I had the pleasure of photographing Ben & Kate's wedding day recently in Yorkshire. 

As is usual with my style of photography, I started the day by capturing the 'getting ready' images. I started at Kate's parents house where all the bridesmaid's were. I love this part of the day as it makes for some great images with everyone excited and also a little nervous about the day ahead. Even the dog joined in for a quick portrait! 

From then on, we made use of the beautiful surroundings of the couples wedding venue - Kings Croft Hotel - in Pontefract. This was my first time shooting at the venue and hopefully I will get the opportunity to photograph another wedding there soon. The venue was perfect as only a few short steps outside the venue were some fantastic rolling hills and scenery which made for some nice portraits for Ben & Kate. 

A great day in all and even the weather held out! 

Congratulations again Ben & Kate. 

 

Venue - https://kingscrofthotel.com/

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Shona & Andy in the historic village of Saltaire, Yorkshire. We had fantastic weather, for a wedding in October! 

After the preparation images at the start of the day, we made our way to the United Reformed Church at the bottom of the village. It was great to get shots of Shona walking to the church from her family home which is only a short distance away. The service was beautifully delivered by the Reverend Caroline Andrews. 

After we completed the couple portrait session, it was again a short walk to the venue of Victoria Hall. From then on, it was a lot of laughter & the few odd tears that I captured as the party went on long into the night. 

Congratulations again Shona & Andy! 

Wedding Venue - http://www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk

Church - http://saltaireurc.org.uk 

DJ - https://www.showbott.com 

Photobooth - http://www.boothomatic.co.uk

Catering - https://terracecafebar.co.uk

Make-Up Artist - http://www.kimberleybrook.co.uk 

Kilt - http://www.bridalapparelleeds.co.uk

 

 

A couple of weeks ago, I headed up to the hills in Yorkshire to photograph the fun & beautiful wedding of Paul & Katie. 

The venue was Another World Adventure Centre, which is an outdoor centre offering activities such as grass sledging & archery to name but a few. The guests both young & old certainly enjoyed trying everything out! 

Before I arrived at the venue, I went to the home of Paul & Katie where Katie was preparing for her wedding day. All the girls were already busy getting ready & having the make-up applied by Nina. I took advantage of the couples beautiful garden by taking the wedding dress out in the sun to photograph the dress. After a morning spent at the home its was off to the venue. 

The ceremony was held in the marquee & was filled with laughter & the odd tears from the couples guests. After the drinks reception I photographed the couple session in the landscape of the venue. We found some fantastic places to shoot & were fortunate that the weather held out! 

After the wedding breakfast & the cake cutting, it was time for the evening reception where everyone let there hair down on the dance floor! 

Congratulations again to Paul & Katie! 

Venue - www.anotherworldadventurecentre.co.uk

Makeup Artist - www.ninawalkermakeup.co.uk

 

At the beginning of this month on Bonfire Night, I made the short trip over to Halifax to photograph the Wedding of Craig & Paola. Craig & Paola currently live in London but as Paola grew up in Yorkshire, the venue of Holdsworth House became the choice for the Wedding.

Craig, or 'Crag' as he is more well known to his friends & family!  Contacted myself a few months ago via email. With the distance between us, it wasn't until the day before the Wedding that we had a last minute Pre-Wedding meeting. I soon gathered in the first few minutes of the meeting that Craig & Paola wanted the photographs to be very much a document of the day, with no formals or poses. As you can see from the images, we managed to sneak a couple of group shots & couple shots into the day! Although this is probably the least amount of couple & posed shots Ive taken at a Wedding in all the years I have photographed! Saying that, it made a refreshing change to myself & allowed me to concentrate 100 per cent on the story of the day without a break for formals etc

The Autumn weather was very kind to us on the day giving blue skies and the crisp light I mentioned in my last post. I began by exploring and photographing the beautiful venue from various vantage points both inside & out. After that I captured the preparations of both the couple, family & friends even managing a few formal shots outdoors.

After the preparations were finished the day flowed beautifully & I will always remember this wedding for the relaxed feel & lots of laughter. Even laughter throughout the ceremony as you can see in some of my images.

After dinner I captured some really nice speeches, where the laughter continued! The staff at Holdsworth House quickly changed the room around for the evening reception where Midlands based band 'Up The Tempo', provided the entertainment. The three-piece band kept everyone on the dance floor with a mixture of new & old hits, I can really recommend them if you are looking for a band for your Wedding.

All in all a really great Wedding to photograph. Thanks Craig & Paola for choosing myself to photograph your big day & also thanks to both families, friends & staff at Holdsworth House for making me feel so welcome.

 

Venue - www.holdsworthhouse.co.uk

Entertainment - www.upthetempoband.co.uk

 

 

 

Venue - https://www.holdsworthhouse.co.uk/