Lancashire
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

A little about me

My approach is all about storytelling in a natural and documentary style, focusing on the real emotions and unique details that make your day special. Wherever you look at Andy Wade Photography, you’ll see exactly what I’m all about.

Originally from South East London, I am now an honorary northerner after living in this neck of the woods for over 20 years. I live in Todmorden with my wife, two children and two dogs. I’m pretty chilled and love being out with my family, walking the dogs in the wilds of Lancashire, The Dales & The Lake District. I’m also a bit of a foodie and love a good crackly fire in the local establishment in the winter! I love working in the beautiful venues in and around Lancashire and the North West of England.

THE START OF YOUR STORY

Getting Married in Lancashire?


My approach to wedding photography in Lancashire is deeply rooted in capturing your special day’s natural, authentic, and emotional essence.

I’m all about documenting your wedding as it unfolds, ensuring that every laugh, tear, and heartfelt moment is captured without intrusion. My style is documentary, aiming to photograph genuine moments as they happen, allowing you to be completely immersed in the joy of your wedding.

Lancashire offers many stunning venues that serve as the perfect backdrop for these moments, from the historic elegance of Astley Hall to the breathtaking countryside views at Bartle Hall and the luxurious charm of Eaves Hall.

Each venue in Lancashire brings its unique character to your wedding photos, making them as unique as your love story. For more about my work and style, visit my portfolio.

MY PORTFOLIO

My Favourite Lancashire Wedding Venues

STUNNING PLACES TO TIE THE KNOT

As an experienced Lancashire wedding photographer, I’ve captured moments of love and joy at some of the most beautiful wedding venues across this stunning region. Each venue has its unique charm and offers a perfect backdrop for your special day, making your wedding unforgettable.

Mitton Hall

Mitton Hall, nestled in the heart of Lancashire, is a venue that combines classic elegance with contemporary style, making it a favourite among couples seeking a romantic setting for their wedding. Its breathtaking architecture and beautifully landscaped gardens provide a picturesque setting for your ceremony and wedding photographs.

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Crow Wood

Crow Wood has a wonderful contemporary feel which is contemplated by picturesque surroundings, providing a stunning backdrop for a couples’ special day. The modern, inner space blends perfectly with the natural outdoors. With luxurious amenities, impeccable service, and a serene atmosphere, Crow Wood ensures an unforgettable wedding experience.

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Eaves Hall

Crow Wood has a wonderful contemporary feel which is contemplated by picturesque surroundings, providing a stunning backdrop for a couples’ special day. The modern, inner space blends perfectly with the natural outdoors. With luxurious amenities, impeccable service, and a serene atmosphere, Crow Wood ensures an unforgettable wedding experience.

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The Out Barn

The Out Barn, unique in its blend of modern and rustic elements, is nestled in the picturesque Clitheroe countryside. It offers an extraordinary setting with sweeping views over the Ribble Valley. Its versatile spaces mean you can create a day that’s as traditional or as unconventional as you wish, making it a perfect choice for couples who want their wedding to stand out.

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Bartle Hall Hotel

Bartle Hall is a coveted wedding venue, known for its enchanting atmosphere and picturesque grounds. With luxurious accommodation, dedicated wedding planning, and very much a home vibe, Bartle Hall ensures couples experience a perfectly intimate wedding with their guests. From the relaxed Thicket Lodge for morning preparation, to the country house ceremony, and to the Coaching Barn for the party, this venue provides a complete experience.

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The River Barn

The River Barn offers a magical setting for your special day, with its charming rustic architecture set alongside a serene river. This idyllic, recently renovated venue has the perfect arrangement of spaces with a wedding breakfast room that seamlessly blends with a bar area and beautiful, immaculately kept gardens. Coupled with the authentic farmhouse and its quirky rooms for bridal preparations it is the go to modern wedding venue.

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Rivington Hall Barn

Rivington Hall Barn is a captivating venue for weddings, boasting a historic charm set amidst lush countryside landscapes set underneath Rivington Pike. With its rustic elegance and wonderfully interlinked spaces, it promises to create unforgettable moments for couples seeking a picturesque and full on celebration. With a barn of such size it is perfect for larger parties.

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Hobbit Hill

Hobbit Hill offers a whimsical and enchanting setting for couples seeking a truly unique wedding experience. Nestled in the rolling hills, this venue exudes the charm of Tolkien’s Middle-earth with its quaint hobbit-inspired architecture and lush greenery. From intimate ceremonies in the cozy hobbit holes to festive receptions under the starlit sky, Hobbit Hill promises to make your wedding day a magical journey to remember.

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Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall presents a historic and elegant backdrop for couples exchanging vows. With its stunning medieval architecture and picturesque grounds, it offers a timeless ambiance for wedding ceremonies and receptions alike. From grand halls to charming gardens, Samlesbury Hall provides a romantic setting to create cherished memories on your special day.

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Knowsley Hall

Knowsley Hall epitomizes grandeur and sophistication, offering an opulent setting for weddings. Set amidst acres of manicured gardens and parkland, the hall provides a majestic backdrop for both ceremonies and receptions. With its rich history and luxurious amenities, Knowsley Hall ensures an unforgettable wedding experience for couples and their guests.

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Beautiful Wedding Venues in Lancashire

Each venue, with its distinct character and beauty, provides a stunning canvas for your wedding day. As your Lancashire wedding photographer, I am passionate about working with you to capture the essence of your celebration against the backdrop of these magnificent venues, ensuring that your wedding photos are as beautiful and unique as your love story. Let’s make your wedding day unforgettable, filled with moments of love and joy, set against the backdrop of Lancashire’s most picturesque venues.

PICTURE PERFECT MOMENTS

Award Winning Wedding Photography

Welcome to Andy Wade Photography, where the essence of your special day in Lancashire is immortalised through the lens of an award-winning Lancashire wedding photographer. I’m Andy Wade, and I specialise in capturing the authentic emotions and candid moments that make your wedding unique, ensuring that every precious memory is beautifully captured.

Serving Lancaster, Preston & Lancashire

As a Lancashire wedding photographer covering the picturesque landscapes of Lancaster, Preston, the majestic Lake District, and beyond, I have the privilege of documenting love stories at some of the most stunning wedding venues, including the rustic charm of Mitton Hall, the elegance of Eaves Hall, and the serene beauty of Wyresdale Park. My approach to wedding photography is rooted in a documentary style, focusing on natural wedding photography that reflects the true essence of your big day.

Best Lancashire Wedding Photographer for You

Based in Lancashire, I am recognized as one of the best wedding photographers in the North West, specializing in creating beautiful wedding photography that serves as a timeless record of your love. Whether planning an intimate gathering in Clitheroe or a grand celebration across the rest of the UK, I offer wedding photography services tailored to suit every need, ensuring that you feel at ease and enjoy every moment of your special day.

Documentary Style Wedding Photography

I am the photographer for couples who want their wedding documented in a style that captures every laugh, tear, and dancefloor moment with authenticity. My style of wedding photography is designed to tell the story of your day in a way that is a true reflection of your love, joy, and the unique atmosphere of your wedding. From the early stages of wedding planning to the final dance, I am committed to capturing the raw emotion and precious moments you will cherish forever.

Choosing the Right Wedding Photographer

I’d love to be a part of your special day, whether you’re looking for a wedding photographer based in Lancashire or happy to travel throughout the UK. My passion is capturing weddings all over Lancashire, covering the North West. With a reputation as a talented photographer and a previous accolade as the photographer of the year, I specialize in a style of wedding photography that is both stunningly reportage and candid, ensuring that every moment is captured in its most authentic form.

Get In Touch

If you’re planning your big day and searching for a Lancashire wedding photographer specialising in natural, beautiful wedding photography that captures the essence of your love story, get in touch. Let’s create lasting memories together, capturing the love, joy, and every candid moment of your fabulous wedding in a wedding album you’ll treasure forever. At Andy Wade Photography, we’re not just taking pictures; we’re preserving your most cherished moments for a lifetime.

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Lancashire | Wedding Locations

Best Wedding Venues in Lancashire

ByAndy Wade

Are you searching for the perfect Lancashire wedding venue to host your special day? From romantic manor houses in the countryside to charming barns and elegant boutique hotels, Lancashire boasts diverse venues to suit your vision. In this guide, we will explore a curated selection of Lancashire’s most sought-after wedding destinations, each offering unique features…

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Here are some of the frequently asked questions I get about my wedding photography, written from the perspective of Andy Wade, designed to provide helpful information to potential clients:

No. 90% of any day I shoot is completely candid. I can photograph all day without a single ‘posed’ photo. The portraits of you both, if you’d like some, are kept simple and as natural as possible; nothing cheesy and nothing awkward. Usually the portraits of you are created during a relaxing wander together for twenty minutes or so with me capturing shots as we go along – so not really posing. We may stop in a certain spot but most of that time you’ll forget I’m there and the portraits will feel and look perfectly natural. Just think of this as a bit of ‘you time’! There is the option create a specific photo with flashes which I set up – but only if you want that. Even if I do it will be set up before we do it so that you can spend the maximum time with you guests. Otherwise I’ll just photograph the day as it happens.

Firstly I have to be available on your day but after that just say “Let’s do It!”. Just fill out the email form on my contact page or just send me a text, a message on Instagram or just give me a call. A small deposit then secures the day. That deposit is refundable up to one month after the agreement to go ahead. In the meantime, I will send you some paperwork and that will include a contract which has all the T&C’s in which we both sign when you’re 100% happy. You’ll also receive a summary of what is in your package.

Your photos will be delivered in a beautiful gallery that will work on any device. You can control the sharing of your photos from your gallery for family and friends or to social media. You can download your photos in full, high resolution or in a smaller version should you wish to share them. There are no watermarks on your photos and are free for your personal use. There is also the option to buy prints and wall art and you can create and order albums from the ‘Shop’ area of your gallery. If you have a slideshow made then it can be viewed from your gallery as well.

For a 9 hour wedding you get an edit of about 500+ photos. If it is a 12 hour day then around 700+. I work on your photos intensely after the wedding, lovingly crafting them so that they are perfectly colour balanced with a bright, fresh look. There’s probably a ratio of a third black and white and two thirds colour.

Everything is moving to digital transfer, now, so you can simply download the full high resolution photos from your gallery. You can have them on a USB if you wish but these are gradually being made obsolete. Whatever the means you get your edited photos in full size/resolution and with no watermarks. The images are free for your personal use.

Yes. I think it’s good to meet as you can ask all the questions you need to. I’ll be around you for almost all of your wedding day so meeting up before the day a great way of getting to know each other. I’m a nice chap and very comfortable with people I’ve just met, so it’s not a problem if we don’t. A video call is a really good way of talking things through if we can’t arrange a meeting.

Yes. Most people like a few photos of mum, dad and their close family as well as the bridesmaids and groomsmen. I get that it is important and can be good fun, too. It takes about 10 minutes to organise a photo of everyone, for example, and then about 2-3 minutes for each one after that providing everyone is available. You decide what those photos are if you want them – I don’t have a ‘list’ of my own. If there is 1.5 – 2 hours between your ceremony and wedding breakfast then I’d suggest to have something like 20 mins with you portraits and then 20 mins of group photos dotted about, so between 6-10 group shots max. This way you spend more time just being with your guests, which I will capture naturally. I hear many stories of people who have been to weddings and were really bored and made to stand around for hours while the photographer goes through a repertoire of their own group photos. That’s not me!

Yes. There is an amazing choice of albums and wall art that will be available from your gallery and that I can send you information on. There is so much choice that I do not put albums in my packages unless on specific request. I do have three album packages that broadly cover the options so if you would like to include one I would be happy to chat and look at putting an album in your package.

Yes, but you can have another photographer if you wish – called a ‘2nd shooter’. If, for instance, you’d like the groomsmen preparation photos covered fully as well and they are over 15 mins away, I can employ a second photographer to cover that for £350/day and they will stay until the speeches – so about 6 hours. A second photographer is great to cover a specific span of time but does not necessarily mean a ‘better’ set of photos. I can be in and amongst a whole wedding party quite easily and capture the essence of the day without a 2nd shooter but it does enable us to do more portraits together – if that is what you’d like – and we can have more angles covered in the ceremony. If you would like a 2nd shooter then we’d book them about 3 months before the day. They are always 1st class, professional photographers like me and shoot in my style.

Guest Wishes! is a contemporary alternative to the wedding guest book. At the wedding breakfast I collect hand written message from your guests, take a quick snap of them and put it all together in a polaroid style. They can have a personal design and even go into you album. For more info, click here.

Yes. They are for half a day or less and can be done in a location of your choice or a fab location that I know of. You’ll get a set of online photos, usually an edited set of around 50-100 in the same gallery style that your wedding photos are. For more information about pre-shoots, click here.

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