Destination Wedding of Julie & Pat — September Rain — captured by Leeds Wedding Photographer, Tim Christian Jones

Travelling from New Zealand, Julie and Pat married in England to share their wedding day with friends and family. September sunshine? Unfortunately not, rain instead! Dampening proceedings? My goodness no! What a fabulous day from preparation photography through to the evening reception. A relatively dark room was the location for preparation photos, using available light I captured the ambience and was as welcome as I always am.

Candid Leeds wedding photographer - Bride and daughter make up during preparation

Candid Style Preparation Photography by a Destination Leeds Wedding Photographer

A candid wedding photographic style – Getting ready in a beautiful red painted room inside Woodborough Hall, the bride, her mother, sister, and her daughter. I trust the images will show how welcome I am.

Candid moments captured - the bride's daughter having fun

To photograph candid moments that will remain timeless, my personality and approach is calm and professional always.

Bride's sister helps the bride with make up - Candid destination Leeds wedding photographer
Little bridesmaid toasts her gran — Natural Candid, In the moment Wedding photography across Leeds and Yorkshire & UK wide
Destination wedding photography - The bridesmaid at the mirror

Poased by the mirror, and then below doing a twirl. Without being too technical, slowing down the shutter speed captured the movement perfectly. Capturing the little ones is an special part of the story — I always find myself so welcome and this makes the job so much fun.

Bridesmaid twirling by the long mirror - Looking for a wedding photographer in Leeds?
Bride's wedding dress placed on the bed - I'm a highly experienced Leeds, West Yorkshire wedding photographer covering the UK since 2004

Colours and ambience captured using available light. I do wait for the right expressions as you can see in the image next.

Bride's sister helping tie the bride's dress lace

The Wedding Ceremony Captured Naturally with Care

From wedding preparation moments to the ceremony photographed with an unobtrusive and natural style of wedding photography.

The groom and best man

A preview of the ceremony, where I always do my best to be discrete. The Groom and his best man. Below, subtle intimate moments, and the soft colours unedited. As you can see their personality is in each moment I captured. From subtle touches to the love and happiness photographed with care. I am a destination Leeds based wedding photographer, and my goodness travelling from New Zealand their whole day was a destination wedding — the rain didn’t dull any aspect of the day!

Couple hand in hand during vows
The rings exchange
The first kiss

A wonderful couple, I trust you can see their personality in my photographic style.

The first kiss continues
Couple so happy pretending to sign
The exit of the bride and groom
The bride and daughter playing

Natural Group Photos — Love and Happiness — by a Destination Wedding Photographer

Awaiting the groom for group photos, I captured this wonderful moment. The Group photos that follow I trust you will see the personalities and natural smiles of everyone.

Family natural group photo
B&W group photo moments
Casual and happy group photography
The groom's parents
The brides parents
The couple kissing by window light

Couple Portraits ‘All About You’

How you laugh — how you smile — the subtle touches. When I capture couple portraits, I want to capture your personality in the photos. I’m not looking for over the top drama — instead down to earth moments your friends and family will see the authentic images – and individual as you both are…

The couple smiling happily

Julie & Pat are a wonderful couple and made it easy to take a few couple shots that reflected their individuality. Braving the rain for just 1 photo outside the venue.

A kiss to seal everything
Brave the rain for 1 outside couploe portrait
Bridesmaids and sparklers = wedding breakfast moment

Sparklers and Strawberries — A Wedding Breakfast to Remember

Sparklers & Chocolate cake adorned with strawberries, put there last minute to look their best. Following are photos taken duting the wedding breakfast and speeches, just a quick preview, as the couple received 900+ photos from me.

Wedding cake - chocolate - chocolates and strawberries
fun wedding breakfast moment
The groom says hi at the tables
Cute family portrait
Groom and his mom at the top table
Groom's mom with a sparkler
Wedding guests posed and smiling
Family and sparklers
Father of the bride speech
A gentle kiss of thanks
Groom's speech to laughter
Their daughter receives her gifts
Groom's speech - couple close
Top table family
Best man speech
Laughter all around
Cutting the cake with a knife and a kiss

The Cake — The Evening Reception — The First Dance, Photographed by Leeds Wedding Photographer Tim Christian Jones

Cutting the cake is a great moment to capture. I do discuss and suggest with couples when best to do this.

Bridesmaid breezing through a doorway
Candid moments captured by a Leeds wedding photographer during the evening reception

Following on, a few evening reception photos, incl. the first dance. I only use available light capturing the ambience, no editing required.

Guests at the bar
Guests chatting in B&W
4 girls photo
Bride mixing with evening guests
Bride chatting close with a friend

The candid photos above and below in Black and White are so full of personality and are loved by the couple

The first dance part 1
The first dance part 2

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I hope you enjoyed this gallery as much as I loved photographing it. Wedding photography across Leeds and Yorkshire is my passion. I do believe my photographic style is so personal and unique — I really do capture a couple with authenticity — a term so over used — please judge for yourselves and I’d love to hear from you about your Leeds, Yorkshire, or Destination wedding plans.

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