I only had to wait a couple of days in to January for my first wedding of 2012 and what a fantastic way it was to start the New Year!

Helena & David got married at the beautiful Mitton Hall in Whalley, Lancashire. I love Mitton Hall, it is one of those venues that is fantastic in both summer or winter so Helena & David couldn’t go wrong. As it turned out, although Helena & David got married shortly after New Year the weather wasn’t too bad and we were able to take lots of photographs outside as well as inside

I started the day with Helena as she got ready with her bridesmaids and from the moment I arrived everything flowed perfectly, the day couldn’t have gone any better.  Helena & David had included lots of really special touches and personal touches to their wedding day, including a wedding quiz in the bar area after the wedding breakfast – a great idea!

To Helena & David – thank you very much again for asking me to photograph your wedding, it was a fantastic day and it was an honour to capture it for you. It has been a real pleasure getting to know you both and I wish you a very long and happy marriage together x

Here are a selection of my favourite photographs from your wedding at Mitton Hall:

Just before Christmas last year, I had the huge pleasure of photographing Kim & James’s beautiful winter wedding at Brook Street Chapel and The Belle Epoque in Knutsford, Cheshire – and what a fantastic day it was!

Kim and James are such a nice couple and I have really enjoyed getting to know them over the past year or so. I don’t think any bride could have put more time and effort in to the planning of a wedding day than Kim had done (and I’m sure James too!) so I was so pleased for them when their wedding day turned out to be as perfect as Kim had planned. I started the day at Kim and James’ house where Kim was getting ready with her bridesmaids before driving to Knutsford to meet up with James and his groomsmen at Brook Street Chapel. The Chapel has special connections to James’ family which just made the ceremony even more personal.

After the wedding ceremony Kim and James invited me to join them for a ride in the wedding car (a Rolls Royce – without doubt the nicest car I have ever been in!) and we then took some photographs as the sun was setting over Knutsford – the light was just perfect and we even had some snow on the ground!

We then traveled back to the Belle Epoque for the wedding reception. It was really nice that my last wedding of 2011 was at the Belle Epoque because I love working there and it is just perfect for winter weddings with the roaring fire and intimate feel An extra bonus was that my very good friends The Leos Quartet were playing at the wedding too – my favourite quartet in my favourite venue with an amazing bride and groom – perfect!

To Kim & James – thank you so much again for asking me to be your wedding photographer. I am so pleased that you had the perfect winter wedding. It has been so know getting to know you both and I wish you both (and Isobel!) a very long and happy future together x

Here are a selection of my favourite photographs from your wedding day:

Ooh, my first full wedding blog post of 2012, but it’s actually of a wedding I photographed in 2011 – is that cheating? I don’t think so…

Emily got married at the magnificent Manchester Town Hall just before I went on holiday last year.  I had been looking forward to their wedding for a long time, I felt like I got to know them both really well before the wedding (not least because Mike himself is a very keen photographer!) and that always gives the wedding an extra special feel.

The whole wedding day was so relaxed and I think that comes across in the wedding photographs. The only time I really detected any nerves was Mike’s little look up and intake of breath as Emily walked down the aisle – I love that moment

A special mention also goes out to Emily’s father who not only made all the flowers for the wedding but also composed a unique piece of music for Emily’s walk down the aisle. Not only that but he played it himself! Such a nice, personal touch.

Also, this wedding was brilliant because Emily and Mike had The Leos Quartet playing for them – the best string quartet in Manchester and I am proud to say are very good friends of mine. They played Blue Monday, one of my favourite songs of all time, what more could I ask for?

To Emily and Mike – thank you so much again for asking me to photograph your Manchester Town Hall wedding. It has been a pleasure getting to know you both and I am so pleased you are so happy with your photographs. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness together x

Last month saw me back at one of my favourite wedding venues, Mitton Hall near Clitheroe for Janine and Terry’s beautiful Lancashire wedding

I first met Janine and Terry earlier this year at Mitton Hall and I had been looking forward to their wedding for a long time.  I started the day with Janine as she got ready in a lovely cosy cottage a couple of miles away. There was a real feeling of excitement (and a few nerves!) in the air – the perfect wedding mix!

Janie & Terry’s day was full of emotion and it really couldn’t have gone any better, just to be a part of it was amazing.  It was one of those days where I realise how lucky I am to do the job that I do.

To Janine & Terry – thank you very much again for asking me to photograph your wedding and making me feel so much a part of your day.  I have really enjoyed working with you both and I know you will both have a very long and happy marriage together I wish you both all the very best for the future.

Here are a selection of my favourite photographs from your wedding day:

I recently had the pleasure of covering Ailsa & Adrian’s beautiful wedding at The Monastery in Manchester.

Ailsa & Adrian are one of the nicest couples you could meet and I am so pleased that they had the perfect day that they deserved.  The whole day was really so relaxed and fun and everybody had a great time.  The only slight hiccup was when Ailsa & Adrian tried releasing some Chinese lanterns shortly after their first dance, but no fire engines were needed so it was all fine

This was the first wedding I had covered at The Manchester Monastery in Gorton and wow, what a venue!! The Monastery is truly stunning, the main hall itself just takes your breath away as soon as you walk in, it really is amazing.  The great thing about is that as the time moves on and the natural light starts to fade, it looks different again. I just hope I am lucky enough to photograph more weddings at The Monastery in the future!

To Ailsa & Adrian – thank you again for asking me to be your wedding photographer. Be able to photograph your special day for you was a pleasure. You are a fantastic couple and I wish you both lots of luck and happiness for your future together

Here are a few of my favourite photographs from your wedding:

I recently had the huge pleasure of covering my first Civil Partnership and wow, what a day it was! Kate and Anna got married at one of my favourite wedding venues, Mitton Hall in Lancashire, and if ever there was such a thing as a perfect wedding, I think this was it.

The whole day was amazing, from the emotion and happiness of the ceremony through to the laughter and smiles of the speeches, Kate & Anna’s wedding was beautiful in every respect. Even the weather played it’s part with the sun shining all day for them.

One moment in particular which I think I will always remember from Kate & Anna’s wedding was during the ceremony when all the guests (and the registrar!) sang All You Need is Love by The Beatles. It was an honour to be there, seeing everyone so happy.

To Kate & Anna – thank you very much again for asking me to be your wedding photographer. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and I am really pleased you are so happy with your photographs.  I wish you both a very long and very happy future together

Here are a selection of my favourite photographs from your special day:

I recently had the pleasure of covering Vicky & Alistair’s beautiful wedding at Sandhole Oak Barn in Cheshire – the first wedding I have covered at this fantastic venue

This was such a great day, as soon as I arrived in the morning to take photographs of Vicky and her bridesmaids as they got ready, I could tell that it was going to be a really amazing wedding day – which is exactly what it turned out to be.

Apart from the periodic spells of rain (it rained, then the sun came out, it rained, then the sun came out…) the whole day went perfectly, full of emotion and happiness.  I don’t think either Vicky (who looked stunning!!) or Alistair stopped smiling the entire day

To Vicky & Alistair – thank you very much again for asking me to be your wedding photographer. I have really enjoyed working with you both – thank you for making me so welcome on the day and for your very kind words about your photographs. I wish you both a very long and happy marriage together – which I know it will be!

Here are a selection of my favourite photographs from your wedding:

Last month I had the pleasure of photographing Catherine & Aled’s beautiful wedding at Rivington Hall Barn in Lancashire

I had been looking forward to this wedding for a while, Catherine and Aled are the nicest couple you could ever meet and Aled is a very keen photographer himself, so the pressure was on!

Catherine and Aled got married at St George’s Church in Tyldesley – a lovely church made all the nicer by the fact that people at the church were so helpful and friendly, I was even given a short guided tour when I arrived!

The whole day was fantastic, full of smiles and emotion.  The only slight downside was the fact that as we left the church and headed to Rivington Hall Barn, the heavens opened and it then didn’t stop raining the whole day.  Not that it made any difference whatsoever to anybody at the wedding though! The whole day was perfect.

To Catherine and Aled – thank you very much again for asking me to be your wedding photographer, and for all the lovely words you have sent me about your photographs. I have really enjoyed working with you both and I wish you both all the very best for your future lives together

Here are a few of my favourite photographs from your wedding:

Last month I had the pleasure of photographing Debbie & Andy’s beautiful wedding at Davenport Green Hall in Cheshire

I started the day with Debbie and her bridesmaids as they got ready at the nearby Stanneylands Hotel, there was a real feeling of excitement in the air and I knew it was going to be an amazing day!

I left Debbie just after she put her dress on (she looked stunning!) and made my way to Davenport Green Hall where I met up with Andy and his groomsmen.  From then on the day flowed perfectly, with everyone having a brilliant day – helped by the fact the sun didn’t stop shining for Debbie and Andy the whole day

This was the first time I had covered a wedding at Davenport Green Hall and I really enjoyed it, it is a superb wedding venue set in very large grounds.  For a wedding photographer it is perfect as there is so much space, I certainly hope I am asked to cover another wedding there in the future!

To Debbie & Andy – thank you very much again for asking me to be your wedding photographer, and also for your very kind words about your photographs, I am really pleased you are so happy with them.  I have really enjoyed working with you and wish you both (and Ben!) all the luck in the world for your future together

Here is a selection of my favourite photographs from your wedding:

Last month I had the great pleasure of photographing the amazing wedding of Collette & Oliver at St Wilfrids Church in Mobberley and The Mere Court Hotel in Knutsford – and what a fantastic day it was!

Collette is a friend of mine so I had been looking forward to her wedding for a long time and it was everything I thought it would be – happy, emotional and a lot of fun, the perfect wedding day

Collette & Oliver got married at St Wilfrid’s Church in Mobberley, a beautiful church just near Knutsford in Cheshire.  This was the first wedding I had photographed there but I hope it won’t be the last as it is very photogenic.  After the ceremony, and in brilliant sunshine, we made our way to The Mere Court Hotel for the wedding reception.  Collette, who looked amazing in her dress, had put in so many special touches to her day which made the day extra special and personal, from the wedding car, to an amazing tenor singer, to Collette’s sister Kara singing a song to Collette & Oliver just after their first dance.  It really was an incredible day.  I should also make a special mention to Oliver’s two best men, Josh & Ben, who between them came up with one of the funniest Best Man speeches I have ever heard!

I also loved this wedding as I got to work with my good friend Tom from Silk Wedding Videos – have a look at his site for examples of his amazing work! http://www.silkweddingvideos.co.uk/

To Collette & Oliver – thank you very much again for asking me to photograph your wedding – I am so pleased you had such a fantastic day and are so happy with your wedding photographs.  I will remember your wedding day for a very long time   I can’t wait to start working on your wedding album now! I wish you both all the luck in the world for your future together.

Here are a selection of my favourite photographs from your wedding day: