I absolutely love Newcastle as a city and the quayside is so beautiful to shoot.. I was over the moon to be back at the Baltic for Tara and Anthony’s wedding - it’s such an interesting space to work with for photos and up on the 6th floor, where the meal and drinks were held, there are the most incredible views across the River Tyne up to the Sage and beyond…

“Truly just felt as though Sally was a friend as a guest. She took everything we wanted on board and made us feel totally at ease. We are so socially awkward and she respected that and still got some amazing shots of us (if I do say so myself!!)”

I really loved being part of Amy and Steven’s intimate wedding at Preston Park Museum and Grounds - they had only immediate family there to celebrate with them and they later announced to the rest of the world that they’d married on the way to their honeymoon that evening! I really love being part of days where couples have done everything completely their own way and created a day that’s perfect for them, and that’s exactly what Amy and Steven’s day was.

Well, this wedding was a day to remember.. Caitlin and Josh have booked me for their Yorkshire Wedding Barn wedding next May, but due to family circumstances they decided to do the legal bit and have an intimate celebration this year too. Their wedding was full of joy, community, family.. and it really goes to show what weddings are really about - people and love. It was also so, so heartwarming and incredible to see so many of those close to them pulling this day together in around a week.

A beautiful Spring wedding at East Riddlesden Hall for you all today.. I hadn’t visited this beautiful National Trust venue before, and I was so excited to see it and shoot there for Jonathan and Suzanne’s barn wedding on Sunday.

“From the get go Sally provided a Phenomenal level of service that was only matched by her personable nature, not only was her interest in our wedding plans sincere, but she took the time to go out of her way to make sure she was familiar with an overseas area that she had never visited before. Sally was as enthusiastic as she was helpful and made our day even more special because of it. This enthusiasm is reflected in our amazing pictures and the smiles of our loved ones.”

From today’s dusty wedding archives is Lucy and Andrew’s absolutely beautiful Lake District wedding at Underlay Grange (a venue at which the co-ordinator ‘could neither confirm no deny’ that Prince William celebrated his stag do, incidentally). I loved their wedding so much so that it became one of my sample albums - you may have spotted these two if we’ve met about your wedding plans or come along to a wedding fair that I’m showing at!

I say it every time I’m there.. but I do love shooting in Liverpool. What a city.

It was just the perfect day - completely relaxed, fun, full of side glances, kisses and squeezes with each other, so much laughter, and a big knees up at the end. It was an absolute dream to shoot.

Here are their preview photos from Kate and David’s wedding at Oh Me Oh My in Liverpool..

“Sally’s work is just amazing. All our friends and family love the pictures and stop motion of our wedding, they are beautiful and really captured the feel of the day. She has such an attention to detail, from capturing things like the table settings down to how she packages the photos once ready. She put us at ease and helped so much on the day. She listened to what we wanted (didn’t want lots of cheesy big group shots) but captured lots of ‘action’ shots of the guests mingling.” 

Another stop motion wedding film from the archives today.. and it’s a beautiful Summery barn wedding in beautiful North Yorkshire.

Another "‘Magic Seven’ today - a series in which I choose my favourite seven photographs from a wedding from deep in the archives to share and relive all over again.. Today it’s time for Vicki and Chris at the Star Inn at Harome near Helmsley - a beautiful barn-type venue that does absolutely incredible food.. Here is how their day went..

So! You've booked your photography, your date is confirmed in the diary.. that's another thing ticked off the list.. True! But there are still a few things to consider between now and your wedding..

“Sally is an amazing photographer, from start to finish she was a delight to work with. We booked her well in advance and she remained in contact. We just knew from viewing her work she would be amazing. We were so glad to have her for both photos and to create a stop motion video too, it was perfect. She captured lots of great moments and works hard too. It was great meeting and working with her. Such a talented and down to earth person with amazing experience and skills.”

Another film from the archives today.. Joanna and Neil's day was my first New Year's Eve wedding - and what a wedding it was.. They had a cool Great Gatsby-inspired celebration at private club On The 7th at Salford Quays.

2019 wedding season has officially begun! After a few months off from shooting it felt so good to get back into the swing of weddings, and the season started with a bang with the beautiful and relaxed celebration of Caroline and Steven for their Cleveland Tontine wedding.

Liam and Lois! Where do I even begin? I’ve actually come to know these two dreamboats more and more as the years have gone on as I’ve caught up with them at various friends’ weddings that I’ve also gone on to shoot.. These two really say ‘Yes!’ to life and it was a dream to capture their joy-filled day.. Here they are featured for another ‘Magic Seven’..

Being based in North Yorkshire I have to say that I can definitely feel a bit biased towards Yorkshire hills and landscape.. maybe slightly snobby sometimes (!), but it’s maybe more just knowing how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful part of the world. My bias and snobbery quickly evaporated as I got into Derbyshire and the beautiful villages there on the way to Stancliffe Hall for Jess and Tom’s wedding - rolling hills, charming streets and beautiful scenery. As I got closer I felt so excited to be with them that day..

For a different kind of blog post today, I thought I would share some of my favourite venues that I’ve worked at, starting with our own glorious Teesside and North Yorkshire. What I love most when working is how every day is different, and I love capturing a variety of venues over the months too - from barns to grand houses and halls, outdoor weddings to village halls.. I love mixing it up and I’ve been lucky enough to shoot at some beautiful places in this little corner of the UK.

“We can’t thank Sally enough for the most wonderful wedding photographs and stop-motion video, we love them so much.  We chose Sally because of her natural, documentary style photography – the thought of hours of posed photographs really didn’t appeal to us and Sally was so exactly what we were looking for.

A beautiful Italian destination wedding for today’s ‘Magic Seven’ - in which I choose seven images to feature from a wedding from the past few years.. we can’t let days as beautiful as this be stuck in the archives, can we? Here is Rosie and Jon’s beautiful Arpino wedding at Hotel Cavalier in Italy..