It was such a pleasure to be Amy and Daniel’s Yorkshire Dales Wedding photographer back last year. It’s such a beautiful part of the world and Falcon Manor is a gorgeous venue. This wedding was just the happiest and loveliest day. Amy and Daniel giggled non-stop making it impossible not to be swept up in […]

Let me take you back to April 19th when I had the pleasure of being Hannah and Alex’s Wotton House wedding photographer. This wedding was about making this wonderful little family ‘official’. Hannah and Alex celebrated in the stunning surroundings of Wotton House with their families and friends. Their two sons were page boys and […]

Last summer in the heat of early August I had the absolute honour of photographing Charlotte and Sarah’s Warborne Farm Wedding. It was the most epic day filled with love, laughter and a lot of dancing! After the most beautiful outdoor ceremony, everyone wandered into the farm courtyard to relax on straw bales and play […]

I’m excited to share with you this gorgeous Hartford Golf Club wedding from last summer. After a windy start and a downpour of rain during the ceremony, it turned into the most glorious day. I have wonderful memories of everyone relaxing in the sunshine and sipping on drinks while watching the koi fish in the […]

Family is important to me and it’s one of things I love about shooting weddings. Family tends to be important to my couples as well and a wedding is one of those occasions that brings everyone together for better or worse! It can be a worry though. How to keep everyone happy? I thought I’d share some tips for family management on your wedding day that will keep everything stress free and plain sailing.

Sonya and Daniel gathered their friends and family from all over the world for a weekend long celebration of their marriage at Axnoller House in Dorset. Now that we sit here in a cold and wet December it’s hard to remember just how hot it was that weekend we made it into the World Cup semi-finals. Let me take you back to that Saturday in July and share this beautiful outdoor wedding complete with handmade lace, hundreds of paper lanterns and the coolest couple ever.

This year I’ve decided to have my own awards! I’m awarding my clients for being amazing and having, in my opinion, the best weddings of the year! So here goes, in no particular order, the Amanda Balmain Photography Wedding Awards of 2018!!

Eleanor and Toby had a super stylish wedding at the Yellow Broom in Cheshire. They were able to include their favourite four-footed friends to add even more personality to their day and make their photographer extra happy! What do dogs think of weddings I wonder?

At this time of year photographing weddings is quite different. The season brings some challenges as well as some opportunities that you don’t get in the summer. While all this is at the front of my mind I thought I’d give you some of my top tips for winter weddings.

A destination wedding in Tuscany, Italy. Abi and Chris were married at Il Falconiere near Cortona.