Wedding Photographer Glossop

The Cresent Hotel Buxton

Emma and her Bridal Party got ready at The Cresent Hotel in Buxton on a cold foggy morning in January. It was quite the contrast from their first wedding morning that they had on a beautiful beach in Thailand. Emma, her mum and Bridesmaids were all still sporting their holiday tans while they got ready for James and Emma to do the legal bit at Buxton Registry Office.

Buxton Registry Office

James arrived in style at Buxton registry Office donning a turquoise suit. Emma arrived in a beautiful white lace wedding gown while her bridesmaids wore sage green long dresses. The wedding ceremony in Buxton Registry Office was short and sweet but there was still plenty of time for some tears and laughter from the wedding party. Outside we were greeted by a beautiful crisp frosty January morning and headed to the field opposite the Registry Office for some photographs before Emma and James and their wedding guests hitched a ride to The Old Hall in Chinley for some more relaxed family photos in the winter sun followed by a flurry of car park confetti and some excellent pub grub to celebrate.

the crystal ballroom Glossop

Before heading to the Crystal Ballroom in Glossop to get the party started Emma and James wanted some photographs of them both in Glossop as that is where they live together. Glossop is also where I live to so I was excited to be able to finally use some of Glossop’s beautiful epic scenery for some wedding Portraits. With it being January and Emma not wanted to get her beautiful long wedding gown ruined before the party, we had to stick to the road, where it would be relatively clean and dry so we had a little stroll along the Derbyshire Level to take in the beautiful sights and grab some lovely natural portraits of Emma and James together just before the sun dipped beneath the magnificent rolling hills of Glossop.

At The Crystal Ballroom in Glossop James and Emma greeted their family and friends at the front door with complimentary glasses of fizz, there were a lot of big long heart felt hugs in the doorway before the dance floor got going. The children were the first to bust some moves on the Ballroom Dance Floor and then it was time for some speeches. James and Emma gave their speech on the stage at The Crystal Ballroom thanking all of their friends and family for coming and making sure they thanked their families. They played a slide show of photographs from their wedding in Thailand up on a projector so wedding guests could enjoy some memories from the day. James and Emma’s fathers then both gave a speech, with Emma’s after going last and pulling a flash mob dance out of the bag ( a terrific way to get out of doing a speech, but you do have to dance!) James and Emma were delighted by the dance laughing and singing along with it, before they cut the cake and did a little dance for everyone of their own.

Talented Local Wedding Supplier Shout Out:

Make up: Louise Seville LS Make up Artistry https://www.instagram.com/lsmakeupartistry/

Hair: Charlotte from https://thesalonofmarple.com/

Flowers: The Allotment Bride Florist (Faye) https://www.instagram.com/the_allotment_bride_florist

Dress: Dress The Bride (Stockport): https://www.dressthebride.co.uk/

Getting Ready Venue: https://ensanahotels.com/en/hotels/buxton-crescent

Ceremony Venue: https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/community/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil-partnerships.aspx

Meal Venue: https://www.old-hall-inn.co.uk/

Reception Venue: https://crystalballroomglossop.com/

Lancashire Wedding Photographer - Stanley House Wedding - Daisy & Phil

Daisy and Phil's Story in Daisy's words...

"Me and Phill met at college, I fancied him because he had really big muscles and after our first date I realised he was sweet and unlike any other guy that I’d met.
Phill proposed in Croatia, I knew something was wrong because he said we’d go for a walk the first day we got there (he hates walking). I thought nothing of it after that. We were sat next to the sea after our walk and I was distracted by 2 guys jumping into the sea, I thought they’d not come up for air for a while and maybe something had happened to them. Phil was telling me he loved me and then reached into his swimming shorts and pulled out the ring box because he had no where else to put it without me seeing I said yes apart from I couldn’t wear the ring for the next week as it was too big!"
 

Why Stanley House?

We went round 2 venues and when we went to Stanley house we both fell in love it was the prefect size and the staff were fantastic from the beginning.

Stanley House

 Is a Hotel and Spa wedding venue in the beautiful Ribble Valley, Mellor, Lancashire. With stunning scenery and it’s own hotel and spa on site, it’s a great venue for you and your guests to relax for the whole weekend if you want to.

The Wedding Day

Daisy and Phil had a civil ceremony at Stanley House and enjoyed the rest of the day and night there. The weather and setting were beautiful. Daisy and Phil both looked amazing, the only problem was the wedding party had gone to a restaurant together the night before and half of them were struck down with food poising including poor Phil! Meaning he was running back and forth to the toilet during speeches and lasted long enough to get some confetti thrown and have a few photos before he sent himself off to bed. The evening guests arrived and the party went on, Daisy had a dance with her Dad and then her Dad surprised everyone by dressing up as Elvis and doing some amazing Elvis performances that really lifted everyones spirits, it looked like we might have seen the last of Phil, but like a true trooper he made a grand entrance just in time to cut the cake and have his first dance with Daisy. 

Thank you for having us Daisy and Phil, in the face of adversity you guys still nailed getting married and had an awesome fun packed wedding day, I'm just so sorry Phil was ill for a lot of it. 

Also a big shout out for my wonderful second photographer Katy Mutch for being a photographic and general legend as always! 

Wedding Advice for Future Couples from Daisy and Phil

Make sure you get a cracking wedding band.

Get a parent to pay for the bar.

Don’t let your husband get food poisoning.

Enjoy every moment of the wedding and take 5 minutes to take it all in with the person your going to spend the rest of your life with (in between them being sick in the champagne bucket ).

A Shout Out For Daisy and Phil's Wedding Suppliers. 

Venue and food by Stanley House - https://www.stanleyhouse.co.uk/

Flowers - By a friend and The Flower Shop, Clitheroe https://www.theflower-shop.co.uk/

Suits - Marc Darcy - https://marcdarcy.co.uk/

Dress - Ava Rose - http://www.avarosehamilton.co.uk/lancashire/ava-rose-barrowford/

Cake - https://www.facebook.com/CakesAndThat

Wedding Band - The Dead Beats - http://deadbeatsband.co.uk/

Liverpool Documentary Wedding Photographer - The Racquet Club - Becca and Sean

Urban Wedding

I love shooting urban weddings, so when Becca and Sean asked me to shoot their lovely chilled out wedding at The Racquet Club in Liverpool. I knew we were in for a treat! The Racquet Club is in a great little spot. It’s near enough to the Liver buildings for you to get a good couples portrait with one of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings in the background, the sun also sets just over the water making for some epic light at golden hour. Right next to the venue is Our Lady Saint Nicholas Church who are kind enough (with the little help of a donation) to let you use their gardens for group photos and getting a bit of greenery into your portraits. If greenery isn’t your thing, the area is bursting at the seams with beautiful architecture and street art to make for more modern portraits with cool Liverpudlian City Vibes. Luckily for me Becca and Sean were up for it all!  We even bumped into the Liverpool Ghost Tour on our escapades and Becca managed to grab a photo with them!

The Racquet Club Wedding Venue

Inside The Racquet Club is a real treat, with it’s huge rooms, tall ceilings and massive long window there is plenty of natural light around to make capturing those natural moments and fleeting interaction between guests a piece of cake. Becca and Sean had the super talented Sweet Pea and Ivy decorate the venue with a beautiful display of old books, candles, delicate roses and cascading foliage. The room looked amazing! Becca and Sean also added some personal touches themselves, Becca hand made some decorations attached to some huge white balloons and they brought Sean’s obsession with collecting Vinyl into the day by having guests sign records as a guest book and had a friends live band play music for their guests to dance to into the night. It turned into quite the party as you can see from the photos.

Thanks for having me Becca and Sean, you threw and beautiful, fun amazingly chilled out wedding and you were both up for anything! It was an absolute pleasure to photograph your day. Lots of Love xxxxxx

What Becca and Sean had to say...

“Katie thank you so much for capturing our day.

We were so excited when our photo package arrived, we relived the whole day going through it you captured every moment perfectly it was lovley to look back at some of the bits we missed on the day.

We really couldn’t of ask for anything more you really got us and what we wanted from our day and from that captured some amazing memories for us to keep.”

A few wedding dates in 2018 are still available and I am now taking bookings for 2019. 

If you are looking for your Wedding Photographer and would like to get in touch, drop me a message! I have a few dates in 2018 still available and I am now taking bookings for 2019.