Sarah & John

Freshly married at Heron House, Registry Office

My little sister got married! I had the honour of photographing Sarah and John’s wedding in Manchester in September. The day was super laid back with only immediate family in attendance and Sarah and John felt more comfortable having me on photo duty than a stranger. I was told to make sure I enjoyed the day and not to get too wrapped up in the photography side of things - I rarely popped my camera away that day because part of my enjoyment came from being able to tell this story for two of the people I love most. My partner and assistant photographer, Paul, was there as both guest and very helpful stand in for when I wanted to simply be present - also to ensure there were photos to document my presence at my sister’s wedding.

Sarah and John got ready at home where I did Sarah’s hair and makeup to keep the energy as chilled as possible. They really are very no-fuss type people so keeping the day as simple as possible was key to their enjoyment of it.

It was obvious from pretty early on that it was going to pour it down with rain for the day - it wouldn’t be Manchester if it didn’t. It made no difference to the day and I always have a nice brolly in the car for weddings - I gave the nice brolly to Sarah and I took one for the team and used her enormous, bright red one.

We took taxis into Manchester city centre and they did the legal bit at Heron House Registry Office. Once they were officially married we headed to The Library Champagne Bar for drinks and some of the most excellent cheese I’ve ever put in my mouth.

My nice brolly matched Sarah’s beautiful dress by Ghost for John Lewis

I think my favourite part of the day was the meal - Sarah and John had booked two big tables at Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana where we all ate too much and felt as full as eggs afterwards. The employees at Rudy’s were amazing - they brought a complimentary bottle of wine for the table and really made things feel special.

Post pizza we headed back to Sarah and John’s house where we immediately changed into comfy clothes and pyjamas. Eating wedding cake in PJs is a vibe, let me tell you.

The whole day was perfect and so very them - a perfect example of a no fuss, but full to the brim with personality, love and meaning, wedding day.

Pizza at Rudy's on Peter Street

That’s me on the left there - wearing many metaphorical hats because I love my sister and wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Thank you for reading my first blog post!

Love,

Laura