Wedding Photography Selby Abbey | Carlton Towers Wedding Photographer | Li and David's Wedding

Strictly speaking, this blog post belongs to last year rather than this, because that's when we had such a fabulous day as Li and David's Selby Abbey wedding photographers and after a beautiful ceremony conducted by an awesome vicar, their Carlton Towers wedding photographers.  Life's events took over from us blogging as much as we would have liked during last year, but we just couldn't let this gorgeous day pass by without including it, as this is where we share the incredible days that we have had the privilege to be part of, express our gratitude to the clients who book us, and of course showcase our work for visitors to check out for ideas and to give a sense of our style, in the hope it will attract like minded couples who feel that we would be a great fit for them.  So back to Carlton Towers, Li's preparation venue, on a scorcher of a day.  It's like a workout getting up all those stairs! Li had shared with us that there wouldn't be one wedding dress, oh no, she had four! Plus, a second make-up and hair styling session after arriving back at Carlton Towers from Selby Abbey.  The creative side of us felt excited, the professional, keep things to time and running smoothly side of us wondered how much time would be lost whilst Li changed from one dress to another.  As it was, things worked perfectly due to Li and David's unwavering enthusiasm and willingness to work with us, the stunning weather, careful planning and the longer daylight hours.  After the ceremony and a massive hail of confetti, we left to start the wedding photography at Carlton Towers with a few minutes to spend with the couple before their guests started to arrive and Li's change into her second dress for the group photos.  The wedding breakfast room pictures came next during Li's change into a fuchsia pink gown, and with it came some carefully planned bridal portraits on the staircase whilst the guests were seated for dinner.  After the speeches and cake cutting came dress number four, a slinky red number for the evening party, during which there was a choreographed first dance, a live band, and a groom who, with his groomsmen, performed a rendition of Take That's Rule the World, much to the delight of his bride.  David must have scored some serious points for that one!  A massive thank you Li and David for choosing us to share your beautiful, colourful, joyful celebrations!  Congratulations and we wish you many happy years of marriage.

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Rogerthorpe Manor Wedding Photography | Kasia and Andrew's Wedding

After a busy 2018 season, which ran right up to New Year's Eve, we had just a short break before getting back to doing what we love best, capturing precious memories for our lovely clients, this time as Rogerthorpe Manor wedding photographers.  We've been preferred photographers at this lovely venue for a long time and it's always a pleasure to work there. At this time of year you can expect it to be cold at best, and it's reasonable to prepare for working indoors, but it turned out fabulous and so much milder than we could have hoped for, meaning all groups and couple photos taken outside in those stunning grounds, which made us and Kasia and Andy very happy indeed!  Kasia got ready in the party room in the courtyard and it was, shall we say, busy. There was a hair and make-up production line going on and mum, grandma and bridesmaid, Natalie, were busy steaming any remaining creases out of Kasia's fabulous Pronovias wedding gown.  The couple's gorgeous little boy, Ollie, came to join the girls just before we left them to start photos of Andy and his brother and best man, James.  The Cawthorne Suite was expertly dressed by Mel from Passion Flowers and the ceremony, conducted by the Pontefract registrars, was a pleasure to capture.  We had a generous timeline before the wedding breakfast, especially important when daylight is short, but the couple were so much fun to work with and really enthusiastic about their photographs, that the time flew by far too quickly.  Then we had the dilemma of how to get their much wanted twilight shots because twilight is time critical and lost after only a few minutes.  This was one of many times when our two photographer team came into its own; Janet stayed indoors and captured the speeches whilst Alex set up outside for the twilight photos.  It was still touch and go whether we would miss the perfect time, as daylight was fading fast and the speeches were underway, but with help from Lee, the venue's master of ceremonies, who liaised with Alex and kept him informed, made an announcement to the guests, and got the couple outside just in time, things came together, giving Kasia and Andy something very special for their wedding album.  It was close guys but we nailed it!  So glad your speeches were short 😊 There were a few more groups to capture after dinner and with Kasia being a dance teacher we expected Mr and Mrs Hibbitt's first dance to be a bit different! Congratulations and thanks a million for putting your trust in us to capture your absolutely beautiful day!

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