It is a family run venue and offers excellent support and services.  It is licensed for civil marriages and partnership ceremonies and caters perfectly for wedding receptions also.

We have had the pleasure of photographing at Sandhole Oak Barn on many occasions and it is one of our favourite wedding venues.  There is so much from a photographers perspective that you can take advantage of at Sandhole Oak Barn – the long winding lane through the open fields leading to the barn gives you an an insight of what’s to come , the beautiful barn itself and the decking overlooking the lake – a great place for you and your guests to relax during your wedding day.   For the more quirky couples there is also an old tractor that lends itself to some fun photographs.

You can see some of our favourites images from James & Helen’s featured wedding at Sandhole Oak Barn

If you are considering holding your wedding / civil ceremony or your wedding reception at Sandhole Oak Barn then please do contact us – we would love the opportunity to discuss your wedding photography requirements with you both in more detail.

We first met James & Helen approximately 6 months prior to their wedding and their brief was to keep it fun and relaxed which was great. Their wedding car was to be their pride and joy – a blue VW Camper Van aptly named “Bluebell”.  Their Ceremony was going to be held at to beautiful St Mary’s Church at Whitegate and then onto Sandhole Oak Barn for their wedding reception.  Annette and the team from Top Table Catering were organising events and ensured everything ran smoothly.

Helen’s dress was simply stunning and elegant which complimented her  so well and of course, she got to show off those amazing Jimmy Choo’s and of course not forgetting the wellies that Helen brought with her and actually got to wear for some of the shots

We had a fantastic time photographing James & Helen wedding and of course not forgetting Bluebell  we had a lot of fun incorporating Bluebell into the pictures

A few kind words from James and Helen:

“Thank you both so much for the amazing photography of our Wedding Day.  The mix of formal and informal photographs were super and caught everyone so naturally!  You have been absolutely brilliant from start to finish and we can’t thank you enough”

James & Helen Piggin

Below are a just few of our most favourite images for you to view and it was difficult narrowing them down.  James & Helen, you were fantastic and we cannot thank you enough for allowing us to be part of your Special Day.

You approach the stunning hotel via its impressive mile long driveway surrounded on both sides by their spectacular 6,824 yard Championship Cheshire golf course being voted the Best 2011 North of England Golf ResortResort in Today’s Golfer Travel Awards.

Carden Park offers award winning restaurants, cocktails to suit every taste and a relaxing spa offering a vast range of treatments helping you to feel totally relaxed for whatever the occasion.  They also host a 20 metre swimming pool if you fancy a dip before breakfast and for the more fitness conscious, there is a gymnasium for you to take full advantage of with personal trainers available to offer that extra piece of advice if needed.

Carden Park is a short travelling distance from the beautiful historic city of Chester in case you fancy venturing out a little further into the fabulous Cheshire countryside.

You can see some of our favourite images from James & Rachel’s featured wedding at Carden Park

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at Carden Park, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements with you both in more detail.

Arley Hall is a grand country house in Arley, Cheshire and is home to Viscount Ashbrook and family who own the property.  The Hall is a Grade II listed building surrounded by the most amazing gardens which are also listed as Grade II on the National Register of Historic Parks & Gardens with even more listed buildings within the grounds themselves and in particular the crick barn which is a Grade I listed building in its own right.  The hall and grounds are steeped in history and it was originally built between 1832 and 1845 to replace an earlier house on the existing site.  It also has an impressive clock tower, thought to be built in the 19th century, which stands at the end of a tree lined avenue which you pass through on your approach the impressive main hall.

The house itself and the gardens are open to the public and have been since the 1960s however when a wedding takes place the house is closed off to the public so it can be enjoyed privately by the happy couple and their wedding guests.

We have photographed at Arley Hall on several occasions and the staff are second to none – extremely organised and very efficient to ensure that the day runs so smoothly.

We are looking forward to being back at Arley Hall again soon to capture some more wonderful images for our bride and grooms.

You can see some of our favourite images from Rob & Sharon’s featured wedding at Arley Hall here.

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at Arley Hall, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements in more detail.

We have photographed several weddings here and every time we find new opportunities and locations for us to capture.  The staff are extremely friendly and helpful which every couple needs to help their special day run as smoothly as possible.   Mottram Hall also has a stunning lake which lends itself to a great backdrop for your wedding photographs.

We are delighted to share a couple of our featured weddings at Mottram Hall – see below:

Anthony & Kerry’s Wedding

Darren & Emma’s Wedding

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at Mottram Hall, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements in more detail.

Willington Hall has a selection of rooms that can accommodate your ceremony and wedding reception; The Gainsborough room and the Richmond room  for the smaller wedding party with the Hamilton suite licensed for 150 guests.  If you fancy an outdoor wedding, then they also have a licence to perform Civil Ceremonies in the Temple which is located within the stunning grounds of Willington Hall and  again offers the stunning views over the Cheshire countryside.

This truly is a beautiful wedding venue with lots of photographic opportunities where we absolutely love photographing at.

You can see some of our favourite images from Andy & Cath’s featured wedding at Willington Hall here

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at Willington Hall, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements in more detail.

Statham Lodge also has a Garden Terrace Gazebo which allows couples to hold there civil wedding ceremony outside in the surroundings of the beautiful gardens.

You can see some of our favourite images from Dave & Hannah’s featured wedding at Statham Lodge here

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at Statham Lodge, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements in more detail.

As a wedding photographer, Cheshire, we knew from the moment we saw the venue,  we would capture lots of exciting and stunning images for our couples.  It has a unique Mediterranean roof garden which is great for wedding guests to relax and enjoy the day and with the busy hustle and bustle of the busy town of Knutsford literally on the doorstep, it all lends to a great Cheshire wedding venue with lots of great wedding photograph opportunity.  This is a classic but modern venue with period antiques, Venetian glass mosaic floors and beautiful inglenooks and alcoves.

You can see some of our favourite images from David & Kat’s featured wedding at the Belle Epoque here

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at the Belle Epoque, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements in more detail.

This last year has seen us photographing weddings throughout Cheshire and the width and breadth of the whole North West; Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire, Staffordshire and beyond – we were also very pleased to be shortlisted for the 2012 Wedding Industry Awards for the North West region.

We feel really humbled and honoured to have had the opportunity to meet some lovely Brides & Grooms and to have been able to capture their special day for them and would like to take this opportunity to thank them all.

We have included 1 wedding image from every wedding we did in 2011; this was not as easy as it sounds as there were some lovely wedding images to choose from and it was really difficult to limit it to only one photograph.

We hope you enjoy looking through the images as much as we did taking them (we have added a video link as well as posting the images)

Looking forward to a fantastic 2012.

Steve & Sandra
SMH Photography

For the more observant of you, you may have noticed that we have inserted 61 images as we couldn’t help but celebrate the end of 2011 with a fabulous firework finale from Carl & Leanne’s wedding

Belle Epoque is a unique and intimate wedding venue in Knutsford with great  and quirky interior decor and features.

We arrived early afternoon to capture Kat’s bridal preps accompanied by her bridesmaid Mandy and Kat looked simply stunning in her Amanda Wyatt wedding gown.  Amanda Wyatt creates some amazing wedding gowns and Kat’s dress was an extremely elegant and sophisticated example.

Then we were down to the Belle Epoque bar to to capture David and his groomsmen who all looked fantastic in dinner jackets and black tie .   Unfortunately the weather was a little damp but it didn’t dampen anyones spirits – they had a fantastic day and we had lots of fun being their wedding photographer capturing them and their guests  The wedding party danced the night away to a fabulous band until the early hours.

A lovely testimonial from David & Kat :

We would like to say a massive thank you for being so great, understanding, organised and such a good laugh. You were both wonderful and very professional. After we met at our house for the pre-wedding introductions we knew you would do a great job, more so following the meeting at the venue. 

We really enjoyed you doing the photography and being around the whole day, blending into the background when appropriate and running the show when you could! Belle Époque commented on how good you were and I hope you took my advice and left your contact details for them to recommend you to future weddings. Some of our guests commented on how professional you both were and worked as a team to get the shots we required.

 Will definitely be using you in the future for other photographic requirements, both personally and work based.  

David & Kat

 

We would also like to thank the staff at the Belle Epoque for helping David & Kat’s wedding run so smoothly.

It really was an absolute pleasure to capture their wedding and here are a few of our favourite images from their special day.

If you are considering holding your wedding ceremony or holding your wedding reception at the Belle Epoque, please do contact us - we would love to discuss your wedding photography requirements in more detail.