I first met Kristina & Mathew at Mathew’s parents home in Wetherby, way back in January. They both live and work in London and I got the impression that the weekend that I met them was the first time they’d both been able to relax in one place for quite some time. Kristina had just returned from a trip home to Russia to see her parents and they’d both travelled up to Yorkshire to finalise some of their wedding arrangements.

As the morning went on and the mood inside got more and more excited, the weather outside, got worse.   By the time that I made it to the registry office, the heavens were starting to open.  In years to come, I think people will look back on wedding photographs from this year, with interest.  The guests all wearing masks and spaced out.  Large rooms with just a few people in etc.  I’m still not used to it to be honest, although things are starting to revert back to how they were, slowly.

Elise got ready at her parents house just outside Harrogate.  It was a beautiful farmhouse in a rural Yorkshire village and it had one of my favourite features…Dogs!!  I always love it when people get ready at the family home.  You can tell a lot about a family by the photo’s on the wall, the certificates on the fridge, muddy boots in the doorway etc.

Being based in Yorkshire spoils me a bit.   We have some of the best wedding venues and scenery in the country.  Perhaps one of the grandest of those venues is the amazing Allerton Castle. It’s a nineteenth century, Victorian Gothic house, set in beautiful grounds near Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.

I do like to specialise in relaxed weddings.   I have the most relaxed brides and grooms.  Well, there’s no grooms this time, but there are two brides.  That’s two dresses, two lots of preparation photos etc. You get the picture.