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Best of 2022 by the best of the best wedding photographers in Yorkshire

2022: the year we got back to normal. Well it wasn’t exactly normal on planet wedding – super busy more like! All the wedding photographers in Yorkshire and through the whole country that I know busted out a serious shift. In addition to all the weddings you’d have in a normal year we had the […]

BEST UK WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY 2019

Is it just me or does each successive year go by more quickly than the last? 2019 just flew which means it must have been a cracker and on both a personal and business level it most definitely was for me. Plenty an adventure; good times with amazing people; new places visited; new friends made… […]

BEST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY OF 2018 by John Hope Photography

Welcome to my best wedding photography of 2018 annual round up. Is it me or did those 12 months just whizz by? I guess it’s true that time flies when you’re having fun and I certainly enjoyed a great year both personally and professionally. I loved every bit of the weather during the greatest summer […]

Best of 2017 // Best Yorkshire Wedding Photographer

As 2018 opens out before me I can’t quite believe this’ll be my 9th year as a wedding photographer. The time really has flown and looking back it’s been a rollercoaster beyond anything I could have imagined, meeting some amazing people and making loads of new lifelong friends along the way both through the weddings […]

Best of 2016 // Best Yorkshire Wedding Photographer

2016 – a year that history will remember for a lot of negative reasons but for me personally, the polar opposite – I’m pleased to say I had an awesome year. My personal highlight had to be the arrival of our second (and final!) daughter Cleo, though I was also proud as punch to see […]

Stowford Manor Farm wedding // The fable of the huge prince and the fierce princess

This is the story of Rea and Matt, AKA the fable of the huge prince and the fierce princess…. “Once upon a time a huge prince and a fierce princess came together to marry. The princess wore a dress of gold that all at court declared to be rad and awesome. And they were united […]

Best Of 2015

A week ago the curtain fell on another amazing 365 days in my life as a wedding photographer. Amidst the nervous excitement building up to the imminent arrival of my second child and desperately trying to force through building work to be completed before that rather significant life event, I’ve had time to draw breath […]

Nikki & Dave Preview // South Farm Wedding Photography

Spring is offically here. It arrived with an almighty wallop at the weekend, right on cue for the gorgeous wedding of Nikki & Dave in the perfect setting of South Farm in Cambridgeshire. Such and bright, sunny and joyful occasion, it was such a privilege to be there to capture it for them. A full […]

Sheene Mill wedding // Hannah & Steve

“Let it rain, let it rain, Let your love rain down on me” Eric Clapton In England, the weather’s going to do what the weather’s going to do and as a nation we’re pretty good at embracing it and cracking on. The same mantra applies on your wedding day. I’ve yet to see the weather […]

BEST OF 2014

2014 we salute you! One HECK of year! As usual my work has taken me far and wide, from Bristol to Brittany, the rugged beauty of the Lakes and Dales, to the vibrant urban centres of London and Manchester and many places in between! I’ve met some awesome people, thrown shapes on the dance floor […]

A glorious wedding on the family farm…

You may remember my little preview of Jess & Erik’s wedding from a few weeks back. Well here, as promised, is a full post. This was such a beautiful and heart felt occasion to formally mark a childhood romance come full circle. The emotions and unbounded joy were palpable and it was quite simply a […]

Claire & Sam // Whirlow Hall Farm Papakata tent wedding

This was a contender for the most emotional wedding I’ve done to date. A lot of grown men shed a lot of tears. More than the girls to be honest. Claire and Sam are fantastic guys and passionate people who wear their heart on their sleeve and were dead set on creating a unique day […]

Louise & Will // Bashall Barn Wedding nr Clitheroe, Lancashire

Louise and Will’s wedding was one of my favourites of the year: full of personality, personal touches and the whole things was, well, just so them. Bashall Barn is a fairly unique wedding venue. It’s a tastefully converted barn on a working farm – they brew their own beer on site – drunk at the […]