James + Lianne – Wedding Photographers in Leeds, West Yorkshire with a relaxed, vintage vibe.

Welcome to Part 2! If you missed Part 1, go back and refresh yourself.

Announcing Mr and Mrs Leckenby!

And on with the speeches…

As Ruth and Simon worked the room after the speeches, me and Lianne like to ninja around catching people at their most relaxed. That way, we get no forced smiles or fakery, just people having a good time.

Time for cake! This one had pretty blue butterflies twirling up the side (edible ones, not real ones). I always try and get something a little bit different with the cake cutting, ’cause otherwise it can be a bit of a dull shot and I don’t like how posed it looks when all the rest of my photos from the day are so un-posed (if you know what I mean!?) With this one, I waited for Ruth and Simon to look away at everyone elses cameras and I got them just blending into the background with that amazing cake in full view. It gives something a bit new to an old and tired traditional shot.

Onto the night’s events… (where some kids steered their elders into some sort of deathmatch). And it wasn’t long before everyone hit the dancefloor…

The first dance (including an impressive dip!)

All day long, we couldn’t escape the smiling face of Simon who clearly couldn’t be happier, and Ruth was constantly beaming with happiness. You know when two people are just right for each other and these two couldn’t be more right. Congratulations to you both.

“Hi James. Both simon and I wanted to say a very big thankyou for Saturday. We had a really good day and you were very un-intrusive and we can’t wait to see the photos!” – Ruth & Simon

Yay! Ruth + Simon tied the knot on Saturday! It means a lot to me to be invited into someone’s special day and treated like they’ve known me for years, but at Ruth and Simon’s wedding, we really had known a number of these people for years!

Like some odd reunion, it turned out that the room was full of alumni of mine and Lianne’s high school. There was also Lianne’s primary school teacher and the deputy editor for The Leeds Guide which I’m also staff photographer for. So throughout the day, we were reminiscing with people about old teachers and high school memories… Small world, eh?!

Straight into the ceremony…

Then Ruth, Simon and I led a procession across the road to Pudsey Park, me with step ladders under one arm, camera bag over the shoulder, camera in one hand and changing lenses with the other whilst still shooting and walking backwards down the street – I surprised even myself! It was all for this really nice moment when everyone huddled together just as the sun came out and murmured a choral mixture of ‘cheeses’ and ‘suasages’.

Surely everyone knows stones are the traditional 90th wedding anniversary present!? I guess no one told this young chap.

Simon on train straightening duty.

It’s not often I include a blurry, but I liked how the daisy covered park looked like tiny versions of Ruth’s bouquet

Part 2 coming tomorrow… let your broadband rest a little….