Thornsett Fields Farm Wedding - Rachel and Matthew

Rachel and Matthew's Festival Barn Wedding at Thornsett Fields Farm in Greater Manchester.

Racquet Club Wedding - Liverpool - Andrea and Lee

Andrea and Lee's Beautiful Winter Wedding at the Racquet Club, Liverpool. What a party!

Donna and Kev got engaged on a hillside in the pissing down rain somewhere in Lancashire. After Kev dragged Donna out of their lovely warm and dry Bed and Breakfast and then up and down many hills, as the wind and rain lashed on their cold and sodden faces. Donna didn’t have a clue what was coming… and let’s be honest, she was probably feeling a little bit fed up at this point. But then Kev stopped held Donna gently by the hand and pointed her in the direction of a very familiar scene… Her favourite scene. The scene from her most treasured painting, that had held prize positioning in her home for many years. Donna had no idea that the painting was even of a real place, but some how Kev had not only figured it out, but gone and found the place and the exact spot (more or less) that the painting was painted from! Donna was gob smacked! And if that wasn’t enough, when she turns to look at Kev. The kind of “How the hell have you done this” look, she sometimes gives him… Kev is only down one knee and asking Donna to marry him!!! She said yes, of course, or this would be a weird story, they drank a bottle of Champagne that Kev had secretly stashed in his rucksack and made their way back to the B&B, warmer, happier and ready to spend the rest of their lives together!

As engagements go, this one was a corker and the wedding at Middlethorpe Hall was just as beautiful. Thank you for having me Donna and Kev, it was an absolute pleasure to spend the day with you.

P.S. Carno Kevin my Venus flytrap, is safe and well and keeping me company every day sitting on the windowsill by my desk and protecting me from flies. He says “Hi”.

If you are getting married and looking for a Documentary photographer to capture your day in a natural unobtrusive manner drop me a message or check out my online portfolio.

Katie Dervin is a Documentary Photographer based in Manchester.

Amy and Harry's Beautiful Church Wedding and Village Hall Reception. St Mary's All Saints Church and Aston Village Hall.

When I first met Amy, she said that Harry and her just wanted a really simple but elegant wedding. A small church wedding with their closest friends and family and then on to the village hall for the party, where they had hired some local food vans to put on a variety of yummy hand made food and deserts to stay the whole day, for their guests to dip into whenever they fancied. It was a beautifully relaxed affair. Amy’s decoration was top notch as she decorated the whole hall herself and it did look beautiful and elegant, but the loveliest thing about the whole day was the look of love on Amy and Harry’s faces whenever they looked at each other. xx

Katie Dervin is a Documentary Photographer based in Manchester.

Festival Wedding Alert! Victoria and Steve's Awesome, DIY - Back Garden - Tipi - Farm Wedding.

Victoria and Steve’s wedding was as intimate as it comes, they got hitched on a beautiful sunny day at Holy Trinity Church, Tythby, Nottingham in the very same church where Victoria’s parent’s got married, from the church the guests walked just a few steps down the road to Victoria’s childhood home where an awesome teepee reception, lots of bubbly and plenty of surprises were eagerly awaiting them. It was very much a DIY wedding with everyone chipping in, metal sculptures made by Victoria’s Dad, beautiful flower arrangements came from the lady next doors own garden, while on the other side their neighbours lent their farms fields for friends and family to camp over night, one particular heroic local family took on the mammoth task of serving everyone food and even doing all the washing up by hand. Decorations were hand made and sourced by Victoria from local charity shops and entertainment ranged through the day from a staged puppet performance to Victoria getting up and blasting out some mammoth tunes with her band, even nailing down a Jimi Hendrix solo on her Clarinet. It was truly a wonderful day, jam packed fun and all the magical little details and hard work from everyone on involved made it even more special. I loved every minute of it. Thanks for having me Stix (Victoria) and Steve! ;) xx

Manchester Wedding: Beatriz and Brendan's Urban; Music, Graffiti, Skate Boarding and Break Dancing?*

When I first met Beatriz and Brendan at their home in Chorlton, Manchester it was clear that the Manchester’s Music Scene had played a big part in them getting together. Beatriz and Brendan have been together for 15 awesome years, their love story began one sweaty noisy night at Manchester’s Road House Music venue where they first smacked eyes on each other, over a crowded room packed with dedicated music lovers and sparks flew. 15 years on they are still besotted with each other, Brendan hitting top groom points for surprising Beatriz on their wedding day with a gospel choir, a personalised graffiti mural and a swish chauffer driven Jag to wizz them around town.

*They aren't really breakdancing they are just shit at handstands ;)

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