Best Wedding Photographs 2017

Bruce is wishing you merry Christmas baby, Shane & Kirsty are telling wicked fairytales about New York & it’s acceptable / compulsory to wear loud jumpers, whilst supping an afternoon tipple. It’s that time of year again, folks. Grab a mince pie, pour yourself a mulled wine and feast your eyes on a round up of wedding magic. Here they are : our best wedding photographs 2017.

Our brides and grooms have quite literally rocked this year. In fact, I’m considering starting a wedding band sideline because nothing makes a crowd wilder than a bunch of groomsmen highjacking the band’s gear or a bride hitting the mic. Legends!

To curate this collection of our best wedding photographs 2017 we’ve actually looked back at every one of the photographs we’ve delivered. Turns out our fifth year as wedding photographers was pretty monumental and it’s almost impossible to choose the highlights because there was just so much awesome : 25,473 moments caught in images filled with fist pumps, happy tears, mildly aggressive confetti throwers, Jagerbombs, carousel rides, bear hugs, lots of sausages, boat trips, big belly laughs, immense shape-throwing, the odd bare bottom, epic speeches, parents bursting with pride and most of all a whole lotta love. How bloomin’ lucky are we?! Being invited along to document your stories is truly the biggest honour. We’ve made so many memories and a whole new set of friends.

You guys have taken us far and wide, with weddings in London, Wales, the Lake District, Sussex and pretty much every county in between, as well as some fab home-grown weddings in good ol’ Derbyshire. We’ve loved revisiting so many incredible venues – The West Mill, The Ashes, Preston Court and Askham Hall are just a few of our favourite places that are starting to feel like home sweet photographers’ home. And we’ve been massively inspired, disovering venues that are new to us – Hazel Gap Barn, the truly unique Kirklinton Hall, Cowdray House and Dewsall Court. We also travelled to Italy for Emma & Liam’s destination wedding weekend in Tuscany, at the stunning Castello di Bibbione, where weddings mix well with wine tasting, cheese overdoses, sunshine, pizzas a plenty and the bride and groom make their own wedding cake with mucho innuendo. More of this destination wedding stuff in 2018, please! It’s immense!!!

I could probably talk you well beyond the New Year festivities about all the amazingness our couples have created this year and how much we love you all for being all-round legends. I’ll let the photos do the talking because Santa Claus is calling me for that kiss under the tree, Toby’s got the drinks cabinet fully stocked and I’m off to load up on nut roast, the obligatory Ferrero Rocher and a few whiskeys. One thing’s for sure… we’ll be rockin’ extra hard around that Christmas tree, to celebrate the big win. We were Regional Winners, voted Best Wedding Photographer 2018 in The Wedding Industry Awards. We’ve only gone and done the double – East Midlands’ Best Wedding Photographer two years on the trot. Now that deserves at least two glasses of the good stuff each!

I’m signing off with the most important thing. A huge and massive THANK YOU to all our truly amazing couples – you are all total rock stars. Big kisses to our huge support network of fellow photographers, too. You know who you are. See you in 2018!

bride and groom laughing during wedding ceremony

bridal makeup lit with glowing festoon lights

father of the bride seeing daughter in her wedding dress

bride groom in field festival

emotion wedding speeches

wedding morning makeup

father son flower wedding

whisky wedding morning

gay wedding london

bride hair

wedding italy tuscany dance

wedding car

wedding portrait

wedding bowls

wedding dress blowing

happy wedding day

bride wedding morning

makeup bride

raining wedding guests

kid wedding sausage

groom wedding ceremony

groom pig mask

rutland water wedding church

indian wedding

flower girls wedding running

bride raining

bride leaving vw camper

bride jumping fence

happy bride bridsmaid

wedding autumn light

confetti

baby feeding

ceremony walking out

wedding hug

happy bride

bridesmaids

emotional wedding speech

bride eating a sausage on the dancefloor

page boys climbing a tree wedding

bride and groom evening portrait red car

bride laughing speeches

sunset portrait bridge bride

bride groom walking preston court

bride bitten by cow farm wedding

bride and groom portrait on bridge

father of the bride amazed by dress

the west mill wedding venue

rainy day wedding umbrella

walled garden wedding photograph

bride's reflection

bride and bridesmaids in ghost dresses

lake wedding photo

head over heels kids at weddings

best man speech prep

stormy wedding ceremony

grumpy kid arms folded

confetti shot

guests at wedding

banqueting hall bride and groom entrance

cake cutting fist pump

mother of the bride black and white

drinking champagne from the bottle

outdoor ceremony seen through car window

cowdray house wedding ceremony in the rain

best wedding photographs 2017

bride checking makeup in mirror

smiling bride in wedding car

wedding jazz band

town hall wedding

english rainy wedding

dancefloor stunts

golden hour portraits

best man speech

wedding vows

wedding transport

groomsmen in tux

bouquet in air

destination wedding photographer italy

bride and groom kiss on carousel

black and white close up of wedding ceremony

welsh wedding bride walking to church

winter wedding photograph

first married kiss

cutting cake love neon sign

canapes sausage on a stick

nan drinking jagerbomb

first dance

best wedding photographs 2017

confetti photo

golden sun bride and groom leave church

children at weddings

catholic wedding

light up love letters

groom ringing bell at church

confetti

bride walking down aisle

barn wedding first dance

wedding cars

bride and groom holding hands

bride getting ready

bride and groom portrait

bride in church entrance

wedding band

best wedding photos 2017

tilt shift lens portrait photo

castello di bibbione wedding

vintage car

bride arrival outdoor ceremony

chiaroscuro bride and groom portrait

humanist ceremony

best man's speech

guests having fun at wedding

sunset bride and groom walking

window light on bride

italian castle wedding

kid after eating wasabi peas

blue bridal shoes

stratford boat trip wedding guests

dappled light on bride

bride smiling veil

kid holding brides hand

rain and child at wedding

funny speech wedding

leaves wedding portrait

crazy hair dancing wedding

not happy kid at wedding

black and white emotional wedding tear bride

wedding exit after church

wedding kids

bride and groom in winter light

same sex wedding ceremony

castle wedding

dad getting emotional wedding daughter

wedding first dance

wedding dancing hair

summer wedding light

barn wedding ceremony

wedding party

first dance

gay wedding portrait

wedding sparklers

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  • Adam Johnson

    December 24, 2017 at 8:07 am Reply

    So much personality in your work and it looks like you’ve had a super fun year! I love the amount of happiness in this post! Big hugs.

    • han

      December 24, 2017 at 11:20 pm Reply

      Thank you so much, Adam! You’re so right. There was just so much happy in our last year & when I looked back through all those moments I couldn’t stop smiling! Big love to you & can’t wait to see you and the 9D fam this year!!! Xx

  • Yolande DV

    December 27, 2017 at 8:28 pm Reply

    A fantastic year – So many real and emotional moments, my favourite kind of wedding photos!

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:31 pm Reply

      Ah thank you so much – you’re so kind! They’re our favourite kind too 🙂

  • Ashley Davenport

    December 27, 2017 at 11:41 pm Reply

    Just spent the last 20 minutes looking over each and every image – so many beautiful frames which tell a personal story about the couples and their families!!! Well done you guys!! You have nailed 2017!!!

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:32 pm Reply

      Oh wow, cheers you absolute legend of a dude! This makes us feel so ridiculously happy. Thank youuuuuuuuu!! xx

  • Alan Law

    December 28, 2017 at 10:05 am Reply

    Great work guys, so full of life and energy! Love that bowls shot! Just ace work 🙂

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:34 pm Reply

      You are ace Mr Law. Thank you, kind sir. We so loved your End of Year Post, too!

  • Harry Michael

    December 29, 2017 at 11:04 pm Reply

    Incredible round up!!! Everything from tender to aeroplaning a guy on the dancefloor (personal favourite 😂)

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:35 pm Reply

      That’s one of our favourite things about shooting weddings – you just never know what might happen. Aeroplane on the dance floor? Why bloody not?! 🙂 Thank you so much, Harry.

  • Natalie J Weddings

    January 1, 2018 at 5:49 pm Reply

    Such love and life captured here, your couples must all be very happy! Nx

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:36 pm Reply

      Awwww thank you, lovely. We had such a fab year. Excited to see what 2018 is going to bring! xx

  • Sam Docker

    January 2, 2018 at 1:20 pm Reply

    Such an incredible round up, you guys killed it in 2017!!! So many faves in here, I love the pig mask (even if it will give me nightmares!!!), the “adult at all times”, the bell ringer, the Citroen wedding car, and all of the sausages!!!!!!! So so so good. The overall love and joy and emotion in your work is endless, more of the same in 2018 please!!!

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:45 pm Reply

      I’ll get Toby to bring the mask round next time we visit Darbz. They were the best bell ringers ever. We were force-fed whiskey from their stash and then the groom was handed the rope and he nearly flew off! Ace moments. Thank you so much for your mega kind words and for always being such a great friend to us. Big love and here’s to a fantastic 2018!

  • Dan Morris

    January 10, 2018 at 8:52 am Reply

    Quality all the way through! Congratulations you guys!

    • han

      January 10, 2018 at 1:49 pm Reply

      Thank you kindly, Mr. Morris! You’re a good man. Have a fab 2018 & hope to see you soon to eat lots of sweets.

  • John Hope

    January 11, 2018 at 5:36 pm Reply

    Hell yeah! That’s how it’s done… Mega year you guys!

    • han

      June 14, 2018 at 3:09 pm Reply

      Dude, thank you so much. Here’s to a mega 2018 for us all!

  • Adam Riley

    January 28, 2018 at 8:42 am Reply

    What a belting set guys, absolutely loved looking through these. So many favourites to choose from, the pig mask one is just perfect!! Here’s to an awesome 2018!

    • han

      June 14, 2018 at 3:08 pm Reply

      Ah man, thank you so much. That means A LOT!

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