Wedding Photographer and Videographer Near North Cardiff and Creigiau

01 / Creigiau, Cardiff / Danielle & Harry and Christian & Gabriella

Canada Lodge and Lake: a rope swing, coloured flares and a long path around the water

Canada Lodge and Lake is on Heol Pant-y-Gored in Creigiau, on the outskirts of Cardiff, and we have photographed four weddings there. This story follows two from 2024: Danielle and Harry in February and Christian and Gabriella in June. The portrait at the top of this guide is Danielle and Harry smiling at each other on the lakeside path, with bare branches overhead and the timber and stone lodge across the water.

Danielle walks down the aisle on the arm of an older man in an orange tie, under a timber-vaulted ceiling strung with fairy lights, and later sits on a rope swing tied with white bows holding an autumn-coloured bouquet while Harry stands behind her. The wedding party walks along a path towards the camera holding flares that trail purple, orange and green smoke, bridesmaids in rust-red dresses with the couple kissing in the middle, and the night ends with the two of them walking through a tunnel of guests with lit sparklers.

Christian and Gabriella’s June day begins with three women in matching blue striped pyjamas laughing as a bottle of champagne is opened beside the lake. Gabriella and Christian hold hands in a pine-lined room with a fairy-lit boarded ceiling and an antler chandelier while a celebrant reads, then walk arm in arm along a narrow path beside the still water with the lodge and its parasols behind them. They laugh as they cut a three-tier naked cake dressed with white roses on a log slice. A lakeside venue gives you somewhere to be quiet even in a lively day, so ask where guests can walk or sit while you have a few minutes alone.

For current venue details, explore Canada Lodge and Lake.

02 / Capel Llanilltern, west Cardiff / Amy & Dan and Robyn & Kris

Pencoed House Estate: a stone archway, teal and gold in the hall and a neon sign to finish

Pencoed House Estate stands on Llantrisant Road at Capel Llanilltern, in Cardiff, and the venue describes a historic estate that is yours alone for the day. It is not in the town of Pencoed near Bridgend, a mix-up that is easy to make. We have photographed several weddings here, and this story follows Robyn and Kris in May 2023 and Amy and Dan in May 2024. The first photograph is Robyn and Kris kissing on a gravel drive beneath overhanging trees.

Amy and Dan laugh as confetti falls around them, Amy with a bouquet of dark foliage, and later they walk hand in hand beneath the historic stone archway in black and white, both laughing. The hall is laid with round tables with teal runners and gold chair sashes under fairy lights, in a stone-walled room with exposed roof timbers, and Amy laughs with a bridesmaid in a sequinned rose-gold dress among the trees.

The last photograph is Amy raising one arm beside a neon sign while Dan crouches beside her giving a thumbs up. A neon sign or a similar prop is a lovely way to end a day in an old building, so ask your venue what you can bring and who sets it up.

For current venue details, explore Pencoed House Estate.

03 / Thornhill, Cardiff / Louisa & Chris

New House Country Hotel: a stone church, terraced steps and the sea beyond the city

New House Country Hotel is in Thornhill, on the hill above Cardiff, with views across the city and the surrounding landscape. Louisa and Chris married here on 15 August 2026. The first photograph is Louisa at a tall sunlit window in a strapless gown with a long train, a woman in a gold patterned dress adjusting her veil.

In a stone church Chris looks down the aisle in a black dinner jacket with a pink rose buttonhole while Louisa walks in, blurred, behind him, and afterwards a couple laugh as confetti falls under the church porch while guests cheer either side. In the hotel gardens Chris kisses Louisa’s hand on a stone staircase, and the two walk hand in hand down a long flight of old stone steps.

On a dry golden lawn Chris twirls Louisa in the evening light with a wide view of distant woodland, and a wide view from the grounds shows wooded hills, the city skyline and the sea on the horizon, framed by a dark cedar tree. The day ends indoors with the two of them dancing in a room with big windows and a canopy of fairy lights while a live band plays. A hotel on a hill like this makes the evening view part of the day, so ask where guests can step out and look.