Hi, I’m Chris
Award-winning wedding photographer and filmmaker. Husband, dad, part-time ninja.
Why weddings
If I’m going to follow you around with my cameras for twelve hours, you probably want to know a little more about me. I get an incredibly intimate glimpse into the lives of the people I photograph, so it seems only right to tell you about mine.
I’ve always loved films about love, and I’m not snobbish about it: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan above the Manhattan skyline, or Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway going out in a hail of bullets. Love is the most basic and most important thing we do, and it’s just as captivating stealing a moment outside a registry office as it is standing in the rain with a boombox.
I don’t think anybody grows up with a burning desire to photograph weddings. I wanted a job I loved, a “not really a job” job, and I feel incredibly lucky to have found it so early.
The short version
- Northern Film School graduate, class of 2010
- Photographing weddings full time since 2010, filming them since 2022
- Based in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, with my wife Verity and our boys River and Bodhi
- Two-time UK Wedding Photographer of the Year (MyWed)
- Rangefinder magazine 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography, 2015
- Over 100 international awards from Junebug, ISPWP, WPS and WPJA
- Keynote speaker at conferences in the UK, Europe and America
- Two-time grand finalist on Ninja Warrior UK
Beyond the camera
Originally from the Midlands, I grew up in a swimming pool, making national finals and winning the Midland District Championships more than once. That love of sport never left: I spend my spare time on my bike, in rivers, flying drones, getting tattoos and watching far too many films. I don’t drink, but I’m hooked on desserts.
The sport led somewhere unexpected too. I create most of the social media content for local legends Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, as well as some of triathlon’s leading brands and athletes. And if you keep your eyes open you might spot me on ITV now and again, having twice made the grand final of Ninja Warrior UK.
My perfect day out is a trip to the Lakes with the family. Most overused word: dude. I started this business having never attended a wedding, and I married Verity in Burnsall in 2012, so I know what it’s like on your side of the camera too.
If you are looking for a knockout international wedding photographer who colours outside the lines while still maintaining that classic look and feel, search no further.
Junebug Weddings
