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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)

Alison & Keith | Englemere Elegance | Sneak Preview

Alison & Keith’s wedding took place at Englemere in Ascot. It’s not a part of the country that Erica and I had been to before, though having met Alison and Keith there for their pre-wedding shoot in Windsor Great Park, we knew it was a lovely area. The wedding day came and it was one of those days where it rained on and off for most of the day…not that this marred any aspect of the day for the lovely couple, their guests or indeed us as their photographers! It was a fun day full of the many lovely touches that Alison and Keith had obviously spent a lot of time and effort planning. Here’s just a small sneak preview for now- I hope you enjoy it- please leave us some comments and tell us which is your favourite photo!

Really liking the depth of field on this one below. (Note for photographers: 1/640 sec, f1.6, ISO 100, with a 50mm f1.2L)

For this last shot we grabbed Alison and Keith just for 2 minutes once they’d finished their last course so that we could get the last few remnants of light, and I’m glad we did! I love the light and the mood in this shot. (Note for photographers- 1/80 sec, f2.8, ISO 1000, with a 70-200mm f2.8L IS @ 170mm….using this lens more and more for this kind of shot!)


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August 25, 2010 - 6:19 pm

Alison - Stunning photos – love them! Now I’m reliving the day and can’t wait to see the rest of the images 🙂

Becky & Paul | Ringwood Hall | Sneak Preview

Becky and Paul are a very sweet couple, and it’s in circumstances such as those when as wedding photographers we really feel especially privileged to be able to document the most special of days between two people. Becky and Paul’s wedding was at Ringwood Hall in Chesterfield and as usual the staff there did a great job keeping everything running smoothly. Thanks for being so lovely to work with Paul and Becky, we hope you had a great time in Aruba and we’re looking forward to sharing all the photographs with you soon! For now: a sneak preview…

Love this next one…


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Steph & Graham | {…& Counting} | Pre-Wedding Photography

It’s been ages since I’ve posted on the Blog – Christian has been doing the lion’s share recently – but I am very pleased to be able to share Steph and Graham’s gorgeous pre-wedding shoot images with you.  I distinctly remember when we first met Steph and Graham, knowing that we’d have fun with them, and really hoping they’d choose us for their wedding photography.  Well they did choose us, and it turns out I was 100% correct in my prediction!  We had such a fun time on this shoot – Steph and Graham are a lovely couple and incredibly natural with each other on camera.  Not only that but they’d picked a really beautiful location not far from Sheffield and scene of many a summer’s walk and winter sledging expedition together.  We were even blessed with a little bit of sunshine (very rare at the moment!)  and despite some rather threatening clouds the rain held off for us too.  After this shoot we’re even more excited about their wedding next month at the Millenium Gallery and the Old Rectory, but for now, enjoy the pre-wedding images…

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August 8, 2010 - 7:17 pm

Steph and Graham - Oh Erica and Christian, these photos are wonderful, thank you so much! And for putting them up so quickly. We had a brilliant morning with you and are bursting with excitement about the wedding, see you very soon!xx

August 9, 2010 - 12:59 am

Melanie Lastoria - Gorgeous collection of photos…too hard to pick a favourite!

August 9, 2010 - 9:46 am

Jennifer Beech - Wow those are such beautiful photos!! They look so natural and what a gorgeous setting! I can’t wait to see more photos of the wedding now!!

August 24, 2010 - 11:20 pm

emma jones - Lovely photos, great photography!

August 25, 2010 - 5:34 pm

alison and mark - great to see you so glowing and excited,look forward to seeing more

Tracey & Lee | Peak District | …& Counting {Pre-wedding photography}

We met up with Tracey and Lee recently for their pre-wedding shoot and had a great time soaking up the scenery in the Peak District.  Lee absolutely loves this area of Derbyshire and it turned out to be a wonderful choice of location.  We met at a local pub car park and then all jumped into their beloved camper van Daisy to visit several of Lee’s favourite locations, finishing off back at the pub for a well-deserved drink.  We’re really looking forward to their wedding later this month at the glorious Chatsworth House because they’re both genuinely lovely people, obviously totally in love, and wonderfully natural in front of the camera, as you’ll see from this sneak preview…


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August 30, 2010 - 8:30 pm

Tracey & Lee | Chatsworth Charm | Wedding Photography Sneak Preview » Sheffield Wedding Photographer - […] a few minutes in their company (in this case, spent scrambling after the very athletic Lee on our pre-wedding shoot in the Peak District!)  Making them even more perfect wedding clients is their obvious head-over-heels love for one […]

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