Real Wedding: James and Rebecca's wedding at Manchester Art Gallery

Bride and Groom: James and Rebecca

Wedding venue: Manchester Art Gallery is Manchester's most famous gallery space and is available for hire for weddings and other events. The gallery can accommodate up to 500 guests for drinks receptions, and the dedicated wedding events staff can organise seated dinners for up to 120 guests. The catering team is lead by award-winning chef Mary-Ellen McTague, best known for her restaurant, Aumbry. . . Venue Website

Photographer: Shane Webber is a professional wedding photographer based in Manchester. Over the past nine years, Shane has photographed hundreds of weddings while developing his unique approach that combines natural wedding photography with contemporary processing. His work attracts couples who desire exceptional fine-art photography on their wedding day.

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Bride and Groom: Sheery and Jeremy

Wedding venue: King's Place – The venue was great. We wanted a flexible space that could be used for the ceremony, reception, dining area and dance floor. We also wanted an outdoor area in case the weather was good. There was also some great places to take pictures. . Venue Website

Photographer: Minna Rossi Photography. Our photographer was fantastic and we could not recommend her more highly. She went above and beyond to get to know us and help make us feel comfortable in front of the camera. She got on really well with all our other suppliers include the venue staff, videographer and band and took time to get to know them beforehand. We were so excited to receive the pictures and video and both our photographer and videographer captured the day perfectly.

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Bride and Groom: Emma and Ollie

Wedding venue:  Gildings Barn has the traditional rustic style of an old-fashioned barn - cosy and welcoming in the winter with plenty of room outdoors for summer weddings. Despite its olde-worlde feel, the main barn dates from the 1990s and was made from timber from trees that fell in the "Great Storm" of 1987. Venue Website

Photographer: Chris Mann has been photographing weddings through the UK and overseas for the last 15 years, so has plenty of experience, and a relaxed natural style that fitted well with this couple's approach. 

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Bride and Groom: Holly and James

Wedding venue: The Asylum – it’s a very romantic venue, incredibly atmospheric, and the closest we could get to marrying in an environment that felt like a church without having a religious ceremony. Venue Website

Photographer: Michael Clements from My Beautiful Bride. I actually found him via a wedding blog and loved his style of photography so much that I sent him an email straight away. 

Michael was very forthcoming and responsive, incredibly easy to work with and accompanied us on venue recces to assess the light, come up with great shots. We really let him lead in terms of what he thought might look good (even when my mum tried to get the dreaded ‘group family shot’) and were so impressed with the results. We couldn’t have asked for a better wedding photographer!

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