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  • Hello there!

    Welcome to Christian Ward Photography. We are Christian and Erica - a husband and wife photographic team based in Chesterfield near Sheffield but delivering high quality wedding photography throughout the UK and for destination weddings. Information and a price guide are available through the Info link at the top left of this page. Contact us now to enquire about our availability.

    We specialise in delivering seamless cover of your entire day, capturing relaxed, natural, and beautiful photographs. We're passionate about photographing your wedding and would love to hear from you. Please do leave your comments on our photos and tell us what you think!
    (Our bio photo by Swedish photographer Isabelle Hesselberg)

Charlotte & Craig | A Spring E-Shoot

We had a gloriously sunny spring day for Charlotte and Craig’s engagement shoot in the beautiful North Lincolnshire countryside.  It was great fun meeting up with this lovely couple again, and as you’ll see a canine friend joined us for a few shots too!  We wandered round the grounds of Charlotte’s family home, soon to be the setting for their wedding reception, which promises to be a beautiful, stylish affair.  Thanks Charlotte and Craig for being so easy to photograph – looking forward to seeing you again next month!

April 3, 2012 - 11:00 pm

Lisa Dawn - What a stunning couple! Love the setting of the shoot, the natural feel and the last two images are really beautiful!

April 4, 2012 - 8:09 am

Charlotte - We are really pleased with these, thanks guys!! We can’t wait for the wedding day and to get lots of beautiful pictures just like these! So happy we picked you both as our photographers, you have worked wonders on us!! I think Rufus may have stolen the show in quite a few of those shots!! Hehe xxx

April 4, 2012 - 8:22 am

Jennifer wyman - Stunning photos! What a couple you make?! So excited after looking at these beautiful shots.

April 4, 2012 - 11:15 pm

Lauren - Lovely shots Christian! Stunning couple! 🙂

April 6, 2012 - 12:37 pm

Erica - Thanks everyone – glad you like them!

April 20, 2012 - 2:42 am

christina - What a beautiful set of photos, and what a stunning bride she will make.

May 1, 2012 - 1:15 am

Jonathan David - Awesome photos guys! Such a great setting – if only we had something like that here in Sydney!

May 4, 2012 - 11:40 am

Nadine - Absolutely amazing! The wedding will be such a beautiful day. I do have to agree with you though Charlotte, I think Rufus did steal the show 😀

May 22, 2012 - 3:09 pm

Ivy Boutique Hotel - There is nothing better , in my opinion, then using a garden or wooded/grassy area for a photo shoot. Love the contrasting colors and textures. Very pretty!

Kensington Roof Gardens Wedding | A Sneak Preview of Astrid & Edward

Well what a great way to kick off the 2012 wedding season- our third return to Kensington Roof Gardens in London- and for the wedding of Astrid and Edward; such a sweet couple! The happy newlyweds are in The Big Apple on honeymoon, so for now, here’s a sneaky look at what the day looked liked 6 floors above Kensington High Street!

March 1, 2012 - 10:40 pm

Kelly @ Boho Weddings - LOVE this wedding, it’s such an amazing venue and one fo my favouites. I guess you have someone to blog this, but if not I would love to do the honours xxxx

March 2, 2012 - 10:56 pm

Lauren - Great photos! Love that first shot especially!! Lauren x

March 23, 2012 - 1:45 pm

Sandra Hargreaves - Really nice pictures, love the first image.

Blenheim Palace Engagement Shoot | Emma & Gavin

I know- it’s been some time since we last blogged! But fear not, there’s plenty more coming up. First up is Emma and Gavin, and like many of our 2012 and 2013 couples, until this point we had only met virtually through the magic of Skype. Emma and Gavin live in Aberdeen (thus the reason for our initial pixellated chat) and they made our Skype conversation even more interesting than normal by introducing random and uncontrolled zooming of their webcam- it was quite funny for all concerned! Emma and Gavin made the brave decision of choosing to get married at a venue that they hadn’t seen in person, so as we were all driving in one car up the long road towards Blenheim Palace, for all four of us it was the very first time seeing it in the flesh. And what a sight it was. If they had any nerves over whether their choice would be the right one, they were allayed straight away! As we’re going to be shooting around the Palace grounds during their wedding, rather than use the same areas for their engagement shoot we decided we’d explore that massive amount of beautiful parkland that surrounds Blenheim. I don’t know how far we walked, but it was far! It was great to meet you at last, Emma and Gavin; enjoy your photos and we’ll see you on the big day!

Emma and Gavin in black and white, you’re my favourite.

February 28, 2012 - 10:25 am

Steve Hargreaves - Some beautiful natural images of the couple, love them and great processing too

February 29, 2012 - 10:11 pm

Erica - Thanks for your comment Steve – glad you enjoyed them!

March 28, 2012 - 10:53 pm

Emma - Thanks for a great day guys. We love the photos and the countdown is now on for the big day! Exciting xx

Pick n mix: the (as yet) unblogged

Browsing through our hard drives the other day, it struck us just how many of our images, no, weddings have not even seen light of day on our blog. What with the busy-ness of shooting, blogging has been less frequent and inclusive than we’d always like, so in an attempt to remedy that, we’ve had a VERY quick trawl through our files to spot weddings that we’ve not blogged (yet) and put together this collection of random photos that caught our eye on that whistlestop tour of our mammoth electronic archives. This was originally just supposed to be a short post with a few pretty pictures, but it has turned into something altogether bigger! But anyway, to start you off is Emma and Neil who were married in Suffolk, and had the most amazing light just before sundown:

This is the Great Conservatory at Syon Park. Pretty awe-inspiring, and we photographed Nazia and Joel’s wedding there earlier this year.

Emma and Jon were married in the most beautiful Cornish countryside. The clouds rained and the sun shone, but it was probably the most perfect day you could ever experience.

Our very own styled shoot – My Pretty Little Gypsy Wedding- as featured in You & Your Wedding magazine and on Rock My Wedding.

Charlotte and Nathan’s wedding at Heathy Lea near Chatsworth House.

Emma and Jon again, in Cornwall. So what if it rains?

Steph & Ashley’s happy day.

This was one of the tables at Emma & Neil’s wedding in Suffolk. I love in this photo how it feels like the outside has been brought in.

Nazia & Joel at Syon Park.

Claire and Dan, a beautiful wheat field, West Carlton Country Guesthouse

Confetti BUBBLES!

Give it up for the shoes. Jon’s custom Converse put in an honorary appearance.

The lovely couple- Laura and Matiss- at Sefton Park in Liverpool

Fran looking amazing in her Jenny Packham dress.

Maddy and Christian, Hillsborough Walled Gardens in Sheffield

I wish I knew this dog’s name. He/She’s our favourite dog ever to appear at a wedding reception. (He/She needn’t know that they’re the ONLY dog to appear at a wedding reception we’ve photographed). Look out out later as he/she watches and listens to the speeches.

One of my favourite moments during a wedding is when a dad looks over at his daughter just before the ceremony. This is Fran and her dad, just about to head into the ceremony at Stoke Park Pavilions.

Katie and David’s autumnal wedding at Sheffield’s Millennium Galleries.

Maddy and Christian heading to their evening reception.

Victoria and Philip at Bolsover Castle.

Catrina and Stuart at Crow Hill.

Lisa and Nigel in North Yorkshire.

Lisa and Nigel with the tools of their trade: Lisa with a vintage dr’s bag, and Nigel with, well, a sword.

Helen and Nick’s beautiful day at Prestwold Hall.

Love this confetti shot! Sally and Tim (a very cute couple) at Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens.

Matiss’s best man delivers the goods during his speech at Laura and Matiss’s wedding.

The beautiful Charlotte and Nathan under an old oak tree, at Heathy Lea

Andrina and Chris at the KP Club. Delicious light.

Damon and Emma at the magnificent All Saint’s Church, Margaret St, London

Claire and Tom, Whirlowbrook Hall in Sheffield. I remember these shots happening and being excited to have found the holy grail of light.

Pete and Vicky at Matfen hall.

Jen and Tom at Somerford Hall. After the biggest downpour, the weather cleared and resulted in a beautiful evening.

Steph and Ashley.

Fran and Tim at Stoke Park Pavilions.

Charlotte at Heathy Lea, and a well-timed breeze.

See, I told you. I looked out of the marquee while photographing the speeches, and this little guy was sat on a table in the garden watching and listening intently to what was going on. Either that, or he/she was contemplating their next steps towards world domination.

Our ‘My Pretty Little Gypsy Wedding’ shoot again.

Emma.

Joel’s sister perfects his buttonhole for him.

Steph and her dad on the walk up to the church in Gringley on the Hill where Ashley was waiting for her at the top of the aisle.

Dan and his groomsmen, shortly about to leave for the ceremony.

Christian’s best man. When I look at this photo it maybes me think of a spy (maybe even 007) calling HQ.

Christian puts finishing touches to his tie.

Archie- Charlotte and Nathan’s little boy, masters the iPad. Below- Emma’s little flower girls trying to peek round the vicar to see into the church.

Ever seen a happier-looking ‘signing the register’ shot?

Steph and Ashley.

December 15, 2011 - 12:39 am

Fazackarley - There’s some magic there… Actually, there’s lots of magic there… Amazing, Inspiring, epically beautiful work!!

December 15, 2011 - 7:32 am

Dasha - Woah! Why have you been hiding all this beauty?! Amazing shots and so many beautiful weddings! Can’t wait to see them all blogged! Great work!

December 15, 2011 - 11:43 am

Jon S6 - Beautiful stuff

January 14, 2012 - 1:09 pm

Erica - Thanks so much for the lovely comments everyone xx

February 20, 2012 - 9:41 pm

Sandra Hargreaves - A beautiful collection of images; some great work here.

February 29, 2012 - 10:11 pm

Erica - Hi Sandra, thanks so much for your comment!

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