Love it when history catches up with me, turns out I’ve know Emily and her mum and dad most of my life. They used to live around the corner from my mum and dad. Something I’d not clicked with until the actual wedding day. These guys had the very best wedding day. Starting at Emily’s parents house in the picturesque Commondale, nestled in the North Yorkshire Moors National park. Then to the Redcar and Cleveland Heart registry office. Somewhere I love working as I have known the registrars for many year and the camaraderie between us can be epic.

Another local and favourite venue of mine, do I have any other venue? What can I say, I’m passionate about my profession and love working everywhere I capture weddings. Mark and Joanne’s wedding at Gisborough Hall was special to me. I’ve worked with Joanne for some years as a model and commercially for her work too.

Both Sam and Katie had to swap their wedding venue, their original venue closed just after the Covid pandemic. That was perhaps for the better, along came Sedgewell Barn . It offered a beautiful day for the happy couple and their guests. It was the first time I’d worked there and I’m hoping its not the last too. The views across the fields and the 60 acres of farmland gave a fabulous backdrop to the bridal portraits. There was even a good few sunflowers in the field to the front of the venue too.

I’ve known Heather all my life, so this wedding was very personal to me. It was also an honour to be apart of both Anthony and Heather’s day too, even though it was only very briefly. With a small intimate wedding with just their children and close family surrounding them. After all those closest to you are the most important.

I always like to meet prior to the wedding day, have a final wedding meeting and carry out a fun pre-wedding photo shoot. In Steven and Sarah’s case, we couldn’t do that Sarah is self employed and we all know how much time that takes. I needn’t of worried, these guys were very comfortable in front of the camera. So much so Steven seemed to take the spot light before the wedding.

For me, capturing wedding is about capturing emotion. That emotion cam be captured in a variety of ways, between guests, between guest and the bride and groom, children having fun but more importantly between the bride and groom. This can be affected by lots of factors, nerves, stress of the day but I’m always hoping love shines through. After all a wedding is about the love between two people.

I love Rushpool Hall, Its one of my local venues and it offers such a wonderful venue for every wedding. Brian and Tracey are from Seaton Carew, Near Hartlepool. However they chose Rushpool Hall as their wedding venue and rightly so too.

It’s always a pleasure to work with the Redcar and Cleveland registrars. I’ve worked with them on so many occasions throughout the last 15 years in so many different venues too.

Stephen and Tania had chosen the Community Heart in the, well the heart of Redcar! After the ceremony the guys had set aside sometime for all of us to capture some images away from the venues.

A fabulous day with a wonderful couple. I was so pleased that Helen and Paul had chosen me to document their beautiful wedding at Grinkle Park hotel. The grounds at Grinkle Park are ideal for wedding photography as well as being a stunning backdrop for their drinks reception and photographs.

It’s been a while since I have worked in the Parkmore Hotel in Stockton, I’d forgotten how lovely it was to be there. Both Matthew and Jess certainly chose well when they booked their wedding day there.

There is such an array of mini locations that lend themselves to brides and grooms on their wedding day.

David and Amy had a emotional and close knit wedding ceremony at Sneaton Castle back in the Lock down period, limited to 15 guests and a limited party too, such difficult times for everyone. So when now we are back to normal, well as normal as we can be, they couldn’t wait to have a party!

I’ve seen a lot of intimate weddings this year, Jordan and Nicholas was just that. A small intimate wedding with the most important family members attending, especially with Sooty and Sweep being there too. Not the beloved children’s puppets, I mean Jordan and Nichola’s dogs.

Gisborough Hall Hotel, set in the stunning Cleveland hills offers a great wedding venue throughout the seasons. I’ve worked here for a very long time now. Beit one of my local venues, Matthew and Janine had their wedding booked well before the pandemic.

Another couple, struck by the pandemic tragedy. Simply changing the date of a wedding isn't and hasn't been an easy task for a lot of people. Trying to coordinate existing suppliers with each other and a new date can't of been what anyone dreamt their wedding day would be like, incredibly stressful too.

James and Sam booked me during the Covid Pandemic, this was a blessing as their wedding was one of my favourite so far this year. Judges Hotel isn’t somewhere I get to work regularly but when I do I love it. It’s a venue that certain hit my top ten.

The weather was amazing, bright blue sky and the sun beating down. It made for some fantastic images out and about around the hotel. Which with so many areas to choose from I was a little spoilt for choice.

Rushpool Hall Hotel is featuring high on my list of venue’s for this year, With wedding after wedding there. I’m becoming accustomed too the lighting in each area, there is so much natural light on offer too. Mike and Jill, like so many others where a Covid wedding, having to change their date to suit avoid the lockdowns, and restrictions.

Can we call the wedding ceremony the main event? With such a hectic start to the day the ceremony is as nerve wracking for me as it is for the the bride and groom. There are so many one off instances where you get one chance to make that capture. Its not like I can stop the ceremony and restage a shot! So lets start at the beginning.

New venues always offer fresh creativity, that’s why I love them. James and Lucy chose The Oakwood at Ryther, near Leeds, a newly converted series of barns gave a fantastic and homely backdrop to their wedding.

Bridal preparation is usually manic with make-up artists and hairdressers messing the room up with their errm…… make-up and hairdressy bits and bobs, unlike us neat photographers! Then there’s the children running a riot and a very stressed, nervous bride. You always feel like you’ve hitting the ground running at such a frantic pace.

As a photographer there are certain aspects of this part of the wedding day that’s on my mental capture list.

As always Grinkle Park Hotel has remained one, if not, my most favourite wedding venue to work at. Richard, Paul, and the staff are always welcoming and accommodating. I always feel part of the staff and therefore part of the day.

Despite the power cut which plunged the whole area in to darkness for a few hours, which I must admit made the Hotel feel really, cosy and warm. Grinkle Park offers a beautiful backdrop to any wedding. There are always places to work, whether it’s raining, snowing or sunshine