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..

We took a trip to Turkey in October half term - a rushed trip due to an airline going bankrupt and trying to book something (anything!) with 24 hours to go.. but, hey! It worked out OK - it was hot, there was plenty for the girls to do and we had a few days exploring too. Granted, it wasn’t the most beautiful area we’d ever visited but it was so good to have a break the four of us.

“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..

“Sally made me feel at ease from the offset and the whole process enjoyable, im not one for traditional photography, myself and my husband ( Chris) really liked the way Sally captures natural moments with a quirky twist .Sally was amazing with all of our guests especially the children and took time to chat and engage with everyone. sally has left us with a beautiful collection of photographs that captured our day perfectly.”

“Paris is always a good idea”

…so much so, that I think this was my fifth visit to this beautiful city. This trip was my first where I arrived by Eurostar, though, which felt pretty exciting! As I’ve visited and seen most of the sights to ‘tick off the list’, it was wonderful to mainly wander, eat, drink and photograph this city. I went with my husband for my 30th birthday, and the only thing I especially wanted to do was to watch the sunset from the Eiffel tower.. and it was magical.

Time for another ‘Magic Seven’ feature today - in which I select my favourite seven images from a wedding from the archives. Today it’s all about Gill and Ben’s humanist Scottish beach wedding in North Berwick. Instead of my usual write up, I decided to call upon the couple to tell the story themselves - exactly as it was read out on their wedding day too.. It’s quite a story..

It was so special to visit Leah and Sam at home and to be there to capture some photographs of Zachary at seven weeks old. These three were a pleasure to spend an hour or so with - such a calm and peaceful house, and at the point where, a few weeks in, they’d really hit their stride and was bossing being new parents.

WHAT a wedding to finish the year with! Grace and Michael’s Rudby Hall wedding was absolutely wonderful and I came away feeling so Christmassy - theirs was a really elegant Wintery celebration.

A bumper post for this ‘Behind the Curtain’! There was a lot going on besides weddings at the end of last year, and it was busy in the best way..

If you’re not familiar with my ‘Magic Seven’ series, I dig back into the archives and uncover some of my favourite weddings from the past few years, and I select seven favourite images from each one and give it another ‘hurrah’ all these years later. I choose images that tell the story of the day or sum up the couple..

“Sally is just INCREDIBLE! Having seen her work on 3 of our friends weddings as soon as we got engaged she was the first thing we booked! I wouldn’t have had anyone else to do my wedding photography! She is such a lovely person and makes you feel so relaxed and at ease when taking photos. It’s like having one of your best friends as your photographer. Her photos are simply beautiful and totally capture the spirit of the day. I would book her again and would recommend her to everyone I know!”