I’m based little more than half an hour from York so frequently find myself working at the many great venues there such as Hospitium in the Museum Gardens, The Merchant Adventurers Hall, The Grand and on the outskirts, the woodland based glamping site Jollydays. Check out the blog posts below for recent York Weddings I’ve shot.

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 […]

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 […]

York engagement shoot // Nikki & Dave

This was the official start to 2015, my first proper shoot of the year with the mighty fine Nikki and Dave. They’re based in London but decided to head north for their York engagment shoot and make a weekend break of it for Nikki’s birthday. York is such a great place to shoot in. It […]

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 wonderful woodland wedding // Jollydays wedding photographer

You know what, you can do all the planning in the world for your wedding but in this here Blighty, the weather’s going to do what it’s going to do. I regularly speak with brides who are massively pinning their hopes on wall to wall sunshine but you know what, your day will be amazing […]