fun and the laughter and the love.

We welcomed Dirk as a guest, a member of the family if you will, and he was with us from the start to the end, and he also joined us for dinner. Apart from being great company, he also succeeded in taking great photographs - mostly without the subjects being aware.

The result is a most magnificent A3 wedding book full of more than 160 top class wedding photographs - the best we have ever seen!

We saw the early results on his BLOG and a private website which showed usa ll the photographs, while we were on honeymoon in Mexico.

Dirk is a photographer of course, a brilliant photographer .. but he brings so much more to your wedding day experience.

Sign him up now, be happy and relax...."

DEREK AND SUSAN WOOD

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KERRY AND PAUL'S INTIMATE FAMILY WEDDING AT TYNEMOUTH

Kerry and Paul's wedding was going to be just the way I like my weddings - relaxed, chilled out and interesting with lots of opportunities to capture natural, happy images of them both enjoying a fabulous wedding day celebration with family and friends.

The weather was great all day - clear blue skies and fluffy white clouds - and although I would prefer slightly overcast, it's a lot better than wind and rain coming in sideways!

It was the second recent wedding I have photographed at Holy Saviours Church in Tynemouth and although there are restrictions on photography, the church itself is very nice inside and it also has a small pretty garden area with a nice lawn and shrubs for a few relaxed portraits.

Soon enough we were off to the very smart Arch Restaurtant in the Tynemouth for the reception and speeches with some wonderful food.

There was time to get a few photographs of Kerry and Paul too later on before we headed off for the evening reception by walking through the main street and cliff tops to Crusoes Café on the beach at Tynemouth Longsands.

There were a few additional guests arriving, but before they did Kerry and Paul and I and some of their closest friends gallopped down to the water's edge for some fun photos too.

The North Sea on the north east coast of England is never the most attractive location, but this evening the gods shined upon us all, the sea looked as blue as the Caribbean and the setting sun warmed us all up nicely and made for some great photographs to finish off a wedding album or print as a large canvas or acrylic.

A great day of celebration - and then it was off to Egypt for Kerry and Paul, with their proof prints and presentation box awaiting their return!

If you are marrying at Tynemouth soon, give me a call and I'd be happy to advise and help you with your wedding day photography and plans.

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