Chris Freer Photography Blog

On the 06th April I was photographing the wedding of Karen & John. The service was held at the St Marys Church, Gosforth followed by the reception at the wonderful Westlakes Hotel. For anybody planning their wedding day in West Cumbria I would suggest going along to the Westlakes Hotel at Gosfor...

On the 12th April, I made my very first visit to one of the newest wedding venues in Cumbria. The Whitehaven Golf Club has excellent facilities and will certainly be one of the wedding reception venues in West Cumbria to look at if you are considering planning your wedding. Below is a small sele...

The Inn on the Lake Hotel is a fantastic wedding venue with its fantastic view and location. The hotel is certainly a favourite amongst wedding photographers and makes for some unique and dramatic Lake Wedding photographs.  The award winning 4 star Inn on the Lake hotel enjoys one of the mo...

On the 24th March I was at the Langdale Chase Hotel which overlooks Windermere to photograph the wedding of Natalie & Daniel. This was another very cold wedding as it was the same weekend when Cumbria was hit by major snow falls and a lot of road closures. It did limit us to spending only a smal...

On Saturday the 15th December I was in the beautiful Lorton Valley to photograph the wedding of Karen and Mark. The service was held at Lorton Church and then we headed over to the reception at Winder Hall. For anybody who is new to Winder Hall and is looking for a wonderful wedding venue then it wo...

On the 20th October I travelled over to Headlam Hall near Darlington for the wedding of Liam and Alison. This was my first visit to Headlam and I was really impressed, it’s make a fantastic wedding venue. The building, ground and staff certainly made for a great day. Headlam Hall was purchased b...

So what’s your favourite ‘Images of 2012’? It’s an almost impossible question because of the amount and variety of images taken throughout the year. To give you an idea, at the time of writing this I have taken 25,477 images in 2012, probably over half of those will have found the way into the r...

There is a saying in photography that you should upgrade your knowledge before your camera. This is true, however, there does come a point when the investment has to be made and the latest equipment has to be bought. For the past few years I have been mainly using my Canon 1Ds with back up from ...

Greg & Joanna’s wedding at Crosthwaite Church, Keswick & the Rheged Centre, Penrith.

   

James & Julia’s wedding at St Mark’s Church, Natland and Broadoaks Country House, Windermere.