What is your most memorable wedding?
Catherine and Ed's at Hassop Hall. They'd been let down by there booked photographer with 12 hours notice. Which led to us stepping in and having an absolutely fantastic day.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Relaxed, friendly, candid, unobtrusive, artistic
What about your business are you most proud of?
Getting to do something I love as work.
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Ask guests to go unplugged. Leave the mobile phones and iPads in their bags and savour the moment.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
It’s currently a tie between the Star Wars comic buttonhole flowers and personalised Converse at Leonie and Cliff’s wedding this year and the yarn bombed barn exterior at Jane and Kieran’s Castleton wedding last year.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
Chat. Find out about their plans for the day, what they are excited about, how they see their story unfolding and how best we can capture it.
What is the No. 1 photo that you think every couple should take?
Taking a moment away from the wedding party together.
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
Owning it. With a brolly and wellies if need be!
Describe how you got into photography.
Using my dads Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR from a young age photography is something that has always been in my life. Capturing live music and bands whilst at university studying Digital Art and Design brought it back to the fore as an interest and taking over the studio in Matlock was massive step in the right direction.