Manchester Wedding Photographer - Sarah and Ben

Sarah and Ben's Epic Manchester City Centre Wedding

I love a good Manchester City Centre wedding and Sarah and Ben did not disappoint! It was off to a bumpy start in the wedding planning days for the two of them, when their first Manchester venue cancelled on them just a few months before the wedding! Luckily The Renaissance Hotel on Blackfriars Street came to rescue and they were able to hold their chilled out urban wedding right in the heart of Manchester.

Getting ready shots with the Groomsmen was exciting for me as I was allowed into Barber, Barber in the Barton Arcade, (normally girls aren’t allowed in) so I felt like a spy… Sneaking around with my camera. There were a couple of close shaves, but I think I got away with it… Oh dear… Then it was on to Sarah and Ben’s City Centre apartment to see how the girls and Sarah’s Dad were getting on and photograph Sarah getting into her magnificent wedding dress. It was a lovely chilled out morning full of tears and laughs. Some beautiful thoughtful presents from Sarah to her bridesmaids and parents, not to mention some killer dance moves getting thrown out by flower girl, Freya.

When we got to The Renaissance Hotel the excitement was building. The room looked stunning, but it had nothing on what Sarah looked like walking down the aisle to Ben, they were both glowing with happiness and laughing together throughout the ceremony. It was an absolute corker! After some confetti, fizz, canapés and a few family group shots by the River Irwell we hopped into a taxi and made our way to Stevenson Square in Manchester’s infamous Northern Quarter to bring some of Manchester’s amazing street art into the Sarah and Ben’s portrait session. We had about 20 minutes, so it was a mad dash from spot to spot, but Sarah and Ben totally nailed it, as I think you’ll see in their photos. We even managed to find some graffiti that fitted with the smoke bombs Sarah and Ben had wanted perfectly and literally just a few minutes before the taxi arrived to whisk us back to Black Friars Street in time for the wedding breakfast! We then enjoyed some hilarious and heartfelt speeches, before it was time for for the party, which obviously, like anything Sarah and Ben do, was done in style. I’ll let the party photos tell you the rest of the story.

Thank you for having me Sarah and Ben. You guys rock! Xxx

Katie Dervin is a Documentary Wedding Photographer based in Manchester.

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Baba's house sign - Manchester groom prep

Grooms men getting cut throat shaves in Manchester wedding documentary style photographs

Groomsmen getting shave, framed by the doorway of the barbers

Magazine with a black and white photograph of Elvis on the cover

Groomsman getting hair cut with clippers, Manchester

Grooms happy face in barber, barber, Manchester

Black and white photograph of groom getting hair shaved.

Barber and Groom in forground with neon sign in focus in the back ground

Black and white photograph of groom in front of a wall full of pictures.

Groom getting cut throat shave, black and white photograph

Groom standing in the door way of Barber, Barber, Manchester

Groom bumps into a friend in the street, image in black and white

View from the bride and grooms apartment in Manchester

Bride hanging out of the window of their Manchester apartment

Black and white pictures on the wall of the bride and grooms home in Manchester

Father of the bride getting his suit fixed and laughing

Bride and her father share a moment and she gives him a wedding morning gift.

Father of the bride reads a letter from his daughter while to mother of the bride watches him.

Parents of the bride stand together reading letter from their daughter smiling.

Flower girl looks at her self in the mirror in her special dress.

Flower girl had her buttons done up by bridesmaid, the brides wedding dress hangs in the background.

Bridesmaid and flower girl open their morning presents from the bride

Brides parents and videographer share a wedding morning giggle.

Flower girl and mother of the bride play together.

Brides tattooed arm reaches up as she puts on her wedding dress. Image processed in black and white

Bride shares a laugh with her bridesmaids as she puts on her wedding dress.

Bride has the back of her wedding dress fastened as bridesmaid puts make up on flower girl.

Flower girl pulls a funny pouty face as the bridesmaid puts lipstick on her.

Smiling excited Bride has her veil put on.

Bride comes out to see her family in her wedding dress.

Outside of the Manchester hotel where the couple will get married.

Candles decorate the floor in the room where the ceremony will take place.

Groom and groomsmen wearing blue suits stand in a line getting their flowers put on.

Groom looks towards his mother as a friend puts on his flower.

Friends gather round awaiting the ceremony.

Groom smiles nervously awaiting his bride.

Bride walks down the aisle with her father looking excited.

Groom looks at bride for the first time.

Brides beautiful tattooed arm stretches out to hold grooms hand. Close up photograph.

Bride and groom laugh together during ceremony.

A friend reads a reading as the bride and groom watch him.

The Bride turns to the groom and laughs during the ceremony.

Bride and groom look happy on their wedding day in Manchester

Brides family look emotional as they watch ceremony.

Photograph of Bride and Groom during their Manchester Wedding ceremony.

Two guests take photographs of the Bride and Groom signing the registrar.

Bride and groom laugh as guests throw confetti.

Guests throw confetti as bride and groom walk down the aisle.

Bride and groom stand at the end of the aisle looking loved up.

flower girl sleeps on confetti covered floor.

A view of Manchester from the wedding venue.

Bride exits Manchester wedding venue holding her bouquet in the air.

Bride and Groom walk with wedding guests through the streets on Manchester.

Couple smile in front of heart shaped street art in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

Bride and Groom stand in front of heart shaped street art showing the Manchester Skyline, Northern Quarter.

Couple laugh together in front of Manchester Graffiti.

Cool bride and groom in front of Manchester graffiti.

Bride and groom in front of street art in Manchester NQ.

Bride and groom kiss in front of big heart.

Bride holds flowers up cheering in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

Bride and groom messing around on their wedding day in the Northern Quarter, Manchester.

Bride and Groom have their photographs taken in Stevenson Square Manchester.

Bride and Groom smile in front of pink power to the people street art in Stevenson Square, Manchester.

Bride and Groom give the peace sign, in front on Manchester Bee Peace sign Street Art, Stevenson Square, The Northern Quarter, Manchester.

Bride and Groom pose in front of Manchester Bee Hand Heart Street art in Stevenson Square, The Northern Quarter, Manchester.

Groom holds brides dress for her as she walks past graffiti, Stevenson Square Manchester.

Bride and Groom pose in front of street art behind The Peer Hat, Manchester, Northern Quarter.

Bride and Groom having fun in Manchester alley.

Manchester Bride and Groom throwing some strong poses for their photographs

Bride walks down Manchester back alley with her wedding dress and flowers. Photograph in edited black and white.

Bride looks to Groom as they walk through Manchester. Graffiti tags in back ground.

Bride and Groom walk past tree graffiti on Faraday Street, Manchester. Photograph processed in colour.

Photograph processed in black and white. Couple walk by Faraday Street, Tree Graffiti in Manchester.

Bride and Groom stand on Warwick Street, Manchester for photograph.

Couple stand laughing together for wedding photographs in front of various street art at Warwick Street, Manchester.

Manchester Bride and Groom pose for photographs on Warwick Street.

Black and white photograph of couple dance in Manchester back alley on their wedding day.

Bride and Groom with smoke bombs in Manchester.

Bride and Groom in front o purple and blue street art with purple and blue smoke bombs, Northern Quarter, Manchester.

Bride and Groom in front of graffiti in Manchester.

You are my best friend, sheet music, table decor.

Bride and Groom Enter the wedding breakfast

Guests listening to father of the brides speech.

Children playing table football at wedding.

Wedding guests posing for photos on dance floor

Bride feeds cake to groom. Image in black and white.

Toddler in wig and glasses on Manchester wedding dance floor.

Wedding guests sit at table wearing wacky glasses at Manchester Wedding.

Bride laughing with friends on dance floor.

Man holding new born baby at wedding party.

Child holding blow up machine gun at Manchester wedding party.

Mother of the bride dancing with flower girl.

Page boy playing on wedding dance floor.

Wedding guest wearing a police helmet and holding a blow up dinosaur at Manchester Wedding.

Man dancing with blow up boobies at Wedding Party in Manchester.

Man with giant tie dances with lady at Manchester Wedding Party.

Man sings into blow up mic at wedding party.

Lady wearing sailors hat at wedding party.

Toddler with blow up gun chased by man with blow up sword.

Bride and groom laugh together during first dance.

Bride and groom dance at Wedding party in Manchester City Centre.

Photograph of bride and groom having their first dance together.

Why I Love This Photo Series 1.3

This photograph might not look like much at first. A family sitting at a table together in an empty room… But this moment was more than that. This was the moment when June and Steve took time out with their daughter Rosie during their wedding day. Rosie was overwhelmed. She didn’t really understand what the wedding was about and somehow thought that Mummy and Daddy getting married meant that they didn’t love her anymore. She was inconsolable. So deeply upset, it was hard to watch. After the ceremony was over June and Steve took her to one side to make her feel loved and spend some time as a family unit without the busy commotion of their guests around them. It was a beautiful, private and tender moment between the 3 of them and as it happened I managed to capture this little photograph of the 3 of them being a family.

Documentary Wedding Photography

Part of being a documentary wedding photographer is looking out for the small moments in between the bigger more obvious ones. Rosie will grow up and probably forget most of this day, when June and Steve tell her that she was so upset she may not even believe them! When I look at this photo, I see Love. The unconditional love that June and Steve have for their daughter. One day she’ll be older, she wont need them to hold her hand any more, she’ll make friends, move out, travel, become independent, but there will always be this little moment frozen in time when all this little girl wanted was a cuddle from her mum and Dad and that’s beautiful…

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Katie Dervin is a Documentary Wedding Photographer based in Manchester.

Baltic Quarter Wedding Liverpool - Lucy and Josh.

When I first met Lucy and Josh I knew we were on for a bloody good wedding. Not only are they both dazzling beauties, but they have great taste in music and a really chilled out attitude and that came through in their super relaxed day. Lucy and Josh got married in beautiful and intimate ceremony in St Georges Hall, then with a Mr. whippy in one hand and a glass of champers in the other, they pilled on a London bus with their guests and made their merry to Siren in the Baltic Quarter to get the party started. At Siren Lucy and Josh’s guests were greeted with home made cocktails and psychedelic harmonies from Niamh and Fiona of the Sundowners. With no speeches or formal meal planned their guests soaked up the sunshine, enjoyed the music, sipped on cocktails and ate from the BBQ in the garden. As the sun went down guests moved in doors to listen to the funky rhythms of the Robert Mather Band before getting down and dirty on the dance floor and the decks came out and shapes got made.

P.S. If you are wondering where they got their lovely buttonholes and flowers from, Josh made them! I was ever so impressed with his floristry skills.

Bromwich Park Wedding: Rachel and Bob's Rock and Roll Festival Wedding in a Dis-used Dairy Farm.

Rachel was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when she first met Bob, Big Hands in Manchester to be precise. When Rachel first told their mutual friend Guy that she fancied Bob (Bob had always fancied Rachel) Guy told her “No! No! You are both too loud.” Nearly a decade and a half later Rachel and Bob are on a sunset Safari in Dubai, when Bob sneakily kneels on the floor pretending to take a photo, whips out a ring and asks Rachel to marry him. Rachel said yes of course but was a bit pissed off that he’d asked her while she was wearing leggings and so that’s how this story begins…

Rachel and Bob managed to plan the most epic wedding in just a few weeks. The venue Bromwich Park was perfect, beautiful scenery and just the right mix; disused dairy farm meets grungy night club to give their wedding the Rock and Roll Edge that they were going for. They had some of Manchester’s most talented musicians and wordsmiths to provide the sound track for their day and even had their good friend Guy marry them, in a tear jerking open air ceremony. One of Rachel and Bob’s top priorities on their wedding day was making sure they threw an awesome party for their most loved friends and family, and they had their work cut out for them as they are a popular duo with 230 guests! But they totally fucking nailed it.

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