Chillingham Castle - Northumberland

Today the family & I took a trip up to Chillingham castle to give me the opportunity to find the best locations in & around the castle to shoot Hazel & Pete's wedding later in the year. The castle is privately owned by Sir Humphrey Wakefield & is situated about 10 miles west of Bamburgh. It oozes oldie worldy charm & is packed with interesting memorabilia from bygone years. If visiting, it is a must to visit the museum room filled with the likes of childrens dolls & prams, rocking horses, a clocks workings from Sedgewick Hall, a trophy presented to Sir Donald Campbell for achieving the world land speed record on the Bonneville salt flats, along with many more fascinating curios!!
Chillingham castle is well known for being Britain's most haunted castle & was featured on the hit TV programme "Most Haunted" with Yvette Fielding. Many people claim to have seen the ghosts here at Chillingham. Being in the torture chambers was very eerie & it wasn't until I returned home & uploaded my images that I noticed some kind of green glow across the body on the wheel to the left of the image. At first I thought it may have been a light but I had taken 3 shots at various angles, 2 of which had this green glow, is this one of the spirits of Chillingham???
The lake lies south of the castle which is about a 5 minute walk away through the enchanted woods & well worth a visit as its beauty is breathtaking!!
As I was leaving I met Sir Humphrey on his horse & had a brief conversation which was very pleasant & look forward to hopefully meeting him again on Hazel & Pete's big day. Here are some of the images from todays shoot.

Hazel & Pete

Another early start! I find for beach shots an early start is best as there are very few if at all any dog walkers about & the light at this time of day is great. We started the shoot on the rocks at Tynemouth, waiting for the sun to rise while the tide was coming in fast!!!! After the sunrise shots & almost breaking our necks on the slippery rocks we headed to the next location. We stopped for coffee & a chat about the wedding schedule & generally just to get to know each other better. Hazel & Pete will be married at Chillingham castle in August. Chillingham castle is renowned for its ghosts & famous for being the Uk's most haunted place! When I first met Hazel & Pete they told me stories of orbs & faces in windows that others including Hazel herself had caught on camera. I didn't really believe at first until recently viewing one of Hazel's images taken from a room inside the castle were an orb has appeared. After a little research into Chillingham, I have since come across more of these orbs! I"m quite excited to see if we manage to capture these orbs in some of the wedding pictures or even better a face in a window. I have been warned that the spooks at Chillingham have a tendency to drain camera batteries so I will be taking plenty of spares just incase!!!!! Below are just some of the images from Hazel & Pete's pre-wedding shoot.