Amanda and Ian's Wedding

Just a few from Ian and Amanda's wedding at the end of August. St Anthony's in Beeston is one of the most beautiful and simple churches I've ever been to, with an open and light-filled space, even though it springs straight from the pavement and is nestled amongst the buildings of one of the close terrace streets near Cross Flatts Park.

From the moment I met this couple back in May, we were making each other laugh, and the rehearsal and ceremony were no different, which made my job easy!

On the day, the weather decided to throw some challenging conditions at us - going from full bright blue-sky sunshine, through storm light and then to thick black clouds again before the most beautiful golden evening light when we got to the South Leeds Golf Club, another hidden gem on the Beeston/Middleton border.

The priest, who had known Amanda for years, allowed me full, unrestricted movement around the church during the ceremony, and so I was able to provide a variety of views of the proceedings.

All in all, it was a pleasure to be present at such a lovely event, and I hope the photos show a little of the fun this little family share.

I wish them all the happiness in the world!

Dave, Toni and Lily!

I first met Dave and Toni when they came to the studio about 2 years ago, and I've had the pleasure of photographing Lily as she's grown from the newborn she was when I first met her into a very entertaining and happy toddler.

We went for a little stroll along one of their favourite footpaths on Bank Holiday Monday. Here's a few shots.

Cara & Phill's Big Day

At last, after all the planning, discussions, coffee and cake, on 3rd June, Phill and Cara became Mr & Mrs Healy at Leeds Town Hall. I've enjoyed getting to know this lovely couple so much, and I know how much each of them was looking forward to just being married, so it was an absolute pleasure to be there to photograph their ceremony. 

Andy & Esther's Wedding

Mr and Mrs Bell have been married for 3 whole weeks now, and I hope they've enjoyed the beginning of their married life as much as all their guests enjoyed sharing their big day. 

It was an honour and a delight to be asked to shoot their wedding, as Andy and I go back to University days together. We have survived many a drunken night with varying degrees of memorability, but for me our crowning glory was the rainy midnight theft of one of the famous series of Wonderbra adverts from the huge billboard opposite our halls of residence, only to re-post it on the wall of our top floor kitchen where the drivers on the ring-road would still have been able to see it. Don't ask me why. We were probably bored of stealing run-of-the-mill things like road signs and traffic cones like students always used to. If I remember rightly, we ceased collecting stuff after that. To be honest, where can you go once you've done that? It was the best. 

So, I found myself at the beautiful St Mark's Church in Tunbridge Wells on the 7th May, on a fresh and sunny Spring morning, and after a traditional service the celebration moved off to the grandeur of the 4 star Spa Hotel for an afternoon of drinking, eating and lots of laughter and eventually some ridiculous dancing. 

Now that's a proper wedding! Congratulations, my lovelies! Here's a pictorial outline of the day.