Award winning moments

Making your day the best it can be

Winning the chance to shoot your story, without question, is like winning an award. There is nothing more exciting, no higher buzz than someone saying, “Let’s do it; we’d love you to be our photographer!”. The anticipation, the unique way in which you plan your day, your venue and the whole backdrop of your families and friends coming together fires me up.

I love working hard to produce truly award winning wedding photography for all of my couples. In the last two years I have received 43 international awards of which I am very proud and I’d love to shoot your story!

i work hard to ensure that…

Every wedding I shoot is award winning

On your wedding day I’m always on my toes; always looking, anticipating and trying to see or wait for the shot that will best express the story of the scene on front of me for you. Many of those scenes are sub plots that you do not see on the day, so it’s important for me to get them for you. Being kept on my toes and always in that state of anticipation is a similar state when part of wedding photography bodies such as Fearless PhotographersThis is Reportage, Masters of Wedding Photography and Photographers Keeping it Real. 

These bodies are made up of communities of the best photographers in the world, producing the most amazing work and I am honoured to be part of these. Seeing and soaking up this work, talking to other photographers and learning of practices on the cutting edge of my trade enthuses me to make my work better and better; a constant state of trying to find the best angles and anticipate those moments that will be so, so important to you.

There are award winning shots in all weddings that I shoot. They are simply those that my couples find important to them. I send those that I am especially proud of every other month to independent judging panels within those organisations to which I belong. After some 12,000 are judged the top 1% are awarded. If I have been awarded it is a wonderful testament and a thank you to those couples that allowed me the chance to shoot their day. And so we go again.

TELLING YOUR STORY

My Features & Awards

I’m an internationally recognised photographer, and I measure and challenge myself against the best in the world. These awards reflect the care, creativity and consistency I bring to every wedding.

  • Regional Winner: Best in the North West
    The Wedding Industry Awards 2026
  • Top 2 UK & Ireland
    Masters of Wedding Photography 2023
  • Top 50 World
    Fearless Photographers 2023
  • Top 10 World
    Photographers Keeping it Real 2023
  • Top 10 UK & Top 30 World
    This is Reportage, 2022
  • Top 2 North West England
    The Wedding Industry Awards, 2024 & 2025
Text in the image reads "Top 2 Wedding Photographer UK & IE 2023 - MASTERS of Wedding Photography" in black and gold text on a white background. Image by Andy Wade Photography.
A circular badge with the text: "Fearless Photographers 2023 World Top 50 Andy Wade UK" in black letters, surrounded by a dotted circular border, celebrating exceptional documentary wedding photography. Image by Andy Wade Photography.
2026 Wedding Industry Awards Regional Winner Logo
Top 10 Keeping It Real 2025 Awards badge
A badge with a black background shaped like a stylized "R." It reads "TOP 10 Photographers UK 2022" in white and silver text. Perfect for a wedding photographer, the bottom of the badge features the "This is Reportage" logo in white. Image by Andy Wade Photography.
A black and white badge with the text "2022 TOP 30 PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE WORLD" in bold white letters. Shaped like a stylized 'R,' the badge features "This is Reportage" at the bottom in smaller letters, celebrating excellence in Documentary Wedding Photography. Image by Andy Wade Photography.