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Sarah & Chris’s Yorkshire Wedding

Chris and Sarah got married late May in the beautiful St. Mary’s Church, Greenhow Hill. It was an amazing setting right in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, and close to our hearts too as it was not far from where Chris and I got married 6 months ago. It’s our favourite part of Yorkshire and possibly one of the most breathtaking places in the UK. Chris and Sarah then headed to their reception at Cracoe Village Hall in a VW campervan. We had chatted to Chris and Sarah before the wedding about stopping for an ice cream at Barden Bridge and getting some photographs but with the weather we have been getting this year we hadn’t kept our hopes up! However luck on was on our side – their day was perfect, glorious sunshine – just right for an ice cream! Chris and Sarah’s wedding left us both even happier to live in such a lovely area and to be able to shoot their wedding was a real pleasure.

Chris and Verity

Liz & Chris’s Yorkshire Dales Wedding

Liz and Chris had a lovely intimate wedding of close friends and family at The Angel Inn in Hetton, North Yorkshire. We love intimate weddings and with a setting as beautiful as this we were in our element. They held their ceremony in The Wine Cellar across the road from The Angel Inn, with candles lighting the room it set the atmosphere perfectly.

After the ceremony we drove Liz and Chris a few miles down the road to a location they had found on a walk, set high up on the Yorkshire dales it was a view worth seeing! They embraced the wild Yorkshire winds for a few minutes to get some of our favourite couple shots. We always say how amazing Yorkshire is for variety and beauty and this wedding definitely shows it off.

As The Angel Inn was only a mile down the road from their reception we walked together to Cracoe Village Hall. The sky was amazing with huge clouds and this amazing light that you don’t get often enough! Liz and Chris had decorated the Village Hall beautifully with lots of colourful lanterns and flowers. As they were expecting over 100 guests for their reception they held a hog roast buffet with a huge range of sides. It was so nice to see all their friends and family enjoying what was a perfect day.

For more information please visit Chris and Verity’s website at www.sansomphotography.co.uk

Inner Temple London Wedding Photographer

On the morning of Karen and Ben’s wedding, Ben and the boys started the day in real style. After having a leisurely lunch at the Fountain Restaurant at Fortnum and Mason’s, they moved on for a game of snooker at The East India Club. Karen, who got ready at Inner Temple was just as relaxed. Work has taken her out of the country for a few months but she still managed to organise a huge amount while she was away. The Rabbi flew in especially for the service and having conducted Karens Bat Mitzvah is very close with the family. Fortunately Ben managed to break the glass at the end of the ceremony with the first attempt which is always a good sign. After a relaxed reception drinks and wedding breakfast, the speeches kept everyone entertained. As a barrister, Ben had no problem in standing up and speaking to a crowded room.

I have no idea how Karen and Ben had such a choreographed first dance considering they have hardly seen each other for the last few months. They filled the dance floor with their moves which finished in a fantastic dip! One more surprise awaited Karen at the end of the first set. Ben took to the stage and sung with the full band to a huge applause from everyone.

Inner Temple London Wedding Photographer

Gemma & Richard’s York Maze Wedding – Sansom Photography

We have been incredibly lucky over the last three years in that we’ve had countless fantastic couples and locations. We’ve met some of the friendliest people we could ever ask for and it’s made us incredibly proud to photograph weddings full-time. Richard and Gemma’s York Maze wedding was the epitome of everything we have come to love about wedding photography – an awesome couple who both looked great on the day, a multitude of beautiful details and decorations and guests who were so clearly having fun it really was a pleasure to shoot.

The incredible array of flowers were provided and arranged by Gemma’s Aunt as part of a final college project and I have to say we were blown away. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many different flowers I can’t name in one room, the whole venue looked incredible with little decorations (many of which were handmade) adorning all three rooms. Sometimes at weddings we see friends and family going above and beyond to help out the bride and groom, it was clear just how much Richard and Gemma mean to their friends and family who stayed at the Maze all day on the Friday getting the venue ready. It just seemed like everyone wanted to do anything and everything to make sure the day went perfectly and with so much goodwill it was hard to see it going any other way. Richard and Gemma are just that kind of couple, you just can’t help but love their company, in fact when we first met them back in September we spent most of the day walking around Fountains Abbey chatting away about their plans.

We were also blown away with our couple shots from their day, with so many gorgeous locations we were spoilt for choice! We finished with some photographs with Gemma and Richard sat with blankets outside their amazing ti-pi tent (were they were staying the night) and a lit fire – it seemed like the perfect way to end a perfect wedding.

– Chris and Verity

Sansom Photography are based in Leeds, UK covering weddings abroad as well as close to home.

Sheryl & Steven’s Harrogate Wedding

Sheryl and Steven’s hometowns are more than 4 hours away from each other in Canada and North America,they met whilst studying for their PHDs at Leeds University. It was fascinating hearing about their research trips and the places and buildings they have seen along the way. They opted for an intimate, unique day in Harrogate with friends and family travelling from Canada, Columbia and America.

It was important to both Sheryl and Steve that the day was their style which they both felt was rather unorthodox. In many ways they were right, but we loved seeing the bride and groom have their ‘first look’ before the ceremony, seeing them walk down the aisle together and opting for conversation rather than speeches. In fact, as unorthodox as the day may have been it was, at its heart, everything a wedding should be. Family and friends all coming together, learning about each other and seeing how two people continue to touch the lives of the people close to them.

Yorkshire is certainly our home, but spending the day with Sheryl, Steven and their guests reminded us that it really is all about the people, not the geography.

– Chris and Verity

Sansom Photography are based in Leeds but cover weddings throughout the UK and abroad.