FUNNY: Liz Lemon offers kind words to Grizz about his wedding (and choosing a best man)

LIZ LEMON: [To Grizz, who is having a difficult time choosing either Tracy Jordan or Dot Com as best man for his wedding]

Don't even have a best man!  Your wedding day is about you and your bride.  So who cares what anyone else thinks?  Love isn't judgmental.  Love is patient.  Love is...weird, and sometimes gross.  Love is elusive, and you found it, so treasure it.  And maybe, don't leave it alone with Dot Com.

GRIZZ: [Completely straightfaced, without emotion]

That was beautiful.  Look at me, crying like a baby.

-from 'Argus' the peacock episode, 30 Rock on NBC.  First broadcast 29 April 2010.

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WEDDING: Pomona, CA Officiant at Coco Palm Restaurant

Coco Palms Restaurant: Pomona, CA Officiant ,
originally uploaded by dj venus.

Congratulations, Mike and Tricia!  This wonderful couple's ceremony included a quote from Coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers, since they are both avid sports and football fans:

"Change is part of this business, it's going to happen. Sometimes it's going to be more unpleasant than others, but it's the nature of what we do."

Tricia and Mike's families are of Mexican and Samoan background.  Please note the leis above, a wedding tradition from the Samoan culture.  Best of all, the GROOM began crying from the moment his lovely bride joined him for the ceremony!

Their wedding took place on the smaller restaurant terrace outside the 'Bolero Room' (side note: there were literally three other events taking place on this day).  Steffany and Carson, the husband and wife photographer team at NOTHING BUT MIRACLES, provided photography services [Please note, photo above is not their work; i will post as soon as they are made available].  Both were very kind and approachable, and you could sense the positive dynamic between these two artists who also happened to be married!

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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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POETRY: "Separation" by W. S. Merwin, United States' Poet Laureate #17

Separation  by W. S. Merwin

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.

What a beautiful poem!  i heard a short interview with the poet from his home on Maui on NPR.  The Library of Congress named Mr. Merwin as Poet Laureate on Thursday.  See the NY Times article here.

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HEADLAM HALL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

HEADLAM HALL IS A GREAT LOCATION FOR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY, A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER'S DREAM AND FOR THOSE BRIDES WHO CHOOSE SUCH A FANTASTIC WEDDING VENUE FOR THEIR SUMMER OR WINTER WEDDING, THERE'S ALWAYS A GREAT WELCOME AND SERVICE FROM STAFF.

One of my recent weddings was for Rachel and Jonathan who wanted a really chilled out wedding with their closest family and friends at St Godric's Church in Durham with a wedding reception at Headlam Hall on the border between North Yorkshire, Teesdale and County Durham - and they got their wish!

Both training to be dentists, I had met with them at Headlam Hall with Rachel's mum too about 18 months or so before their wedding, just chatting and laughing about their plans for their wedding in Durham and their plans for their reception at Headlam Hall.

It was a beautiful day in August and the gathering friends and relatives at St Godric's Church on the hill close to Durham were full of excited chatter about the day ahead. Jonathan was calm cool and collected, and later, when Rachel arrived in her beautiful classic Jaguar car, not only did she look stunning, but she was also pretty cool and relaxed too.

The wedding ceremony was fun too, and the clergy were kind enough to allow me to discreetly take photographs during the ceremony from the front of the church - usually no bother in a Catholic church, but rare in a C of E Church nowadays.

The 'secret' garden lay down pas a car park, and through a covered walkway, and down the side of a house which opened out into quite the best viewpoint of Durham Cathedral I have seen - and terrific for a few formal family wedding photographs before we headed to Headlam Hall.

Headlam Hall, along with Crathorne Hall is one of the finest wedding venues for civil ceremonies and receptions for many, many miles around. One of my all time favourite venues.

Service, attention to detail and staff are second to none - highly recommended

Champagne and canapes with the vast gardens at the guests' disposal gave me the chance to capture the fun and atmosphere of the day and after an hour or so of relaxed conversation in the sun, I quickly gathered close relatives together together with siblings and bridesmaids for a few quick, relaxed group shots and one main photograph of the whole party on the lawn - total 10 minutes, everyone was smiling, that laughed at my silly jokes and the photographs looked great!

Why does it take so many 'wedding photographers' so looooong to complete these images?

Into the Edwardian Suite for the wedding breakfast which was superb as always, and then tears, laughter and fun during some excellent speeches - giving me lots of photograph opportunities.

By the end of the fun, it was 7pm and it was time for me to grab Rachel and Jonathan for 15 minutes to create some nice photographs of them together in the grounds - but return them in time to greet their evening guests and ready themselves for their first dance and the fun of the evening ahead!

I left about 9pm, the party was in full swing ... and I was off to edit their photographs so they would be ready on their return from the Far East from honeymoon.

I hope you enjoyed a small number of the 400+ final edited images which documents their fantastic wedding at Durham and at Headlam Hall

IF YOU ENJOYED THESE IMAGES ... WHY NOT HAVE A LOOK AT RHOANNE AND ANDREW'S WEDDING AT HEADLAM HALL?

If you would like me to capture great images at your Headlam hall wedding, then ring me for FREE on 0800 804 7270 or my mobile on 0778 7150966

MORE DETAILS ON MY WEBSITE HERE

My latest wedding news and photographs HERE

DIRK VAN DER WERFF

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NEWS: A Non-Denominational Ceremony is Best of 2009!

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Chicago, IL (January 13, 2010) -- OneWed.com, the ultimate online resource for wedding planning and home of WeddingPreParty.com, today announced the recipients of their "Best of 2009" awards.   The program celebrates the best wedding planning and service professionals in the wedding business, and OneWed is pleased to honor A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY with this distinction.

The wedding professionals selected for this prestigious acknowledgement are an elite group of vendors who have received the most positive reviews based upon OneWed's 5-Star rating system. Each year, the coveted award is only given to the most highly-rated OneWed wedding vendors as voted by couples themselves.  "We are thrilled to award A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY with this prestigious annual honor," says Jennifer Napier, VP of Marketing.  "At OneWed, we believe in sharing the love, and we're so excited to celebrate the wedding specialists who work every day to make couple's wedding days as memorable as possible."
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The previous excerpt was taken from a OneWed.com press release.  For more information, or for a free, no-obligation consultation about your wedding ceremony, please see A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY on the web!

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Wedding Cakes and suppliers ..... HMS TRINCOMALEE

I'm forever being asked where to source different wedding cakes / wedding favours - even wedding dresses when I'm showing off our portfolio of wedding photographs to prospective clients.

I try to remember and make note of different suppliers at different weddings but it's not always possible as every day is hectic (as well as fun...).

The good thing is that I keep in contact with many of my brides from over the years (and I'm photographing some of their children now...), so I can always e-mail or ring a bride to find out where the placecards were from, or who supplied the bouquet or perhaps the supplier of the entertainment for the evening reception.

So, with that, here's a beautiful cake that was at Susan and Derek's Valentine's Day wedding at HMS Trincomalee at the Historic Quay in Hartlepool and I can let you know that the supplier was Ice 'n Easy in Durham City.

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