Newton Hall is just wonderful to shoot at.. I've been part of so many gorgeous celebrations there and each of them is so different. For today, I have Sophie and Will's travel and cycling-inspired wedding at this beautiful Northumberland venue.

A throw back to an amazing Vegas wedding today.. Here are Kerry and Rob!

They flew over to Vegas to be married by Elvis in a chapel in the Old Town, before celebrating on Freemont Street with some close friends and family.. Yes, really. It was the stuff of destination wedding dreams. 

The latest post for 'The Magic Seven' is the lovely Emma and Ben, who had their wedding at the Star Inn at Harome in North Yorkshire. They had their fabulous daughter Noa there (her reaction to them exchanging their rings obviously made it into this selection!) and she had a fabulous outfit, crafted by Emma herself.

Another 'Magic Seven' post for you all today! And today I'm throwing it all the way back to Hannah and Dan's South of France village hall wedding. The most colourful and relaxed wedding.. drinks in the sunshine, boules, a BBQ and dancing the night away to a band in a local village hall.

Today's 'Magic Seven' is Emma and Shaun! These two got married one hot May day at the beautiful and rustic York Maze - a quirky barn venue in North Yorkshire - and had their ceremony in a different barn next door (above); such a beautiful space to tie the knot. They chose York Maze because it's such a relaxed and chilled out venue and they could really personalise and put their own stamp on it.

I was completely over-the-moon-excited to be asked to be part of an elopement. I adore the busy chaos of wedding so much, and in the middle of the chaos is where I’m most comfortable, there’s so much going on, so much interaction, so many faces, so much to photograph.. I’ve always wanted to be part of an elopement to see the other side. The calm. The two people sloping off and celebrating quietly together. Savouring the quiet of the day and just spending some ridiculously special and sacred time together..

On Saturday I photographed Tina and Eddie's Worsall Village Hall wedding in Teesside. Eddie is a childhood friend of my husbands, and as soon as he started seeing Tina I loved her - they are an amazing match and I was so excited when they asked me to photograph their day..

Clare and Niall came back to Clare’s neck of the woods to tie the knot at gorgeous venue As You Like It in Jesmond, Newcastle. I love the set up there, everyone celebrated after the ceremony on the garden balcony and then went downstairs to the cellar bar to eat, drink and dance the night away. Plus these two were just gorgeous people inside and out which made the whole day a real dream to shoot – lovely stuff.

Alex and Andy had an intimate Winter wedding at the beginning of December at New Hall Farm in County Durham. It was such a special day - they'd hired the farmhouse for two nights with only their immediate family, everyone got ready for the wedding together and were all staying over in the same place both nights - it was just what an intimate wedding should be.

Katie "My style icons are Jackie O and Bubbles from Ab Fab"

Tim "I bet today she's looking more Bubbles than Jackie O, isn't she?"

Today, I have Elora and Bobby's wedding for you for The Magic Seven!

When Elora and Bobby got in touch they told me they were planning a day that was sure to be full of colour, celebration and chaos.. everything a wedding should be. It was everything they'd promised and more - it was amazing. Elora and Bobby had a Hindu wedding ceremony together with Elora’s brother Neil and his wife Vic. There was music, dancing, colour, hundreds of celebrating guests, belly dancing, Bobby playing the drums in his band and some pretty wild dancing to finish the night. 

"I lived in a lot of different places with different people over the years, we had great times but I never had that feeling of home since I left the house I grew up in. Two years ago Jo and I moved in together, and the morning after our first night in the new place I went downstairs to make breakfast and the feeling of home just hit me..."

Today, for The Magic Seven, it's Nick and Stuart's Ham Yard Hotel wedding! It was a red-hot August day in London town, right in the heart of Soho. Nick and Stu emailed me their timings for the day and their plans prioritised mingling time with canapés, cocktails and, later, a surprise cinema screening.. I *knew* this was going to be a fabulously non-wedding-y-wedding to remember.. 

Yulia and Grahame married in Brielle in The Netherlands and I was over the moon to be asked to go over and photograph their day. This beautiful little town was celebrating the WWII veterans on the day they married which meant the streets were already lined with bunting; and these two, together with their gorgeous boy Thomas and guests from all over the world, celebrated at a local restaurant just a short walk from the ceremony.

Something I chat to my couples a lot between them booking and their wedding is their timings. I routinely send out timings forms (as most photographers do) ahead of the wedding to check and confirm locations, ceremony time, meal time, when the speeches will be.. you get the idea. The weddings I cover each year are really varied in that a lot of my couples are having weddings at venues with co-ordinators, and a lot are organising a lot of their own timings and their days have a more 'DIY' approach. Some of the weddings I cover are structured, and some aren't. Every wedding is different.

Hopefully this blog post will help cover any questions and give some advice that I've picked up along the way over my years shooting weddings. 

"Oh wow! We just love our stop motion film and photos they are beyond perfect! You describe your work as ‘a little slice of magic’ & our pictures are definitely that! You’ve captured all the best moments of our day, the tiny details, personal touches, love & laughter. We couldn’t be happier! They are everything we’d hope they’d be & more. You are so talented at capturing the moment & this what we wanted, not staged or posed photos but snippets of our special day so we will never forget those magic moments. Thanks for everything Sally. I think I’ve watched the video a hundred times in two evenings, love it!" - Joanna & Neil

"Sally is a Queen/Wizard/Angel IDST! Sally you are amazing, and you made an amazing day even better for being there. Not just for the beautiful amazing photos but you fit in so well to our intimate wedding. It was like we'd all known you for donkeys years. We adore all of the detail shots, the candid photos.. I didn't even know you were taking most of them. The ones outside of me and Andy are insane, Andy says you made us look like film stars :')! You've got not only a very happy pair of newly weds, but also elated families on either side who are made up with your gorgeous photos. Thank you so so so so so much." - Alex & Andy

Who's a fan of 1920s/Great Gatsby styling then? Yes?! You're going to love this Middleton Lodge, North Yorkshire wedding.. Emma and Scott tied the knot at beautiful venue, Middleton Lodge, before celebrating with champagne in hand into the night in their marquee, which had been decorated to perfection with vintage 20s styling; all in navy and gold.

Mark and Mark had a beautiful Newton Hall wedding in Northumberland on a bright Wintery February day. Their styling was eclectic, personal, a little quirky and suited the amazing details in Newton Hall perfectly.

2017 was another busy, exciting and special year for so many reasons.. My work has taken me all over the UK and abroad, I've met and worked with truly wonderful couples, laughed and cried through speeches and unscripted moments, tried to push myself creatively more than ever, charged and packed my kit, shot, then charged and packed again (ad infinitum), and really tried to push and bring myself and my own approach to my work more than ever before..