Beautiful people. Beautiful hearts. Gorgeous children. Happy photographer.
Meet Margret and Geoff their wonderful families and beautiful children.
Thank you guys for welcoming me into your home and your moments. It was an emotional day all round. Enjoy las vagas!
Much love!

DD =  Danielle and Daneil!! Their wedding was a wonderful trip spent in Thailand!  I just got lucky enough to take their reception photographs. It ws a great day  full with family, friends and good times.   Here is my interpretation of their extraordinary wedding. 

It was an amazing wedding, full of truly beautiful people. Not only typically beautiful, but people with the most beautiful hearts, amazing personalities, love and soul. Thank you Angela and Lee for choosing me as your Photographer. The photographs are amazing and Angela and Lee look incrdable, hope you enjoed the rest of your weddigng, see you both soon. x

I cn say i never do landscapes … but when you see one like this you just have to!

She was perfect from the moment i walked in the door…. one word for Leanne and its Miss Giggles!! Wynyard Hall is not only a stunning resort. But an amazing wedding venue as well.  The staff are wonderful, the rooms exquisite and the views breathtaking.  Here are my very favorites from Leanne and Alexs wedding that we done on saturday, the sun was out and everything was perfect.  I do have a problem though!  There are so many more perfect photos from there wedding that i cant possably put them all up.!  Cant wait for you to see them when you get back… enjoy yourself xx

A fellow photographer emailed me yesterday to ask me a few questions about my business, my clients and how I go about my everyday bookings, and essentially how I got to be where I am today. Answering her, I was struck by how much my business has grown and flourished in the past three years. Humbled, and as always grateful. One of the questions she asked was…

When do you feel most successful as a photographer?

My instant reaction and immediate response was “When my clients see their images, and cry.” Thats how I measure success. Honestly. I love nothing more, than when those who have chosen me to capture their treasured memories for them, are speechless, are happy, are thrilled. That means more to me than anything. So in thinking about it, I realized I may need to share with you some of the heartbreakingly beautiful images from a few of my wedding clients. I am so honored they chose me to photograph their weddings, and so terribly happy that they love their time with me, and their images. Enjoy.

Its the 1st of December today, the first day of christmas. I cant wiat its Pierce’s first crimbo and its going to be great.  Here we have  Debbie and Phill, such a great pair and another fabulous addition to my last wedding sessions of 2009. There wedding was fab and it went so smoothly, it was perfect in every way. no stress, no hassel….. just pure fun, happiness and love.
where has this year gone, before you know it, it’s Christmas… then New Years… then wedding season again… (oh wait… and Pierces 1st bday somewhere in there too!)
Here is a few of my favorites from such a sweet wedding. I wish you all the best and enjoy your around the world trip guys. Dont know why they didnt opt for a photographer on there hoonymoon! x

OOoops whats going on here!!!

A Happy wedding photographer, nears the end of a busy wedding season.  Armed with her favorite cameras, lenses she heads off to see Andrew and Katie, look at these images, and know, that these two are wonderful.  Such a beautiful bride… She tries not to complain, but is somewhat worn down.  Pregnant.  Emotional.  Not feeling entirely herself.  (Yes, I said pregnant)  Tired. Suffering from a bad tummy and feeling nauseous.  Trying desperately to shake it all off.  And to top it all its with twins!  And looking every bit amazing.  Every one of my brides looks stunning on there wedding day but a beautiful glowing Katie gives all my brides a run for there money.  I just have to say well done Katie for keeping it together…. I know the twins where a little naughty.  What a wonderful crew of people and what a beautiful place to have all of the people you love celebrate your wedding. I wish you all the best and cant wait to see these two adorable little bunddels.  Much love XX

Blame the twins………

Never mind the rain…… look at what amazing photos you get from it.

This is my favorite pic of them both… I think i have caught Andrew just right here…. Cant tell you what he said though….!

Aww Jasmin…… dont be like that….!

I love this, What a wonderful idea to entertain your guest. If you dont know me then its a drawing of me….. And it looks like me to! x

Enjoy the lakes and i will see you three soon. x

Well it was a bit of a bad start of the day for me….Every photographers nightmere, As i walked from my car this friday morning to Natalies hair salon, as soon as I took my camera from my bag it steams up… I waited…. and waited!  Nothing!  What was i going to do?  Normally it would only take a few minutes for it to get back to temp, this had been 40 minutes. I called in my wonderful assistant to bring along another back up! Pedal to the metal flat out she came with my camera! By the time Claire got here my camera wa sworking perfectly!  Typical!

On to there wedding,  Finally it is beginning to feel like Autum. This past Friday turned out to be a beautiful day, with gorgeous people, adorably little children and a bride and groom who are perfect. I was certainly not disappointed.  A perfect day, for an amazing couple… Meet Adam and Natalie and all of those who love them!!!

Yes, It’s been quiet on the blog.  But it certainly hasn’t been quiet in Andrea Ayre  Photography land.

Weddings in HOT HOT places, the duty of bridesmaid…. Yeah at last, always photographer never bridesmaid!  Photographing my little one and Pete. What a great job I have.

This was one of those wedding, that I knew… without a doubt would be perfect. Even better that Laura is one of my very best friends

Darren is the most organized self proclaimed groom-zilla I’ve ever encountered. Definitely not in a negative way, but in a fun, obsessive list writing, detail focused sort of way.  He said to me when he was getting ready that he just knew that laura would look amazing,  He was right there…. You looked absolutly beautiful.   I am so honored to have photographed a wedding from one of my favorite families on the planet.  The Webb family oozes love and meaning like no other.  I could see how proud Jaquie was when she walked in the room and saw her daughter for the first time on her wedding day. Tears where rolling down her face.  Her dad is a fun charictor and behind all his jokes I could tell that he was the proudest man in the world this day.  In any case, their wedding was sunny, and bright,….to say the least!!!  And full of love, and smiles, and laughter.  The whole experience was exactly as I had suspected, perfect.

The pleasure was truly all mine!! I love you two xx

I had to put my little fella in there…. bless him, just getting ready for laura and darrens big day .!

You can tell they are made for each other.

We hope you will find the images to be fresh, alive and very exciting!  Andrea consistently prides herself on creating timeless images that inspire and amaze.  She passionately and lovingly captures images that you and your loved ones will undoubtedly cherish.  You’ll wonder why you had waited so long.   A little something on how I feel about weddings:  The reason I stay up late, get up early, work all day and at times neglect my own personal life…has everything to do with love.  Real love,  and the inspiration in finding that love within my couples,  my families and everything around me.  Not to mention the intense gratification I feel when my images mean something to someone.  And to be surrounded with what I find beautiful all the time.  Real stories, create real moments. Real moments, create the most inspiration, and to me… the most amazing  wedding photographs. 

 If your planning your wedding day and would like some infomation from us your best off poping into our studio to have a chat and cupper with Andrea.  We wont hardsell on you and would just like you to ask as many questions as you can and look through our albums and layout work.  We ask you to notice our work… not the album,  ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS can get all albums!  We want you to notice the detail, the absolute magic, and that your wedding photgraphs are nothing short of spectacular.  You need a photographer who is going to work with you, not tell you what they will do!   You need a photographer who will capture every minute and not leave anything out… this is a day you cannot re-do afterall,  choosing a photographer who is interested in YOU is so important.!  You need a photgrapher with a good reputation.  You need a photgrpaher who you truely trust to deliver you the best possable result of your wedding day plus more.  Each wedding is tailored to how you want it… everyone is different and your not going to be the same as the bride and groom the weekend before!  Even though this is my profession  I do beleive this is one of the most important decision’s  you will ever make. We know your wedding photographs are  unique.  Not only does it alone remain to show you where your wedding expenditure went, but it’s value grows with years. While everything else connected to a wedding is a cost, your wedding photography is an investment.

Before your wedding day begins, we need to have a few meetings to ensure we are on a understanding and draw up what we are going to be covering on the day…. also we need to do our fun pre-wedding photo shoot.  You will view through them and see what you like and dislike, this makes you confident that on the day you are getting exactly what you want.

A good wedding Photographer tells the story of your special day. This always starts with pictures of the bride getting ready at home. being a female team this always helps.  We dont do different packages or diferent coverage,  I dont undersatand how photographers can turn up to your wedding day half and hour before the service and leave afterwards and call themselfs a photographer…. ! What about the beginning of the story, the emotions, the excitment, the nerves, the beauty of the full day..?

We will take an unlimited number of images, as many as is appropriate to fully capture the coverage you require, using the latest digital professional photographic equipment and lenses.

We will preview your wedding photos in our studio, we work on a personal level and what could be more personal than viewing your wedding pics!  We can help give you direction , and with our experience can help you deceide what layouts work best with your photographs.  Normally  we would get in contact with yourself  in approxmetly 21-28 days after the wedding. This depends on wedding season. We will have all your photographs ready to view on a music slideshow along with layouts we have created to go into different albums, books and storybooks.  This is great for people who dont know what they are going for, and untill you view your photgraphs… how would you?  This is a fab way of seeing how your photographs could have the best potential.  Sit back and remember the day as it truely was…. we have plenty of tissues…!

Here at Exposure Photography, we fully understand that every wedding is unique, and it is our aim to create a wedding album for you that captures all the joy, emotion and events of the day, and an album that is as original and different as the day itself.

 Every wedding is unique,  there are so many variations of albums. Every Bride and Groom has different requirements,You might want an album that stays in line with the thyme of your wedding and stays in line with your colours, therefore we don’t do ‘packages’ but will discuss all the album options and coverage options available to you and agree costs with you once your requirement has been discussed and understood.

CD Containing all of the images taken at your wedding  (excluding blinks) 

Reprints are available at £10  for an 10×8 print mounted in a card folder.   All other sizes of reprints are sold mounted and framed and are priced according to the size and type of the framing options required.   For a full list come in to our studio.

Albums:   After you have viewed your wedding  photographs we will start putting album designs together for you… depending on the album depends on the cost!  This is an expense you pay for after the wedding.  Its simple  you pay for the album you choose.   And that could be from £100 up to £1000  remember we create your photographs, you choose the album and we design from there. We never print or send any album designs off untill your both completely happy with the end reslut.

Potentially thousands of pounds worth of images all for ….£300

Please use this price list as a guide, however, we are pleased to discuss with you any variations you may require regarding coverage or album type.

Terms & Conditions

A non refundable deposit of £200.00 is payable at the time of booking. The remaining balance is payable 14 days prior to the wedding. Any reprint orders must be paid for on placement of the order and any money for reprint orders from relatives or friends must be collected by the bridal couple. 

PREVIEW ALBUM 

Preview albums are not offered as all photography is done digitally. Your wedding images can be previewed in our studio at a time best to suit you. WE work on a late evening to accommodate all you 9-5 workers!

COPYRIGHT

This remains the property of Exposure Photography and any unauthorized copying of photographs is strictly forbidden and illegal.

PRICES

All prices are subject to alteration, but will remain unchanged once a deposit has been received. No part of the finished order will be released by us until full payment of the whole amount owing has been made.

CHEQUES

Please make all cheques payable to Exposure Photography

 www.exposure-photography.co.uk

andrea_ayre@yahoo.com

163a York Road Hartlepool TS269EA

07931257281

We already have  a number of dates in 2010 and 2011 going.  If you are hoping to book with me, and your date looks to be still available, send me and email to andrea_ayre@yahoo.com   and we’ll see what we can do!   We look forward to hearing from you!

Keep a look out on our blog page for our weddings, we post every wedding on there only days after we have done them. Its good to be nosey and have a look and read through what  myself and my clients have wrote.

So, I’m totally overwhelmed with both weddings I had the immense pleasure to photograph this weekend.
Totally overwhelmed, we will start todays blog off with Robbie and Paulas wedding at Shotton Hall.

Robbie and Paula have been great, from their pre wedding shoot in the studio, both of them had the giggles to their wedding day they have been so much fun, up for anything,  and completely happy to let my creative mind go wild and free for some not so conventional portraits.  I love  it when my couples are able to stretch themselves for something different, fresh and wonderful! Their connection was amazing which tells me there marrage is’nt only going to work but its going to last. Your made for each other, I hope you have a long happy life together guys.   P.S. Thanks for sitting me on table number TEN…!  Enjoy my selection see you when you get back from Cuba.

Th nerve’s hit here I think!  Get some more champs.!

Aww little munchkin… you are beautiful.

Just perfect…

This was when Paula went to the loo…… sorry he couldnt help himself.!

There are certain shoots… certain people, that just stick out as down right incredible.   To me, this was one of them.
Their wedding was sunny, I think it was one of the hottest days of the year, It was  full of love, and smiles, and laughter.   The whole experience was exactly as I had suspected, perfect.  Claire was so excited to be getting married she had tears in her eyes all morning, you nearly had me going Claire!

Lee looked so proud, you could see it in his eyes when she walked through those doors, his heart must have missed a beat. Your day was perfect, just like I knew it would be. Your both beautiful people and I hope every day is as wonderfull as Saturday was for you.

Some of the best speeches I’ve ever heard, came from this wedding.  Soulful,  sweet,  and not to mention absolutely hysterically funny. Shawn Well done.!  I hope you all like my collection from Claire and Lee’s day.

Wow your sunny day was beautiful…. I just LOVE the sky on here.

Ooops whats going on here…!

Well done Shawn, your speach was BRILL….!

I don’t know why I rarely post the very candid moments from weddings, especially as they are usually my favorites.  It is the photojournalist in me, that longs to just stay amidst the crowd and capture people as they truly are.   Sarah and Dom’s beautiful wedding, was exactly what I needed to fuel me up, and inspire me to finish off this wedding season with a bang.  There are not a lot of weddings left for me this year. In fact, there are only nine.  And they are scatted about up untill December.  But I believe now, after Sarah and Dom’s… I am ready to conquer the rest of them, with the same gusto, passion and spirit as if I were at the first one.  I had a wonderful day with you guys, Thank you for being an awesome couple.   Hope your days are forever filled with love.

Make my day… leave a comment… I dare you.

How cute.

I love this shot……. It was even better telling them to do it.!

I met up with everyone at Redworh Hall  (which is not only beautiful, but incredibly charming as well!) The building is old, and creaky, yet beautifully modern as well… We put  Nicola  in her dress immediately and everything flowed so perfectly from there .  It didnt stop raining untill the sevice when we had blue skies. Fantastic views.  Loving parents.  Supportive, amusing,  helpful,  friends.  Big hearts and a LOT of energy.   But I could have told you that before I arrived at there wedding. I have known Nicola for a few years now and her and Mark are a match made in heaven.   I have been looking forward to this day for some time now, I cant believe it has come so fast.

Perhaps my favorite part of the day  was when Nics dad took a deep breath and walked his daughter down the isle, you could almost see him become incredibly present, as he looked over at her he was so proud…. maybe the vows, maybe the music, All of it was breathtaking.

Just look at how radiant Nic is in every single photo. Look how calm Mark appears, and then check out what  magic we  created when we were left alone for their intimate images after the ceremony. Goosebumps, romance, laughter, tears, and a whole vast array of emotions made this day something incredibly special.

Congratulations Nicola and Mark, and may all of your days be as magical as Saturday was!
(p.s… there are A LOT of images that follow… I COULD NOT CHOOSE)

LOVE, LOVE LOVE your shoes Nic……..!

How beautiful does she look.

I really love this photo.

Just before this pic was took, a bee flew by Jenna…. I would love to have put it on here but I dont think she would be happy wiyh me!!!

• I can’t believe there is no more weddings left in August. The summer has gone by so fast and we’ve had a full summer filled with beautiful weddings all over the country. This is the last wedding of my long  three weddings this weekend…. but not at all the least.  Amazing couple, visibly wrapped up in each other. Neither nervous. Both ready.
  Their wedding, August  30th 2009.  It was a beautiful day.
  Here is how I saw it.
  Getting Cheryl into her dress.