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Jakub & Sebastian - An Intimate & Emotional Sale Town Hall Wedding - Cheshire Wedding Photographer
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Jakub & Sebastian - An Intimate & Emotional Sale Town Hall Wedding - Cheshire Wedding Photographer

Yesterday was one of those wedding days that quietly settles into your heart and stays there.

I had the honour of photographing Jakub & Sebastian’s intimate wedding at Sale Town Hall — my most local wedding venue, and one I genuinely love. There’s something timeless and tender about weddings at Sale Town Hall. It always feels like a place where meaningful stories unfold, and this one was no exception.

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2022 - A Year in Wedding Photography
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2022 - A Year in Wedding Photography

So here’s to you, 2022 and all of your big beautiful muchness. Here’s to the friends I’ve made and the stories I’ve told. Here’s to the thirty-five AMAZING and perfect and so so special couples who trusted me and welcomed me with only love and grace and warmth and really reminded me that I do in fact have the BEST job in the world.

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Chantelle & Simon: A DIY Leigh Town Hall Wedding
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Chantelle & Simon: A DIY Leigh Town Hall Wedding

The WONDERFUL  Chantelle and Simon were the first of my 2017 couples to take me up on this crazy add-on service.  Chantelle is herself a keen photographer and lover of all vintage and they were so excited for the possibility of film and showing off another perspective of the big day.  After an absolute nightmare just five days before their wedding that neccessitated a last minute venue change - yes really! - my second shooter Jenn and I arrived at the beautifully classic Leigh Town Hall for a (very warm!) early summer family-filled ceremony. 

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Claire & Michael: An Intimate Family-Filled Buxton Pavilion Wedding
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Claire & Michael: An Intimate Family-Filled Buxton Pavilion Wedding

The WONDERFULLY sweet Claire & Michael got in touch with me just 7 WEEKS before their wedding day after booking (then cancelling) the big wedding next spring. Instead these two lovebirds opted for a VERY intimate (we're talking 20 people!) family-focused ceremony on the bandstand of the beautifully vintage Buxton Pavilion Gardens, just on the edge of the Peak District.  With a simple hearfelt civil ceremony and just those closest to them present, there wasn't a dry eye in sight (including my own!). 

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Philippa & Kallum: A Saddleworth Hotel Wedding
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Philippa & Kallum: A Saddleworth Hotel Wedding

With a cake cutting to start off the hilarious and very moving speeches (including a full set of props by Pippa's dad!) the guests were then entertained by the awesome Magic Kay's sleight of hand and tunes by the soulful Johnny Walker, setting up an evening full of so much laughter and dancing and silliness - Pippa and Kallum and I even managed to escape to the games room for a quick game of billiards (turns out our bride was a bit of a Shark!)

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