Weddings & Other Things

A winter wedding at New House Farm for Tracy & Mark

A winter wedding at New House Farm for Tracy & Mark

When Tracy and Mark got engaged in Florence, they couldn't think of a better place to get married than the Lake District. After meeting at their local squash club, they became a couple and started visiting the lakes together every year where they came across New House...

Zarah and Andrew’s Winter Wedding at Augill Castle

Zarah and Andrew’s Winter Wedding at Augill Castle

Zarah and Andrew met in their regular pub and it was love at first sight. When Andrew first saw Zahara walk into his local, he was blown away. Andrew said, “It was like a scene from a movie; everything slowed down, all the noise cancelled out and everything apart from...

Rachel and Owen’s Wedding – The Inn on the Lake

Rachel and Owen’s Wedding – The Inn on the Lake

Rachel and Owen's Summer wedding at the Inn on the Lake at Glenridding was a lovely, simple gathering of family and close friends. The hotel is right next to the scenic Ullswater lake, so always provides an amazing backdrop for wedding photos. Low Key Wedding Rachel...

Langdale Chase wedding of Sarah & Nick

Langdale Chase wedding of Sarah & Nick

Sarah and Nick decided on a Langdale Chase wedding. The couple were married in a gorgeous ceremony in the Hall of the Hotel, surrounded by their nearest and dearest. Sarah looked absolutely amazing in her ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ dress, with her hair and make-up done by...

Sarah & Ian’s Lodore Falls winter wedding

Sarah & Ian’s Lodore Falls winter wedding

Sarah and Ian had their perfect winter Lodore Falls wedding on a crisp, bright day in mid-March. My day started off with taking a few shots of the groom and his best man as they got themselves ready. Now, you might usually expect the groomsmen to be a bit calmer than...

Becca & Gavin’s Langdale Chase wedding

Becca & Gavin’s Langdale Chase wedding

Rebecca and Gavin chose to marry at St Oswald’s Church in Grasmere, followed by a reception at the beautiful Langdale Chase Hotel. My first assignment of the day was to photograph the bride to be and her bridesmaids as they were getting ready. Becca found her white...

Kerry & Andrew’s Holbeck Ghyll wedding

Kerry & Andrew’s Holbeck Ghyll wedding

Kerry and Andrew chose to have a Holbeck Ghyll wedding in late February. Holbeck Ghyll is a fantastic venue with views over Windermere and the Langdale Pikes. It also is home to Cumbria’s only Michelin starred restaurant and their new chef recently won Professional...

Top 50 lake district wedding photographs of 2015

Top 50 lake district wedding photographs of 2015

Its been a busy year here for me, and a busy week trawling through the 20,000 images I shot in the last 12 months, trying to narrow them down to pick my favourite image from each wedding to create my top 50 lake district wedding photographs of 2015. This doesn't mean...

Punchbowl Inn wedding of Rebecca & Paul

Punchbowl Inn wedding of Rebecca & Paul

Rebecca and Paul met in Northern Ireland, they travelled back and forth before Paul decided to move to England so they could be together. How romantic! Keeping up his romantic streak Paul proposed as the first fireworks went off during a bonfire night celebration in...

Langdale Chase wedding of Sara & Scott

Langdale Chase wedding of Sara & Scott

langdale chase wedding venue in lake district cumbria Sara and Scott got married at the Langdale Chase Hotel on a gorgeous and bright early November day. With her hair done by Louise from Equinox Hair and her makeup done by Lisa from the Lime Beauty Rooms the bride...

Augill Castle wedding of Stephanie & Silas

Augill Castle wedding of Stephanie & Silas

The end of October heralded the wedding of Stephanie and Silas at the stunning Augill Castle. The bride looked beautiful in a dress from Monsoon and her hair and makeup done by Capelli Studio. The ceremony was small and intimate with a wonderful light-hearted...

New House Farm wedding of Heather & Barry

New House Farm wedding of Heather & Barry

When Barry proposed to Heather, she said yes and they promptly hopped on a plane and went travelling for 8 months! The couple decided to get married at the beautiful Loweswater Church, which dates back to 1884. Heather looked gorgeous in her dress by Stephanie Allin...

Ullswater Wedding of Kate and Patrick

Ullswater Wedding of Kate and Patrick

Kate and Patrick decided to get married at Kate’s family church in Dacre. Dacre church is a gorgeous 12th century church which is Grade I listed and believed to occupy the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastery. The guests arrived in style, in old fashioned buses provided...

Lodore Falls wedding of Hayley & Alex

Lodore Falls wedding of Hayley & Alex

  Hayley and Alex met through friends 12 years ago and the rest, as they say, is history! Alex proposed on a day trip to the medieval clifftop village of Eze whilst the couple were holidaying in France. He proposed in French and had to ask twice as Hayley was so...

Langdale Chase wedding of Suzanne & Robin

Langdale Chase wedding of Suzanne & Robin

Suzanne and Robin were married on a lovely day in early September at the Langdale Chase Hotel. Guest enjoyed a few drinks on the terrace before going inside to the beautiful oak panelled hall for the ceremony. The hall was decorated with stunning flowers by The...

Armathwaite Hall wedding of Maria & Peter

Armathwaite Hall wedding of Maria & Peter

Maria and Peter decided to have an Armathwaite Hall wedding. On a gorgeous day in mid September the couple wed in a beautiful ceremony at the Hall. The bride looked stunning with her hair and makeup done by Holly Sadler and in a fantastic dress! Everyone then enjoyed...

Cote How wedding of Harriet & Tom

Cote How wedding of Harriet & Tom

  Harriet and Tom were married on a beautiful day in early September at Cote How, Rydal. They decided to have an outdoor ceremony and the bride looked fantastic, with her make up from MAC, her hair by Katie Swainson and her dress from Chilham Bridal Boutique....

Cote How wedding of Angela & John

Cote How wedding of Angela & John

Angela and John chose to hold their wedding at Cote How on the shores of Rydal Water. This was a new venue for me and I was blown away by both the beauty of the location and how well the team there catered for the wedding party. Owner Caroline used to be a wedding...

Lodore Falls wedding of Sarah & Michael

Lodore Falls wedding of Sarah & Michael

lodore falls hotel wedding venue in lake district cumbria Sarah and Michael held their wedding at the beautiful Lodore Falls Hotel, situated in the idyllic Borrowdale Valley, with views over Derwent Water. The couple met online in a story worthy of a romantic comedy....

New House Farm wedding of Marika & James

New House Farm wedding of Marika & James

Australia based couple Marika and James chose the gorgeous New House Farm for their wedding. The pair met whilst New Zealand born Marika was travelling, she fell off the stage at the Inferno nightclub in London and James caught her… talk about sweeping a girl off her...

Langdale Chase wedding of Laura & Aaron

Langdale Chase wedding of Laura & Aaron

Laura and Aaron were married in an outdoor ceremony on the shores of Lake Windermere at the Langdale Chase Hotel. It was a gorgeous day and Laura looked stunning in her embellished gown. Her makeup had been elegantly done by Polly Winder and the lovely flowers were...

Blencowe Hall wedding of Claire & Andy

Blencowe Hall wedding of Claire & Andy

Claire and Andy decided to hold their wedding at the magnificently restored Blencowe Hall, one of the Rowley Estates situated near Greystoke, Penrith. The wedding party stayed at the hall for a few days, and enjoyed activities such as clay pigeon shooting as well as a...

Low Wood Bay wedding of Shona & Richard

Low Wood Bay wedding of Shona & Richard

Shona and Richard chose the stunning Low Wood Bay Hotel to host their wedding reception. The couple first met when Richard, a Royal Navy Marine, went on a night out with Shona’s brother, also a Marine. It was love at first sight. I shot ‘getting’ ready shots of both...

Lodore Falls wedding of Kate & Laura

Lodore Falls wedding of Kate & Laura

Kate and Laura chose to hold their special day at the Lodore Falls Hotel, a majestic hotel situated in Borrowdale, near Keswick. The couple are both A&E nurses and met when Kate started work on the same ward as Laura…the rest, as they say, is history! An extremely...