Richard Leng

As the nation prepared for lockdown number 3 back at the end of 2020, I was attending my last wedding of the year. With all the cancellations, uncertainty and moving of dates this lovely couple luckily squeezed in this gorgeous micro wedding to tie the knot just in time before weddings were taken out of the equation again for a number of months thanks to the pandemic.     It was the morning of the 4th of November 2020 and the sun was shining as if it were a good omen of the day to come whilst I met with bride to be Helen. We sat and chatted about the excitements...


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Lartington Hall is like one of those hidden gems in the beautiful area of Barnard Castle.   You drive down a long dramatic driveway surrounded by trees and wow you arrive at the entrance with breathtaking amount of marble flooring and floor to ceiling mirrors.   You curve round the corner of the hallway and are welcomed by subtle colours of French duck egg blue and the most exquisite furniture. I have been sitting here trying to decide how to describe this wedding, the only words I can think of is “celebrity wedding oozing with style “ Kyleigh, the bride, was just breathtakingly beautiful...


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  Wanted to share with you a behind the scenes shoot and video that i was involved in for Darlington Weddings Spring Summer 2013 Magazine as seen below on the front cover.                             Darlington Weddings SS/13 shoot from richardleng.com on Vimeo.     The make-up i used on the shoot to achieve the look are:   Face:   SteamCream Moisturiser Ariane Poole Retexturizing Primer Ariane Poole Mineral Tint...


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