The Black & White Picture Place

Wedding & Special Occasion Photography

New photographs added September 2008!

Lisa Shorter
Dear Steve, we would both like to thank you for your unique and calm approach to taking our wedding photographs. You enabled us to to get on and enjoy proceedings knowing that you were 'snapping away'. We are looking forward to seeing the end result! Thank you again,
John & Lisa Shorter, August 2001

When we opened our photography gallery in 1990
, people soon started asking if we would photograph their wedding.

They'd tell us they were looking for something rather different from the work offered by the average high street photographer, would point to the framed photographs on the gallery wall and say they'd like theirs to be similar.

From small beginnings, our reputation has quickly grown, and, in addition to our many other photographic and digital services, we now attend many weddings every year. This has been achieved almost entirely through personal recommendations.

When we photograph your wedding we impose no limit upon the number of pictures taken during the day and requests by you and your guests for specific photographs are welcome.

In addition to the 'classic' pictures such as signing the register, coming down the aisle and family groups, we like to take lots of 'informal' shots to more completely capture the atmosphere of your special day.

We never photograph more than one wedding per day- we're all yours as long as you need us!

Upon your return from honeymoon, your proof pictures will be waiting for you. There'll usually be at least a hundred of these- often many more. From them you choose a minimum of twenty five images to be handprinted and mounted in one of our quality handmade albums which are available in a variety of subtle colours.

Your album prints can be a combination of colour, black-and-white, sepia-toned or 'hand-coloured' as you wish.

Of course, we are also happy to supply any prints requested by your family and friends. These may also be presented in an album or beautifully mounted and framed.

Many of your guests will doubtlessly also be taking photographs at your wedding- if you'd like any of their pictures included in your album, let us borrow the negatives/digital files and we'll be happy to handprint them for you, possibly adding them to your album.

We are also pleased to offer a full mounting and framing service.

In addition, our extensive range of original photographs of Chester and many other subjects are a popular choice of wedding gift.

For the service as outlined above, our fully-inclusive fee for the 2009 season is £875.00

We request a deposit of £300.00 at the time of booking, the balance to be paid upon receipt of your proofs.

The only extra charges are for travel- and occasionally accomodation- for weddings held outside the Chester area, and for additional prints. These are supplied at the following rates: (pictures measured in approx inches)...



Frank & Christine Stanschus:
Gresford Church 1998
7x5
£10.00
10x8
£20.00
16x12
£45.00
20x16
£75.00

There is always a selection of original prints, albums and letters from our satisfied clients available for your inspection at our studio situated in the pleasant suburb of Hoole, about a mile from Chester city centre. It's easy to park too!

A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words, so we now invite you view a few images from two of our 2008 weddings. Click on the small pictures to see a larger version...



Derek & Janine Martin

David & Amanda Bellis


crying bridesmaid

Registry Office Wedding?

If you are planning a small, informal ceremony in the Chester area and require only a few commemorative photographs, we may be able to help.

Our fee for this for the 2006 season is £495.00 including proof pictures, which are, as with our main package, yours to keep. As with our full service, you select the pictures you'd like handprinted and these are charged individually at the rates quoted above.

We stock a small, but fine quality range of albums, or you are free to supply your own. We are happy to mount your selection of pictures in the chosen album at no extra cost.

Consider also a classic portrait sitting in the relaxed atmosphere of our Chester studio as part of your wedding photography package! Go here to view a selection of our work...


In closing, we would respectfully remind you that our wedding and other photographic services are increasingly in demand, and our 2009 diary is filling up.. so if you want something different for your special day, please don't hesitate too long in talking to us!
Steve Howe, proprietor/photographer

25 Lime Grove, Hoole, Chester CH2 3HW UK Tel 01244 345099 / mobile 0775 1521 600

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