Adrian McGonigle Photography

Skitby House Jenna & Kyle

Well where to start with this one, Jenna and her mum and dad are friends of my dad, all season ticket holders at the hallowed turf that is Brunton Park, home of the mighty Carlisle United so thats how I came to be photographing their special day, I met Jenna and Kyle a week or so before the wedding for a small pre wedding shoot in Keswick, they were just s[...]

7 years ago

Jack & Kirstie pre wedding shoot Covent Garden

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This was a busy weekend as busy weekends go, saturday I was shooting a wedding in the Lake District, I left Cumbria very early sunday morning for the 6 hour drive back to essex fully intending to jump on a train in Chelmsford and head into London to meet up with Jack and Kirstie, that was the plan anyway, well when I arrived home I checked online only to fin[...]

8 years ago

Natalie & Martin, The Tudor Barn - Buckinghamshire

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A beautiful early summers day, which just happened to be my birthday as well, saw me at the fabulous Tudor Barn in Buckinghamshire for the wedding of Natalie and Martin, a fabulous couple and a fabulous venue and just a fabulous day all round, to my surprise I got a mention in the speeches and then everyone sang happy birthday to me and presented me with a l[...]

8 years ago

Lauren & Adam - Down Hall - Essex

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Lauren and Adam found me via instagram of all social media places, they both live in Canada but Adam is from Carlisle (my hometown) and Lauren is from Essex (where I now live) it was destined to be epic right from the outset, I met them both last year when they came over to the UK to visit family and have their pre-wedding shoot at the fabulous Down Hall, I [...]

8 years ago

Caroline & family, Priory Park, Southend

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9 years ago

Kylie + Rich - Cote How

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Well where to start, the couple, the venue, the location. The weather in the morning didnt look promising but the weather gods were certainly on our side, the rain and drizzle cleared for the most fabulous day, Kylie and Rich were just brilliant on the day, I would say if I had to choose one of them Rich was probably the slightly more nervous of the two. Cot[...]

9 years ago

The Old Parish Rooms Rayleigh, Leah & Nathan

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I hadnt been at the Old Parish Rooms in Rayleigh for about 2o years, in fact when I was last there it was a restuarant, I certainly approve of its current use, a wonderful intimate venue for Leah and Nathan to start the rest of their lives together from, I knew it wasnt going to be a bog standard wedding from the start, Leah and Nathan are as down to earth a[...]

9 years ago

Lodore Falls - Lake District

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I seem to be spending a lot of my time recently in my home county of Cumbria despite living over 300 miles south in deepest darkest Essex, I guess you could say i’m an exiled Cumbrian but its always nice to head up north where I grew up and even better to be photographing weddings in some of Cumbria and the Lakes most beautiful venues, this weekend was a lit[...]

9 years ago

Scotby Church Carlisle

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Ive never shot a wedding so close to where I grew up, I could have walked to Scotby Church Carlisle but I had a wee bit much gear to do that, we had a few mishaps early on, none more than the vintage car bringing the bridesmaids decided to give up about a mile from the church, Im not sure what exactly the local guy in the landrover who was waved d[...]

9 years ago

Dalston Hall Cumbria

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I have been blessed with being chosen to photograph quite a few weddings in my home county of Cumbria this year, this was my second time at the fabulous Dalston Hall in the space of a few weeks for the wedding of Jennie and Jaime, I started with the bridal prep at Jennies fabulous country house just a couple of miles from Dalston Hall itself, sometimes you j[...]

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