Manchester Registry Office Wedding


I first met Glen and Tom a couple of years back, when they modeled for me, for a styled shoot, also in Manchester city centre, so being booked for their legal wedding, also in Manchester, felt like a total full circle moment. They've been photographed now by a huge number of photographers, so it felt like a very special honour to be chosen to document their legal wedding in Manchester.


Even though legal weddings are often just the obligatory paperwork, it's still a milestone in your life and wedding journey, even if it's not the 'main' day, so in my opinion it's always worth making a little celebration out of them and having the day captured, even if just for a few hours! Tiny weddings are beautiful, and a Manchester wedding is always iconic in this Northern powerhouse city.

A cheerful wedding party celebrates on the grounds of a historic stone manor house in muted sepia tones.

Manchester City Centre Weddings


Glen and Tom's main wedding is in France in the summer, so this was the perfect opportunity for another mini wedding, before the real celebrations. They both looked super smart and stylish, with Glen in a dark blue suit and deep red tie, and Tom in a burgundy double breasted suit, each with a chic white button hole. After the ceremony and paperwork, we hit some iconic spots around Manchester city centre, including the famous library walk, which must be every photographer's favourite spot in the city. We also walked around Deansgate, using the light and the architecture to create some gorgeous, romantic, editorial style wedding portraits in Manchester.

Editorial & Fine Art Photography
Two people in dark suits walk across a street in a monochrome urban cityscape with buildings in the background.

Manchester is firmly my favourite city in the UK for stylish weddings with heart and soul - for another click here, at the iconic Manchester Hall

Manchester Hall Wedding
Two people in formal suits walking and laughing together along an urban stone walkway in warm sepia tones.

Editorial wedding photography at Manchester registry office, and some of my favourite spots around the city, for romantic and atmospheric wedding portraits.

Two people in formal suits pose together in front of a dark library bookshelf with ambient lighting.
Group standing together in an elegant hallway with columns, dressed in formal vintage-inspired attire.

Manchester Wedding Photographer


Being a wedding photographer based in Manchester, it's always lovely to photograph weddings in the city centre, especially for a couple I've worked with on multiple occasions! Manchester weddings are effortlessly stylish, and there's so many different spots to utilise to make your photos feel authentic to you both. For this one we stuck with Deansgate and the chic, romantic style spots, but you can always head to Northern Quarter for a bit more grit, the Art Gallery for that artistic, dark academia feel, or any of the gorgeous independent coffee shops or restaurants, and working in your favourite places to visit as a couple. I'm obsessed with these images of Glen and Tom, our previous shoots together were hard to beat, but their legal Manchester wedding day beats them all - and it is a huge privilege to be chosen by these two!

Two grooms stand together at a wedding venue wearing coordinating suits, one in burgundy and one in black with a light vest.
Two grooms share a lighthearted moment together during their wedding ceremony while wearing formal black suits.
Two grooms hold hands while standing together during an intimate indoor wedding ceremony.
Two people in formal attire interact at an indoor event venue with wooden doors and hallway lighting.
Two people in formal attire having a conversation in a hallway with recessed lighting and chairs in the background.
Two people in formal attire converse at a wedding event while a guest in polka dots looks on.
Two people in formal attire conversing and laughing together in an indoor hallway with warm lighting.
Two people in formal attire stand together during a ceremony while guests watch from their seats in the background.
Two people in a warmly lit indoor venue with pews and decorative pillars in the background.
A group of formally dressed individuals walking together through an elegant stone archway corridor.
Two people in black suits share an intimate moment during a wedding celebration in a bright indoor venue with white chairs.
Three people in formal attire pose together on a stone-paved walkway outside a grand building with arched windows.
A group of people stands in a row together wearing formal attire along a stone building wall.
Two grooms walking hand in hand down a grand hallway, wearing formal attire in burgundy and black with boutonnières.
Two people in formal suits with boutonnieres share a candid laughing moment while walking along a stone building.

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