The COVID pandemic affected many couple in many different ways, Callum and Margot had planned for a French wedding. Margot being from France it made sense. However due to the pandemic they reduced their celebrations to a their select few close family members and booked the wonderful Rushpool Hall Hotel, near Saltburn.

I love photographing different weddings, Hayley’s and Becca’s certainly ticked that box. Civil partnerships are something which produce a different creative perspective, in which we are being asked to capture more and more.

Dean and Sophie are the couple I felt most for over the past year. I was due to cover their wedding the week Mr. Johnson told us all to stay at home. Their wedding was the first of many too be cancelled throughout 2020. Finally thought after a few date changes we were at the beautiful Grinkle Park Hotel, one of my favourite wedding venues to work at. With its warm and cosy feel, its gorgeous grounds to work with, I never get bored of making memories their.

This was such a unique wedding to be apart of, firstly it was in the beautiful town of Leyburn. Somewhere we don’t very often get to o wedding photography and secondly the reception was on a campsite is a fantastic marquee.

It was lovely to be able to capture a family portrait, with so many different generations too. Stephen booked us to capture the arrival of his grandson. With his mum, his son, his granddaughter and his first great grandchild.

Its always nice to create these memories for people, especially as we do several set ups through the shoot. Different combinations for the family, all celebrating the same arrival. We even did a mini shoot later on with Stephens wife too.

Stewart and Samantha chose the Redcar and Cleveland Heart for their ceremony, which is always fun for us as we love working with the Redcar and Cleveland registrars. Whether it be in a hotel or the Heart its always fun.

We have history with Sam, He was the best man at his brothers wedding which we covered a few years back. In fact some of the main shots from Kyle and Rachael’s wedding was located just on the cliff tops behind the image above.

Pre wedding photo shoots feature as an important part of any wedding we capture. They provide opportunity for the clients to build their relationship with us and for us to break that ice with the camera before the important wedding day.

Liam and Bethany are another client whose been devastated by the pandemic. They have tried several time to book us yet through no fault of their own we couldn’t make either the date or day. Finally after many weeks of them having to rearrange their date, miraculously we where available on their final date. Something tht we where extremely pleased about, clearly fate wanted Discovery Photography to cover this wedding.

Craig and Paula, had originally planned their wedding for the 4th of May, that right it was going to be a Star Wars wedding. With the restrictions causing a whole heap of trouble for every client they changed their day several times, until they said enough is enough and cancelled.

Pre wedding photo shoots have been a major part of the business for years now, even more so with the Covid pandemic, everyone feels detached from each other. The pre wedding photo shoots we’ve done have been a more important than ever, bringing client and us together before the wedding day.

If you are a regular reader, you'll already know that I see pre-wedding photo shoots as a very important part of the build up to any wedding. Those camera nerves need to be settled.

Mark and Leeanne chose Hardwick Park for their pre-wedding photoshoot, somewhere that means a lot to them. It was also somewhere I've only worked a couple of times myself.

I write this blog having spent a considerable amount of time with Katie.  She came to the business when she was still at school for one week during her work experience as everyone secondary school does. She wanted to be a military photographer, something I admired her for doing. It’s not an easy job.

Craig and Paula booked their wedding photography what feels like an eternity away. Originally it was going to be a Star wars themed wedding on, yes you guessed it, the 4th of May! With the pandemic hitting the country in 2020 they postponed the wedding and through the year chose several dates only to have it cancelled. Finally in 2021 they were due to make their big day a reality.

Pre wedding photoshoots have always been a crucial part of the wedding photography, especially when the clients are situated a distance away.

I’ve known David for what feels like most of my life. When he approached me  to capture his and Amy’s wedding I jumped at the chance.

However, their original wedding was booked for the Stables, Just across the road from Sneaton Castle. Things have changed throughout the pandemic.

A Bentley, a Land Rover Defender and sunflowers what more could a bride and groom want?

Joseph and Ellie have tried so hard during the pandemic to make their day come true, they had almost given up hope. Finally, as we all become free of the pandemic restrictions they were able to make their big day happen.

It was such a lovely chilled day, usually the pressure to capture the important part of a wedding is quite intense, but we had a lot of spare time relieving the pressure all round.

I love this image, this particular wedding has got to be one of the funniest I’ve worked. Both bride and groom were amazing to work alongside.

I’ve know David for a very Long time and I felt a sense of honour when he approached me to cover his wedding to Amy. After having to swap and change venues and date due the Covid restrictions, their wedding is finally happening in the next week.

The second blog in my “behind the image” series. I’m writing these blogs to hopefully show you that each and every image means more to me than simply a picture.

The quote “a picture is worth a thousand words”, rings true.