Yesterday the effervescent Jacqui married her sweetheart Dave in the Inglenook Suite of the GORGEOUS Rowton Hall in Chester with just a few very close family members faithfully looking on whilst their labrador (and ultimate flower girl) Mabel Pie bounded around greeting all her new best friends with her very own flower collar and goober-dog grin.
Read MoreThere is DELIGHT and I cannot think of another couple who embody this magic golden time than the exquisite Laura & Lewis who got married in the family embrace at the beautiful Stock Farm in Knutsford. With their gorgeous rescue pup Jack faithfully at their feet, the happy couple said their vows on the lush green lawn in front of their dearest friends and family and there was not a dry eye in sight!
Read MoreWith Pride month on the horizon, I knew I wanted to create a shoot that celebrated, above all, JOY and LOVE. I wanted drama and theatre and COLOUR and glitter and, after spending a significant portion of lockdown binging RuPaul’s Drag Race, I wanted DRAG!!!!
Read MoreLucy & Matt have been together for what their friends will describe as forever. If you caught hteir pre-wedding session on my social media, you’ll have seen the easy, relaxed chemistry they share - a gentle camaraderie, an equal balance and a clear, electric adoration for each other that jumps out of every photo. I should have realised that their pre-wedding shoot set me up for an even greater concentration of that connection on their wedding day.
Read MoreToday was a typical Manchester spring day - grey, torrential rain but full of laughter and joy and an attitude to embrace whatever is thrown at you. After a very moving micro-ceremony with just their extraordinary blended family (in a full-circle moment, I got to witness the marriage with Andy’s sister Stephanie!), we braved the rain, Amber kicked off her shoes and we had a quick run around Sale’s own secret garden for photos.
Read MoreThroughout the uncertainty of 2020 and the very gradual reopening of 2021, Clare & Bobby’s patience and persistence payed off and April 17th 2021 truly was one of the most glorious wedding days I’ve had the privilege to capture. The magical soft golden sunshine and warmer temperatures combined with a truly spectacular (and impeccably run) venue, the birdsong, the beautiful, emotional faces of close family and friends included to witness the joining of these remarkable humans was the stuff of wedding dreams.
Read MoreIn January 2020, I gathered together with my favourite crew of talented wedding suppliers and we produced an epic, regal, rock and roll medieval wedding shoot at Peckforton Castle. In February I shot my first two weddings of the year, invigorated and eager for a full season ahead. And then it was March. And then the world stopped. Stillness descended, plans were changed and it was just all very quiet.
Read MoreClare and Jack were supposed to marry in August with 300 of their big beautiful Irish Catholic family and friends by their side. Then Clare and Jack were supposed to marry in November with 30 close by. Yesterday Clare & Jack said their marriage vows in front of just 15 beloved family members. And 300 or just 15, it was exhilarating to work alongside a group of exceptional Cheshire wedding suppliers and give these beautiful, kind, generous humans the most amazing fairytale wedding of their dreams
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